Notices by ar.al🌻 (aral@mastodon.ar.al), page 11

Galileo’s Sidereus Nuncius: A
page by page translation

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~mcgrew/Siderius.pdf

#astronomy

“Just install Linux on it” is the “just change the engine of your car” of tech.

Not everyone is a mechanic, not everyone wants to be a mechanic, and, if we want a world where freedom is the norm, we must stop expecting everyone to become a mechanic.

Note: this is not because these people are too dumb to be mechanics. It’s because they’re brain surgeons and space-shuttle pilots and they have three kids and they care for a loved one and they don’t have time to also be a mechanic.

Think about how many times in a day on the Web you click “I agree” when you really don’t agree just so you can get on with your day and use an everyday thing.

This is not how consent is supposed to work.

#SurveillanceCapitalism

PS. While we’re at it, let’s entrust all our freedom of speech to Google also.

World: Google, you are so smart, impartial, and benevolent, please write all our protocols and standards.

Google: Oh yeah, btw, we don’t think you should be able to protect yourself from being tracked on our browser.

Google to break uBlock Origin on Chromium.

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=896897&desc=2#c23

#SurveillanceCapitalism #Google

How sloppy OPSEC gave researchers an inside look at the exploit industry

https://www.cyberscoop.com/mobile-zero-days-lookout-shmoocon-2019-android-barracuda-ios-stonefish/

“Those government developers were testing out the WhatsApp malware on their own devices, and it was storing their discussions on the program’s servers.

The nation-state essentially had hacked itself and accidentally dumped highly sensitive information on the open internet—including details of its interactions with the secretive vendors who sell spyware to governments.”

HT @lorenzofb@twitter.com

Reading through How DAT Works (prerelease) – this guide is an absolute treasure.

:indieHeart:

https://datprotocol.github.io/how-dat-works/

Centralised web wisdom: if your web app doesn’t work without JavaScript, it is broken.

Peer web wisdom: If your web app works without JavaScript, it is not decentralised.

JavaScript isn’t the enemy; servers are.

(Read this as many times as necessary for it to really sink in as it’s literally the opposite of what folks, myself included, popularised on the centralised web for nearly two decades. If your app works without JavaScript, it means you have logic on a centralised server somewhere.)

If you ever meet a Google Policy Fellow remember that they cannot be trusted on privacy. Treat them as you would a lobbyist for a surveillance capitalist.

If you want legitimacy in privacy do not become a Google Policy Fellow.

#EFF #GooglePolicyFellow

The #EFF: “we are the leading nonprofit defending digital privacy”

Also #EFF: “we’ve partnered with the world’s largest #SurveillanceCapitalist who makes billions by violating your privacy to train the people who will make the policies that defend your privacy – come be a Google Policy Fellow!”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/01/work-eff-summer-apply-be-2019-google-public-policy-fellow

This is institutional corruption at its worst.

Is anyone else sick of this bullshit?

Via @schestowitz

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