Your daily reminder that the W3C is the standards body of people farming.

#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #SiliconValley #w3c

It’s very interesting reading this and related threads on Web Authentication (“passkeys”).

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

For all the new fedizens and all those of us that want fedi to be stronger in the face of the #BigTech onslaught I recommend (re)watching @darius talk at the #ActivityPub Conference in 2020.

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

It may be hard for policymakers to imagine but yes there are people who care about politics & volunteer their spare time to come to Brussels & talk to them.

Many of them are part of the @edri community & have been working on #DigitalRights since long before #BigTech has been around.

As interesting as Georg Riekeles' recount of #BigTech lobbying in Brussels is, it's very sad to see him paddle the myth of "well-organised citizens' groups" & #DigitalRights orgs allegedly orchestrated by #Google in the context of the EU #Copyright Directive.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jun/28/i-saw-first-hand-tech-giants-seduced-eu-google-meta

And tackle external challenges. Like the erosion of the concept of "social" by #BigTech. Or erosion of #humanity itself by the forces of #hypercapitalism. Not to speak of all the autoritarian forces that are wielding tech to dominate us.

7/..

I count myself lucky to be part of the #Fediverse. With a couple million other fedizens this decentralized #SocialNetwork has completely different dynamics to it. Where #BigTech is shunned, #ads are a big no-no, and it is people themself who built the place.

It represents a humane technology field lab of sorts. A place where a unique #culture thrives, and that has vibes representative to the #EarlyWeb.

5/..

Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met

https://inkl.com/a/JJmvortMRAM

#ai #bias #racism #startups #vc #BigTech #computerSaysNo

HP to release laptop running Pop!_OS. Could System76 be an acquisition target?

(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

RT @edri
🐌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/

#RFC: Unionize Free Software.

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