Matti Minkkinen @mmin@scholar.social

https://twitter.com/hacks4pancakes/status/1086000837615382529

I make some exceptions sharing twitter threads when it’s something important.

More and more businesses are realizing they can add surveillance to where it wasn’t possible before. Landlords are pushing hard for this in order to gain more control, to sell your data (extremely private data). The IoT devices are a boon for amoral corps, allowing them to perpetuate _massive_ land grabs to tip the status quo.

The worst thing about not being on Facebook anymore is that I can't post to my Facebook friends explaining why they shouldn't be on Facebook anymore.

"At least 75 companies receive people’s precise location data from hundreds of apps whose users enable location services for benefits such as weather alerts, The New York Times found...

The location data industry benefits from lack of regulation and little transparency, making it extremely difficult to get access to or delete this data."

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/prevent-location-data-sharing.html

Lack of privacy is like malnutrition.
It stunts your growth and development.

#privacy

'They don't care': Facebook factchecking in disarray as journalists push to cut ties | Technology | The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/13/they-dont-care-facebook-fact-checking-in-disarray-as-journalists-push-to-cut-ties #rr

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/skimmed

What this generation has become.

(yes I see the irony of sharing this)

I'm considering running a scholar/academic/research/education oriented #peertube instance, wondering how much interest there is in it on this bit of the #fediverse?

It seems very doable, but bit steep in investment cost (hardware). I think it should be doable with a running cost of ca 100-150,- per month for hosting and hardware. Assuming sponsored/donated admin-time.

I've just realized since I become a PhD student I've been reading only pdfs: articles, etc. 2 months ago, when I come back from my research stay in Amsterdam, I decided to read novels again, and I’m really happy about it. I finished these 15 books and most of them are from the public and university library of Granada. The best ones for me: Deaf Sentence [La vida en sordina] and The British Museum is Falling Down [La caída del museo británico], by David Lodge.

Not surprised at all.
https://news.softpedia.com/news/windows-10-said-to-track-user-activity-even-when-told-not-to-524238.shtml

Random reminder to use a password manager if you aren't already! It'll help you stay safe online by using long, unique passwords for each service you use.

While LastPass or 1Password are great choices, I prefer KeePassXC

Official site: https://keepassxc.org/

Official quick-start guide: https://keepassxc.org/quickstart/

My getting-started guide: https://sts10.github.io/2017/06/27/keepassxc-setup-guide.html

Uk Parliament publishes a cache of internal #facebook documents: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59vwez/nearly-250-pages-of-devastating-internal-facebook-documents-posted-online-by-uk-parliament

Six years with a distraction free iPhone: "Every app created new responsibilities. More inboxes to check and more feeds to read. Every app latched onto my brain, tethering my phone to my skull with invisible string."

https://medium.com/time-dorks/six-years-with-a-distraction-free-iphone-8cf5eb4f97e3