Quoting Martin Steigerwald (mar...@lichtvoll.de):
> For those of you how understand german language I highly recommend
> browsing through the Firefox compendium of Mike Kuketz¹.
>
> I learned a lot of stuff on how to armor Firefox to reduce the amount of
> abuse by webmasters and advertisement
I'd agree with that. We're more aware so we see more of it going forward, but
it's definitely getting worse.
Developers and admins can play a role in helping users who don't know much
about tech, but I think standards all-round just need to be fixed so that some
of that work isn't necessary.
On Tuesday 04 December 2018 at 12:09:42, Andres Suarez wrote:
> It's just becoming more open and cynic. My cellphone is already turning
> my private OFFLINE conversations into ad-topics.
More detail / explanation please?
Antony.
> The thing is, in this times (and what follows) there's some
It's just becoming more open and cynic. My cellphone is already turning
my private OFFLINE conversations into ad-topics.
The thing is, in this times (and what follows) there's some people who
can do something for self-defence, and many others who can't and/or
will never acknowledge what is
Rick Moen - 04.12.18, 10:09:
> Quoting spiralofhope (spiralofh...@spiralofhope.com):
> > On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:26:51 -0600
> >
> > goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> > > Most of it is familiar but I did discover something that I didn't
> > > know.
> >
> > This is something I suspected since the 2000s
Quoting spiralofhope (spiralofh...@spiralofhope.com):
> On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:26:51 -0600
> goli...@dyne.org wrote:
>
> > Most of it is familiar but I did discover something that I didn't
> > know.
>
> This is something I suspected since the 2000s when I realized how
> capable JavaScript had
On a similar worrying note, my country's government has hired a
private company to provide equipment to read and count votes. It is
still at trial stage but the opposition is already complaining the
software used is giving different results for the same set of votes in
different circumstances.
On Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:26:51 -0600
goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> Most of it is familiar but I did discover something that I didn't
> know.
This is something I suspected since the 2000s when I realized how
capable JavaScript had become.
I'll articulate this problem as:
Your mouse position and
For your reading pleasure:
https://www.eff.org/the-end-of-trust
Most of it is familiar but I did discover something that I didn't know.
Tucked away in the sidebar on page 226 is this interesting factoid:
"The website freedom-to-tinker.com, hosted by Princeton’s
Center for Information
