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This is the reason you don't buy Apple, even if you use it to run Linux.

youtu.be/9-NU7yOSElE

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We got an email that #Flickr was acquired by #SmugMug.

I closed my account after Yahoo purchased it, in 2005. Why am I getting email about this? Also, why didn't I get an email about Flickr going to Verizon!?

This is a reason the #GDPR was created.

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I've never used birbsite to follow celebs. That's why I love #mastodon because we're here to have conversations, not interact with "social marketing experts," publicists, or other agents.

This extension by JustOff let's you access a catalog that "contains 75,836 versions of 16,706 created by 12,538 developers over the past 15 years using XUL/XPCOM technology before Mozilla decided to ruin the classic extensions ecosystem and go exclusively to ." github.com/JustOff/ca-archive/

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I have to say, the Spectre exploit is a beautiful concept, utterly astonishing in its universal applicability across decades of technology. It is the software equivalent of using a stethoscope to crack a safe. There's no way to fix it but buy a new safe.

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First gym day of 2018. I was listening to Seal's "Crazy" when I noticed this sunrise happening. I'd forgotten how important music is for my mental health.

tenforward.social/media/0jkFyz

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if you like #firefox but with floss only and security focused: sudo apt-get icecat

if you look for a browser that is continues development independent from firefox.
You might like to check out #palemoon

#mozilla #icecat #opensource #floss #gnu

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Mozilla (Firefox web browser ) has started to violate their users privacy and even practice censorship?

Here is Bryan Lunduke's take on this. More or less disturbing business of Mozilla indeed.

If you feel you can no longer stay on the Firefox wagon, some alternatives for Linux: Waterfox / Palemoon / Falkon (formerly Qupzilla).

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youtube.com/watch?v=qMALm1VthG

#Mozilla #Firefox #censorship #privacy #violation #adverts #Lunduke

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mozilla / mr robot shitpost, truthpost Show more

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"Mozilla Slipped a ‘Mr. Robot’-Promo Plugin into Firefox and Users Are Pissed" - gizmodo.com/mozilla-slipped-a-

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What ever happened to Mozilla anyway? It feels like they lost their way. Including non-free software, spying on users and installing addons without users consent isn't really what they used to be about.

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Nightshift at the hospital. A patient accidentaly stopped a medical device. I rebooted it and - surprise - IT RUNS LINUX.

The device is a vaccuum pump that helps a complicated wound to heal. And it's on linux :)

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After #Firefox demonstrated they can't be trusted, #OpenBSD disables their studies on new profiles.

"""While i usually don't like diverting from upstream defaults, something
that automagically loads unwanted add-ons isn't right, so i'm making an
exception here."""

marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs

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2005 - Madison River Communications was blocking VOIP services. The FCC put a stop to it.

2005 - Comcast was denying access to p2p services without notifying customers.

2007-2009 - AT&T was having Skype and other VOIPs blocked because they didn't like there was competition for their cellphones.

2011 - MetroPCS tried to block all streaming except youtube. (edit: they actually sued the FCC over this)

2011-2013, AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon were blocking access to Google Wallet because it competed with their bullshit. edit: this one happened literally months after the trio were busted collaborating with Google to block apps from the android marketplace

2012, Verizon was demanding google block tethering apps on android because it let owners avoid their $20 tethering fee. This was despite guaranteeing they wouldn't do that as part of a winning bid on an airwaves auction. (edit: they were fined $1.25million over this)

2012, AT&T - tried to block access to FaceTime unless customers paid more money.

2013, Verizon literally stated that the only thing stopping them from favoring some content providers over other providers were the net neutrality rules in place.

Never forget, your ISP doesn't want to provide everything on the 'net for you at one price.