Javier Sánchez @javi@mastodon.me.uk

#thelinuxgamer reviews the #Librem5, #Birch phone by @purism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjFWQHrzVLw

It sounds like the Librem 5 is making good progress in its performance. I am also seeing pictures of bluetooth from @todd, and gaming videos by @dos

Pretty soon we're going to have #gnulinux phones available, small handheld Linux computers!

RT @Snowden
Your smartphone broadcasts your exact location thousands of times per day to dozens of different companies. Each has the power to follow individuals wherever they go, in near-real time.

That’s not a glitch in the system. It is the system.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/21/opinion/location-data-privacy-rights.html

RT @EinsteinsAttic
This is not only fucking outrageous, it sets an incredibly dangerous precedent. How can US #PharmaTech possibly be trusted if it thinks it can have exclusive rights over (i.e. 'own') your health data?

HT @glynwintle
https://boingboing.net/2019/12/12/they-literally-own-you.html/

Molly de Blanc: Consent
http://deblanc.net/blog/2019/12/22/consent/

#consent

1/ This is one of many barely-visible cameras at a Walgreens convenience store.

The system tries to determine the age and gender of those nearby.

Then, it serves ads, based upon their artificial intelligence algorithm, on the refrigerator doors.

See-through doors have been replaced with full video screens.

It takes diligence to find this type of #privacy-invading #AI manipulation that uses sexual stereotypes and age discrimination to sell products.

> Fighting back is possible.

Opinion: Blocking the Disabled on the Web Means Blocking Innovation | WIRED
Interesting article. I wasn’t aware that Vint Cerf was deaf, or that Joybubbles, one of the first phreakers, was born blind. https://www.wired.com/story/opinion-blocking-the-disabled-on-the-web-means-blocking-innovation/

Some associated links:

Firefox Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Electronic Frontier Foundation Privacy Badger

https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

While you are there, install HTTPS Everywhere to force SSL connections

https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

"Privacy isn't about hiding bad things, but about protecting what defines us as human beings, who we are. Our day-to-day behavior, our personality, our fears, our relationships, and our vulnerabilities."

-- The Tor Project

Read: The new dotcom bubble is here: it’s called online advertising https://thecorrespondent.com/100/the-new-dot-com-bubble-is-here-its-called-online-advertising/1366591600-93220b69

#ServiceDesign #DesignSystem
"Why every design system needs a service designer" a design system is not just a bunch of components in Sketch and maybe some HTML/CSS, it's so much more and having a service designer in the team helps a lot https://amyhupe.co.uk/articles/why-every-design-system-needs-a-service-designer/

@openrightsgroup Here is the ORG report on mobile content filters (on by default in the UK!) https://www.openrightsgroup.org/about/reports/collateral-damage-in-the-war-against-online-harms

📚From my blog's archive: "Color accessibility: tools and resources to help you design inclusive products"

https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/color-accessibility-tools-resources-to-design-inclusive-products/

At a meeting today with O2, EE, Vodafone, ThreeUK about mobile blocking, to discuss @openrightsgroup ’s report - make the BBFC's appeals better, stop blocking things like wedding photographers and cannabis oils