●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 ●● ● Jun 22 [00:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [00:57] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 22 [01:26] *rianne_ has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [01:26] *rianne_ (~rianne@hcdms2vr9hu9e.irc) has joined #techbytes [01:27] *rianne_ has quit (Connection closed) [01:27] *rianne_ (~rianne@freenode-i33.jp8.7132oi.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 22 [03:57] schestowitz https://suepo.org/june_2022_press_articles/d-47955 [03:57] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-suepo.org | [03:57] schestowitz (Kluwer Patent Blog published on 17/06/2022) "Petition for ministerial conference on European Patent Organisation". Translations are available in German, French and Dutch."" ● Jun 22 [06:23] *Guest1648 (~d8a05725@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:24] *Guest1648 has quit (Quit: Ping timeout (120 seconds)) [06:24] *Guest1648 (~d8a05725@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes [06:57] *Guest1648 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [06:58] *Guest1648 (~d8a05725@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 22 [07:16] *Guest1648 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [07:19] *Guest1648 (~d8a05725@54n9xgft8g6u2.irc) has joined #techbytes [07:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [07:55] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 22 [08:06] *Guest1648 has quit (Quit: Connection closed) [08:45] schestowitz x https://github.blog/2022-06-21-github-copilot-is-generally-available-to-all-developers/ [08:45] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-github.blog | GitHub Copilot is generally available to all developers | The GitHub Blog [08:46] schestowitz x https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/21/britain-cant-claim-care-free-speech-extradites-julian-assange/ [08:46] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.telegraph.co.uk | Britain cant claim to care about free speech if it extradites Julian Assange [08:46] schestowitz # false narrative repeated ad nauseum [08:59] schestowitz
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    Hidden Anti-Cryptography Provisions in Internet Anti-Trust Bills
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    Two bills attempting to reduce the power of Internet monopolies are currently being debated in Congress: S. 2992, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act; and S. 2710, the Open App Markets Act. Reducing the power to tech monopolies would do more to fix the Internet than any other single action, and I am generally in favor of them both. (The Center for American Progress wrote a good [08:59] schestowitz summary and evaluation of them. I have written in support of the bill that would force Google and Apple to give up their monopolies on their phone app stores.)

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    There is a significant problem, though. Both bills have provisions that could be used to break end-to-end encryption.

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[15:10] schestowitz > I don't know but I get regular reports about gangstalkers from a subset [15:10] schestowitz > of FSFE/Debian who send messages to my friends, clients and [15:10] schestowitz > collaborators in other open source projects [15:10] schestowitz > [15:10] schestowitz > Just out of interest, did anybody ever try to contact your wife to [15:10] schestowitz > harass you? That is the type of thing they are doing now. [15:10] schestowitz > [15:10] schestowitz > It seems they eventually realized who owns the trademark in CH. I [15:10] schestowitz > avoided saying anything about it publicly to save them embarrassment but [15:10] schestowitz > now the cat is out of the bag. [15:10] schestowitz I intentionally said nothing on the subject until late last night as it had already become common knowledge. [15:13] schestowitz > I'm making a list of the suicides, Aaron Swartz, Ian Murdock, Frans Pop, etc [15:13] schestowitz > [15:13] schestowitz > Do you know any other cases, even if they are not so famous? [15:13] schestowitz Arjen and at least one of Julian Assange's lawyers/associates (many died; at least 3 I think, but some of natural causes). [15:16] schestowitz Of no relation to Debian, but I spend AGES reading about this case at the time and links to articles hundreds of time : [15:16] schestowitz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Shane_Todd [15:16] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-en.wikipedia.org | Death of Shane Todd - Wikipedia [15:16] schestowitz some suicides aren't what they seem and some murders aren't what they seem. But when all you have is a missing or dead body it's a coin toss and pseudoscience. [15:36] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@memzbmehf99re.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 22 [19:21] *u-amarsh04 has quit (Quit: Konversation terminated!) [19:23] *u-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@5tcc2vuaj9aks.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Jun 22 [22:04] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [22:09] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [22:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:56] schestowitz " [22:56] schestowitz DG1: close target monitoring [22:56] schestowitz A supporting or an oppressive exercise? [22:56] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [22:56] schestowitz We have been contacted by a number of colleagues reporting an increase in the degree of micromanagement they are facing in recent months. These micromanaging measures include, inter alia, a weekly monitoring of their targets, daily calls from their team manager, and excessive scrutiny of search strategies, communications or FO mailboxes. Although the purported intention of the intervention of the managers is to support the staff members, it is often [22:57] schestowitz experienced as oppressive and leaves colleagues feeling overwhelmed. Being in such a situation may seriously affect their health, and result in them needing to take sick leave. [22:57] schestowitz This publication provides recommendations on how to react to the pressurising practices. [22:57] schestowitz The Central Staff Committee - CSC [22:57] schestowitz " ● Jun 22 [23:03] schestowitz 22/06/2022 [23:03] schestowitz [CSC] GCC meeting of 2 June 2022: The Mobility Package reloaded [23:03] schestowitz Dear colleagues, [23:03] schestowitz In a previous GCC meeting, the CSC members of the GCC gave a negative opinion on the new package on mobility corresponding to document CA/32/22. In the GCC meeting on 2 June, the President submitted document GCC/DOC 9/2022 aiming at the implementation of the mobility package. In particular, the CSC members of the GCC had to give their opinion on: [23:03] schestowitz A new Circular on Young Professionals; [23:03] schestowitz A new Circular on (outbound) secondment and on leave on personal grounds (aka unpaid leave); [23:03] schestowitz Changes to Circular No. 364 lowering qualifications for external recruitment. [23:04] schestowitz The circulars give us the occasion to revisit the buzzwords used by the Administration to make the package palatable to the Administrative Council (and maybe to some staff). They confirm that buzzwords are just that: empty words, and that we were right in our strong reservations against the package presented in CA/32/22 as it calls centralisation into question and establishes a separate set of Service Regulations for a category of low-cost staff [23:04] schestowitz with fewer rights. [23:04] schestowitz You can read the full opinion here. 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