The Tor Browser 13.0 release offers a more accessible experience than ever before! 👇
Victory! California’s new data broker law will hold data brokers accountable and give us needed control over our data by making it easier to exercise our privacy rights.
Read more about what the new law does here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/californias-delete-act-protects-us-data-brokers
#privacy #databrokers #CA
When it comes to the reckless trade of our personal information, data brokers are the problem. These entities collect then sell personal information they’ve amassed on individuals with very little oversight. This includes very sensitive information such as buying habits, financial records, social...
Victory! Californians: your right to repair is now law.
Thanks to an advocacy coalition led by CALPIRG, individuals and independent repair shops will have more access to the materials and information they need to fix their electronics and appliances.
Read more about what the new law does here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/apple-long-critic-right-repair-comes-out-support-california-bill
#righttorepair #california
Apple has announced a surprising stance in support of California’s Right to Repair Act (S.B. 244). This is a sign that the public’s strong support of the right to repair has forced Apple to change its position, and now is the time for you to help keep the pressure on lawmakers to get the Right to...
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I de-activated my Twitter account today. I had decided to keep it without posting a while back, just in case anyone would try to use my handle to write weird stuff and impersonate me, but I realized there’s no way I’m ever going back to Twitter and posting anything there.
If someone impersonates me, well, since Twitter has become so ridiculous and toxic, I’m sure people will accept that it’s not me talking.
I wasn’t using this account, and hadn’t for something like a year, so, bye « X »!
Look, there's a lot of anger and dissent in the Fediverse about the launch of Threads, but can we all at least agree that it is going to be utterly hilarious to watch Musk pretending he's not not crying as the last shreds of the platform he paid billions of dollars for go swirling down the toilet?
Screenshot from @noturtlesoup17