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#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #w3c
The ability for people to use their created/associated key material to sign and encrypt their communication would be a huge boon for decentralised web applications. And yet, of course, the related W3C groups reject the use case. Because allowing people (instead of the corporations the W3C represents) to control their own identities is anathema to Big Tech.
https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/issues/1595
#bigTech #w3c
Can the private keys be used for other cryptographic operations? · Issue #1595 · w3c/webauthn
For example, can they be used to sign and encrypt data the client passes? This goes beyond authentication, so it may be fair to consider it out of scope, given that "authn" is in the spec...GitHub
https://conf.tube/w/oPQjje8j6qBFj7NSQ9xCKj
"Let's play and win our own game!"
And it has broader applicability. I responded to @csddumi on the idea to "Unionize Free Software" where these strategies can be very well applied to #FOSS movement as a whole.
https://discuss.coding.social/t/unionize-free-software/59/3
Let's Play and Win Our Own Game
As creators of federated social software, we have a choice: we can compete with social media giants on their own terms, or we can play our own game, one that's impossible for the giants to play in the first place.ConfTube
Many of them are part of the @edri community & have been working on #DigitalRights since long before #BigTech has been around.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/28/i-saw-first-hand-tech-giants-seduced-eu-google-meta
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It represents a humane technology field lab of sorts. A place where a unique #culture thrives, and that has vibes representative to the #EarlyWeb.
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https://inkl.com/a/JJmvortMRAM
#ai #bias #racism #startups #vc #BigTech #computerSaysNo
Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met
A Florida teenager taking a biology class at a community college got an upsetting note this year. A startup called…inkl
(Here’s hoping this doesn’t go down the webOS route.)
https://betanews.com/2022/05/20/hp-pop_os-linux-system76-dev-one/
Via @tuxmachines
#system76 #hp #bigTech #linux #capitalism
HP chooses Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux for its upcoming Dev One laptop -- could System76 be an acquisition target?
Rumors have been swirling lately that HP was planning to release a laptop running the Pop!_OS operating system. Today, System76’s CEO Carl Richell shared on Twitter that this is absolutely ha…BetaNews
🐌The Irish DPC is taking 4 years to draft a decision enforcing basic #GDPR rights. @edri member @noybeu brings to attention the extensive delays in cases against #BigTech in Ireland, which end up being paid from taxpayers’ money. Read more in #EDRigram: https://edri.org/our-work/irish-dpc-burns-taxpayer-money-over-delay-cases/
Irish DPC burns taxpayer money over delay cases - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Irish DPC to pay tens of thousands in legal costs over 47 months delay in cases against WhatsApp and InstagramEuropean Digital Rights (EDRi)
Today #FOSS can be exploited by #BigTech. We need to united free software development and collectively provide a counter to big and exploitative tech, that takes free software as gratis labor and undermines it as soon as free software developers demand anything in return - even if it's just to release your own source code depending on #FOSS as #FOSS.
Thus I present to you: "Unionize Free Software".
https://discuss.coding.social/t/unionize-free-software/59
#SocialCoding
Unionize Free Software
In the article “The changing economics of open source” Ken Mugrage present the Free Software Sustainability problem from the perspective of companies depending on free software developed by hobbyists.Discuss Social Coding