FCC reply comments are due by 5pm EDT Monday 30 March on Reflect Orbital. If you wrote in a comment, please please please write in again saying that they did not address your concerns in their letter (which is very hard to find in the FCC dumpster-fire-of-a-website). Instructions here: https://aas.org/posts/advocacy/2026/02/how-submit-comments-satellite-applications-fcc

The most horrifying part in their "consolidated reply": they agree that they could in fact cause permanent eye damage to people using medium-sized telescopes. WILD.

the pressure from social media worked. In systemd, age verification has finally been reverted and removed for good. Linux is always for privacy conscious users, it isn't just another Microslop SlopOS https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179 thanks @reddy_1975 for the heads up!

EDIT: they rejected the PR. So keep fight on! systemd folks are cowards and enabling this mess.

RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116161830981397350

hey so

what DOB do you put on service accounts

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#Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #software #monopoly #technology #idverification #privacy

The https://freepg.org/ project maintains patches against #GnuPG with the goal of closer adherence to the IETF #OpenPGP spec.

One currently open question is if/how draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc support could be realistically added to #FreePG

I've started https://codeberg.org/freepg/freepg-draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc first of all as a notes-to-self repo for a (presumably very slow and long-term) side quest to explore this problem.

Specifically, the goal would be adding support for v4 ML-KEM-768+X25519 subkeys.

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-openpgp-pqc-17.html#ecc-mlkem

To distribute an Android app outside Google Play, starting September 2026, developers will need to register with Google, submit government ID, and pay a $25 fee. Even if they're using F-Droid or the Amazon Appstore, stores Google doesn't own or operate. Privacy groups are pushing back.

https://reclaimthenet.org/open-letter-google-android-developer-verification-policy-criticism-2026

#Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #software #monopoly #technology #idverification #privacy

Bad news 😔💔

I am sad to announce today that unfortunately I will not be working with Privacy Guides anymore after the end of this month.

Good news! 🚨  

I will be available for a new position or contract, starting in April!

I am looking for a position or contact for:

✊ Digital rights activist (with a specialty in privacy rights)

🔒 Privacy expert or consultant

 Fediverse and Mastodon advocate

🙌 Managerial position

📰 Tech journalist

💻 Technical writer

💚 Or any other fitting positions

I am especially interested in working with nonprofit organisations, cooperatives, open-source projects, privacy-oriented software companies, or any other organisations working for the public good.

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Let me know if you hear of any good opportunities!

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