digital_alchemist

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[–] digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Any chance you got a site where freelancers who work with FLOSS can take individual jobs?

[–] digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You would think so, but it's not.

From the Fedora wiki:

This license is BAD, and should not be used in anything in Fedora. It has use-restrictions that make it GPL-Incompatible and non-free.

[–] digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Public statements of support from its CEO for a regime actively weaponizing technology to build a mass-surveillance state.

Removing its no logging policy after being compelled by court order to log and disclose a user’s IP and browser fingerprint.

Personally, I gave up on Proton after they amended their TOS to include a mandatory arbitration clause, including a ban on class action lawsuits. IMO only the dirtiest of corporations rely on mandatory arbitration clauses. Without the spectre of a class action lawsuit, if a VPN were to get caught breaking its promises to its users, the only real damage the company would likely suffer would be reputational. These are for-profit corporations. The only way we can hold them accountable is to put their profits at risk.

edit: looks like @oce beat me to it

[–] digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 3 days ago (16 children)

ffs - first Proton, now this.

I've never liked the idea that I have to trust my VPN, and this news raises a pretty significant trust issue. Makes me think I've been approaching this from the wrong angle.

Anyone have experience with the TOR daemon?

[–] digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He talked about the book in his interview on Democracy Now! this morning too.

[–] digital_alchemist@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There’s basically no evidence they increase productivity.

source: http://www.nber.org/papers/w34836