zastanawiałam się, czy wrzucać dodatkowo u siebie, jako osobnego toota, skoro już krąży po sieci, temat kontrowersyjny, a ja cierpię na chroniczny niedobór doby ;)

ale w sumie mogę zapuścić linka i dodatkowo otagować:

Czy polska szkoła musi być uzależniona od Big Techów?
techspresso.cafe/2024/10/28/cz…

#edukacja #szkoła #wychowanie #dzieci #nauczyciele #rodzicielstwo #eSzkola #cyfryzacja #edziennik #microsoft #komercjalizacja #bigtech

Did you know IBM helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust? Is it in any way surprising that we can’t do anything about Big Tech and toxic oligarchs like Elon Musk when even those who helped carry out one of the worst tragedies in human history remain unpunished? Should it come as a shock that the very same bastards are funding and pining for fascism today?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r…

#BigTech #fascism #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #BigData #AI

NextM Warsaw - Aral Balkan "Small Technology: the antidote to Big Tech"

^YouTube

🚨 Ever spoken about something and the next minute you're getting an advert about it on your smartphone? Almost like your phone is listening..

Well, evidence claims that Meta, Microsoft, Google and Amazon could all be listening!

For more details 👉 👉404media.co/heres-the-pitch-de…

#Meta #Amazon #Microsoft #Google #CMG #CMGpitch #Bigtech #Activelistening

Als Nederlands burger vind ik dit ZEER ongemakkelijk:

$ host www.sidn.nl
www.sidn.nl is an alias for sidn.nl.
sidn.nl has address 35.190.27.69
sidn.nl has IPv6 address 2600:1901:0:7947::
[...]

$ whois 35.190.27.69
[...]
CIDR: 35.184.0.0/13
NetName: GOOGLE-CLOUD
[...]

$ whois 2600:1901:0:7947::
[...]
CIDR: 2600:1900::/28
NetName: GOOGLE-CLOUD
[...]

@staatssecretarisbzk @bitsoffreedom
@bert_hubert
#bigtech

🔍 A search engine is only as good as its search index. Even alternative search engines might be using indexes built by Big Tech. 👉 tuta.com/blog/what-is-search-i…

What is your favorite search engine? 🤔 Let us know in the comments!

#search #bigtech #privacy

Need a brief and accessible explainer about the actual harms of AI?

Show folks this:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVJ4JDM…

@thejuicemedia hitting it out of the park, yet again.

#ai #corporations #corporatocracy #billionaires #climateCrisis #BigTech #SiliconValley

Honest Government Ad | AI

The Government™ has made an ad about the existential threat that AI poses to humanity, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative👉 Help us keep Government...

^YouTube

📢 Big tech has never cared for your online #privacy and they still don’t! Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes – it’s just privacy washing.

Read more here 👉 👉 👉 tuta.com/blog/big-tech-privacy…

#privacywashing #bigtech #privacymatters

I'd love to do so too ... but ... this stops me. I don't trust Google - they'll use all the additional meta data for their own stuff too.

(There are privacy aware alternatives, like cryptpad.fr and such likes)

#bigtech #privacy

Genuine question. How many more times does #BigTech censorship have to take place against journalists before you start writing on your own websites and directing people to your #RSS feed instead of relying on your social media traffic? There's thousands of places that will host your own website for you, for a price. I list a few below! No, it's not free, but how many times does this have to happen to you? thehandbasket.co/p/kansas-refl…

And here, I list a bunch of places that will host your own website for you!

robertkingett.com/links/

#Journalism

Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see

Read the Kansas Reflector's piece about Facebook's climate change ad policy

^{Marisa Kabas (The Handbasket)}

Apple's response to its ~$2 billion fine is telling.

It's the same mentality Apple shows with the #DMA.

This must be the start of the #EU's crackdown on #BigTech. 💪

Here's why we're in revolt against #Apple's malicious compliance with the DMA
➡️ tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…

We had a great talk with XMTP_Labs last week 🎙️
blog.xmtp.com/tuta/

We love seeing more companies embrace #privacy & join the fight against #bigtech & government #surveillance. ✊🔒

Here's to making the #web a better place #together! 🥂

Apple is showing flagrant disregard for the EU #DigitalMarketsAct. 🇪🇺

Their reluctant allowance of third-party app stores, #sideloading, & alternative payments is nothing more than an act of #malicious compliance by #apple 🍎

👉 tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-mal…
#monopoly #BigTech

2024 is the year to drop Big Tech for good. Let's start with #gmail !

👉 tuta.com/blog/how-to-delete-gm…

#NewYearsResolution #BigTech #opensource

#DigitalColonialism #AlgorithmicBias #BigTech -

Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back

Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry

"Large technology companies like Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet have unprecedented access to our daily lives, collecting information when we check our email, count our steps, shop online, and commute to and from work. Current events are concerning—both the changing owners (and names) of billion-dollar tech companies and regulatory concerns about artificial intelligence underscore the sweeping nature of Big Tech’s surveillance and the influence such companies hold over the people who use their apps and platforms.

As trusted tech experts Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry show in this eye-opening and convincing book, this vast accumulation of data is not the accidental stockpile of a fast-growing industry. Just as nations stole territories for ill-gotten minerals and crops, wealth, and dominance, tech companies steal personal data important to our lives. It’s only within the framework of colonialism, Mejias and Couldry argue, that we can comprehend the full scope of this heist.

Like the land grabs of the past, today’s data grab converts our data into raw material for the generation of corporate profit against our own interests. Like historical colonialism, today’s tech corporations have engineered an extractive form of doing business that builds a new social and economic order, leads to job precarity, and degrades the environment. These methods deepen global inequality, consolidating corporate wealth in the Global North and engineering discriminatory algorithms. Promising convenience, connection, and scientific progress, tech companies enrich themselves by encouraging us to relinquish details about our personal interactions, our taste in movies or music, and even our health and medical records. Do we have any other choice?"

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/b…

Data Grab

A compelling argument that the extractive practices of today’s tech giants are the continuation of colonialism—and a crucial guide to collective resistance.

^{University of Chicago Press}

🎊 Looking for a sweet way to celebrate #dataprivacyday? 🎉

Why not try dropping #BigTech in favor of a more private #email provider. 😎

We've got you covered with a full comparison so you can have your #privacy cake and eat it too! 💪🔒
👉tuta.com/blog/best-free-email-…

The American Dialect Society has announced that its 2023 Word of the Year is "Entshittification". 💩

The decline in quality of service and content from #google and #amazon is plain to see, but this doesn't need to be the future of the internet. 🤖

You can help make the web a better place by choosing free and open source alternatives to #BigTech! ✊
👉 tuta.com/open-source

1. Read this:

“Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot.”

github.blog/2023-11-08-univers…

2. Go here:

codeberg.org/

#git #gitHub #codeberg #enshittification #BigTech #cooperative #dev

Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform - The GitHub Blog

GitHub is announcing general availability of GitHub Copilot Chat and previews of the new GitHub Copilot Enterprise offering, new AI-powered security features, and the GitHub Copilot Partner Program.

^{Thomas Dohmke (The GitHub Blog)}

Google is taking pay-to-play to the next level. Recent court testimony shows that Google paid $21 Billion USD to remain the Internet's dominant search engine. 😱

💪 Fight back against Big Tech's monopoly by switching to a more private search engine today! 👇
tutanota.com/blog/google-searc…

#privacy #encryption #google #monopoly #bigtech

Google Pays $21 Billion for Search Monopoly: How "Free" Tech Markets Repress Free Speech and Hurt All of US

Your data is worth billions, time to take it back and break the Google monopoly on search!

^Tutanota

Norwegen greift durch – aufgrund anhaltender Verstöße gegen EU-Recht durch #Meta hat das Land ein dreimonatiges Verbot für personalisierte Werbung auf Facebook und Instagram erlassen. Das Verbot ist ein bedeutender Schritt, um besser zu verstehen und zu kontrollieren, wie Big Tech unsere persönlichen Daten nutzt. Hier könnt ihr mehr dazu erfahren: netzpolitik.org/2023/datenschu…

#datenschutz #bigtech #facebook #instagram

Datenschutz: Norwegen verbietet personalisierte Werbung auf Facebook und Instagram – netzpolitik.org

Der norwegischen Datenschutzaufsicht ist der Geduldsfaden gerissen. Weil Meta anhaltend EU-Recht verletzt, untersagt die Behörde dem Werbekonzern das Ausspielen personalisierter Werbung – vorerst für drei Monate.

^{netzpolitik.org}

“The fact that large platforms are adopting ActivityPub is not only validation of the movement towards decentralized social media, but a path forward for people locked into these platforms to switch to better providers. Which in turn, puts pressure on such platforms to provide better, less exploitative services. This is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come.”

Famous last words.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/…

#mastodon #fediverse #threads #BigTech #SiliconValley #zeroSumGame

#Meta is having a very bad year. The latest decision (issued by the #CJEU yesterday in Meta Platforms Inc, et al., v. Bundeskartellamt, C-C252/21) adds to their woes, but more importantly, I anticipate it will force us all to re-evaluate #processing, #lawful bases, special category data, and #inferences derived from that data.

In my article, I explore the case in detail, as well as some hypotheses on the impact of this decision broadly to #BigTech, with examples.

But I'm curious to hear your thoughts and observations. Am I being a Cassandra? Overly pessimistic? Completely overthinking this? What implications am I missing?

I'll note here (even though I didn't mention it in the article) that this may also portend the effective death of the One Stop Shop mechanism, which is already on shaky ground after the whole spat between the #DPC and other regulators. Who needs Ireland if competition authorities can also raise issues under the GDPR?

CJEU case: curia.europa.eu/juris/document…

Substack: careylening.substack.com/p/met…

Meta's Wakeup Call, and Big Tech's New Reality?

I unpack the far-reaching Impact of the CJEU's landmark ruling in Meta Platforms v Bundeskartellant and what it means for Big Tech, consent, and inferred data.

^{Carey Lening (Chronicles of the Constantly Curious)}

"Poor" #BigTech will have to comply with the #DMA, despite their intense lobbying. 😭

tutanota.com/blog/posts/dma-ba…

Happy #DataPrivacyDay! 🥳

Here are some privacy-first apps frequently recommended by the Tutanota community.

What are your favorite apps to quit #BigTech?

#DataProtection #Encryption #Security #Privacy

#Microsoft is down.

Perfect time to replace your #Outlook with a secure #BigTech alternative. 🔒

Check out Tutanota and take back your privacy! 💪😎

tutanota.com/big-tech-alternat…

Secure email: Tutanota free encrypted email.

Tutanota is the secure email service, built in Germany. Use encrypted emails on all devices with our open source email client, mobile apps & desktop clients.

^Tutanota

“Many browsers and anti-spyware applications are designed to reject and delete third-party cookies. Adobe ensures that cookies can always we [sic] set even if third-party cookies are blocked.”

That feeling when you admit you’re spyware.

#Adobe #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #adtech #spyware #SiliconValley #BigTech via @GossiTheDog

… Or, in what a previous head of public policy at Mozilla told me while we were chatting before our talks at a data protection conference:

“Aral, we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to a such a higher standard.”

When I finally managed to pick my jaw off the floor the only retort I could manage was: “But that’s not what you tell people.”

3/3

#Mozilla #fediverse #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #BigTech

San Francisco: “This week, the city will put into effect its new camera ordinance, which is aimed at helping police investigate crimes. The legislation, crafted by the city’s mayor, London Breed, gives police the right to request access to the live footage of privately owned internet cameras.”

inkl.com/a/wlLNdbiqZXq

Please buy an Amazon Ring or Google Nest camera and help us build the surveillance state. Big Brother thanks you for your cooperation.

#SurveillanceCapitalism #BigTech

Security Cameras Make Us Feel Safe, but Are They Worth the Invasion?

I have always been fascinated by webcams that watch for anything that moves. When I lived in a no-frills neighborhood…

^inkl

I spoke about the fediverse, Elon Musk, and more with Steve Boland back in July for the Next in Nonprofits podcast.

Have a listen:

nextinnonprofits.com/2022/07/f…

#fediverse #nonProfit #notForProfit #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #BigTech #SmallTech #SmallWeb #podcast

Federated communications - The Fediverse - with Aral Balkan

Aral Balkan is co-founder of the Small Technology Foundation. He talks about the Fediverse, including Mastodon and tools like ActivityPub, for nonprofits.

^{https://www.nextinnonprofits.com/author/steveboland/#author (Next in Nonprofits)}

Optimising #Mastodon = designing flows that encourage people to leave mastodon.social for other instances, not accepting any more new members on mastodon.social, and making design changes that limit how much a single instance can scale.

A single instance that can scale to host hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people, is not a design success in decentralisation, it’s a design failure. (It’s a design success in #BigTech.)

CC @Gargron

#decentralisation #centralisation #federation

You’re just a programmer, right? Surely you carry no responsibility for what you program…

Meet the programmers bombing the shit out of Ukraine.

They’re just programmers too.

bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eur…

#programming #responsibility #ethics #BigTech #surveillanceCapitalism #ukraine #war #theNurembergDefense

The Remote Control Killers Behind Russia’s Cruise Missile Strikes on Ukraine - bellingcat

Bellingcat has identified a secretive group of Russian military engineers involved in missile strikes on Ukraine.

^{Christo Grozev (bellingcat)}

it’s exciting to see the old days of XMPP happen again.

The AGPL is the only thing we have against #bigtech that stops the last two E’s of eee

‘Member pidgin?
#MemberBerries

#Twitter #BlueSky “federated” protocol. Private beta.

atproto.com/

Get bent.

#BigTech #appropriation

The AT Protocol

A social networking technology created by Bluesky.

^atproto.com

“Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK’s National Health Service without public scrutiny.

The US data-analytics company aimed to buy up smaller rivals that already had an existing relationship with the NHS, according to emails and strategy documents seen by Bloomberg. This approach would hopefully allow Palantir to avoid further scrutiny in working with one of the largest depositories of heath data. ”

inkl.com/a/lvadqXCvnxv

#peopleFarming #BigTech

Peter Thiel’s Palantir Had Secret Plan to Crack UK’s NHS: ‘Buying Our Way In’

^inkl

“A former eBay Inc. executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter that included sending live spiders, cockroaches, a funeral wreath and other disturbing deliveries to their home…‘This was a bizarre, premeditated assault on our lives ... with buy-in at the highest levels of eBay,’ Steiner told the judge.”

#BigTech. But please remember to keep giving them the benefit of the doubt.

inkl.com/a/BaWQbXflWbl

Live spiders and cockroaches: Ex-eBay executives get prison time in harassment plot

Former eBay Inc. executives were sentenced Thursday to prison for a scheme to terrorize the creators of an online newsletter…

^inkl

Are you serious right now? You do know what Google is, right? You do understand what their business model is? I thought NGI/NLnet was purportedly about finding and supporting *alternatives* to surveillance capitalists like Google, Meta, etc., not trying to improve their PR by perpetuating the myth that they’re generally a force for good who sometimes (often) make silly mistakes.

Do better.

#ngi #nextGenerationInternet #bigTech #google #surveillanceCapitalism #pr #NLnet