𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, March 11, 2021 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 12 Mar 02:40:40 GMT 2021 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/11/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmR1AGsb7QQmjGiYD6vdxmjmBbmnaNAXuQhLGTmvHVW3Us QmSq5YcztpmMR2UuQfL1yBX7bkKXjs7FKyz6UsnMHPq58B QmXW6ZxAhHeW9g5wHY3DTL6JeZrEoXQw1ghASoRyrNHV4K QmbYNQUWNtVhAQYexu4jom3pG639whDzSgSoVmTABMxaX2 QmQvNZS1LAZnMM4hxFg93Fkzav1osAZoLLmACVyNWTvBEG QmP4sJsHWybFCR6L9YwJ4D9c4ty548pLdtooQKSTcnsvBj QmTJDPW4SySqJM91re39cWCksjMPCgmn9cidUgKb9EK8oY QmSw9S6gbPuCY6EoCWq13EveMmEX357wVLwTQEQyXkXLTn QmRLg7W2bYpr1JiQ6rXJd3frzGWwDsyWcVgiT5DQhV2Ma7 QmXwactwdWFj2TLvAXdStVi238in5okXcVFgsCkGsqexMZ QmcSwMjzRJLVJJk1ktjRc1CEDJ92YWeVn9qVE8ATewiQty QmcR4sVbAs9c71Bh9t9M8xCk5YQJAHUKEK9hpNtc3ZUxnk Qmf4okseUL3sX9QU1gV324WnMKDmVEvoX2vboMhRWAVa9A QmW4WcUNmujGK5kcyYfeyVfYpji6GmKLMaxty6WdhcgNhU QmWJmmXoWSvDVv1GXCBeefymKQ4ous4fqKHL8U96jvMRWM QmZABDo4xMH4KexrW2Lkih6fAve7ujxsBUWpbp6uCF4KY7 QmVqgUwgy82Dv9wbRCHDf8Az5JAxCfFrTdgSmUg7JHckhG QmbwY85pQ1AiuwtWfdbNfv9gxDga5UyiXJrZ1QHd6hbsj7 QmWp121r1GXcbyqSwDPppCeSNezNLzAkSn1ouaS1a1jokb QmdoZcf4iwb2ztjbdiuYHAC9yqNAxqjJ7bLxyu4mWe3eir Qmeh8C9MD58oRRQTZMdxXzz1fPnkNNkZLDGMUBXUZtfYcA ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ EPO Management Could Really Use a Distraction From the Microsoft Blunder and Data Protection Crimes | Techrights ⦿ EPO and Microsoft Collude to Break the Law - Primer | Techrights ⦿ EPO and Microsoft Collude to Break the Law - Part I (Intro): A Fresh Data Protection Scandal Brewing at the EPO? | Techrights ⦿ Fake Security From Linux Foundation and the Monopolies It’s Fronting for | Techrights ⦿ Trolling Community Developers of GNU/Linux Via Patent Trolls - Part II: Monopolies, Patents, and Their GPL Violations | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | Techrights ⦿ Meme: EPO Sells Out Its ’Digital Sovereignty’ to Microsoft | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/another-epo-distraction/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/epo-and-microsoft-scandal/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-1/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/fake-security-brought-by-lf/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/gpl-violations-hypocrisy/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/irc-log-100321/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/nadella-meets-the-president/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/mediagoblin-0-11-0/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 65 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/another-epo-distraction/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/11/another-epo-distraction/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.11.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ EPO_Management_Could_Really_Use_a_Distraction_From_the_Microsoft_Blunder_and Data_Protection_Crimes⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Microsoft at 11:14 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/privacy-matters.webm Summary: This video ‘prelude’ or ‘interlude’ speaks about the importance of privacy and why it’s a pretty big deal that EPO management funnels tons of personal data to a company with a longtime record of criminality (with impunity, just like Benoît_Battistelli‘s) THE ABOVE video speaks about the latest EPO puff_piece (warning: epo.org link), connecting it to yesterday's_3_puff_pieces. EPO management could really use a distraction right now (to distract the media and distract staff). “The European Inventor Award will take place on 17 June 2021,” it says, “and for the first time in the history of the event, the ceremony will be entirely digital.” Is this news? Not really. To make matters worse, they clearly published this prematurely. It’s one paragraph with no actual details. It’s like those recent press releases about António_Campinos making a call with someone, falsely calling it a “meeting” (they never even met). The EPO states: “Additional details, including information on the event, registration process and finalists, will be published in the weeks ahead.” So why not advertise this when those details are available? Is the EPO desperate to distract from something? In the coming hour we’ll finalise and publish the first part of the series that will be 20 parts long, not including videos (it’ll be about 30 parts in total once we include or count the videos/interjections). As the video above notes, Microsoft realised that the world had moved past Windows (with Android_and_all the market share of Windows is nowadays something like a quarter, not even counting small devices around the home or office), so they increasingly imitate the business model of Google and/or Amazon, hoping to spy for bailout/federal money and maybe even for hosting fees (subscription). Azure has thus far been a failure (losses and layoffs), but with back room deals they hope to turn that around. Can back rooms deals, illegal deals, e.g. with the EPO, yield that turnaround? The EPO is humiliating Europe by outsourcing, even in blatant violation of the law, so much data to another continent and to the most notorious ‘tech’ company in that continent. Part I of the series will be ready shortly. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 140 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/epo-and-microsoft-scandal/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/11/epo-and-microsoft-scandal/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.11.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ EPO_and_Microsoft_Collude_to_Break_the_Law_—_Primer⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Fraud, Microsoft, Patents at 5:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Mr. Campinos wonders, “where has all the EPO data gone…?” 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇EPO data scandal⦈ Summary: There’s a scandal brewing at Europe’s second-largest institution, the EPO; Techrights will publish the details over the coming fortnight TECHRIGHTS has long been covering the truly problematic relationship between Microsoft and the EPO, two institutions best known for their crimes. The crimes got vastly worse under Benoît_Battistelli and his wunderkind António_Campinos. In this series, which is long, we’ll look/delve into documents and clear violations of the law. The series will commence later today and run alongside another (unrelated) series, Trolling Community Developers of GNU/Linux Via Patent Trolls. “We’ve been setting up additional safety nets/fallbacks and defenses/safeguards in recent months.”As we noted last night, we encourage readers who have additional information (preferably documents too) to contact us. This is what’s left of reporting in the area; much of the rest tends to be PR these days. That’s where the money is, apparently. We’ve been setting up additional safety nets/fallbacks and defenses/safeguards in recent months. We’re told this upcoming series might attract DDOS attacks. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢟⣛⣫⣭⣵⣶⣾⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣟⣛⣫⣭⣽⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢟⣻⣭⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣯⣭⣛⠿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣛⣿⣭⣽⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢋⣴⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡦⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⣿⣯⣦⣶⣾⣿⣵⣯⣿⣼⣽⣿⣵⣵⣵⣵⣷⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⣭⡌⣿⣿⣶⣿⣾⣦⣵⣷⣷⣼⣴⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡘⠋⠉⠟⢈⠀⠈⠙⢿⣿⣿⣋⡁⠀⠀⠀⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡻⣬⣭⣥⣯⣯⣏⣯⣥⣬⣭⣿⣿⣿⢟⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⡀⠀⢹⣿⣿⡿⢿⣇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣭⣛⡻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡏⣾⡟⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⢀⣿⡿⣷⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠿⠿⠿⡟⠿⢿⣿⣿⡏⣭⣛⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣭⣻⣿⣿⣟⣄⣿⣭⣭⣭⣉⣛⡇⠀⣸⣿⡿⡿⠿⠟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢦⡀⠀⠐⢶⡶⣟⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣭⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡮⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠃⠰⠟⠛⠉⣷⣶⣿⣿⡏⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣷⢀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣤⣧⣿⣧⣮⣿⣯⣥⣯⣽⣿⣷⣝⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⢠⣽⡇⢰⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡅⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣍⣟⣹⣿⣏⣋⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⠿⠟⠋⠁⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⠀⣾⡏⠁⢸⡇⣠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⣜⢿⣿⣿⣟⡟⠟⠟⣿⡻⠻⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⣫⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⠟⠛⢿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⠣⢸⡇⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⡇⠨⣙⠻⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⣻⣽⣾⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠃⣰⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢳⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠛⠀⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⠃⠀⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠀⠀⣲⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡏⠀⢠⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢷⡗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⠿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢈⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡀⠀⠀⣾⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡶⡶⡆⠀⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣦⣴⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⣀⣠⣶⡄⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠛⠿⠽⢽⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⢿⣿⣿⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡆⠀⠀⣾⢇⢃⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠁⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 214 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-1/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/11/epoleaks-report-march-2021-part-1/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.11.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ EPO_and_Microsoft_Collude_to_Break_the_Law_—_Part_I_(Intro):_A_Fresh_Data Protection_Scandal_Brewing_at_the_EPO?⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Europe, Microsoft at 11:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇EPO data protection⦈ Covert surveillance at the EPO in 2014 made headlines in June 2015 Summary: “In the real world outside of the EPO “bubble”, exposure of the illicit use of such techniques generally causes a political backlash and can even lead to the fall of governments.” Back in June 2015 the EPO made the headlines in Germany for all the wrong reasons following revelations about covert surveillance conducted by the EPO’s notorious Investigative Unit which was reported to have deployed hidden cameras and key loggers in a manner that would have been illegal under EU and German data protection law. “In the real world outside of the EPO “bubble”, exposure of the illicit use of such techniques generally causes a political backlash and can even lead to the fall of governments.”The “EPOgate” computer_tapping_controversy was reported on widely by the German press in June 2015 and was picked up by Internet channels such as Techrights, FOSS_Patents and IPKat which back in the day still had enough backbone to report on EPO issues in a critical manner. Covert surveillance is – quite rightly – a very sensitive matter which is carefully regulated in countries which claim to operate according to the rule of law. In the real world outside of the EPO “bubble”, exposure of the illicit use of such techniques generally causes a political backlash and can even lead to the fall of governments. For example, a major political crisis was triggered in the_EPO_member_state_of Macedonia in 2015 by the discovery of hundreds of thousands of illegally wiretapped communications, which significantly dented the popularity of the country’s largest right-wing party – VMRO-DPMNE – and eventually ended its 10- year reign of power. The Macedonian Administration for Security and Counterintelligence (UBK) and senior government ministers were implicated in illegal telephone surveillance on a massive scale. The targets include journalists, non-government organisations (NGOs) and politicians from all parties. A Special Prosecution Office (SJO) was created at the instigation of the European Union and tasked with examining the involvement of high-profile figures in the illegal surveillance. Evidence emerged of covert internet surveillance by the government which involved deployment of the highly intrusive spying software FinFisher marketed by Lench IT Solutions plc via a UK-based branch, Gamma International Ltd in Andover, England, and a Germany-based branch, Gamma International GmbH in Munich. Macedonia’s acquisition of surveillance technology appears to be also tainted by corruption. According to the Special Prosecution Office, procurement transactions cost the public purse over €860,000. However, inside the EPO’s bubble of immunity nobody seems to be overly concerned about the potential fallout from such underhand activities. The covert surveillance “scandal” of June 2015 quickly blew over without any apparent consequences for those involved in implementing Battistelli‘s "Balkan standards" at the EPO. Sadly it seems that no lessons were learned from that affair. Since then, the EPO has continued to muddle along with its hopelessly outdated and seriously deficient data protection framework. Now it seems that a fresh data protection scandal may be brewing in the bizarre “Wonderland” of EPOnia. At the centre of these developments is the EPO’s increasing reliance on cloud computing services hosted by a well-known – not to say notorious – US-based multinational corporation by the name of Microsoft. In the upcoming series we plan to take an in-depth critical look at the issues involved and explain why these deserve to be treated as matters of legitimate public concern. █ ⡟⣛⣛⣛⠛⢛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛ ⣷⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠿⠛⠿⣿⢻⠟⠻⠛⣿⠻⠟⠻⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⡛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⠷⡷⢾⢶⠶⡷⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⢶⡶⡶⠶⠶⠶⠷⠶⢶⠶⠷⠶⡶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠷⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⡆⡤⢰⢲⡗⠂⠐⠐⠂⠂⠂⠨⢓⠀⠂⠀⡞⠒⠂⢘⣶⣴⣤⣦⣴⣶⣤⣦⣾⣦⣶⣶⣦⣤⣴⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣷⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇ ⣷⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣷⣶⣿⣷ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣤⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣧⣤⣤⣤⣇⣴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣬⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠹⡿⣿⢿⠿⡿⢿⠿⣿⡿⢿⢿⢿⠿⢿⡿⡿⢿⠿⢿⡿⡿⢿⠿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡴⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡦⠤⠤⡵⠤⢼⠤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣧⣤⣤⣬⣯⣤⣬⣷⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣤⣅⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣬⣶⣦⣦⣤⣶⣧⣶⣵⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣈⣉⣈⢈⣉⣉⣹⣉⡉⢉⣉⣉⡉⣅⣉⣹⣉⢉⣈⣁⢉⣉⡋⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣁⣈⣉⣈⣉⣙⢉⣘⢉⣉⣉⡉⢉⣉⣹⢉⣉⢉⡋⡉⡉⡈⢉⣉⡉⠉⢹⢈⢉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣈⣉⣉⣉⣀⠉⣉⣀⣉⣉⣇⣉⣈⣹⣁⣉⣈⣉⣉⣉⣈⣉⣹⣹⣏⣈⣍⣫⣈⣸⢀⡀⣏⣊⣩⣉⣇⣈⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠻⠿⠿⠟⠻⠟⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⢛⠛⠛⡟⣿⠛⠿⢿⠛⠛⢛⠻⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠻⠿⠿⠿⠟⠟⠿⠟⡿⠟⠿⡿⠿⠿⠻⠟⠿⠿⢻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠿⡿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠖⠶⠲⠶⠶⠗⠶⠶⢶⠲⠢⢳⠒⠗⠶⠒⠓⠞⡶⢖⠞⠒⠚⠒⠺⠗⠲⠺⠒⠒⠶⠺⠲⠒⠲⠒⡖⠔⠒⢲⡷⠞⠲⠳⡶⠖⠶⠲⠲⡶⠚⠶⠶⠲⠰⠲⠤⡶⢗⠒⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢒⠒⠒⠚⢳⠲⡲⢢⠛⠒⠓⠚⠒⠒⡖⠒⠚⠒⠓⠒⠒⡒⠒⠒⠒⢒⠒⠶⠒⠒⢲⢒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠛⠲⢻⡖⡳⠒⠒⢒⠓⠒⠚⡖⠒⡗⢒⠒⠒⠖⢰⠲⡲⠓⡞⠖⠖⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠓⠙⠛⠒⠚⠒⠙⡞⠒⠒⠸⣶⣾⣷⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣶⣷⣷⣷⣿⣾⣷⣷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣷⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣾⣷⣶⣿⣶⣿⣿⣷⣾⣾⣾⣶⣷⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡍⠉⠙⡏⢉⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⢹⠉⠉⠉⠏⠉⠉⡏⠋⠋⡏⠉⠉⢋⠋⡏⠙⠍⠋⠉⠙⠉⠉⢻⢩⠋⢹⠙⠛⢹⠛⠋⠉⠉⠙⠉⠉⠋⠋⡟⠋⠉⠋⡙⠉⢉⡩⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⣉⡉⡉⢉⢙⣏⣉⣝⠉⡉⣏⠉⡉⡉⡋⣉⣹⢉⢉⣉⠉⣉⡈⢉⡉⢹⣉⡉⣉⣉⡫⣡⡉⡉⣹⠉⢉⡉⢉⠉⣉⠉⢉⣏⡉⢉⡉⣉⠉⢹⣿⢉⣉⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣉⣁⣉⣉⣉⣈⣉⣉⣇⣉⣏⢙⣉⣉⣉⣉⣹⣉⣉⣹⣉⣉⣉⣉⣹⣈⢉⣁⣉⣹⣐⣁⣈⣉⣹⣉⣉⣸⣉⣉⣙⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣈⣈⣹⣉⣉⣏⣙⢉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣇⣉⠉⣋⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣉⣁⣀⣉⡉⣽⣉⣉⣅⣉⣉⣁⣉⣁⣇⣍⢉⣉⣈⣈⣹⣉⣽⣉⣉⣉⣩⣉⣁⣁⣉⣏⣉⣉⣉⣹⣉⣸⣉⣉⣹⣐⣁⣈⣉⣁⣉⣁⣈⣈⡉⢹⣩⣇⣁⣉⣉⣉⣈⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣈⣈⣄⣡⣈⣁⣻⣀⣇⣸⣀⣈⣨⣈⣈⣀⣀⣀⣨⣈⣸⣀⣀⣱⣀⣈⣏⣀⣈⣄⣁⣀⣡⣈⣕⣰⣁⣀⣈⣅⣸⣀⣁⣁⣁⣇⣉⣈⣀⣀⣈⣈⣸⣡⣁⣏⣹⣀⣉⣉⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣵⣄⣀⣨⣀⣀⣤⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢤⡴⡤⡤⣤⢼⢤⢼⡤⡤⡤⡤⣼⢠⠤⠤⢤⠤⠤⠦⣤⠤⡤⠴⢤⢤⠧⠤⡤⣤⠼⢴⠤⠇⢤⡤⢠⢤⠴⡤⢤⣤⡤⡨⠧⠤⡤⡤⡧⣤⡤⣼⣤⢼⢬⣤⣼⣤⣤⢤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠤⠤⠤⠤⢤⠤⡤⠦⠧⠤⠴⠤⠤⢼⠄⠤⠤⠤⠤⢦⠦⠤⢤⠤⠤⠼⠤⠤⠴⠦⢤⠤⢠⠤⠤⠧⠦⠴⠤⡴⠴⠤⠤⠬⢤⡴⠤⠤⠧⠤⠦⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⡼⠤⢦⢤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠴⠵⠦⠶⢸⠴⠤⠶⠐⠦⠀⠤⠔⠼⠄⠶⠴⡀⡴⠺⣴⡀⠺⢲⢲⠤⠶⠄⡴⠔⢾⢰⢲⡕⠄⠄⠔⡆⡦⠷⣴⠤⠦⢤⠦⠇⡔⠀⠠⡲⠤⠷⠄⡥⠴⣠⠧⠴⠿⠴⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣶⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣼⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣷⣾⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣧⣷⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣶⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 355 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/fake-security-brought-by-lf/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/11/fake-security-brought-by-lf/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.11.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Fake_Security_From_Linux_Foundation_and_the_Monopolies_It’s_Fronting_for⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Red_Hat, Security at 12:17 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/ibm-google-against-software-freedom.webm Summary: Linux Foundation as a front group (of IBM and others) is once again falsely marketing as ‘security’ something which in practice gives more control to a handful of monopolies that spy on people and steal people’s personal data (that in itself is a security breach) THE above video turned out to be a lot longer than expected. It started by dealing with fake_security like this latest_monopolisation_and_centralisation stunt, sheltered by the Linux_Foundation for the impression of being vendor- neutral. At the end the video ended up mentioning UEFI ‘secure’ boot (outsourcing control to monopolies; letting foreign corporations decide what you can and cannot boot on your computer), Flathub (the binary/blob/proprietary “repo” or “app/s store” mentality), TPM, and even Let's_Encrypt, which turns Web access into a monopoly (one authority getting to decide what sites you can and cannot access). Of course none of those things are truly about security; they’re about control (not yours, not by you) and centralisation/monopolisation that will definitely beget censorship and collective social control. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇IBM logo⦈ It’s 2021 already and the corporate media participates in a campaign of deception around what constitutes real security and good practices around real security. Boosted by FUD, Microsoft is trying to buy the major supply chains (GitHub and then NPM), in turn serving malware to GNU/Linux and then blaming “Linux” or the companies using it (never even mentioning that malware was in fact being delivered by Microsoft from its very own servers). This is not security. This is monopoly imposed on us in the name of “security”, just as back doors inside encryption get marketed as “national security” (as if only terrorists need secure communication channels). █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⡆⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠹⠿⠿⠿⠿⠧⠾⠿⠿⠿⠿⠏⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣦⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠀⠘⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠁⠀⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣄⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣤⡤⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⢠⣤⣤⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⡂⡆⡀⠀ ⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠘⠛⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 432 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/03/11/gpl-violations-hypocrisy/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2021/03/11/gpl-violations-hypocrisy/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.11.21⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ ✐ Trolling_Community_Developers_of_GNU/Linux_Via_Patent_Trolls_—_Part_II: Monopolies,_Patents,_and_Their_GPL_Violations⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, GPL, Law at 8:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Respect our patents, say those who infringe copyright law 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇We call you a violator because that's what we are⦈ Summary: The introductory part (first of this series, Part_I) explained the problem at hand; today we look at one particular aspect of the problem, namely GPL violations and cover-up THERE is a story with a twist or a tinge of hypocrisy, as mentioned in passing last year [1, 2]. As readers are likely aware by now (having heard about it), the EPO under Benoît_Battistelli and António_Campinos lobbies aggressively for European_software_patents, which they grant regardless of the law (and pressure judges_to_say_"OK"). “We’d like to begin by introducing readers to the GPL violations at hand.”This story isn’t about the EPO, at least not directly. It concerns trolls (or patent trolls) that intimidate the Free software community while taking away its work and violating the licence, i.e. infringing copyright law. We’d like to begin by introducing readers to the GPL violations at hand. We’ve been kindly contacted and supplied with proof, which is publicly available in a proprietary software platform called GitHub (i.e. visible for all to see). “Regarding GPL violations,” a source told us about the aggressor, “it’s apparent that their implementation of Dolby Vision on AMLogic SoCs violates the GPL.” So intimidation tactics seem to have been adopted. “Anyway,” the source asserted, “here are two files that AMLogic and Dolby provide without sources.” 1. dovi.a is a binary object which is bundled with U-Boot (which is GPLv20 without any sources and linked at build time for AMLogic SoCs. One customer published AMLogic sources here, and you can see this violation for yourself: https://github.com/khadas/u-boot/commit/ bf69339498b9f6efc811c278b80ed2c0fb168ae0 2. dovi.ko is a kernel module which is shipped to customers that implement Dolby Vision support. This kernel module is stated to be GPL: To reproduce: strings dovi.ko | grep license license=GPL __UNIQUE_ID_license9 __UNIQUE_ID_license9 These binaries are expected to run on specific licensed AmLogic chips which supposedly have additional hardware (sounds like a crypto check) to facilitate playback. In the next part we’ll explain some of the context, but for the time being we also focus on covering a major Microsoft/EPO scandal. This means that this particular series may be published a little more slowly. We’ll record some videos to show and explain what’s going on, probably as we go along. 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My name is Jon Kukuk. I am a contract Linux System Administrator and musician. My wife and I live in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. For the last 20 years I have been a contract Linux System Administrator at many large companies around the country. In 2008 I released a music CD entitled Uncharted Currents, made in part on a Linux box. I am a multi-instrumentalist and play guitar, bass, drums and other instruments, and do everything myself, with no other musicians I can sum it up in one one word: freedom. I am for the underdog, the oppressed, the one no one cares about. I don’t like Wall Street, big business and corporate greed. I do not, and will not, use anything connected to Micro$oft, and while I do have several Macs, I use them because at least OS X is Unix-based. I’m still running Mojave and will probably leave them at that level. I can do things with Linux that I can’t with the other choices out there. I heard about Linux around 1997 and picked up a copy of Red Hat 6 when it came out in 1999. o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Tuxedo_Book_XP15_Linux_laptop_now_available_with_up_to NVIDIA_GeForce_RTX_3080_graphics⠀⇛ Linux laptop company Tuxedo Computers is now offering a handful of notebooks with support for NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series graphics, including the new Tuxedo Book XP15 Gen 12 notebook which is a 4.4 pound computer with a 15.6 inch display, an Intel Core i7-10870H processor, and support for up to RTX 3080 Max-Q graphics. That kind of horsepower doesn’t come cheap though: Prices start at 1,599 Euros, or about $1,900. # ⚓ Tuxedo_announce_their_NVIDIA_Ampere_laptops_with_the_Tuxedo Book_XP15_and_XP17⠀⇛ Linux hardware vendor Tuxedo has refreshed some more of their lineup to bring on NVIDIA Ampere graphics to the Tuxedo Book XP15 and XP17 models. Offering up the latest generation with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3000 in a “Max-Q design”, these two new models pack quite the punch in performance if you’re after a laptop that can play almost anything you throw at it on Linux. Available to configure with exactly what you want, there’s quite a bit of wiggle room on the components. The XP15 can give you a 3060-3080 while the XP17 goes between either the 3070 or 3080. There’s a few different screens to choose from too between 60hz IPS 1080p, 144hz IPS 1080p, 300hz IPS 1080p and 60hz OLED 2160p (4K). All models come with the Intel Core i7-10870H (8x 2.20-5.00 GHz Eight-Core, 16 Threads, 16 MB Cache, 45 W TDP). # ⚓ TUXEDO_Computers_Launches_First_Linux_Gaming_Laptops_with NVIDIA_GeForce_RTX_3000⠀⇛ If you’re in the market for a new Linux gaming notebook featuring NVIDIA’s recently released GeForce RTX 3000 series GPUs, codenamed Ampere, in Max-Q design with up to 16 GB GDDR6 VRAM, TUXEDO Computers has you covered with its brand-new TUXEDO Book XP15 and TUXEDO Book XP17 laptops. The NVIDIA RTX 3000 series graphics card is known to offer high-performance gaming on mobile computers, and combined with a 10th Generation Intel i7-10870H high-end processor with 8 cores and 16 threads, and up to 5 GHz clock rates, the two notebooks TUXEDO Computers introduces today are some of its most powerful. # ⚓ System76_launches_AMD_Ryzen-powered_‘Thelio_Mira’_Ubuntu Linux_desktop⠀⇛ System76 started its life as a Linux computer seller only. Essentially, the company would sell re-branded laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed. To provide a class-leading experience, however, System76 also provided top-notch customer service, helping Linux beginners get started with a little hand-holding when needed. This focus on service continues today, and it is largely responsible for the company’s success and longevity. Seeking to better control its own destiny, the company branched out from only being a computer- seller and transformed into a maker too. Its handcrafted Thelio desktops are powerful works of art, comprised of wood, metal, and good ol’ fashioned American elbow grease. Yes, these Thelio machines are made in the USA — Colorado, specifically. # ⚓ System76_Releases_New_Thelio_Desktop⠀⇛ One of the most ardent supporters of open source hardware has released a new desktop machine for home or office. System76 is best known for their high quality Linux laptops and their boundary-pushing desktops. And with their Thelio line of desktops designed and built-in house, with open source firmware, bios, and OS, they hold a very high appeal to Linux users. The Thelio lineup is impressive and their newest entry to the lineup stands in between the base model, Thelio, and the next up, the Thelio Major. This new model, the Thelio Mira, has room for up to 2 GPUs, ships with either a 3rd or 4th gen AMD Ryzen, and can support up to 128 GB of RAM. So even with a small footprint (17.18′′ × 9.96′′ × 13.03′′), you’re getting massive power to do important (or not so important) work. # ⚓ System76_Unveils_Thelio_Mira_Linux_PC_with_AMD_Ryzen_CPUs and_NVIDIA_Graphics⠀⇛ If you’re in the market for a Linux PC capable of doing pretty much anything you throw at it, meet Thelio Mira, System76′s latest desktop PC powered by 3rd and 4th Gen AMD Ryzen CPUs, up to two NVIDIA GeForce RTX Quadro 8000 GPUs, up to 128 GB RAM, and up to 36 TB storage. With a fancy design that continues the tradition of System76′s Thelio line of Linux desktop PCs, the Thelio Mira has been engineered to provide you with the latest technologies in regards to cooling and performance, to prevent throttling and speed up your workflow, no matter if you’re a graphic designer, music producer, or video editor. # ⚓ Linux_hardware_vendor_System76_introduces_the_Thelio_Mira desktop⠀⇛ Out for a brand new desktop from a true Linux vendor? System76 have a little something special announced today with their new Thelio Mira desktop powered by AMD Ryzen and NVIDIA. Thelio Mira can be configured with up to 128GB RAM and up to two NVIDIA RTX Quadro 8000 GPUs (traditional RTX / GTX GPUs also available). On the CPU side you’re looking at either an AMD 3rd gen Ryzen 5 3600 or a 4th gen chip up to AMD Ryzen 9 5950X and you can configure the storage up to 36TB in total. System76 mention that with all the power and how much you can expand it the size is only “slightly” larger than the base Thelio model. “Thelio Mira rounds out the System76 desktop line with capacity for large, high performance GPUs and additional memory,” says CEO Carl Richell. “Thelio Mira fits nicely between the base Thelio and HEDT Thelio Major models providing a new option for customers to design the perfect desktop for their needs.” # ⚓ Introducing_the_Thelio_Mira_Desktop_from_System76⠀⇛ While there’s already quite a few different Thelio- branded desktops to choose from on System76’s website, as of today we have yet another one: the Thelio Mira. The Mira sits between the base Thelio desktop and the Thelio Major in terms of size, cost, and upgradability. It bears a slightly larger footprint than the base Thelio at a dimension of 17.18″ x 9.96″ x 13.03″ (or 436.35 x 253 x 331mm), yet has the benefit of holding up to two graphics cards, versus the one GPU the base desktop can have. [...] Like any other System76 device, the Thelio Mira can have Pop!_OS 20.10, 20.04, or Ubuntu 20.04 pre- installed as an operating system. The case comes in a walnut finish, but this can be replaced with birch (free), Dark Matter (adds $59), Martian Red (adds $59), or Neptune Blue (adds $59). o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ CloudPanel_is_the_Linux_control_panel_PHP_developers_have been_waiting_for⠀⇛ Working from the Linux command line is easy for some people; for instance, I’ve been using Linux since the late ’90s, and I feel perfectly at home in a terminal window. But for others, the idea of using the terminal window not only means a less- than-efficient day, it also means having to learn considerably more than they might have time for at the moment. [...] I’ll walk you through the installation of one such control panel called CloudPanel on Debian Server, which is a distribution that really benefits from having such a tool. This particular take on the control panel is geared toward PHP developers in order to make the development lifecycle from coding to app hosting much easier. With CloudPanel, you can run your PHP applications in any cloud or dedicated server in a matter of minutes. # ⚓ Best_Linux_Hosting_Options⠀⇛ With Linux hosting — using the Linux operating system on your server — you have lots of options. Why? Almost every provider uses it. There are thousands of hosting companies and most of them offer Linux hosting. Linux web hosting is popular because it promises ultimate performance, stellar resource management, simplicity, security and open source. This article outlines the 6 best Linux hosting providers for your web design so that you can choose the best option for your website. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ FLOSS_Weekly_620:_TiddlyWiki_–_Jeremy_Ruston⠀⇛ Jeremy Ruston, creator and maintainer of TiddlyWiki, joins Doc Searls and Jonathan Bennett on FLOSS Weekly for a lively hour that goes by fast. It’s so interesting as Ruston shares how he invented TiddlyWiki almost by accident, and how quickly every new use (and there is no limit to those) expanded the community and the code base with contributors and users all over the world working together to acquire what Jeremy calls “superpowers” of utility and creation. # ⚓ Noodlings_24_|_Spring_green_like_openSUSE⠀⇛ I am doing my best to not fade out, but for more of my thought and opinions, subscribe to DLN Xtend, a podcast with the Destination Linux Network where I have a chat about Linuxy things with my co-hosts Matt and Wendy. # ⚓ This_Is_Why_I_Push_YouTube_Alts_&_Alt_Tech⠀⇛ Recently I recieved a YouTube Community Strike warning for my video on YouTube DL and this video was since then removed, I don’t care about this specific video, YouTube can take down whatever they want I just want to know what exactly I did wrong because from my perspective it was a perfectly normal video. Luckily I’m already well established on a few alt tech platforms, like Odysee. # ⚓ BSDNow:_393:_ZFS_dRAID⠀⇛ Lessons learned from a 27 years old UNIX book, Finally dRAID, Setting up a Signal Proxy using FreeBSD, Annotate your PDF files on OpenBSD, Things You Should Do Now, Just: More unixy than Make, and more # ⚓ Not_Found_|_Coder_Radio_404⠀⇛ Mike reveals his secret project to Chris, who has several probing questions. # ⚓ The_Linux_Link_Tech_Show_Episode_897⠀⇛ replacements for ansible, containers, home it docuemntation, cooking # ⚓ Networking_with_ZeroTier:_Creating_software-defined networks_with_Ease⠀⇛ I’ve been wanting to check out ZeroTier for a while, and now I finally had a chance. I recorded a video showing the process of setting up ZeroTier and creating a network, along with my thoughts. ZeroTier claims to offer you the ability to set up networks that can span the globe, with minimal setup required. # ⚓ Ubuntu_Podcast_from_the_UK_LoCo:_S14E01_–_Navy_Chefs Remit⠀⇛ This week we’ve become an Ubuntu Member and got a new job. We discuss Flutter as the future for Ubuntu app development, the new Ubuntu installer, Ubuntu MATE adopting Yaru, a new GTK Spotify client and Proton (not that one) for Firefox. We also round up some events and our favourite picks from the tech news. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_5.11.6⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 5.11.6 kernel. All users of the 5.11 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 5.11.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ stable/linux-stable.git linux-5.11.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ Linux_5.10.23⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_5.4.105⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.19.180⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.14.225⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.9.261⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux_4.4.261⠀⇛ # § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ Mesa_21.0_Aiming_For_Release_Tomorrow_With_Windows DXGI_Winsys,_RDNA_2_Improvements_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ The Mesa release train once again rode off the tracks but this week looks like it will get back on track with hopes of releasing Mesa 21.0 on Thursday. Mesa 21.0 was branched earlier than normal in the quarter with hopes of releasing by early to mid February. That didn’t happen but now as we hit the middle of March it looks like this stable release is about to materialize. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 7-Zip_21.0_alpha_introduces_native_Linux_support⠀⇛ Each year, the free archiver 7-Zip gets updated to a new version. The developer of the application has released two alpha previews of this year’s 7-Zip 21 version. Reason enough to take a look at the new version of 7-Zip and the changes and improvements compared to the previous versions of the file archiver. The latest alpha release is available on the 7-Zip project site. Just download the 32-bit, 64-bit or 64-bit ARM64 version of the program from the site and run the installer after the download. One of the main changes, introduced in the second alpha release, 7-Zip 21.01, is that a command line version of 7-Zip for Linux has been released. The release is not included in the main packages for Windows; the download site lists two downloads for the command line version for Linux that are for 32- bit/64-bit and 64-bit ARM Linux devices. # ⚓ Why_you_should_have_VPN_on_your_Linux_machine⠀⇛ A Virtual Private Network or VPN provides a way of connecting to a network such as an internet without your network activities or objectives being visible or monitored. When on the internet, it facilitates a private connection. An active internet connection is defined by internet traffic. Without a VPN for Linux, these individual internet traffics are visible to a network administrator or anyone with the expertise of monitoring them. A VPN routes the internet traffic through another machine or computer that shields it from the public’s eye. With a VPN in place, your target online websites’ or services’ information is free from interception or manipulation during your privatized online session. In short, a VPN service takes an individual’s internet traffic, pipes it through a VPN-enabled machine or server, which grants this user internet anonymity. # ⚓ The_best_Linux_VPN_in_2021 [Ed: A rather spammy 'article' pushing VPN providers with no real connection to "Linux"]⠀⇛ # ⚓ youtube-dl-gui_–_A_Cross-Platform_GUI_for_youtube-dl⠀⇛ YouTube is one of the product names that will probably never require an introduction. The online video-sharing platform headquarter in California, United States. Created and ran by 3 friends in February 2005 until when it was purchased by Google in 2006, YouTube is among the world’s most visited websites; second only to Google Search. YouTube is the one-stop-shop for all types of media content including podcasts, music videos, documentaries, movies, series, interviews, news, and cat videos. Seeing how popular it is, one can understand how it inspired the creation of an efficient youtube downloader, youtube-dl. Thanks to this fact, we can happily introduce today’s app to you. youtube-dl-gui is a free, cross-platform Electron- based GUI for youtube-dl. Don’t know what youtube- dl is? It is an open-source command-line download manager program with which you can download audio and video from YouTube and at least 1000 other video hosting websites. # ⚓ Finally,_MEGAsync_is_live_on_Flathub!⠀⇛ I started using MEGA as my main cloud-storage in 2018, after trying many useless Linux third-party google drive client apps, for one reason official prebuilt package for most distros that you can download from the company website. However, this is not the only advantage MEGA has over Google cloud storage as, in addition to End-to-End Encryption feature, the team behind it really takes care of the penguin & opensource community by providing useful Firefox, Thunderbird and file manager extensions that makes your life even easier on your favourite distro. Furthermore, you can enjoy the integrated secure communication service. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Leave_Discord_for_Matrix_Without_Losing_Friends⠀⇛ Discord: the clear winner in easy text and voice chat in the gaming space. But Discord is not private (encrypted or self-hostable), and while they support open source projects, it is not itself open source. It works well and you can have your own (virtual) servers for just your friends, so what’s the problem? If you are like me, you might be concerned with who has access to your data and messages, as well as being reliant on a third party to not shut down your server, not sell your data, and support the product. And if you are trying (and succeeding!) to live on open source projects, that’s yet another reason to look into other options. Perhaps the best and most widely used protocol is the Matrix open standard (typically with Synapse, the reference server), paired with a popular client like Element (formerly Riot). As we all know though, herding cats is easier than getting a social group to change platforms. Matrix is an open protocol though and can be combined with APIs or client access to other protocols to bring them to Matrix. # ⚓ How_to_Dual_Boot_Ubuntu_and_Windows_on_Two_Disks_(SSD_& HDD)⠀⇛ Dual booting Ubuntu and Windows is not that complicated and I have covered it in detailed tutorial in the past. Recently, I also wrote about dual booting on a Bitlocker encrypted Windows system. And yet here I am talking about it again. Why? Because the scenario is slightly different and several It’s FOSS readers have asked questions about this particular scenario. Here’s the scenario: you got a new computer. It comes with a SSD with limited disk space like 120 GB and an additional HDD with 500 GB or 1 TB disk space. This is usually the scene with gaming laptops where large disk space matters for storing game files but SSD is required for faster boot and computing experience. 1 TB SSD would increase the system price a lot and hence this particular combination of SSD and HDD. # ⚓ How_I_used_Ansible_to_automate_updates_at_home_|_Enable Sysadmin⠀⇛ Automation isn’t just for technology organizations anymore. You can use it anywhere, even at home. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Nexus_Repository_Manager_on Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ Nexus is a repository manages that provides a platform that protects your entire software development lifecycle. It allows you to collect, and manage your dependencies and makes it easier to distribute your software. # ⚓ How_to_change_MTU_size_in_Linux_–_Linux_Hint⠀⇛ MTU (Stands for Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum size of the packet that can be transmitted from a network interface. All the devices including servers and switches/routers involved in communication should have the same MTU size. Large MTU size has less overhead associated with it while the smaller MTU has less delay. The default MTU size in most of the Ethernet networks is 1500 bytes. However, you can change it as per the requirements. In this tutorial, we will explain how to change MTU size in Linux. # ⚓ How_to_enable_EPEL_repository_on_AlamLinux_8_–_Linux Shout⠀⇛ Why do we need an EPEL repository on our Linux OS such as AlmaLinux, RHEL, and CentOS? RHEL, CentOS, and AlmaLinux official repository doesn’t offer all packages we need to install various common software. Thus, to fulfill this hollow space as compared to other Linux such as Ubuntu, the EPEL repository helps a lot. It offers additional packages for Enterprise Linux, which is administered by the Fedora Special Interest Group and they also ensure the high quality of the additional packages for Enterprise Linux. It is s maintained by a community of people who generally volunteer their time and no commercial support is provided. The good thing is the method to enable it is very simple and common for all RedHat-based Linux distros including AlmaLinux. However, those who are new to this OS can follow the steps given here. # ⚓ How_to_install_XAMPP_Server_on_Linux_Mint_20_–_Linux_Hint⠀⇛ XAMPP is a cross-platform web server that is designed for testing your web applications based on Apache, MySQL, Perl, and PHP. This webserver was developed by Apache Friends and it has been in use since 2002. Today, we will learn the method of installing XAMPP on Linux Mint 20. However, the same series of steps can be performed on Debian 10 for installing XAMPP on it. # ⚓ How_to_send_emails_with_Postfix_&_AWS_SES_on_RHEL/CentOS_8 –_nixCraft⠀⇛ Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a hosted cloud-based email service to send and receive email using your email addresses and domains. Typically SES is used for sending bulk email or routing emails without hosting MTA. One can use the CLI or server-side programming languages such as PHP or Python to transfer an email via SES. This quick tutorial will show you how to route all outgoing emails with Postfix and Amazon AWS SES on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS version 8. # ⚓ How_to_take_Screenshots_on_Debian_Linux⠀⇛ Taking screenshots in Debian is super easy. You will definitely know how to use the built-in screenshot utility or PrtScr key on your keyboard in order to take a screenshot of your system. There are other many open-source screenshots utilities that allow you to take screenshots of your system but they lack. But what about if you need to take a screenshot of your lock screen or the login screen of your Debian system. Regardless of the reason why you need the screenshot of the lock screen or the login screen, we will show you how to achieve that. This article is about discussing the ways using which you can take the screenshot of your Lock screen and login screen. # ⚓ How_to_Create_Symbolic_or_soft_Link_in_Linux?⠀⇛ A symbolic link (or symlink) is a special type of file in Linux that contains a path to another file or directory. Basically, it is similar to a shortcut and is also known as a soft link. In this post, we’ll see how to create, verify, and remove symbolic links in Linux. First, let’s start with a basic introduction to links # ⚓ Basic_scripting_on_Unix_and_Linux_|_Network_World⠀⇛ Creating a script on a Unix or Linux system can be dead easy or surprisingly complex; it all depends on how much you’re trying to get the script to do. In this post, we look at scripting basics—at how to get started if you have never built a script before. # ⚓ Setup_a_Load_Balanced_WordPress_Website_on_AWS_EC2_–_Part 1⠀⇛ Setup a Load Balanced WordPress Website on AWS EC2. Learn how to setup your WordPress application to handle high traffic with auto-scaling capabilities on AWS with Elastic Load Balancing. In this full guide you will install WordPress, configure your website to use AWS S3 for media files, create Amazon Machine Image, setup template, create a launch configuration, configure auto- scaling group to manage live traffic and setup RDS for your database. # ⚓ Setup_a_Load_Balanced_WordPress_Website_on_AWS_EC2_–_Part 2⠀⇛ Setup a Load Balanced WordPress Website on AWS EC2. Learn how to setup your WordPress application to handle high traffic with auto-scaling capabilities on AWS with Elastic Load Balancing. In this full guide you will install WordPress, configure your website to use AWS S3 for media files, create Amazon Machine Image, setup template, create a launch configuration, configure auto- scaling group to manage live traffic and setup RDS for your database. # ⚓ How_to_wake_up_a_sleeping_bash_script⠀⇛ Suppose you want to have a bash script that sleeps in the background normally, and wakes up to perform some task only when you send a signal to the script. Once the script completes the task, it then goes back to sleep. This kind of “wake-on-demand” behavior might be useful if you do not want to terminate and re-start the script for whatever reason, for example, because the script needs to maintain some sort of internal state or history across task runs. In this tutorial, let’s find out how you can wake up a sleeping bash script. Before describing the technique, let me go over the concept of a named pipe, which is useful to implement the wake-on- demand feature. # ⚓ How_to_Stop_/_Remove_all_Docker_Containers_and_Images_– LinuxBuz⠀⇛ There are a lot of commands for running and managing a Docker container. If you are new to Docker then it is very difficult for you to deal with Docker commands. “Stop and remove all docker containers” is a day-to-day task of any Docker administrator. So it is essential for you to know how to remove and stop all docker containers. In this post, we will show you how to remove and stop all containers. # ⚓ How_To_Install_Apache_Guacamole_on_Ubuntu_20.04_LTS_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Guacamole on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Guacamole is a free, open- source HTML5 web-based remote desktop gateway developed by the Apache software foundation. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you through the step-by- step installation of Apache Guacamole on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa). You can follow the same instructions for Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04, and any other Debian-based distribution like Linux Mint. # ⚓ Working_with_the_beaker_command_line_|_Adam_Young’s_Web Log⠀⇛ A graphical User interface has the potential ability to guide users on their journey from n00b13 to power user. If a user has never used a system before, the graphical user interface can provide a visual orientation to the system that is intuitive and inviting. Once a user starts to depend on a system and use it regularly, they often want to automate tasks performed in that system. I am reminded of these principals as I start making use of my company’s beaker server. I need short term access to machines of various architectures develop and test our Yocto based coding efforts. # ⚓ Set_up_network_parental_controls_on_a_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Parents are always looking for ways to protect their kids online—from malware, banner ads, pop- ups, activity-tracking scripts, and other concerns—and to prevent them from playing games and watching YouTube when they should be doing their schoolwork. Many businesses use tools that regulate their employees’ online safety and activities, but the question is how to make this happen at home? The short answer is a tiny, inexpensive Raspberry Pi computer that enables you to set parental controls for your kids and your work at home. This article walks you through how easy it is to build your own parental control-enabled home network with a Raspberry Pi. # ⚓ How_to_test_the_network_speed/throughput_between_two_Linux servers⠀⇛ I have setup total four servers in cloud based data center. They run either CentOS or Ubuntu Linux. I need to make sure clustered file system performance is reasonable as my servers shared with other users. How do I check the speed between the two Linux servers using command line options for private LAN/VLAN? You can test the network speed/throughput between Ubuntu/CentOS/Debian/Fedora Linux or Unix box using the iperf command. Iperf commands show info about bandwidth, delay, jitter, and datagram loss. It is a tool for performing network throughput measurements. It can test either TCP or UDP throughput. To perform an iperf test the user must establish both a server (to discard traffic) and a client (to generate traffic). This page explains how to test the network speed/throughput between two Linux servers. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_Gaming_Old_School_–_Terminal_Based_Games_on_Linux_– Putorius⠀⇛ I am not much of a gamer, however, I am very nostalgic. When I first fell in love with computing, there was no Call of Duty. There was just ascii (text) based games. I remember spending hours playing D&D on my old Commodore 64. The text based games of the 80’s and early 90’s were intoxicating. They forced you to use your imagination and the people who made them used very clever techniques. If you are old like me, curious about text based games, or just want to play games on your Linux terminal let me introduce you to BSD- Games. The easiest way to start playing terminal based games on your Linux system. # ⚓ Open-Source_Radeon_Driver_Performance_Against_NVIDIA_Linux Gaming_For_March_2021_–_Phoronix⠀⇛ Recently working on some fresh tests using the latest NVIDIA proprietary driver stack against the open-source AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver code in its newest form, here are some fresh benchmarks for this latest round of Linux OpenGL/Vulkan gaming tests. Here are the freshest Linux gaming benchmarks that were just wrapped up at Phoronix. On the NVIDIA side is still the 460.39 driver release while it’s looking like soon the NVIDIA 470 series will be out. On the AMD side the newest open-source code means using Linux 5.12-rc2 and Mesa 21.1-devel via the Oibaf PPA with LLVM 11.0.1. # ⚓ Wasteland_3_gets_a_permadeath_mode_and_skill_respec_in_the 1.3.3_update_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Wasteland 3 from inXile Entertainment continues expanding after the release in August 2020 and the Linux version landing in December 2020 with the latest free upgrade out now. “In Wasteland 3 you take command of a squad of Desert Rangers, lawmen and women in a post-nuclear world, trying to rebuild society from the ashes. More than a century after the bombs fell, you’re fighting a losing battle to keep your beloved Arizona alive. Then the self-proclaimed Patriarch of Colorado radios, promising aid if you’ll do a job he can only entrust to an outsider—rescue his land from the ambitions of his three bloodthirsty children.” The 1.3.3 update headline feature is a new Permadeath mode, which is entirely optional and can only be turned on for new games. This mixes things up so characters in your squad stay dead if their Downed timer expires during combat. A mode for those of you who love it tough. Another new mode was added with Difficult Skills Checks which again, can only be turned on for a new game. If enabled it makes all Skill, Attribute, and Perception checks have +2 so you need to really optimize your squad. # ⚓ Spaceship_building_co-op_sandbox_Avorion_teases_a_massive 2.0_update_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Boxelware did exceptionally well with Avorion, a space exploration sim that lets you build ships together with blocks and they’ve teased a massive 2.0 update to come. You could easily say that Avorion is a bit like a space Minecraft but that wouldn’t do it enough justice, there’s vastly more to it than just building ships with blocks. There’s a fleet system, pirates to deal with, a storyline to follow, a trading system and much more. The universe is big too and it’s going to get bigger. # ⚓ Nightfall_Hacker_is_a_turn-based_strategy_homage_to_The Nightfall_Incident_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ Some of our older readers might know The Nightfall Incident, an early 2000s game available on the LEGO website. The overall idea was revived in the homage Nightfall Hacker that’s out now. Not to be confused with The Nightfall Incident that’s up on itch.io, which an unofficial remake. This is not some cheap imitation or remake though, far from it. This is a full and complete experience with additional programs, way more levels, and the inclusion of a level editor. Created by developer Teradile, in Nightfall Hacker you’re a freelancer who “lives and dies by code” and it turns it all into a turn-based strategy game with skirmish battles against malicious software and dangerous payloads. # ⚓ Chilled-out_first-person_puzzler_Faraway:_Director’s_Cut_is out_now⠀⇛ Faraway: Director’s Cut from developer Pine Studio is a first-person puzzle game that acts as a modern tribute to Myst. Out now with Linux support, it’s actually a port of the very popular mobile version with several enhancements for the PC. This is a puzzle game for players who enjoy a slight challenge but don’t want to be taxed too much for the experience, as it’s not particularly difficult. The puzzles are well designed though but they don’t really take long to figure out. Like with Myst and other similar quiet puzzle experiences, it’s all about the mystery of where you are and what’s going on. # ⚓ If_On_A_Winter’s_Night,_Four_Travelers_–_probably_the_best free_game_you_will_find_today⠀⇛ Love point and click mysteries? If On A Winter’s Night, Four Travelers from developers Laura Hunt and Thomas Möhring is a narrative-driven pixel-art experience taking place on a train in the late 1920s. You explore the stories of four different characters through multiple locations, and the level of quality here is just ridiculously good. How is this free? Madness. Something clearly weird is going on as you find out right from the first scene which I won’t spoil but do check out the trailer below… # ⚓ Get_Stellaris_and_a_bunch_of_DLC_in_the_latest_Humble Bundle_|_GamingOnLinux⠀⇛ The Humble Stellaris Discovery Game Bundle just launched and will be live through Wednesday, March 24 and it’s a really good chance to build up your collection. Here’s what you will get. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Christian_Hergert:_GtkSourceView_Interactive Tooltips⠀⇛ During the past years (and especially last cycle) I’ve worked to push a number of features upstream from Builder into GtkSourceView. Not only does this improve the ecosystem for all applications, but it reduces the number of things we need to maintain downstream in Builder as we move to GTK 4. That included a new completion engine, a new snippet engine with tooltips based on expansion points, updated gutter and gutter renderer designs, the editor overview map, background patterns, sysprof tracing integration, and most recently interactive tooltips. o § Distributions⠀➾ # § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_distribution_Netrunner_has_a_rocky_past_but_a promising_future⠀⇛ Netrunner has a rather interesting past. Every time the Linux distribution seemed to gain some semblance of traction, it would falter and have to be relaunched. It was once a rolling release–then it was not. It was once based on Kubuntu–then it was not. It was nearly an Hawaii-themed distribution–then it was not. Netrunner has morphed into so many different iterations that it’s hard to remember if I tried them all. In the end, this is technology, so it’s where you are and where you’re going…not where you’ve been. And right now, Netrunner seems to have found its stride. Netrunner’s present At the moment, Netrunner is based on Debian “Buster” and sports a customized KDE interface. The biggest customization is the desktop menu, which is actually called the Application Dashboard. This take on the KDE menu is more an amalgamation of KDE’s Kickoff and the GNOME Application Overview, and it works really well. # § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ License_to_thrill:_Ahead_of_v13.0,_the_FreeBSD_team talks_about_Linux_and_the_completed_toolchain_project that_changes_everything⠀⇛ It’s not as well known as Linux, but FreeBSD has plenty of hardcore fans. In a wide- ranging chat covering licensing, architectures including RISC-V, and a development model that’s free of a “dictator”, The Reg spoke to members of the project about new release features and more. FreeBSD 13.0 has just reached release candidate 1 and is scheduled to come out at the end of March – with key new features including a complete LLVM toolchain, faster networking, and improved ZFS file system. Major new releases come every two years or so: 12.0 was pushed out in December 2018, and 12.2 in October 2020. We spoke to kernel developer John Baldwin and Ed Maste, who is a FreeBSD committer and director of Project Development for the FreeBSD Foundation. # § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox_browser_updated_to_86.0.1_»_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Mozilla Firefox browser has been updated to 86.0.1 which is a minor bug fix update. This package will appear as an update through the Synaptic Packager Manager if you have Firefox installed. # ⚓ Brave_Browser_updated_to_1.21.74_»_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ The new Chrome based Brave browser automatically blocks ads and trackers, making it faster and safer than your current browser. One of the best looking Chromium based browser for Linux. # ⚓ Calibre_updated_to_5.13.0_»_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ Calibre is meant to be a complete e-library solution. It includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to ebook conversion as well as e-book reader sync features. # ⚓ QMPlay2_updated_to_21.03.09_»_PCLinuxOS⠀⇛ QMPlay2 is a video player, it can play all formats and stream supported by ffmpeg and libmodplug (including J2B). It has integrated Youtube and Wrzuta browser. # § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ New_SparkyLinux_Release_Includes_a_KDE_Plasma Edition⠀⇛ Sparky Linux developers have released SparkyLinux 2021.03, which is built on Debian “Bullseye” and is a rolling release distribution. This latest release of the lightweight SparkyLinux features many updates and new desktop environments, including a new KDE Plasma edition. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ App_Showcase:_Tootle⠀⇛ Social media can be a great way to engage with friends and family. But most of the popular services and apps track their users. With Tootle and Librem Social, you can have a great social media experience without your data being exploited for profit. # § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ PicoSDR_–_A_Raspberry_Pi_Pico_powered_SDR_working with_GNU_Radio⠀⇛ There’s a lot you can do with the tiny Raspberry Pi Pico board, but computer student and radio amateur Luigi Cruz decided to go a step further by making Raspberry Pico RP2040 board work as an SDR compatible with GNU Radio open-source toolkit. The PicoSDR project relies on one of the ADC pins from the Raspberry Pi Pico board to sample 8-bit data at around 500 ksps and makes the data available through TCP/IP (emulated via the RNDIS protocol) over the Full Speed USB interface at up to 12 Mbps. # ⚓ Celebrate_Pi_Day_with_us⠀⇛ # ⚓ RISC-V_SBC_Riddle⠀⇛ It is time for a bit of community fun. Below you’ll find a riddle, or a cypher to be precise, pertaining to the name of our upcoming affordable RISC-V single board computer (SBC) announced in the February community update. # § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Volvo_XC60,_S90,_And_V90_Get_Android-Powered Infotainment_System⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_smartphone:_Android_users,_15_things_you should_stop_doing_on_your_phones_|_Gadgets_Now⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Best_Sudoku_Apps_for_Android_and_iOS_|_Digital Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ Xiaomi_Mi_10_5G_Android_11_update_hasn’t_released_for all_due_to_bugs⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_Nord_stable_Android_11_update_pulled_due_to performance_and_stability_issues⠀⇛ # ⚓ OPPO_Reno_10x_Zoom_and_Reno_2_F_receive_stable Android_11_update_with_ColorOS_11,_while_Reno_2_gets the_beta⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_forced_to_pull_stable_Android_11_update_for the_OnePlus_Nord_–_Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ Stable_Android_11_update_for_OnePlus_Nord_on_pause after_users_report_bugs_–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google_Daily_625:_Chrome_for_Android_adds_page previews,_Android_12_DP1_changes_PIN_warning_message, plus_more_–_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_web_traffic_beats_out_iOS_in_every_region worldwide_–_Insider_Intelligence_Trends,_Forecasts_& Statistics⠀⇛ # ⚓ Snapchat_Bounce_effect_(Boomerang)_for_Android_and iOS:_What_we_know..⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_activate_iPhone_and_Android_Emergency_SOS function_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_opens_enrollment_for_its_career_certificate program,_adds_new_Android_developer_course_|_ZDNet⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Maps_really_wants_Android_users_to_update 100,000_businesses_this_month⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gmail_for_Android_Gets_New_Button_That_Makes_It Easier_to_Copy_and_Paste_Email_Addresses_|_Technology News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Oppo_Find_X3,_a_new_Android_phone,_is_here…_sort_of_| TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_latest_Android_One_smartphone_from_HMD_Global, Nokia_5.4,_shows_how_not_to_do_product_maintenance_– NotebookCheck.net_Reviews⠀⇛ # ⚓ It’s_time_again_to_show_us_your_Android_home_screen setup!_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Kyocera_Launches_DuraForce_Ultra_5G_UW,_First_Ultra- Rugged_Android_Smartphone_for_Verizon_5G_Ultra_Wideband Network_|_Business_Wire⠀⇛ # ⚓ Top_10_Best_Running_Games_For_Android_That’ll_Keep You_Busy_For_Hours⠀⇛ # ⚓ Oppo_Find_X3_Pro:_5_reasons_I_love_this_beautiful Android_phone_–_CNET⠀⇛ # ⚓ Report:_Android_11_has_the_fastest_adoption_rate_of any_Android_yet_–_comments⠀⇛ # ⚓ Realme_X2_Pro_stable_Android_11_update_elusive_as_it bags_beta_update⠀⇛ # ⚓ OnePlus_7_Pro_&_7T_Pro_Stable_Android_11_update rollout_halted_in_China⠀⇛ # ⚓ Oppo_Reno2_F_ColorOS_11_(Android_11)_stable_rollout finally_kicks_off⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_12_DP1_changes_PIN_fingerprint_warning_to_red –_9to5Google⠀⇛ # ⚓ Your_next_Android_flagship_phone_could_be_much cheaper_—_here’s_how_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Galaxy_M12_is_Samsung’s_first_entry-level_Android phone_with_a_90Hz_display_–_Bestgamingpro⠀⇛ # ⚓ Cable_Club_launches_Peru’s_first_Android_TV_and mobile_app_offering_–_Digital_TV_Europe⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gmail_for_Android_gets_new_buttons_to_help_you_easily copy_and_paste_email_addresses⠀⇛ # ⚓ Opinion:_Xiaomi_and_co._can’t_afford_to_match Samsung’s_Android_updates_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Chrome_for_Android_can_now_preview_a_page_before opening_a_link_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung_Galaxy_A50_and_Galaxy_A50s_get_updated_to Android_11_with_One_UI_3.1⠀⇛ # ⚓ LG_announces_Android_11_update_rollout_schedule_– GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ # ⚓ TCL_launches_Android_11_TVs_with_video_call_camera_| Technology_News_–_India_TV⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_wireless_Android_Auto_dongle_from_AAWireless_is finally_coming_to_users_–_Ausdroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Meet’s_Grid_View_makes_its_way_to_iOS;_coming to_Android_soon⠀⇛ # ⚓ Fontise_(iOS)_&_Fonty_(Android)_apps_let_you_create your_own_fonts⠀⇛ # ⚓ asus_rog_phone_5:_Meet_the_most_powerful_Android smartphone_in_India,_Asus_ROG_Phone_5_|_Gadgets_Now⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Best_Offline_Games_On_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this_week!_– Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung_Galaxy_A50_and_Galaxy_A50s_get_Android_11 update_via_One_UI_3.1_–_Gizmochina⠀⇛ # ⚓ LG_Android_11_update_schedule_for_LG_Velvet_5G/4G,_LG G8X/S,_&_more⠀⇛ # ⚓ TCL_launches_TCL_P725_smart_TV_with_Android_11_and external_camera_for_video_calls⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung_Galaxy_Note_9_gets_One_UI_3.1_port_based_on Android_11⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_11_has_fastest_adoption_rates_than_older versions,_says_research⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Mi_Mix_3_may_have_been_overlooked_by_Xiaomi_for Android_11_after_one_OS_upgrade_–_NotebookCheck.net News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Here’s_when_your_LG_Velvet_or_Wing_might_get_Android 11_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Check_Your_Android_for_These_AlienBot_and_MRAT_Apps in_Disguise⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android_once_again_left_out_of_app_development_(come on,_Clubhouse)⠀⇛ o § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ # § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE_at_FOSDEM_2021⠀⇛ FOSDEM, the biggest annual Free Software event in Europe, took place again this year on the first weekend in February. As every year, we organised a community event before FOSDEM and this year we also co-organised the Legal and Policy Devroom for the first time. While FOSDEM normally occurs every year in the Free University of Brussels, this year it happened online for the first time – and completely with Free Software. FOSDEM had more than 25 simultaneous talks at times, with accompanying interactive text-based chat rooms, live Q&A with the speakers on video, and “hallway track” breakout rooms after each talk where speakers and attendees could join video chat together and discuss the talk. According to the main FOSDEM organisers, they had a peak of 33,600 attendees. This year, FSFE is also honoured to have co-organised the Legal and Policy Devroom at FOSDEM for the first time. And like every year, we hosted a great community event before FOSDEM, this time with a keynote from Cory Doctorow. # ⚓ Virtual_LibrePlanet_is_full_of_space_to_explore!⠀⇛ LibrePlanet 2021 is about to deliver a program bursting with something for everyone in the free software movement, from inquisitive newcomers to hardcore developers. There are tons of activities happening at and around LibrePlanet in the Free Software Foundation (FSF)’s online spaces this year, and we want to tell you all about them. Register now, and don’t miss out! # ⚓ Cornelius_Schumacher:_11_takeaways_from_a_year_of online_conferences⠀⇛ I love going to conferences. It’s how I learn, meet people, get inspiration, share my work, and have fun. The last conference I went to physically was FOSS Backstage in March 2020. It was great. I talked about Inner Source, met great people, had great discussions. That was one year ago. Conferences got cancelled or went virtual. I have been to a lot of virtual conferences since then. It’s great, attending doesn’t require travel, fees went down, with a few clicks you could join any conference on the planet. Sometimes it was attending one session and realizing that it wasn’t for me, sometimes it meant spending days in a different time zone. Of course it’s not the same, it’s different. So what have I taken away from a year of online conferences? # § Web Browsers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Firefox’s_Multiple_Picture-in-Picture_feature is_the_gametime_assist_you_need_for_this_month’s big_games_|_The_Firefox_Frontier⠀⇛ This Firefox browser feature allows you to seamlessly pop any video out from the webpage into a floating, size- adjustable window in just one click. With the latest update you can pop out unlimited videos to the top of your screen while still working in other tabs and windows, as long as your computer and internet provider can handle it! You want to finish up the presentation for your boss while keeping track of the tournament live? Now you can. We can’t help if Gonzaga ruins their undefeated streak and sinks your bracket, but we can make sure that you see it all happen in real-time. # ⚓ Mozilla_GFX:_WebGPU_progress⠀⇛ WebGPU is a new standard for graphics and computing on the Web. Our team is actively involved in the design and specification process, while developing an implementation in Gecko. We’ve made a lot of progress since the last public update in Mozilla Hacks blog, and we’d like to share! # ⚓ Firefox_86.0.1_Released_to_Fix_Frequent_Linux Crash_on_Browser_Launch,_Other_Bugs⠀⇛ Firefox 86.0.1 is here as a bugfix update that fixes a frequent crash on Linux systems that occurred during browser launch, an issue causing windows to unexpectedly gain or lose focus, as well as an issue causing unexpected behavior with extensions managing tab groups. In addition, Firefox 86.0.1 addresses a bug with the truncation of date and time widgets due to incorrect width calculation and fixes an issue that caused the web browser to be unresponsive after system sleep on Apple Silicon machines. # § CMS⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress_5.7_“Esperanza”_Released⠀⇛ WordPress 5.7 codenamed “Esperanza” released this week with a few new features and many important improvements. Codename Esperanza has been given in honor of the wonderful musician Esperanza Spalding. The release brings in some new features, important fixes, and improvements. If you have not updated WordPress 5.7, it’s recommended to update to 5.7 ASAP. [...] Social media icons’ size is now customizable. Add social icons and select the ‘Size’ to choose between small, normal, large, and huge. # § FSF⠀➾ # § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ MediaGoblin_0.11.0:_Punky_Magmalian⠀⇛ This release of MediaGoblin marks the end of our support for Python 2 and of five years of concurrent support for both Python 2 and Python 3. That’s a major achievement, so congratulations to everyone who contributed. On reflection, the Python 3 transition has been bitter-sweet. Without doubt, Python 3 is both technically and ergonomically superior to Python 2, but I don’t think anyone in the Python community realised quite how long or how much work the transition would be. It’s been an especially challenging time for small projects like MediaGoblin and for anyone supporting a significant Python codebase on limited resources. Looking to the future, ending support for Python 2 significantly simplifies the maintenance of the project, making it easier to add new features and prevent bugs. We’re really excited about this! Although we’re not bug-free yet, as of this release our test suite is passing 100% and we’ll be continuing with further quality improvements. # § Licensing/Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Test_cases_and_open_source_license enforcement⠀⇛ A test case is a lawsuit brought primarily to achieve a policy outcome by securing a judicial ruling that reverses settled law or clarifies some disputed legal question. Bringing a test case typically involves carefully planning out where, when, and whom to sue and which legal arguments to advance in order to maximize the chances of winning the desired result. In the United States, we often see test case strategies used by public interest organizations to effect legal change that cannot practically be attained through other governmental means. But a test case strategy can be used by either side of a policy dispute. Even if a test case is successful, the real policy goal may continue to be elusive, given the limitations of case-specific court judgments, which may be met with administrative obstruction or legislative nullification. Test case litigation can also fail, sometimes disastrously—in the worst case, from the test litigant’s perspective, the court might issue a ruling that is the direct opposite of what was sought, as happened in Plessy v. Ferguson. # § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Google_Summer_of_Code_2021:_On⠀⇛ We are thrilled to announce that the ScummVM project was once again accepted for Google Summer of Code. This is always an exciting part of the year for us and this year is no different. For 2021 the GSoC program has been revamped by Google to be focused on smaller tasks and eligibility criteria for the students were relaxed. # ⚓ Monitor_SpaceX_Rocket_Launches_With_Software-Defined Radio_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ Reddit users [derekcz] and [Xerbot] used a HackRF module to listen in to the Falcon 9’s data transmissions during its latest launch. While the HackRF is a much more expensive piece of equipment compared to the RTL-SDR dongles used to listen in on aircraft, it is much more capable as well, with a range from 1 MHz to 6 GHz. Using this SDR peripheral as well as a 1.2 m repurposed satellite dish, the duo were able to intercept the radio transmissions from the in-flight rocket. From there, they were recorded with GNU Radio, converted into binary data, and then translated into text. # ⚓ Decoding_The_PS/2_Keyboard_Protocol_Using_Good_Old Fashioned_Hardware_|_Hackaday⠀⇛ 1987 was a glorious year. It brought us the PS/2 keyboard standard that’s still present on many a motherboard back panel to this day. (It also marked the North America/Europe release of The Legend of Zelda but that’s another article.) Up until this point, peripherals were using DIN-5 and DE-9 (often mistakenly called DB9 and common for mice at the time) connectors or — gasp — non-standard proprietary connectors. So what was this new hotness all about? [Ben Eater] walks us through the PS/2 hall of fame by reverse- engineering the protocol. # ⚓ GitLab_Will_Now_Default_To_“Main”_For_New_Git Repositories⠀⇛ GitLab is following the same approach of GitHub and others in now using “main” as the default branch name for new Git repositories. [...] In a blog post yesterday, GitLab outlined the work they’ve been engaged in for now having main be the default branch name for GitLab.com and self-managed users with new repositories and the default branch name for the GitLab project itself is also changing from master to main. Existing projects will not be impacted unless the code owners go ahead and change the branch name on their own. # ⚓ Excellent_Free_Tutorials_to_Learn_ClojureScript_– LinuxLinks⠀⇛ ClojureScript is a compiler for Clojure that targets JavaScript. It emits JavaScript code which is compatible with the advanced compilation mode of the Google Closure optimizing compiler. Clojure is a dialect of the Lisp programming language. It’s a well-rounded language. It offers broad library support and runs on multiple operating systems. Clojure is a dynamic functional general purpose programming language that runs on the Java platform, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multi-threaded programming. Clojure features a rich set of immutable, persistent data structures, first- class functions and dynamic typing. Clojure programs are composed of expressions and written in terms of abstractions. Here’s our recommended tutorials to learn ClojureScript. If you’re looking for free ClojureScript programming books, check here. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Python_Handbook⠀⇛ The Python Handbook follows the 80/20 rule: learn 80% of the topic in 20% of the time. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ This_Week_in_Rust_381⠀⇛ * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Opinion_|_Resilient_Networks_Can_Save_Lives⠀⇛ The injustice and barriers getting in the way of people trying to stay connected are nearly identical to the injustices woven into our electrical grids. o ⚓ Deepfake_Of_Tom_Cruise_Has_Everyone_Freaking_Out_Prematurely⠀⇛ You may have heard that in recent days a series of deepfake videos appeared on TikTok of a fake Tom Cruise looking very Tom-Cruise-ish all while doing mostly non- Tom-Cruise-ish things. After that series of short videos came out, the parties responsible for producing them, Chris Ume and Cruise impersonator Miles Fisher, put out a compilation video sort of showing how this was all done. o ⚓ Let’s_Pretend⠀⇛ My point here is not to take a position on whether the stereotypes in question are, or are not, offensive. My point concerns the dangers of “cancel culture” more generally. Statues have been pulled down and buildings renamed because of a growing awareness of just how equivocal as heroes some of our “heroes” actually are. Monuments to Confederate officers are obviously problematic. Few figures from the past bear close scrutiny, however. Lots of prominent individuals, including, the Reverend Robert Armistead Burwell, for whom an administration building at Queens University in North Carolina was named, turned out to have “direct ties to slavery.” Clyde Hoey, onetime North Carolina governor, after whom Western Carolina University’s auditorium was name, opposed racial integration. Needless to say, the names of these buildings were changed after these facts were discovered. These aren’t the only buildings to undergo name changes as the individuals after whom they were named were discovered to have feet of clay, so to speak. There’s been a spate of such renaming going on recently. There’s a legitimate question of where such “cancelling” should stop. Again, few heroes from the past hold up well under contemporary scrutiny. Even Abraham Lincoln, a hero of racial justice, looks bad if we shift our gaze from his role in eliminating slavery to his role relative to Native Americans. The Lincoln administration, according to an article in Washington Monthly, “oversaw the removal of the Navajos and the Mescalero Apaches from the New Mexico Territory, forcing the Navajo to march 450 miles to Bosque Redondo—a brutal journey. Eventually, more than 2,000 died before a treaty was signed” (“Lincoln: No Hero to Native Americans,” Washington Monthly, January/ February, 2013). And that wasn’t it’s only crime. o ⚓ Fire_at_Our_Strasbourg_Site⠀⇛ At 00:47 on Wednesday 10 March 2021, a fire broke out in a room at one of our four OVHcloud datacentres in Strasbourg (SBG2). The fire was contained by the early hours of the morning. There are no injuries. The fire mostly destroyed the SBG2 datacentre and partially damaged the SBG1 datacentre (4 of the 12 rooms destroyed). The two other OVHcloud datacentres in Strasbourg were not affected by the fire; the SBG3 and SBG4 servers are currently switched off but undamaged. The site is not classified as a Seveso site. The cause of the fire has yet to be established and an investigation has been launched as mandated by the authorities. o ⚓ OVHcloud_data_centre_in_Strasbourg_destroyed_in_fire⠀⇛ The building that was destroyed was known as SBG2. Three other data centres, SBG1, SBG3 and SBG4, have not been affected but are now inaccessible. o ⚓ Blaze_destroys_servers_at_Europe’s_largest_cloud_services_firm⠀⇛ A fire destroyed some servers and temporarily shutdown others at OVHcloud on Wednesday, just two days after the French cloud computing firm kicked off plans for an initial public offering. Europe’s largest cloud services provider told clients including the French government, the Centre Pompidou and cryptocurrency exchange Deribit to activate their disaster recovery plans following the blaze in Strasbourg, east France. The fire, which broke out shortly after midnight, destroyed one of four data centres and damaged another, the company said. The remaining two were shut down to contain the damage. o ⚓ Fire_destroys_OVHCloud’s_SBG2_data_center_in_Strasbourg⠀⇛ The data center, at the Rue du Bassin de l’Industrie at the Port du Rhin, caught fire at 12:40 am, according to a report by Antoine Bonin of local news site DNA, who reports: “When help arrived, the structure was completely set on fire, with flames bursting out several tens of meters in height.” The fire spread to two other buildings, damaging one other data center on the site. “A part of SBG1 is destroyed,” said a tweet from OVHcloud founder and chairman Octave Klaba, who recommended that customers activate disaster plans, as “the whole site has been isolated, which impacts all services in SBG1-4.” o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Microsoft_Retracts_Paper_Claiming_Quantum_Computing Breakthrough⠀⇛ “I don’t know for sure what was in their heads,” University of Pittsburgh professor Sergey Frolov who was not involved in the research, told Wired, “but they skipped some data that contradicts directly what was in the paper. From the fuller data, there’s no doubt that there’s no Majorana.” # ⚓ Microsoft-led_team_retracts_quantum_‘breakthrough⠀⇛ And now, the researchers have accepted they were wrong. Their errors included: having “unnecessarily corrected” some of the data and not having made this clear mislabelling a graph, making it misleading # ⚓ Retraction_Note:_Quantized_Majorana_conductance⠀⇛ We can therefore no longer claim the observation of a quantized Majorana conductance, and wish to retract this Letter. After informing Nature of this decision, Nature issued an Editorial Expression of Concern and initiated the retraction process. o § Health/Nutrition⠀➾ # ⚓ Doses_Hoarded_by_US,_UK,_and_EU_Could_Vaccinate_Adults_in 20_Countries_Facing_Worst_Humanitarian_Crises⠀⇛ “Vaccinating people living in conflict is not just the right thing to do; it is the smart thing to do.” # ⚓ Cuomo’s_Nursing_Home_Scandal_Raises_Questions_for_One_of His_Senior_Aides⠀⇛ Last July, when the New York State Department of Health issued a report absolving the Cuomo administration of responsibility for the soaring number of COVID-19 deaths in the state’s nursing homes, Jim Malatras was tasked with handling what quickly became a storm of criticism. Health care experts and lawmakers had derided the report as deeply flawed and designed to provide political cover for Gov. Andrew Cuomo. But Malatras, a former administration official who had been brought back from a job in higher education to assist Cuomo in responding to the pandemic, did not shrink from his assignment. # ⚓ Poor,_poor,_pitiful_Prof._Gøtzsche:_Antivaxxers_and_COVID- 19_cranks_are_quoting_him_in_support_of_their_pseudoscience⠀⇛ Remember those halcyon days over a year ago, back before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and became the number one medical topic in the world for months on end? Back in those days, antivaxxers, although still a threat to public health, weren’t the existential threat that they are today, given their ability to sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt about the vaccines that are one of the major weapons that will eventually bring about the end of the pandemic. Back then, they spread fear mainly about the measles vaccine and HPV vaccines, while falsely claiming that vaccines have rendered our children the “sickest generation” and have been responsible for the obesity epidemic. (Well, that and trying to frighten people out of vaccinating in the middle of a deadly measles epidemic.) Back in those days, I once took the very eminent former director of the Nordic Cochrane Collaborative, Prof. Peter Gøtzsche, to task for having agreed to speak at a conference organized by Physicians for Informed Consent (PIC), a virulently antivaccine physicians group. True, he did ultimately back out, but only after a social media firestorm that took him to task for having agreed to appear on the same bill with antivax leaders Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK Jr.) and Mary Holland, along with a veritable rogues’ gallery of mid-level antivax activists. o § Integrity/Availability⠀➾ # § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter_Dutton_launches_Cyber_Security_Industry Advisory_Committee_Ransomware_Paper [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ To build awareness about the ransomware threat, the Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, and Chair of the Cyber Security Industry Advisory Committee, Telstra CEO Andrew Penn, have released the Committee’s first paper: “Locked out: Tackling the ransomware threat.” We’re told this paper, a detailed, 14-page PDF, “helps educate businesses to protect themselves by making a number of recommendations relating to email security, multi-factor authentication, software updates, training, back-ups, data lifecycle management and built in security features. # ⚓ Verkada_Security_Firm_Cameras_Hacked,_Includes_Tesla [Ed: Do not connect proprietary software to an Internet network]⠀⇛ While security hacks are always disconcerting, the recent Verkada security firm camera hack did have a benefit – at least for one of the hackers. He revealed the reason the cameras were hacked was it was “too much fun not to do it.” # ⚓ Verkada_surveillance_cameras_at_Tesla,_hundreds_more businesses_breached:_[crackers]⠀⇛ The [cracking] group, if it had chosen, could have used its control of the camera gear to access other parts of company networks at Tesla and software makers Cloudflare Inc and Okta Inc, according to Kottmann. # ⚓ [Crackers]_Target_Tesla,_Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School in_Sweeping_Security_Camera_Breach⠀⇛ Kottman said the collective then gained access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras, as well as the video archives of all of Verkada’s customers and Verkada’s balance sheet. Most company balance sheets contain a listing of its financial assets, liabilities and equity for any owners. # ⚓ Is_Congress_finally_ready_to_pass_meaningful ransomware_legislation? [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ With the epidemic of digital extortion showing no signs of abating, though, and as ransomware attacks claim ever more victims across all parts of the U.S., evidence is mounting that the next two years could bring a more concerted push for legitlation. “I think it will be a focus because essentially every congressional district has had some kind of ransomware incident, whether public or not,” said Michael Garcia, a senior policy adviser in the national security program at Third Way, a center-left think tank. “Just look at the number of hospitals getting hit, of schools being hit.” # ⚓ Spanish_labor_agency_suffers_ransomware_attack,_union says⠀⇛ The cyberattack on Spain’s State Public Employment Service (SEPE) affected the agency’s offices around the country, forcing employees to use pen and paper to take appointments, according to the Central Independent Trade Union and Civil Servants. The union alleged that the SEPE had aging IT systems that the agency had not upgraded. SEPE plays an integral part in distributing unemployment benefits in a country where the coronavirus pandemic has hammered the economy. The number of jobless people in Spain is now 4 million, its highest rate in five years, according to official data. But SEPE Director Gerardo Gutiérrez said an interview with Spanish broadcaster RNE that the incident had not affected unemployment benefits, and that it has not led to the theft of personal data. # ⚓ Federal_agencies_warn_Microsoft_vulnerabilities_pose ‘serious_risk’_to_government,_private_sector⠀⇛ The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned Wednesday that recently uncovered vulnerabilities in a Microsoft email application pose a “serious risk” to federal agencies and the private sector, noting that thousands of groups were at risk of being targeted by hackers. The two agencies additionally assessed that both nation-state actors and cyber criminals were exploiting the previously unknown vulnerabilities on Microsoft Exchange Server, which were reported publicly by Microsoft last week. # § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ Open_Mainframe_Project_Announces_New Members,_Additional_COBOL_And_Linux_on_Z Resources⠀⇛ The Open Mainframe Project (OMP) has added ASG Technologies, BMC Software and High School Technical Services as well as COBOL Check and ConzoleZ to its growing global community. # § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ New_open_source_project_helps musicians_jam_together_even_when they’re_not_together [Ed: The so- called_‘Linux’_Foundation has just outsourced another project to Microsoft’s proprietary software trap. Amazing self-harm.]⠀⇛ Today, the Linux Foundation announced that it would be adding Rend-o-matic to the list of Call for Code open source projects that it hosts. The Rend-o-matic technology was originally developed as part of the Choirless project during a Call for Code challenge as a way to enable musicians to jam together regardless of where they are. Initially developed to help musicians socially distance because of COVID 19, the application has many other benefits, including bringing together musicians from different parts of the world and allowing for multiple versions of a piece of music featuring various artist collaborations. The artificial intelligence powering Choirless ensures that the consolidated recording stays accurately synchronized even through long compositions, and this is just one of the pieces of software being released under the new Rend-o-matic project. # ⚓ How_open_source_communities_are driving_5G’s_future,_even_within_a large_government_like_the_US⠀⇛ agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), enabling US Government suppliers to collaborate on a common open source platform that will enable the adoption of 5G wireless and edge technologies by the government. Governments face similar issues to enterprise end-users — if all their suppliers deliver incompatible solutions, the integration burden escalates exponentially. The first collaboration, Open Programmable Secure 5G (OPS-5G), currently in the formative stages, will be used to create open source software and systems enabling end-to-end 5G and follow-on mobile networks. # § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux_Foundation_unveils_Sigstore_—_a_Let’s Encrypt_for_code_signing [Ed: Microsoft boosters support centralisation and monopolisation of Linux trust]⠀⇛ The Linux Foundation, Red Hat, Google, and Purdue have unveiled the free ‘sigstore’ service that lets developers code-sign and verify open source software to prevent supply-chain attacks. # ⚓ A_new_Linux_Foundation_open_source_signing_tool could_make_secure_software_supply_chains universal [Ed: Linux Foundation PR/media partner TechRepublic the latest to promote fake security]⠀⇛ Called sigstore, the new cryptographic signing platform uses public logging similar to (but not the same as) cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies, the end result of which eliminates many of the security risks associated with traditional digital signing technologies. As opposed to using actual blockchains, sigstore uses transparency logs, which it said are more resilient to majority attacks, avoid canonicalization and are more mature. # ⚓ Linux_community_project_aims_to_tackle dependency_confusion_attacks_with_easy_code signing,_verification [Ed: Linux Foundation pushing fake security (monopoly disguised as "security") with help from paid-for media partners]⠀⇛ Google has teamed up with the Linux community on a new project that aims to make open source software more secure through easy code signing and verification. # ⚓ Sigstore_Project_Aims_to_Secure_Software_Supply Chain⠀⇛ The new sigstore project, recently announced by the Linux Foundation, aims to improve the security of the software supply chain by allowing developers to securely sign software components. # ⚓ Microsoft_Windows_Containers_Privilege Escalation_≈_Packet_Storm⠀⇛ # ⚓ Microsoft_Proposes_Unprivileged_Chroot_On Linux⠀⇛ Microsoft engineer Mickaël Salaün has re-proposed a Linux kernel patch from 2012 that allows processes without the CAP_SYS_CHROOT capability to use the chroot system call. Other kernel developers are not amused. [...] Long-time kernel developer Eric W. Biederman from Arista Networks, who literally wrote the book on Virtual servers and checkpoint/restart in mainstream Linux, was not amused. [...] Intel engineer Casey Schaufler, who has worked on Unix and Unix-like kernels since the 1970s, was also skeptical to the proposed change to the Linux chroot system. He noted that no_new_privs isn’t something code should rely too much on because it is “imperfect”. [...] The re-proposed chroot patch by Andy Lutomirski from 2012 would fundamentally change how chroot works on Linux even though the patch itself is rather small. The patch did not pass the smell test in 2012 and it would appear that the more seasoned kernel developers are as unhappy with the proposal today as they were nine years ago. It seems unlikely that this (re- )proposal will get approved by Linus Torvalds or even reach him (kernel patches are screened several times before they reach Torvalds so he can make a final decision). # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/ Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ New_malware_tied_to_China_targets_Linux endpoints_and_servers [Ed: Distracting from the_Microsoft_blunder by mentioning Linux and China?]⠀⇛ Researchers at Intezer found a new piece of malware targeting Linux endpoints and servers. # ⚓ Chinese_hackers_target_Linux_systems_with RedXOR_backdoor⠀⇛ # ⚓ Chinese_state_hackers_target_Linux systems_with_new_malware [Ed: Now Microsoft boosters join the FUD, blaming on “Linux” systems that are simply not patched. Way to distract from_what_happened_to Microsoft.]⠀⇛ Security researchers at Intezer have discovered a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed RedXOR, with links to a Chinese- sponsored hacking group and used in ongoing attacks targeting Linux systems. # ⚓ Linux_Systems_Under_Attack_By_New_RedXOR Malware [Ed: Microsoft-connected press pushing hard an anti-Linux angle (non-news, not of interest) to distract from the Microsoft Exchange blunder]⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Activists_and_Rights_Groups_Sue_Clearview AI,_Warning_‘We_Won’t_Be_Safe’_Until_Facial Recognition_Firm_Is_Gone⠀⇛ “There can be no meaningful privacy in a society with Clearview AI,” said lead attorney Sejal Zota. # ⚓ SEC_Sues_AT&T_For_Leaking_Info_To Analysts_To_Cover_Up_Drooping_Smartphone Sales⠀⇛ AT&T had a damn good ride during the Trump administration. Not only did it convince Trump regulators to effectively lobotomize the nation’s top telecom regulator (right before a pandemic, no less), the company got billions in tax breaks for doing effectively nothing. And while the government did sue AT&T over the Time Warner merger, that had more to do with making Rupert Murdoch happy than making life hard on AT&T (AT&T won the lawsuit anyway). All told, AT&T nabbed billions upon billions in regulatory favors, merger approvals, and tax breaks. In exchange the US public saw…58,000 layoffs. # ⚓ App_Stores_Have_Kicked_Out_Some_Location Data_Brokers._Good,_Now_Kick_Them_All Out.⠀⇛ We’ve written about the problems with app-store monopolies: companies shouldn’t have control over what software users can choose to run on their devices. But that doesn’t mean app stores shouldn’t moderate. On the contrary, Apple and Google have a responsibility to make sure the apps they sell, and profit from, do not put their users at risk of harms like unwarranted surveillance. Kicking out two data brokers helps to protect users, but it’s just a first step.  X-Mode and Predicio have each been the subject of reports over the past year that reveal how U.S. government agencies—including the Department of Defense and ICE—try to work around the 4th Amendment by buying location data on the private market. In 2018, the Supreme Court handed down U.S. v. Carpenter, a landmark decision which ruled that location data collected from cell phone towers is protected by the 4th Amendment. This means law enforcement can’t get your location from your cell carrier without a warrant.  But dozens of companies are still collecting the same location from a different source—mobile apps—and making it available to law enforcement, defense, intelligence, immigration, and other government agencies. Data brokers entice app developers to install pieces of third-party code, called SDKs, which collect raw GPS data and feed it directly to the brokers. These data brokers then resell the location feeds to advertisers, hedge funds, other data brokers, and governments all around the world. # ⚓ EFF_to_Supreme_Court:_Users_Must_Be_Able to_Hold_Tech_Companies_Accountable_in Lawsuits_When_Their_Data_is_Mishandled⠀⇛ # ⚓ Internet_Advocates_Call_on_ISPs_to_Commit to_Basic_User_Privacy_Protections⠀⇛ As people have learned more about how companies like Google and Facebook track them online they are increasingly taking steps to protect themselves, but there is one relatively unknown way that companies and bad actors can collect troves of data.Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T are your gateway to the Internet. These companies have complete, unfettered, and unregulated access to a constant stream of your browsing history that can build a profile that they can sell or otherwise use without your consent.Last year, Comcast committed to a broad range of DNS privacy standards. Companies like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile – which have a major market share of mobile broadband customers in the U.S. – haven’t even committed to these basic protections like not tracking website traffic, deleting DNS logs, or refusing to sell users’ information. What’s more, these companies have a history of abusing customer data: AT&T (along with Sprint and T- Mobile) sold customer location data to bounty hunters and Verizon injected trackers bypassing user control. Every single ISP should have a responsibility to protect the privacy of its users – and as mobile internet access continues to grow, that responsibility rests even more squarely on the shoulders of mobile ISPs. As our partner, Consumer Reports, notes: even opting in to secondary uses of data can be convoluted for consumers. Companies shouldn’t be able just bury consent within their terms of service or use a dark pattern to get people to click “OK” and still claim they are acting with users’ explicit consent. Nearly every single website you visit transmits your data to dozens or even hundreds of companies. This pervasive and intrusive personal surveillance has become the norm, and it won’t cease without action from us. In that vein, Mozilla, the Internet Society, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are individually and collectively taking steps to protect consumers’ right to data privacy. A key element of that is an effective baseline federal privacy law that curbs data abuses by ISPs and other third parties and gives consumers meaningful control over how their personal data is used. # ⚓ The_Future_of_Gerrymandering_in Virginia⠀⇛ In any event, the Democracy Index is fraught with anomalies. In the 2020 Index, the US is ranked 25thout of 167 countries, and placed in the “flawed democracy” category, while the UK is ranked 17th and placed in the “full democracy” category— notwithstanding the fact that evidence emerges daily relating to the Tory government’s massive corruption in awarding no-bid Covid procurement contracts worth tens of billions to its cronies. In the UK, the budget revealed last week showed, in its fine print, that funding in 2021/22 for the disastrously inefficient test and trace system alone (this excludes contracts for PPE, etc.) commits “a further £15 billion next year”, on top of £22bn this financial year to March 31, taking total expenses for the broken-backed service to a massive £37bn/$52bn over two years. # ⚓ Facebook’s_Encryption_Plans_Back_Under Attack_by_U.K._Lawmaker⠀⇛ The U.K.’s digital minister warned he had “very grave concerns” about Facebook Inc.’s plans to expand end-to-end encryption across all user communications, continuing a longstanding battle by the government against the U.S. company’s messaging tools. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden said both he and Home Secretary Priti Patel are speaking with Facebook “at all levels” about encryption, in a press conference on Wednesday. # ⚓ Not_the_Encryption_Apocalypse…Yet⠀⇛ Even if the claim in Schnorr’s paper gets scaled back after academic peer review – the essence of the scientific process is that one publishes one’s ideas early and tries to get them proven or disproven, which is what is happening here – this serves as a wake-up call. RSA will, at some point, crumble, as will all cryptographic methods in time. For example, we know that functional quantum computers will be able to crack RSA keys easily as well as a few other commonly used cryptographic schemes. But the development of quantum computers at the scale needed to do this is an engineering quest that will likely take decades. That means we still have time to gradually phase out RSA for updated crypto algorithms that are safe from known attacks, such as those that can be orchestrated with quantum computing. # ⚓ Slow_down,_Twitter_Roskomnadzor_throttles Twitter_over_failure_to_remove_‘illegal content’⠀⇛ On the morning of Wednesday, March 10, Russia’s information watchdog, Roskomnadzor, announced that going forward Twitter will be slowed down for users in Russia. The new restrictions will affect photo and video content in particular, though the department warned that it has “every reason” to ban Twitter all together. Soon after the announcement, a number of official websites suddenly went down — including the sites for the Kremlin and Roskomnadzor itself. However, the government insisted that the disruptions had nothing to do with the move to limit the speed of Twitter. # ⚓ Russia_Puts_The_Brakes_On_Twitter,_Slows Its_Speed_For_‘Failure’_To_Remove_Banned Content⠀⇛ According to Roskomnadzor, as of March 10 Twitter had 3,168 posts with banned content on its site, including more than 2,500 posts encouraging suicide among minors. The Roskomnadzor statement also referred to content on illegal drugs and pornography. # ⚓ Russia_restricts_Twitter_for_failing_to remove_banned_content⠀⇛ Russia’s state communications watchdog said on Wednesday it was restricting the use of Twitter by slowing down its speed, accusing the social media platform of repeatedly failing to remove banned content from its site. # ⚓ Russia_restricts_Twitter_services_over ‘illegal’_content⠀⇛ An official from the communications watchdog told Russian news agency Ifax that the slowdown of Twitter’s services would only affect images and video, not text. They also confirmed that the measures would stay in place until the platform has removed all the content under complaint. # ⚓ Twitter_partially_throttled_in_Russia_as regulator_imposes_protective_measures⠀⇛ The service restrictions come as Russian internet regulatory body Roskomnadzor announces protective measures to protect the public from harmful content, citing an alleged failure by Twitter to remove harmful content over extended periods of time. # ⚓ Russia_Clamps_Down_on_Twitter⠀⇛ Russia’s Internet regulatory body, Roskomnadzor, announced it had slowed down Twitter’s ability to function in Russia effective Wednesday — part of what authorities said was an initial penalty for the American social media platform’s failure to delete illegal content inside the country. According to a statement posted on Roskomnadzor’s website, 100 percent of mobile devices and 50 percent of stationary devices using Twitter would face a disruption in service in an effort to “protect Russian citizens.” # ⚓ Russia_Says_It_Is_Slowing_Access_to Twitter⠀⇛ The Russian government said on Wednesday that it was slowing access to Twitter, accusing the social network of failing to remove illegal content and signaling that the Kremlin is escalating its offensive against American internet companies that have long provided a haven for freedom of expression. It was a landmark step in a country where the internet has essentially remained free despite President Vladimir V. Putin’s authoritarian rule. But it did not go off without a hitch: As media regulators tried to slow access to Twitter, dozens of Russian government websites went offline for about an hour, a crash that some experts said most likely stemmed from a technical glitch in the state’s move against the social network. # ⚓ Jellyfin_and_metadata_privacy⠀⇛ I recently migrated my home media server to Jellyfin. One of the advantages of using it is that it can supplement your (mainstream) media collection with poster graphics and rich metadata pulled in from sources like The Movie Database (TMDb) and TheTVDB. As with everything that talks to someone else’s servers, this feature comes at a cost to privacy. To gather more information about your media collection, Jellyfin needs to share what it already knows about it with the metadata provider. Typical data includes the title and release year (extracted from the file or its path) for movies, and the same plus parent and grandparent directory names for TV shows. In some situations, more data may be transmitted. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Police_De-Militarization_Bill_Reintroduced_to_Bar_‘Gifts_of Grenade_Launchers_and_High-Caliber_Rifles’⠀⇛ “Before another town is transformed into a war zone… we must rein in this program and revisit our view of the safety of American cities and towns.” # ⚓ New_Report_to_Expose_War_Industry_Lobby_Behind_$264_Billion US_Nuclear_Missile_‘Boondoggle’⠀⇛ Progressive lawmakers are urging Biden to halt the missile program, arguing it would “divert limited resources from higher priority needs.” # ⚓ The_Global_Saudi_Dawa_Project:_An_Interview_with_Krithika Varagur⠀⇛ Last year Krithika published The Call: Inside the Global Saudi Religious Project. Essentially, the book describes the deliberate spread of Sunni Islam around the globe, with all the political, economic and religious implications that brings. Wahhabism, the most conservative version of Islam  and sharia law, are the focus of her attention. She shows how the Kingdom has proselytized (dawa) its value through a variety of means (discussed below). She addresses the Saudi-American post-9/11 relationship, including terorism and its counter. Mainly, her work describes a society still internally fractured along religious/political lines — between the ultraconservative and ancient Wahhabi sect and the House of Saud — that leads to contradictions much of the western world is cognizant of. Below is an interview I conducted with Krithika a few days ago: # ⚓ Ecuador’s_pseudo-left_candidate_Yaku_Pérez_echoes_call_for military_takeover,_nullifying_election,_prosecuting_top candidate⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Republican_War_on_America⠀⇛ Economic and theological origins of partisan politics The Republican politicians’ hatred for their Democratic colleagues is a product of decades-long TV and radio indoctrination funded by billionaires who like slavery-like conditions for the working class. These plutocrats thrive on the politics of division and corruption. # ⚓ UN_Rebuke_of_US_Sanctions_on_Venezuela_Met_With_Stunning Silence⠀⇛ Alena Douhan, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, published her preliminary report on February 12 on the impact of US and European sanctions on Venezuela. # ⚓ Journalist_Andrea_Sahouri,_Arrested_at_Black_Lives_Matter Protest_in_Iowa,_Found_Not_Guilty_of_‘Bogus_Charges’⠀⇛ “If reporters are arrested and hauled away from protests, that denies people the right to know what’s going on in their community.” # ⚓ Over_700_Complaints_About_NYPD_Officers_Abusing_Black_Lives Matter_Protesters,_Then_Silence⠀⇛ It was one of the most brutal police responses to last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. As hundreds of demonstrators were marching peacefully in the Bronx on the evening of June 4, New York Police Department officers blocked their way from in front and then behind, trapping the protesters in an ever-tightening space that footage shows ultimately spanned about three car-lengths. # ⚓ German_State_Govt_Says_No_Permit_Needed_for_Islamic_Call_to Prayer_Over_Loudspeakers⠀⇛ The Hessian state government brushed such concerns aside and implied that the questioners were bigoted even just for raising such concerns: “In a society that gives room to different beliefs, there is no right to be spared from contact with deviating statements of faith or religious symbols, even under the aspect of so-called negative religious freedom.” # ⚓ Whitmer_kidnapping_plot_hearing_live_feed:_Confidential_FBI informant_testifies⠀⇛ Dan described learning of the group — known as the Wolverine Watchmen — through a Facebook algorithm that he believed made the suggestion based on his interactions with other Facebook pages that support the Second Amendment and firearms training. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Environment_Versus_How_Many_Jobs?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Youth_Climate_Activists_Seek_Court_Ruling_That_US_Fossil Fuel-Based_System_Is_Unconstitutional⠀⇛ A win in the case would “hold current and future lawmakers accountable for protecting the rights of youth,” said attorney Julia Olson. # ⚓ Will_Covid-19_Be_a_Tipping_Point_for_Climate_Action?⠀⇛ Then Covid hit. The tiny SARS-CoV-2 virus, so small that 10 trillion of them weigh less than a raindrop, stopped everything. For a year, people have huddled in their homes, taking care of loved ones, grieving those they lost. Most of us didn’t fly, didn’t go out to dinner, didn’t go to clubs. Some of us lost jobs, homes, savings, hope. The toll the virus took on our hearts and minds and souls is beyond calculation. What’s not beyond calculation, however, is the toll the shut-down took on the fossil-fuel economy. Natural gas wells were forced to shut down in Texas, pushing small producers into bankruptcy. With air travel stalled and driving curtailed, oil prices collapsed. At the beginning of 2020, the global price of oil hovered at about $60 a barrel. By April, it had dropped below zero. By August, the decline had been so rapid and so unsettling that ExxonMobil, once the defining American corporation of the 20th century, was delisted from the S&P 500. # ⚓ Stranded_Assets_a_Long-Term_Risk_for_Major_Fossil_Fuel Exporters⠀⇛ Fossil exporters face a loss of GDP, government revenue and export receipts from the transition to a lower-carbon economy over the coming decades. For the most-exposed sovereigns and those that do not adequately prepare for it, climate change stranded- asset risk is likely to lead to rating downgrades as the effects become clearer, closer and more material, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. # ⚓ Why_Two_Polar_Wonder_Women_Are_Braving_the_Arctic_Winter Alone—Again⠀⇛ “Up here in the Arctic, everything changes twice as fast as in the rest of the world. Climate change is happening all over the world, but here it’s accelerating and it’s a lot more visible up in the Arctic,” says Strøm, adding, “That’s why it’s a mirror to the rest of the world. The temperature is rising four times as fast than in the rest of the world.” # ⚓ Do_You_Really_Need_to_Fly?⠀⇛ Then there’s climate change, an inescapable cost of flying. Aviation accounts for just about 2.5 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, but for complex reasons airplane emissions actually contribute more to warming the planet than their carbon output would suggest. Another problem is the per-use cost of flying; just one long round-trip flight can produce more carbon, per passenger, than the average person in many countries produces in a year. One round-trip trans-Atlantic flight is almost enough to wipe out the gains you might get from living car-free for a year, according to one estimate. Suzanne Neufang, the C.E.O. of the Global Business Travel Association, said airlines are working on ways to make their flights carbon neutral. Her group predicts business travel will return to 2019 levels by 2025, but when it does, she says, it may have much less environmental impact. “It doesn’t have to necessarily come back in the same way,” she told me. But I’m skeptical. It will likely be decades before the aviation industry becomes carbon neutral, if it ever does. In the meantime, we’ve found a perfectly reasonable alternative to meeting up in person. Log in, and fly less. # ⚓ “A_Big_Deal”:_Bill_McKibben_on_Rutgers_Fossil_Fuel Divestment_&_the_Future_of_Climate_Justice⠀⇛ Rutgers University has voted to begin divesting from fossil fuels, following a campaign by the student-organized Endowment Justice Collective that grew out of the Global Climate Strike in 2019. The organizing efforts led to a referendum vote in 2020 in which 90% of students supported divestment. About 5% of Rutgers’s $1.6 billion endowment is invested in fossil fuels, and under the terms of the agreement, it will now cease new fossil fuel investment and divest from passive index funds with fossil fuel investments. It said it also plans to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency and that the school’s investment office will annually report on divestment progress. Author, environmentalist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben says the Rutgers divestment decision is “a big deal,” especially as it happened at one of the oldest universities in the United States. “It’s one more sign of just how much the zeitgeist has shifted,” he says. # § Energy⠀➾ # ⚓ Opinion_|_Deregulated,_Privatized_Utilities_in_Texas Are_Designed_for_Private_Gain_at_Public_Expense⠀⇛ My family spent the Texas freeze cold and dirty and parched while utilities bilked us and politicians fled to resorts. # ⚓ Nornickel_pays_record_fine_for_May_2020_oil_spill_in the_Russian_Arctic⠀⇛ The Russian industrial giant Nornickel has paid in full a 146.2-billion-ruble ($1.96- billion) fine for the damages caused by a massive fuel spill at a thermal power plant belonging to its subsidiary, the Norilsk- Taimyr Energy Company, in the Arctic city of Norilsk in May 2020. # ⚓ ‘Don’t_Patronize_Me’:_Katie_Porter_Tears_Into_Oil Exec_for_Claiming_His_Industry_Doesn’t_Get_Special_Tax Breaks⠀⇛ “The wonderful Rep. Katie Porter provides a signal moment in congressional history. And it’s a sign of the weakening position of the oil industry—no deference to these liars any longer.” # ⚓ Rep._Katie_Porter_Refutes_Claim_That_Oil_Industry Doesn’t_Get_Special_Tax_Breaks⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bill_McKibben_Says_Rutgers_Divesting_From_Fossil Fuels_Is_a_“Big_Deal”⠀⇛ # ⚓ Japanese_nuclear_power_station_leaves_toxic_legacy⠀⇛ Ten years ago, the Japanese nuclear power station at Fukushima was devastated by a tsunami. Its baleful ruins remain today. # ⚓ Fukushima:_Ten_Years_On_the_Disaster_Continues⠀⇛ Ten years ago today the Fukushima nuclear disaster began. It is far from over. It won’t be over for decades to come at best. On March 11, 2011, an earthquake caused the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear complex in Japan to shut down. A tsunami soon followed that flooded the emergency generators, cutting power to the pumps that circulate cooling water into the reactor cores and catastrophe struck: three nuclear meltdowns, three hydrogen explosions, and the release of more radiation into the atmosphere than any nuclear accident in history except the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. 8% of the Japanese landmass was contaminated by radioactive fallout. 154,000 people had to be evacuated. The disaster has never stopped. Radioactive water has been leaking into the Pacific Ocean for ten years. Pumped-in water has been required to cool the melted down reactor cores as well as the spent fuel in and around three other previously shut-down Fukushima reactors whose building structures were also damaged by the earthquake. For ten years now, water has been pumped into the containments vessels for the reactor cores and into the spent fuel pools to prevent further meltdown. This coolant water becomes radioactive. Much of it is stored in huge tanks on site, but they are running out of storage space. The Japanese government and the nuclear complex operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), now want to dump this radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. But radioactive water has been seeping into the ocean at unknown rates for ten years because the containment vessels are breached at their bottom due to the core meltdowns, resulting in some coolant water, as well as clean groundwater that seeps uncontrollably into the containment vessels and gets contaminated, migrating into the ocean. [...] Uranium mining is about the dirtiest industry on Earth. Navajo uranium miners had a lung cancer rate 29 times higher than other Navajos before the Navajos banned uranium mining on their land. The niner’s children grew up drinking from contaminated wells and are now suffering from radiation-related diseases, while their grandchildren still play around the abandoned uranium pits and slag piles. The breaching of the Church Rock uranium tailings pond in 1979 released more radiation than any nuclear accident in U.S. history, including the Three Mile Island meltdown, and rendered groundwater and the Rio Puerco unusable by Navajos living in this area north of Gallup, New Mexico. Nuclear power is dangerous. Catastrophic accidents like Fukushima, Chernobyl, and others do happen. The older the nukes get, the more prone they are to serious accidents as metals become brittle from radiation. Embrittlement means reactor containment vessels and other metal structures become weaker and especially vulnerable when emergency cooling with cold water creates a pressure cooker environment that could result in cracking, containment failure, and the release of massive amounts of radiation. The NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Agency, or as anti- nuclear activists call it, Nuclear Rubberstamp Agency) has extended the operating lifetimes of many nukes designed to operate for 40 years to 60 years, and some to 80 years, and is now considering applications for 100 years. Nuclear power is uneconomical. It has never been able to operate profitably without massive subsidies like the Price-Anderson Act, which provides (partial) government insurance coverage against nuclear accidents because the private insurance industry won’t insure them. Lazard – the world’s leading financial advisory and asset management firm – produces annual reports on the costs of different forms of energy. Lazard reports that the cost of new nuclear power is $119 to $192 per megawatt-hour, compared to $32 to $42 for utility-scale solar and between $20 and $54 for onshore wind per megawatt-hour. In other words, nuclear costs at least two to three times more than wind and solar. That’s why markets are not investing in nuclear. They are putting all of their energy investments into renewables. Nuclear power can only continue with government subsidies. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Will_the_Race_for_Electric_Vehicles_Endanger_the Earth’s_Most_Sensitive_Ecosystem?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Opinion_|_The_Rights_of_Nature:_We_Need_Nature_More Than_It_Needs_Us⠀⇛ This concept of nature existing in its own right as a living entity—not merely as inert property to be extracted and exploited for profit—is the essence of a rapidly spreading Rights of Nature movement.  # ⚓ Peter_Byrne_and_Will_Carruthers:_National_Park Service_is_betraying_its_mission_at_Northern California’s_Point_Reyes_National_Seashore_–_The Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ Notes: Peter Byrne is an award-winning investigative journalist who has written on a wide array of topics, from science and medicine to public finance. His article “Apocalypse Cow” can be read here. All of Byrne’s work can be found here. # ⚓ Wolves_Will_be_Wolves,_So_Let’s_Manage_the_Humans⠀⇛ These facts provide some important context for a situation happening right now near Reserve, N.M. on the Gila National Forest. One rancher – who shall remain nameless – is experiencing significant levels of wolf predation grazing their livestock on public lands. This rancher is requesting that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service remove the culpable wolf or wolves and raising a stink online about their losses, generating a whole lot of sympathy for their heavily-subsidized livestock operation, and gaining some support from regional elected officials. But here’s the thing. For reasons that aren’t quite clear, this particular rancher repeatedly places bred cattle onto the same public lands pastures, year after year, in full knowledge that calves dropping in December, January, and February are disproportionately likely to die of natural causes, and are irresistible to wolves. The ranch has been losing cows and calves every winter, yet nothing has changed with the livestock management regime to avoid this conflict. The ranch, in turn, demands that wolves be removed each year. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ While_Democrats_Pass_Stimulus,_Republicans_Unveil_Estate Tax_Repeal_for_Top_0.1%⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pensioners,_Labor_Groups_Applaud_Key_$86_Billion_Provision in_Covid-19_Relief_Package⠀⇛ “Millions of Americans can feel confident today knowing that the retirement benefits they have earned and paid for will be there when they need them.” # ⚓ In_Rejection_of_Austerity,_Democrats_Push_Forward_Landmark $1.9_Trillion_Relief_Package⠀⇛ As President Joe Biden prepares to sign the sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID relief package into law, we speak with economist Stephanie Kelton, author of “The Deficit Myth,” about how the bill could help cut child poverty in half and provide a historic economic boost to the poorest people in the United States. “This is a piece of legislation that recognizes the immense pain that exists all across this country, and it delivers help,” says Kelton, a professor at Stony Brook University and former adviser to Bernie Sanders. # ⚓ ‘Golden_Voted_Against_Helping_the_People_of_Maine’:_Meet the_One_Democrat_Who_Voted_No_on_Covid_Relief_Bill⠀⇛ “Imagine voting against a bill that cuts child poverty in half, increases healthcare subsidies, provides direct relief to 90% of Mainers, and supports our schools and town budgets.” # ⚓ Not_One_Single_GOP_Vote_as_House_Democrats_Send_‘Historic’ $1.9_Trillion_Relief_Bill_to_Biden’s_Desk⠀⇛ “This relief bill is the difference between dignity and despair for millions of America’s working families,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. # ⚓ Averting_One’s_Eyes⠀⇛ Many baby boomers, after the tumultuous decade that spanned the middle 1960s through the middle of the 1970s, wanted little to do with communal efforts to better society. Volunteerism to many of my generation did not hold the same value as it did for earlier generations. We had seen the horrors of what governments could do, and particularly the horror of the war in Southeast Asia, and many of us literally took off for the hills. Many others eagerly became careerists, and others did what they needed to do to get by and nothing more. Some stayed and remained committed to change in either one movement or another, but it was never the same and it finally all came crashing down viciously with the horror of Trump, bipartisan reaction, and mass ignorance. The do-gooder ethos in the US dictates the importance of lending a hand to those in need, or supporting causes that contribute to the common good. Here’s the dictionary definition of a do- gooder: “a well-meaning but unrealistic or interfering philanthropist or reformer.” The do- gooder ethos does not change the material issues at street level in any meaningful way, but rather provides a salve for both the do-gooder and the social, economic, and political systems to pave over gross inequalities. # ⚓ $1.9_Trillion_COVID_Relief_Plan_Opens_New_Horizons_in_Fight Against_Austerity⠀⇛ # ⚓ Zero_Republicans_Vote_for_Stimulus_Projected_to_Raise_16 Million_Out_of_Poverty⠀⇛ # ⚓ Opinion_|_Rethinking_Employment_in_the_Biden-Harris_Era⠀⇛ One of the lies capitalism tells us is that we should be grateful for our jobs and should think of those who make a profit from our labor not as exploiters but as “job creators.” # ⚓ Growing_Chorus_Implores_Biden_to_Fire_Trump_Holdovers_Who Support_‘Dismantling_and_Cutting’_Social_Security⠀⇛ “Our Social Security system is in danger every day Andrew Saul remains in charge at the Social Security Administration.” o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Ohio_Congressman_Tells_GOP:_“Stop_Talking_About_Dr._Seuss” and_“Start_Working”⠀⇛ # ⚓ March_10,_1991_Snapshots_of_Moscow_during_one_of_biggest protest_rallies_in_Russia’s_history⠀⇛ On March 10, 1991, a major opposition demonstration took place in the center of Moscow. Though estimates of the crowd size vary, the rally remains one of the largest protests in Russia’s modern history. As many as half a million people filled Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin, demanding the resignation of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and expressing their support for Boris Yeltsin, who would go on to become the first president of the independent Russian Federation. The demonstration was also a protest against the preservation of the USSR — a question at the center of a referendum that would take place a week later. In that vote, most Soviet citizens endorsed the Union’s continued existence, but the country and its empire nevertheless collapsed later that year. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Biden_Must_Wield_the_Power_of_the_Presidency_and Get_Manchin_and_Sinema_to_Fall_in_Line⠀⇛ There is no excuse for two Democratic senators to allow Republicans to stomp on our democracy and entrench their minority rule for generations. # ⚓ Calls_Grow_for_Biden_to_Remove_Trump_Holdovers_Who_Want_to Gut_Social_Security⠀⇛ # ⚓ Resurrected_Politically,_Lula_Goes_After_Bolsonaro’s ‘Moronic’_Handling_of_Covid-19_Pandemic⠀⇛ “This country is disorganized and falling apart because it has no government,” said the former Brazilian president. # ⚓ ‘RT’_announces_plans_to_sue_German_tabloid_over_allegations of_‘spying_on_Navalny’⠀⇛ Russia’s state-controlled television network RT intends to take legal action against the German tabloid Bild over allegations that journalists working for RT Deutsch (RT German) were instructed to spy on Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny while he was recovering from chemical nerve agent poisoning in Germany.   # ⚓ Too_Radical_for_Harvard?_Cornel_West_on_Failed_Fight_for Tenure,_Biden’s_First_50_Days_&_More⠀⇛ The prominent scholar and activist Cornel West has announced he is leaving Harvard Divinity School after he was denied consideration for tenure, and will rejoin the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he started his teaching career more than 40 years ago. West had left Harvard once before in 2002 and returned to a nontenured position at Harvard in 2017. The news about the denial of West’s request for tenure has led to an outpouring of support and incited conversation about diversity in academia. “There’s too much Harvard dishonesty, too much Harvard hypocrisy, in terms of mistreating too many Black folk at high levels,” says West, who suggests his political activism and vocal support of Palestinian rights likely played a part in Harvard’s decision. “The most taboo issue on U.S. campuses these days, in many instances, has to do with the vicious Israeli occupation of precious Palestinians.” West also discusses Joe Biden’s first 50 days as president and says that while there is some good news on domestic policy, he’s “not too encouraged” on Biden’s foreign policy. # ⚓ Russian_lawmakers_adopt_in_first_reading_bill_exempting officials_from_punishment_for_‘accidental_corruption’⠀⇛ The Russian State Duma has adopted in the first reading two draft laws exempting government officials, judges, lawmakers, and employees of state-owned companies from punishment in the event that they violate anti-corruption laws “accidentally.”  # ⚓ House_Passage_of_Historic_Union_Rights_Bill_Intensifies Pressure_on_Dem_Senators_to_‘Stop_Hiding_Behind’_Filibuster⠀⇛ “Once again, the key obstacle in the way of passing this legislation is the Jim Crow filibuster.” # ⚓ Opinion_|_Stop_Stacey:_We_Don’t_Think_So⠀⇛ # ⚓ Trump_Is_Battling_the_GOP_for_Use_of_His_Image_to_Attract Small_Donors⠀⇛ # ⚓ Catalonia:_The_EU’s_Secret_Shame⠀⇛ My very real enthusiasm for the European Union had survived decades of sometimes bruising encounters with reality before being fatally holed by the strong political support given by European Council, Commission and Parliament to the brutal and violent suppression of Catalonia’s independence referendum. Subsequently, while I still view membership of the single market as beyond argument beneficial, I have been an enthusiast for membership of the customs union and EEA/EFTA, but agnostic on full EU membership and the political union. # ⚓ When_Imagination_Failed:_Revisiting_Intelligence_Failures⠀⇛ The culprits in virtually every previous intelligence failure were wrong assumptions and the absence of applying imagination to the evidence at hand.  In addition to Pearl Harbor and the insurrection of January 6, we can cite the October War of 1973; the Khomeini Revolution of 1979; the Polish crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement in 1981; the Chinese crackdown in Tiananmen Square in 1989; the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; and the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The key to flawed assumptions was often cultural superiority and outright racism.  The indicators of the Japanese attack in 1941 were based on deciphering Japanese diplomatic codes, but they were downplayed because U.S. intelligence officers strongly believed that Japan lacked the grit and the technological ability to attack U.S. forces.  Similarly, U.S. and Israeli intelligence dismissed ample evidence of a joint Egyptian-Syrian attack in 1973 despite a highly placed Egyptian source because U.S. and Israeli intelligence officers dismissed Arab ability to forge a coalition, mount a successful attack, and even consider taking on a “superior” Israeli force. # ⚓ Far-right_news_sources_on_Facebook_more_engaging⠀⇛ Facebook has become a major way people find news and information in an increasingly politically polarized nation. We analyzed how users interacted with different types of posts promoted as news in the lead-up to and aftermath of the U.S. 2020 elections. We found that politically extreme sources tend to generate more interactions from users. In particular, content from sources rated as far-right by independent news rating services consistently received the highest engagement per follower of any partisan group. Additionally, frequent purveyors of far-right misinformation had on average 65% more engagement per follower than other far-right pages. We found: [...] o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Kentucky_Senators_Pass_Bill_That_Would_Make_It_A_Crime_To Say_Mean_Things_To_Cops⠀⇛ A bill [PDF] that’s likely headed to a dead end at the governor’s desk or a state court targets protected speech that might make some cops angry. The bill may end up dead, but the Kentucky Senate still needs to explain how it let the bill pass, considering it contains this very, very stupid addition, presumably courtesy of the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Danny Carroll — a former police officer. # ⚓ Content_Moderation_Case_Studies:_The_Challenges_In Moderating_Information_Regarding_Eating_Disorders_(2012)⠀⇛ Summary: In 2012, the Huffington Post did an exposé on eating disorder blogs, mainly on the site Tumblr. It discussed the world of “thinspo” and “thinspiration” blogs, that focused on building a community around losing unhealthy amounts of weight. In response, Tumblr announced that it was banning “self harm” blogs, and classified eating disorder blogs among those no longer allowed. # ⚓ Judge_Rejects_Application_of_Israeli_Law_in_Landmark Defamation_Case_Against_Palestinian_Activist⠀⇛ A Palestinian-American activist has vowed to continue fighting Apartheid after winning a court case brought against her in the U.S. by a former Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier. Suhair Nafal was facing a defamation suit over a 2018 Facebook post condemning the murder that summer of Palestinian nurse Razan al-Najjar during the Great March of Return. The case was brought by Israeli- American Rebecca Rumshiskaya, who was seeking $6 million in damages after Nafal described her as “evil” for joining the Israeli military. # ⚓ What’s_up,_Josh?_No_Facebook_deals_for_Nine,_News_and_ABC⠀⇛ A shade over two weeks since Treasurer Josh Frydenberg crowed that Australia had put in place “world-leading legislation” to bring Facebook and Google into line, no big news organisation has signed a deal with Facebook to share news content. Only Seven News and three small companies have signed deals for unknown amounts. # ⚓ More_Governments_Disrupt_Internet_for_Political_Control⠀⇛ In 2020, there were 155 internet shutdowns in 29 countries, according to Access Now, a digital rights group. While that is fewer than shutdowns in the prior two years, blockages are used more for political control, said Raman Jit Singh Chima, Asia policy director and senior international counsel at Access Now. India, with 109 shutdowns mostly in Indian- administered Kashmir, had the highest number. In Belarus, the internet went down for 61 hours in August after the presidential election. In addition to shutdowns, some governments are installing new censorship and surveillance capabilities on their networks. Cambodia is setting up an internet gateway to give the government the ability to surveil and censor internet users. o § Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Turkish_journalist_Levent_Gültekin_beaten_by_a_mob⠀⇛ The journalist recounted the incident on Halk TV after the attack, saying that after he exited a taxi a group of 15 to 20 people followed him, surrounded him, and began to hit him. In security camera footage posted in online news reports, Gültekin is seen being kicked while he lies on the street. Gültekin tweeted today that his fingers were broken in the attack. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Lawmakers_Introduce_Bill_to_Get_Rid_of_Helms_Amendment—’A Racist,_Colonial_Relic’⠀⇛ One analysis estimates the repeal would result in 19 million fewer unsafe abortions each year. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Violence_Towards_Asian_Americans_Has Skyrocketed⠀⇛ The scapegoating of Asian Americans is taking an ugly, violent turn. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Like_the_Diana_Story,_Meghan’s_Fight_With_the Royals_Will_Ensure_Nothing_Really_Changes⠀⇛ The Royal Family, the perpetuation of privilege and the erosion of democracy will march on as before, in the same long and glorious British tradition. # ⚓ Opinion_|_Racism_Among_the_Royals?_Really?⠀⇛ While Queen Elizabeth the person may be off the hook for asking about Archie’s complexion, the monarchy’s not off the hook for colonialism or white supremacy.  # ⚓ Rights_Groups_Say_Biden’s_Denial_of_Visas_to_Victims_of Muslim_Ban_Has_‘Cemented_Trump’s_Legacy_of_Harm’⠀⇛ “To those families whose dreams were crushed by the Muslim Ban over the past four years, the Biden administration has sent a clear message: sorry, start over and pay us again.” # ⚓ Sahir_at_100:_Raising_Socio-Political_Awareness_Through Poetry⠀⇛ His great and undying love for his mother created in him even more depth of emotion that would perhaps have not been realized otherwise. His tragic family situation further invoked intense compassion for his mother due to her tragic circumstances. His connection to his mother was of such strength that he left the world soon after his mother’s death, at only 59 years. # ⚓ “Pro-Life”_Texas_Lawmaker_Introduces_Bill_Imposing_Death Penalty_for_Abortion⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_House_Just_Passed_the_Most_Sweeping_Labor_Legislation of_This_Generation⠀⇛ # ⚓ A_Russian_Woman_Russia’s_2021_pick_for_Eurovision_Song Contest_provokes_a_stream_of_xenophobic_comments_online⠀⇛ On International Women’s Day (March 8), singer Manizha won the Russian ticket to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. She’s now set to perform her song “Russian Woman” in Rotterdam in May. While many celebrated the selection, Manizha becoming Russia’s pick led to a torrent of hateful comments online over her Tajik roots and outspoken support for LGBTQ+ people. Here’s what you need to know about Manizha, her music, and the backlash she has faced. # ⚓ Can’t_Spit,_Can’t_Sleep,_Can’t_Get_Warm:_the_Everyday Cruelty_of_Police_Harassment_in_Albuquerque⠀⇛ There is no law against spitting on the sidewalk. Albuquerque Police Department (APD) officer Nathan Bjork gave Nimbus a criminal summons for “conduct offensive to public [sic]” anyway, citing a 1978 state statute in his criminal complaint that had been repealed in 2018 by the New Mexico State Legislature. Bjork’s decision to criminalize Nimbus’s behavior was callous and petty, and it was also illegal; there is no law for Bjork to enforce. The court record on Nimbus’s case reflects as much. No statute is named, and under “charge” it reads: “Misdemeanor Offense Not Identified.” These facts did not stop this case from dragging Nimbus through six weeks of court filings and warrants, and finally being jailed for two days before prosecutors dismissed the charges on March 10. # ⚓ Protest_Song_Of_The_Week:_‘Television’_By_Lula_Wiles⠀⇛ Lula Wiles is an Americana trio that skillfully employs traditional music forms to provide poignant commentary on current issues. On May 21, they are releasing “Shame and Sedition,” the follow-up to their exceptional 2019 album “What Will We Do.” The album was recorded on native Wabanaki land in New England, which carries additional weight considering trio member Mali Obomsawin is part of the Abenaki Nation. The evil of colonialism is a subject that they previously addressed on “Good Old American Values,” a scathing satirical critique of America’s long history of subjugation of Native Americans off “What Will We Do.” Such themes are further explored on their upcoming album. The motivation behind the project is highlighted in the following press statement from the trio: “Each song grew from personal revelations or yearning for collective reckoning, materializing into proclamations against powerful oligarchs, toxic relationships, media narratives, and the callousness capitalism demands.” # ⚓ Denmark_bans_religious_marriages_involving_minors⠀⇛ The law will ban religious marriages involving minors and stiffen up punishments for those who keep people locked in marriage by force. # ⚓ Freed_British-Australian_Academic_Says_Iran_Subjected_Her To_‘Psychological_Torture’⠀⇛ She also confirmed that members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had attempted to recruit her as a spy “many times.” # ⚓ Freedom_House:_Tibet_ties_Syria_as_world’s_least_free⠀⇛ This year’s report marks a change from the last several years, when Tibet was second in the rankings behind Syria. Last year, Syria’s score was 0/100, but it has improved to 1/100 in this survey period, thus tying with Tibet as the least-free state or territory. # ⚓ Freedom_in_the_World_2021:_Tibet⠀⇛ # ⚓ Saudi_court_confirms_Loujain_al-Hathloul_sentence⠀⇛ Hathloul was arrested in May 2018, along with about a dozen other female activists, while driving a car in defiance of a decades-long ban on women drivers in Saudi Arabia. Three weeks after she was detained, the country lifted the ban. In December 2020, a judge sentenced the activist to five years and eight months in prison after finding her guilty of violating Saudi counter-terrorism law. # ⚓ Botched_no-knock_raids_prompt_calls_to_limit_police tactic⠀⇛ No-knocks are supposed to be the exception, according to Canadian common law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but The Fifth Estate’s analysis of court cases and freedom of information data shows they’ve become normal practice for some police forces, especially in Ontario. # ⚓ Holyoke_Police_Officer_Rafael_Roca_suspended_after_posting viral_video_alleging_corruption_at_the_department⠀⇛ Roca, a former U.S. Marine hired as a police officer in 2016, posted the 43-minute video railing against his employer, calling outgoing Police Chief Manny Febo “corrupt,” arguing minorities are continually passed over for the most plumb assignments and discipline is meted out selectively. “Yeah they didn’t waste any time. They took my gun and my badge and kicked me out of the email system,” Roca said during an interview Monday. “I’ll probably lose my job, but I’m good. I stand behind the video and what I said in it.” # ⚓ In_France,_if_you_smoke_cannabis_you_can_kill_a_Jew_–_Sarah Halimi_case_goes_to_high_court⠀⇛ On April 2017, Traoré, a 27-year-old Muslim man, beat Halimi, his 65-year-old Jewish neighbor, while screaming “Allah Akbar” (God is great) and antisemitic slogans before throwing her out of the window of her third-floor apartment to her death. The court said that he was not responsible for his actions, however, since he smoked an extensive dose of cannabis that “affected” his senses, a decision that sparked outrage among the French and International Jewish community. According to Algemeiner, if Traoré’s criminal irresponsibility is confirmed by the highest court, he will be held in mental health institutions until doctors deem him fit to be released back into society, and the only penalty he would receive would be to be banned from visiting the site of the killing and having contact with Halimi’s family for 20 years. # ⚓ France:_Yes,_He_Murdered_a_Jewish_Woman_While_Screaming ‘Allahu_Akbar,’_But_You_See,_He_Was_Stoned⠀⇛ Traoré made it abundantly clear that he was acting on Islamic beliefs. On April 4, 2017, he entered Halimi’s apartment, which was next to his own, and while screaming “Allahu akbar” and calling Halimi “Satan” and “Dirty Jew,” he began to torture her, and ultimately threw her out of her apartment window to her death. The cry of “Allahu akbar,” so beloved of jihadis, and his calling this elderly woman “Satan” indicate the Traoré is aware of teachings such as the Qur’an’s statement that the Jews are the Muslims’ worst enemies (5:82), cursed by Allah (9:30), and to be warred against (9:29). # ⚓ [Old] French_High_Court_Debates_Trial_for_Accused Antisemitic_Killer_of_Sarah_Halimi_Deemed_Criminally Irresponsible_Over_Cannabis_Use⠀⇛ Traore subjected Halimi to a brutal beating before throwing her out of the window of her third-floor apartment to her death, screaming Islamist and antisemitic slogans as he did so. Nonetheless, the court held that Traore had consumed a “delusional puff” that eliminated any criminal responsibility for his subsequent actions, resulting in a furious and dismayed reaction from French Jews. # ⚓ Entrepreneur_on_using_honey_to_give_vulnerable_lives_a boost_|_The_New_Times_|_Rwanda⠀⇛ For many people, honey is just a sweetener they use as a substitute for sugar—but for Jeanne Sheila Uwibona, there’s so much more to the sweet, viscous food substance. Honey is a social empowerment product she is using to make a difference in the lives of the most vulnerable women and children in her society. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Utah_Legislature_Wraps_Up_Session_By_Passing_Two Unconstitutional_Internet_Bills⠀⇛ Last week we wrote about the many, many, many constitutional problems with a bill proposed in Utah to try to tell internet companies how they can moderate content. As we noted, the bill clearly violates the 1st Amendment, the Commerce Clause, and is also pre-empted by Section 230. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital_Health_Pass:_IBM_and_Moderna_Hook_Up_to_Capitalize on_COVID_Reset⠀⇛ IBM is partnering with Covid-19 mRNA vaccine maker Moderna to track vaccine administration in real time through its various blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and hybrid cloud services. According to a company press release, the collaboration will “focus on exploring the utility of IBM capabilities in the U.S.,” such as a recently unveiled pilot program for a Covid-19 Digital Health Pass in the State of New York, which effectively deputizes private businesses to enforce government-imposed Covid-19 regulations. # ⚓ Facebook_Asks_Court_to_Toss_“Nonsensical”_FTC_Antitrust Suit⠀⇛ Facebook is asking a D.C. federal judge to dismiss two government suits that allege its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp gave it a monopoly on the personal social networking market in violation of antitrust laws — arguing that such a claim “utterly ignores the reality of the dynamic, intensely competitive high-tech industry in which Facebook operates.” In December, the Federal Trade Commission and a group of state attorneys general each sued the social media giant, claiming the company is engaging in anticompetitive conduct in order to snuff out potential rivals and maintain monopoly power. # ⚓ Coffee_brands_show_how_IP_strategies_can_grind_to_a_halt [Ed: More monopolies on coffee (which grows in nature) so you can grossly overcharge people for it while barely paying a dime to farmers]⠀⇛ Asia-based counsel, including from Starbucks, discuss why trademark strategies must account for cultural and geographical sensitivities – and why coffee is particularly problematic # ⚓ Why_confidentiality_clubs_may_allow_full_FRAND_disclosure [Ed: Cartels or conspiracies against public interest facilitated by patent and secrecy laws]⠀⇛ Licensors and implementers weigh in on the pros and cons of divulging confidential licensing agreements to an exclusive group of lawyers # ⚓ Australian_antitrust_regulator_examines_Apple,_Google_web browser_dominance [Ed: They seem to have forgotten and overlooked Microsoft's vastly worse monopoly abuses. Microsoft lobbying in action (via proxies, as it did in EU)?]⠀⇛ The ACCC on Thursday published a Digital Platform Services Inquiry (PDF link) seeking input on platform default search engines and web browsers, reports ZDNet. At issue are browsers and search tools that are presented as preinstalled options, a strategy that potentially suppresses consumer choice. As noted in the document, offering a default option on a platform like iOS substantially increases the likelihood that a user will select that product — and likewise disregard others. According to Statcounter estimates from cited by the ACCC, Safari is the most used browser on smartphones and tablets in Australia with a 51% share. Google’s Chrome follows with 39%, Samsung Internet at 7%, and Mozilla Firefox at less than 1%. Those figures are somewhat flipped on desktop, with Chrome seeing an estimated 62% usage rate, followed by Safari at 18%, Edge with 9%, and Firefox at 6%. [...] The ACCC is also investigating the effectiveness of Google’s Android choice screen interface, which presents European users the option of downloading alternative search engines and browsers. Choice screens were implemented after the European Commission in 2018 found Google breached European Union antitrust rules. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Arbitrability_of_IP_Disputes [Ed: This part about the UPC is a distortion and a lie (because no, UPC is dead)]⠀⇛ The EU is in the process of revamping its patent system with the unitary patent (UP) and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) # ⚓ German_Withholding_Taxes_on_Extraterritorial_Royalty Payments—Recent_Developments⠀⇛ The German tax authorities (GTA) in 2020 expressed their intention to employ for the first time a law which has been in effect since 1925, to levy withholding taxes on royalties paid between two nonresident parties in consideration of the right to use trademarks and patents registered with the Deutsche Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA), the European Patent Office (EPO), or the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), among others. After some confusion caused by arbitrary measures taken by the German Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF) in November 2020, the MOF has recently published a new circular requesting the declaration and remittance of withholding taxes, while providing administrative relief in treaty cases in return for full transparency. [...] According to Section 50a(1) no. 3, (5) 1 of the GITA the licensee is liable to withhold income taxes on royalty payments which are deemed domestic income. The payer of deemed domestic income must file tax returns and remit withholding taxes to the Federal Central Tax Office (FY 2014 onward) or the competent local tax office (until FY 2013) quarterly, irrespective of treaty protection. The licensor may then as a second step request a withholding tax refund within four years after the year of payment. If the licensee fails to declare and pay withholding taxes within the statutory deadline, its duty to comply remains in place until the income taxes have been paid. The licensee may be held liable by the GTA to declare and pay taxes for subsequent years. No similar rules apply where German- registered intellectual property (IP) is transferred permanently (i.e., sale). Here the transferor will be held liable to file an income tax return and pay domestic income taxes directly. According to German Federal Tax Court rulings and a circular by the MOF (Federal Tax Court dated May 17, 2005, I B 108/04; dated August 22, 2007, I R 46/02; circular dated November 25, 2010, Federal Tax Gazette I 2010, 1350, para. 101), a nonresident person may be held liable to pay withholding taxes even if it does not have a permanent establishment in, or another affiliation with, Germany. In its circular of November 6, 2020, the MOF refers to these duties and requests the affected nonresident licensees to declare withholding taxes on the licensor’s behalf for all open years (normally going back to FY 2013). # ⚓ Samsung_Extends_Leadership_in_5G_Patents⠀⇛ Samsung Electronics today announced that it has ranked first in 5G Standard Essential Patent (SEP)1 shares according to a patent essentiality study conducted by IPlytics,2 a Berlin-based market intelligence firm comprised of economists, scientists and engineers. The findings were published in IPlytics’ recent report: “Who is leading the 5G patent race? A patent landscape analysis on declared SEPs and standards contributions.” Samsung also ranked second in two other categories: share of 5G granted3 and active patent4 families,5 and share of 5G granted and active patent families with at least one of them granted by the EPO (European Patent Office) or USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office). Last year, Samsung also led in 5G patents as a result of its research and development of 5G standards and technologies. # ⚓ Milestone_Scientific_Receives_Notice_of_Allowance_for European_Patent_Related_to_Combination…⠀⇛ # ⚓ Annovis_Bio_Receives_Japanese_Patent_for_the Treatment_of_Acute_Brain_or_Nerve_Injury⠀⇛ # ⚓ PTAB_Sets_Preliminary_Motions_in_Broad_v._ToolGen Interference[Ed: Well, patents were never meant to be granted on life and on nature, but this is what happens when corruption, lobbying and all sorts of bribery change the law]⠀⇛ On March 1st, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued its Order on the Preliminary Motions Lists submitted by Junior Party The Broad Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the President and Fellows of Harvard College (collectively, “Broad”) and Senior Party ToolGen Inc., in Interference No. 106,127. (Somewhat curiously, the Board did not issue an Order in Interference No. 106,126 between The Broad Institute, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (collectively, “Broad”) and Senior Party Toolgen on similar interfering subject matter.) # ⚓ News_from_Abroad:_Eurasian_Patent_Office_Launches_Its Pharmaceutical_Register [Ed: Maybe focus on trying to save lives instead of trying to 'save' (enrich) patent monopolies that deny access to medicines]⠀⇛ On March 1, 2021, the Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) launched the EAPO Pharmaceutical Register (the ‘Register’). The Register lists Eurasian patents that relate to the active pharmaceutical ingredients of the drugs according to their International Non- proprietary Names (INN). The Register resides on the EAPO web site. It is currently available in Russian and the English version is expected soon. The Register does not implement a patent linkage system that would prevent a generic drug from getting Marketing Authorization before expiry of the originator’s patents. The Register was launched to facilitate locating Eurasian pharmaceutical patents that have issued, their status in each of the EAPO Contracting States, patent term extensions if granted and registered licenses. The Register covers compound patents including small and large molecules, as well as formulation patents including pharmaceutical composition and combination patents, second medical use patents in the Swiss or German type formats (but not method of treatment claims), and manufacturing process patents. # ⚓ Continued_growth_in_the_number_of_inventors_per patent. [Ed: Probably just increasingly faking who's involved with a patent just to game the numbers and make claims to more contributions in the patent sense (same in academia)]⠀⇛ I created the chart above using files from recently published US patent applications. The chart shows the average number of inventors per published application. I have been awaiting the 3.0 inventors-per-patent threshold for a while, and that has now been crossed. The average (and median) patent application publication now lists three or more inventors. In general, there are fewer patent applications then ever that list only one inventor. The number of 2-inventor applications has also fallen, but not as dramatically. # ⚓ A_Look_to_the_Future_of_International_IP_Arbitration [Ed: IAM is spreading UPC lies. It's paid by the corrupt EPO to spread such lies. This one is actually not the worst of it.]⠀⇛ Unified Patent Court in the European Union One of the most notable projects in European IP law is the establishment of the Unified Patent Court. This is part of a package of regulations on patent law, the core of which is the introduction of a European ‘community patent’ with unitary effect at the level of the European Union. Unfortunately, the project has met a few challenges; the UK has made final preparations to withdraw from the Unified Patent Court project and, in March 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany declared that parliamentary approval of the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court is void on grounds of not achieving the necessary parliamentary majority # ⚓ EPO_–_European_Inventor_Award_2021:_save_the_date⠀⇛ The European Inventor Award will take place on 17 June 2021 and for the first time in the history of the event, the ceremony will be entirely digital. The Office is preparing an immersive virtual experience that viewers worldwide will be able to join. Additional details, including information on the event, registration process and finalists, will be published in the weeks ahead. # ⚓ A_French_Collective_Tribune_of_Experts_for_Covid-19 Compulsory_License_–_Kluwer_Patent_Blog⠀⇛ Regular readers of the Blog may be aware of my particular interest in pharma patents and, more especially since the Covid-19 pandemic, for compulsory licensing (see for instance here). I was therefore very happy (and pride) to participate in a Collective Tribune bringing together renowned specialists in property and patent laws (academics and practitioners), who invite the French public authorities to reform the compulsory licensing procedure and to engage it to facilitate the manufacturing of Covid-19 vaccines in France. This Tribune has been published on March 10, 2021, in French in the weekly newspaper dedicated to economy (Les Echos), and will also be published in a more detailed version in a general legal journal (Semaine juridique – Édition Générale – LexisNexis). [...] Jean-Michel Bruguière, Professor at the University of Grenoble-Alpes, Anne-Catherine Chiariny, Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier, Jean-Pierre Clavier, Professor of private law at the University of Nantes, Director of the Master in Intellectual Property Law, Matthieu Dhenne, Attorney-at-Law at the Paris Bar, President of de Boufflers Institute, Charles de Haas, Attorney-at-Law at the Paris Bar, Jean-Christophe Galloux, Professor at the University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), President of the Intellectual Property Research Institute (“IRPI”), Member of the National Academy of Pharmacy, Christophe Geiger, Professor at the University of Strasbourg (CEIPI), Thibault Gisclard, Associate Professor at the University of Lille, Director of the University Diploma of Industrial Property, Alexandra Mendoza- Caminade, Professor at the University of Toulouse 1 Capitole, Didier Patry, CEO France Brevets, Emmanuel Py, Associate Professor at the University of Burgundy, Jacques Raynard, Professor at the University of Montpellier and at the CEIPI, Thierry Revet, Professor at the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Laurent Teyssèdre, European Patent Attorney, Michel Vivant, Professor Emeritus at the Law School of Science-Po, Doctor honoris causa of the University of Heidelberg, Bertrand Warusfel, Professor at the University of Paris 8, Attorney-at-Law at the Paris Bar. # ⚓ COVID-19_Vaccines,_Access_and_the_Intellectual Property_Wars⠀⇛ The COVAX (COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility) scheme, supposedly a levelling measure in ensuring global equitable and cheap access to vaccines, risks looking like a rhetorical bauble. Co-led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) and the World Health Organization (WHO), these collaborators seek to “accelerate the development and manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines, and to guarantee fair and equitable access for every country in the world.”  The aim of the group is to supply 2 billion doses by the end of 2021.  Last month, the WTO reported that 130 countries, comprising 2.5 billion people, had yet to receive a single dose. The project has hit a rather large snag.  Many countries are not willing to play along.  If they do, they are doing so in two- timing fashion.  WHO senior adviser, Bryce Aylward, is worried that “some countries are still pursuing deals that will compromise the COVAX supply.”  This lack of fidelity to the cause is also of concern to the WHO Director- General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.  “We can’t beat COVID without vaccine equity. Our world will not recover fast enough without vaccine equity, this is clear.” # ⚓ International_Patent_Law_at_the_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ U.S. cases rarely delve into international patent law issues. Rather, US courts have largely refused to allow parallel proceedings or filings in foreign jurisdictions to impact their decision-making at home. IBSA Institut Biochimique, v. Teva Pharmaceuticals offers an interesting perspective on this. The patent at issue was ISBA’s U.S. Patent No. 7,723,390 that claimed priority back to an Italian patent application (MI2001A1401). The patent here is directed to a “soft gel capsule formulation containing the active ingredient levothyroxine sodium.” # ⚓ A_(hitchhiker’s)_guide_to_willingness_in_FRAND⠀⇛ Sources from the telecoms and automotive industries compare how judges determine appropriate FRAND-ly behaviour in the UK, Germany and the US # ⚓ FOSS_Patents:_Brainstorming:_how_do_we_get_out_of this_quagmire_of_extraterritorial_patent_rulings_and multi-antisuit_injunctions?⠀⇛ International comity–the notion that sometimes there should be deference to another country’s courts–practically died in the context of standard-essential patent (SEP) litigation last year when the UK Supreme Court ruled that British courts could force an implementer at injunctive gunpoint to take a global portfolio license on FRAND terms determined in London, regardless of whether it generates 99% of its sales in the rest of the world. Arguably, German courts previously contributed to this development by allowing SEP holders to insist on a global portfolio license–and by justifying an anti- antisuit injunction with the sanctity of intellectual property rights as well as the concept of self-defense. In retrospect, the chronology of the global antisuit escalation reaffirms how wisely Judge James L. Robart and the Ninth Circuit acted in 2012 in Microsoft v. Motorola, where the circumstances clearly weighed in favor an antisuit injunction as two U.S. companies were negotiating a license in the U.S. and where a FRAND case had been pending already for about a year before Motorola started suing Microsoft in Germany in order to gain leverage. Microsoft v. Motorola was not the last U.S. SEP antisuit injunction of its kind, but it clearly didn’t open the floodgates–unlike Unwired Planet v. Huawei. We’ve now reached the point where the world’s #1 SEP injunction revenue, the Munich I Regional Court, invites SEP holders to seek anti-antisuit and even anti-anti-anti- antisuit injunctions (A2SIs and A4SIs, as I prefer a more mathematical notation in this case) even as a pre-emptive strike before any A1SI and A3SI has come down. All that’s missing from the list of potential circumstances under which to issue an A2SI and A4SI is that an implementer’s mimics or horoscope indicated an intent to pursue an A1SI/A3SI… This situation is unsustainable. I’m not finished with my related thought process, but I wanted to discuss the obvious pro’s and con’s of possible solutions. Please feel free to share your ideas with me via this blog’s contact form. Note that the order in which I outline these hypothetical approaches does not indicate any preference or feasibility assessment. # ⚓ Patent_budget_rises_provide_opportunity_for_outside counsel [Ed: Justice? Science? Innovation? No. It’s all about money to these people, money derived from monopolies and robber barons.⠀⇛ Counsel from Thermo Fisher, Visteon and three other companies reveal what their patent budgets are focused on and what they’ll need from outside counsel # § Software Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ The_do’s_and_don’ts_of_patenting_AI [Ed: Pushing software patents again using the guise of "HEY HI"]⠀⇛ AI is a key driver in the fourth industrial revolution, but right now the patentability of many AI systems and projects remains nebulous. Typically, AI processes are treated as a computer program or mathematical method and, at the European Patent Office (EPO), fall outside the realms of patentability. But when you use AI to solve a technical or real-world problem, things change. This nuance was one of many tips shared at a WIPR Patents Live session held yesterday, March 9, which explored how AI innovators can ensure that their technology is patentable. # ⚓ Enlarged_Board_of_Appeal_releases_G_1/19 decision_on_patenting_computer_simulations [Ed: Corrupt EPO has bullied_its_own_judges_into allowing_illegal_software_patents]⠀⇛ The EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal has released a decision in the much- anticipated G 1/19 case concerning the patentability of computer simulations. After much deliberation, the EBA concluded that existing case law regarding computer-implemented inventions also applies to computer- implemented simulations, and that it will retain its established approach in assessing inventive step, known as the COMVIK approach. The EBA is responding to three questions referred by Technical Board of Appeal 3.5.07. The questions explore whether computer simulations are patentable; if so, which sorts of simulations are patentable and if the simulation can be based on technical principles; and how the answers would differ if the simulation related to the design process. The full questions in the referral are available here. During its deliberation, the EBA considered what is patentable in the realm of computer simulation technology. It also looked at to what extent the Boards of Appeal can consider the technical aspects of the invention. Some patent attorneys suggest that, through applying the COMVIK approach, the EBA has maintained the status quo. However, it could also help make the EPO patenting system more predictable for future inventions. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Jeff_Koons_loses_(again)_in_France:_his_Fait_d’Hiver found_to_infringe_copyright_in_Franck_Davidovici’s_own Fait_d’Hiver⠀⇛ A little over a year ago, The IPKat reported on the then fresh decision of the Paris Court of Appeal, which had upheld the decision at first instance in a copyright infringement case originally brought by the estate of photographer Jean-François Bauret against the well-known (also to copyright litigators) US artist Jeff Koons and the Centre Pompidou. The news has reached this blog that another copyright decision has recently been rendered against Koons. [...] Koons had argued that US law, not French law, would be applicable to the dispute at hand by means of Article 8(1) of the Rome II Regulation. This would be so because: (1) his own work had been realized in the US; (2) it had been on display for the first time at the Whitney Museum in Manhattan; and (3) his internet website jeffkoons.com, it being in English, is primarily intended for the American public. The court (correctly in my view) rejected this argument, reasoning that the action concerned: (a) the Parisian exhibition of the sculpture; (b) the reproduction thereof in a book jointly published by Flammarion and the Centre Pompidou and sold in France; and (c) the accessibility of Koons’s website from France. # ⚓ Mobdro_Pirate_Streaming:_Police_Arrest_Suspect,_Three Others_Questioned⠀⇛ The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation reports that police have arrested an individual, following an investigation into Mobdro, one of the most popular pirate streaming apps with an estimated 43 million users. Three other people have been taken in for questioning in Spain and Andorra. # ⚓ EU_High_Court:_Embedding_Protected_Images_Can_Breach Copyright_Law⠀⇛ The EU Court of Justice has ruled that if rightsholders have taken or ordered protective steps to prevent their images from being embedded within frames on third-party sites, such embedding represents a violation of copyright law. The decision goes against a non-binding opinion handed down last year. # ⚓ Oh_The_Culture_You’ll_Cancel,_Thanks_To_The_Ninth Circuit_And_Copyright⠀⇛ If everyone’s going to be talking about Dr. Seuss, then we need to talk about this terrible decision from the Ninth Circuit a few months ago. Not to validate the idea of “cancel culture” in the particular way it’s often bandied about as a sort of whining over people not wanting to be associated with certain ideas, but because when law takes away the ability to express them in the first place, that’s censorship, it’s an affront to the First Amendment, and it’s something we all should be outraged about. And, as this case illustrates, the law in question is copyright. # ⚓ The_Key_Takeaway_From_Steven_Guilbeault’s_Facebook Use:_Linking_Should_Not_Require_a_Licence⠀⇛ That is what Guilbeault and Facebook are doing when they point to articles in the Journal de Montreal, La Presse, Global News, and the Toronto Star. Simply put, those links are not publication of the articles. Based on his own use of Facebook, Guilbeault should understand that and recognize that his sharing of articles on the platform is neither immoral nor should it necessitate payment or a licence. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 5699 ➮ Generation completed at 02:41, i.e. 65 seconds to (re)generate ⟲