Anyone else using those fancy CAT6 cables? 😼

If any PhD students are following your account, boosting would be appreciated.

Fellow PhD student: hello! ​​ I hope you had a good Monday.

0) In which country are you pursuing your PhD?
1) What is the official duration of your PhD programme? Does it assume you already have a Master's?
2) How many academic credits (e.g., ECTS) are you required to get in order to complete your PhD?
3) If you are paid for TAing, can you estimate the number of teaching contact hours you need in order to supplement other sources of funding?

My union and Ph.D. committee have been asking for feedback, and I have a theory I'd like to test. Feel free to use private mentions if you want.

Edit: I am now using "academic credits" to make myself more understandable to non-EU people.

So, .gov.uk wants to roll out the UK's new National Parking Platform app 🚗 nationwide and I think it's worth asking some hard questions before we all forced to download it.

What I want to know:

- 🔓 Will it be open source? Transparency matters for public infrastructure.
- 🤝 Will user data be shared with or dependent on the likes of Google, Apple, Meta, X, or other third parties?
- 🏠 Who actually owns the data and where will it be stored?
- 🔄 If you opt out completely what alternatives exist?

Privacy shouldn't be the price of participation in modern life. Not everyone wants to register with US Big Tech just to park their car. I think this is a valid choice.

If this becomes mandatory infrastructure, the public deserves answers before rollout, not after.

🔗 BBC coverage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgep3ryp9po
🔗 Official site: https://www.npp.org.uk/

@openrightsgroup

#DigitalPrivacy #DataRights #BigTech #PrivacyMatters #UKParking

Interesting choice of Featured Article on Wikipedia on the day that Buckingham Palace confirmed that King Charles' trip to the US will go ahead next month.