"Do we want a web that belongs to its users, or do we want an internet controlled by a handful of corporations whose primary business model is surveillance and lock-in?"
Vivaldi 7.2 browser wants to topple tech
: Tall order for tiny market share techies but 'this is the moment to decide what kind of internet we want,' says CEO
The TL;DR of Vivaldi 7.2 for desktop (out today, and still warm from the oven) is speed. Up to 2x faster connection handling, and faster address bar. There's a currency widget, too (the Bruce's Fashion Advice widget has been postponed for a future release) and loads more powerful features. All the more reasons to browse with four seasons.
Vivaldi Browser
Vivaldi 7.2: Speedy and smart, a serious update. | Vivaldi Browser
With Vivaldi 7.2, we’re stepping on the gas! Making sure your browsing experience is better than ever, and faster!
In which an ethical erotica producer, @Girl on the Net, blocks UK visitors from listening to audio: "As per the Online Safety Act, text is not in scope but audio is. You are legally allowed to read the stories I write here without verifying your age, and I am legally allowed to show them to you … However the UK government has decided that it would be harmful to children if you were also allowed to hear them as audio … Deliberately breaking accessibility features on my website ranks among the most depressing things I have ever done."
Girl on the Net
Online Safety Act | Girl on the Net
The United Kingdom has passed a law called the Online Safety Act, which impacts what I can show users who are based in the UK. You can no longer li...
Steve, Sweet Jane, and Joe image
In which I interview @Jan Penfrat of @EDRi about their work to tame Big Tech so it serves people, rather than the other way round.
Vivaldi Browser
#7 Jan Penfrat (EDRi) - For a Better Web | Vivaldi Browser
Can anything make Big Tech serve us, instead of the other way around? Bruce and Jan Penfrat from European Digital Rights discuss decentralized tech...
"Police officers and employees misusing access to police database now account for over half of all cybercrime prosecutions in the UK. The harms this can cause are considerable. Yet police continue to call for encryption to be weakened to allow for greater access to communication data." - Alice Hutchings, Director, Cambridge Cybercrime Centre, Cambridge University. (3pp PDF: 📄.pdf)
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds
Bert Hubert's writings
It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds - Bert Hubert's writings
The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it...
An 11-year-old girl took her own life in Texas after she was tormented by classmates who threatened to call Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities and have her family deported from the U.S, her grieving parents have said.
The Independent
11-year-old took her own life over deportation threats, family says
‘I waited a whole week for a miracle that my daughter would be well, but unfortunately, nothing could be done,’ despaired her mother
Trump has free rein over Dutch government data. "The Netherlands relies heavily on American IT service providers such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon for the storage of government data." - I bet the UK does, too. And many others.
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Trump has free rein over Dutch government data
The Netherlands relies heavily on American IT service providers such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon for the storage of government data.
"We do not "use" the computer — we negotiate with it to try and make it do the things we want it to do, because the incentives behind modern software development no longer align with the user."
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
What We're Fighting For
Soundtrack: Bad Religion — The Resist Stance A great deal of what I write feels like narrating the end of the world — watching as the growth-a...