Google, Facebook, other advertisers profile us and invade our privacy in all ways imaginable. Lawmakers are hopelessly behind, cookie walls and opt-out schemes don’t do much, except ruining the web. Is there a better way? How about a new, GDPR-enforced Web Privacy API? Here’s a humble RFC proposal …
Category: Opinion
An excellent opinion & thorough technical analysis of Web3 and all the hype around it, by Moxie Marlinspike, the father of Signal messenger.
Mark Zuckerberg is pushing forward with metaverse, while billionaire-turned-architect sees great business in building rat cages for its future inhabitants. Other than that, just another sunny day …
The Verge story on how the concept of file system, essential to previous generations’ understanding of computers, sounds like evil black magic to many modern students.
Cory Doctorow explains why I still need six communicator apps on my phone
Edward Snowden explaining today the ins and outs of Apple’s recent privacy-invading initiatives, plus a credible explanation of ‘why?’
We all have our opinions and flame wars are raging around, but when Charles Petzold has an opinion, we should better listen!
True story about how I got into programming many many years ago. Full of details, anecdotes, ramblings and nostalgia for the good ol’ early days of computing.
How to reclaim privacy, security and ownership of your computer with Free and Open Source Software, as explained by “Go FOSS, Today” initiative.
We recently saw Ingenuity fly over Mars, an amazing robo-copter powered by Linux! Yet another proof how flexible and versatile this operating system can be. But now, the really big news. It’s official. Linux can handle Mom and Pops just as well!