Alan Siefert @[email protected]

We're steadily moving toward a world in which releasing Free Software will be an act of rebellion, and people will have to do it anonymously.

Draft EU AI Act regulations could have a chilling effect on open-source software
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/09/11/in_brief_ai/

The TAK Ecosystem: Military Coordination Goes Open Source https://hackaday.com/2022/09/08/the-tak-ecosystem-military-coordination-goes-open-source/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1567925400768229377

#Police are able to search your #location months back without a warrant using a tool called Fog Reveal.

"It relies on advertising identification numbers, which Fog officials say are culled from popular cellphone apps such as Waze, Starbucks and hundreds of others that target ads based on a person’s movements and interests, according to police emails. That information is then sold to companies like Fog."

Avoid ad-supported apps as much as possible, especially for navigation where you have to give it your location. Don't give location permission to apps that don't really need it. Uninstall apps that ask for permissions they shouldn't need. And ideally, just don't install that app in the first place. Who the fuck needs the Starbucks or McDonald's app?

I use Magic Earth for navigation, but I also have a Garmin GPS navigator that isn't even capable of sharing my location except when I update it by plugging it into my computer, at which point it asks me whether or not it can upload my location history.

https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-california-arkansas-d395409ef5a8c6c3f6cdab5b1d0e27ef

#waze #starbucks #ads #surveillance #masssurveillance #privacy #acab #dragnets #smartphones #apple #google

Via radio, satalites, lasers, clearnet, tor, sms and even via snailmail if you must.
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RT @DocumentingBTC
You can send #bitcoin via radio 📻
https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1564668050745483265

2022 Hackaday Prize: Boondock Echo Connects Your Radios with the Cloud https://hackaday.com/2022/08/27/2022-hackaday-prize-boondock-echo-connects-your-radios-with-the-cloud/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/hackaday/status/1563617421369679872

UN Recommends Policy Action To Halt Crypto Expansion In Developing Countries

Link: https://unctad.org/system/files/official-document/presspb2022d8_en.pdf
Comments: https://stacker.news/items/57654

#StackerNews is like Hacker News but it pays you #bitcoin

Marty's Bent Issue #1248: The privacy wars have escalated

Link: https://tftc.io/martys-bent/issue-1248/
Comments: https://stacker.news/items/57080

#StackerNews is like Hacker News but it pays you #bitcoin

GitTorrent: A decentralization of GitHub using BitTorrent and Bitcoin

Link: https://github.com/cjb/GitTorrent
Comments: https://stacker.news/items/56736

#StackerNews is like Hacker News but it pays you #bitcoin

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RT @pseudotheos
I am an anon and privacy advocate. I used @TornadoCash to separate my IRL addresses from this pseudonym in a decentralized manner and preserve my privacy.

Some of my USDC is now gone. Depending on how they enforce this, all of my assets are at risk of sanction, incl. validators https://twitter.com/dylanleclair_/status/1556708643617312768
https://twitter.com/pseudotheos/status/1556734521063706624

US Treasury Adds Ethereum Privacy Tool 'Tornado Cash' to Sanctions List

Link: https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220808
Comments: https://stacker.news/items/56310

#StackerNews is like Hacker News but it pays you #bitcoin

RT from Tindie Maker Marketplace (@tindie)

Cease All Power Interruptions On Your Pi! #TindieBlog https://blog.tindie.com/2022/08/raspberry-pi-uninterruptible-power-supply-with-reboot/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/tindie/status/1554863516284321792