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Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds

Lawyers hail jury’s “clear message” to Big Tech; Meta will fight verdict.

Ars Technica

Leonardo Lenoci ✅Apr 3, 2024

"Google claimed in the litigation that it was impossible to identify (and therefore delete) private browsing data because of how it stored data." Now, under the settlement, however, Google has agreed "to remediate 100 percent of the data set at issue."

Read full article here 👇
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/google-agrees-to-delete-private-browsing-data-to-settle-incognito-mode-lawsuit/

googgle's definition of incognito 😁😱🤣😭

#privacy #browser #incognito #useFreeSoftware #FreeSoftware

Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

What a lawyer calls "a historic step," Google considers not that "significant."

Ars Technica

Ricardo Jun 2, 2023

#doesangue
#usefreesoftware
#doar

minzmade Jan 12, 2023

Habe mit einem Kollegen ein Diagramm in #inkscape erstellt.
Dann wollte er das in ein #microsoft #word dokument einfügen.
Nach einer halben Stunde haben wir eine #rastergrafik als riesen #png gerendert und reingewurstet.
Das Milliardenunternehmen #microsoft ist nicht in der Lage zu leisten, was #freieSoftware schafft. In diesem Fall ein freies Format zu importieren, was es seit über 20a gibt und was jeder moderne Browser anzeigen kann (#svg). #pdf ging natürlich auch nicht. m(
#useFreeSoftware

Guy James Feb 22, 2019

While [Microsoft] has previously licensed tech to the US Military, it has never crossed the line into weapons development,” the letter states. “With this contract, it does. The application of HoloLens within the IVAS system is designed to help people kill.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/22/microsoft-protest-us-army-augmented-reality-headsets
#BoycottMicrosoft #UseFreeSoftware

'We won't be war profiteers': Microsoft workers protest $480m army contract

Workers say augmented reality headsets provided to US army risk ‘turning warfare into a simulated video game’

Fla May 18, 2017

I just did the promotion of framatalk instead of Skype at work today. And they agreed to try it for the meeting tomorrow. I'm so happy :D

#usefreesoftware @framasky please tell me no downtime is planned for 10h30 am tomorrow morning :p