James Mullarkey @jamesmullarkey@w3c.social
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James Mullarkey
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>be the government
>can steal public money to build massive spyware datacenters and record every phonecall of every citizen and archive them forever
>can't figure out how to computer to distribute resources to the public
my relationship with patriotism is a complicated one
>can steal public money to build massive spyware datacenters and record every phonecall of every citizen and archive them forever
>can't figure out how to computer to distribute resources to the public
my relationship with patriotism is a complicated one
Hypercard. Wow I used that in a university project - it might have been super card actually. We're talking 97/98.
Nice one. :)
James Mullarkey
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I was on Al Jazeera Live today and spoke about how we must remain vigilant in the face of surveillance capitalists and governments that want to use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to widen their dragnets.
You can watch the recording on my blog:
James Mullarkey
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There is no greater illustration of corporate America’s moral decay than Amazon https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/01/amazon-coronavirus-new-york-chris-smalls-dismissed
Thanks for writing this. Proud to be a customer :)
James Mullarkey
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Measures to fight the #COVID19Pandemic could open the door for more #surveillance, strengthen authoritarians and endanger democracies. History teaches us that we must take this threat very seriously: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/corona-surveillance-tracking-privacy-authoritarian #CoronavirusOutbreak
The forces of darkness have never had it so good - this crisis is making their grip even stronger #SurveilanceCapitalism :(
James Mullarkey
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We demand that the use of tracking technologies that aim at breaking the chains of disease infection may only be promoted on a voluntary basis, fundamental rights must be respected and the software must be published under a #FreeSoftware licence.
James Mullarkey
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Tons of images about home offices on this Basecamp page: https://m.signalvnoise.com/remote-working-the-home-office-desks-of-basecamp/
Ex fathom dev started Koko analytics so that's sort of already happened.
James Mullarkey
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"#SurveillanceGiants lays out how the surveillance-based business model of #Facebook and #Google is inherently incompatible with the right to #privacy and poses a systemic threat to a range of other rights including #freedom of opinion and expression, freedom of thought, and the right to #equality and non-discrimination."
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/11/google-facebook-surveillance-privacy/
I think the change of direction from Fathom seems like a last gasp attempt at survival.
Lots of US sites actually block the screen entirely for EU visitors.
The best way to avoid having the ribbons is to have no tracking which requires consent. :)
Here is something I wrote which includes link to UK regulator guidance on cookie and tracking compliance which is very clear.
https://www.jamesmullarkey.com/2020/01/to-comply-with-gdpr-get-rid-google-analytics/
*problem is enforcement. You're right they need to pin something on Google and Facebook.
Has anyone been sanctioned for cookie and tracking under GDPR? Not in the UK anyway.
The guidance is very clear that you can't do these things. The prole is enforcement or lack of.
James Mullarkey
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Looking for recommendations on good #opensource video editing tools for cutting short films.
Currently using iMovie, have tried OpenShot but find it a little limited. Any others?
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Joined Nov 2018
