๐•ฟ๐–Š๐–ˆ๐–๐–—๐–Ž๐–Œ๐–๐–™๐–˜ Bulletin for Sunday, January 03, 2021 โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”…โ”… Generated Mon 4 Jan 02:40:58 GMT 2021 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (๐š›๐š˜๐šข (at) ๐šœ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐š’๐š๐šฃ (dot) ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at ๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’”.๐’๐’“๐’ˆ Latest in ๐’‰๐’•๐’•๐’‘://๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’”.๐’๐’“๐’ˆ/๐’•๐’™๐’• and older bulletins can be found at ๐’‰๐’•๐’•๐’‘://๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’”.๐’๐’“๐’ˆ/๐’•๐’™๐’•-๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’” Full IPFS index in ๐’‰๐’•๐’•๐’‘://๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’”.๐’๐’“๐’ˆ/๐’Š๐’‘๐’‡๐’” and as plain text in ๐’‰๐’•๐’•๐’‘://๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’”.๐’๐’“๐’ˆ/๐’Š๐’‘๐’‡๐’”/๐’•๐’™๐’• โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐‘๐„๐‚๐„๐๐“ ๐๐”๐‹๐‹๐„๐“๐ˆ๐๐’ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmbHQS5itmbUekP3QFagQqT2gXkX5PJ2UD3mpmkjBE6KvP QmdXfrL6vz8jFumCUchTsn25vMWff8gnK48LzAbN6StXRM QmeaBomXSM7Mc53Kq6ifnZkFjL5raWVHd4xdvZ9UzJxXgB QmXf3HB6Jq9wMuXp5vFfkaXztzF9P8W4KPSrjLhYhM6V2m QmXzsVS69veQV4wbmm5RatdgHTFJcrsrh9FBMtUzEBqMMN QmbJS9vucziTqe4eGSR9un6EoifwTo4y3oYap1EqCtiEZJ QmSAYUFrCv96gXitnJ8gDGZj7xGiXMyWaEsog4tkRBPshu QmT1eNxN6hLuYyaPNLfaNNzeKF64xWsLazqhpFcUYV7WVx QmSfJ73cH6MLEHhch8bgEhBGC43kVNADRJUpeQv2hcUsrE QmXGEdtH99MG2mdPMztAxsUXJWBLMXyuYaqdnx6inpuX7c QmfVbepdUPJyP7uetx4BJryV4hgoNKQfrTCxSWgQPN1Rdx Qmerspha5sBXhxrSkZzuXGw8WeXrUmG8Gn1nDfz6fRSY8K QmXjVc4NJjr6RYHKPa7EFWknSzg9ZwLN4YnErbmcqdcEKL QmbKJcqeWwdwEZRmynaB1QUsBfphEamM17YNSFjDbd967Q Qmb7Vc3ijMXKkDXwdbFmKva484B1Txefyq476N1SQzkaPz QmYqhYrKEV9gAAitfZidCc8mCztdegVqsSjGntAvWHtCKY QmWzJPniMtb3SfrYyRRc9aN9sx4BQcsVRaBipsquzkyPyP QmTc7fVWDZAd8Hhdj4NZkukktpS3GgF3bkCCEsEPzBFQ8b QmQteVnu669KJD3aGFG9pTaha5NeLdUVvog8v7rtH7aAif QmZQ6Pn5zz59X5DotEqu3wFU1Zv7NgnekWx1XnZmEtgxoJ QmSFbBNGkS4rhKR4CEWoVvxihh6PGXm91pwQceXjQRvbqH โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐ˆ๐๐ƒ๐„๐— โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• โฆฟ Speaking Out for the Many (Against the Few Who Control Most of the Mass Media) | Techrights โฆฟ Video: How Corporate and โ€™Technicalโ€™ (Buzzwords) Media is Dying and Becoming an Extension of the Public Relations (PR) Sector | Techrights โฆฟ Happy New Leaks | Techrights โฆฟ InteLeaks - Part II: The GNU Linux Developer Experience at Intel Under Siege | Techrights โฆฟ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, January 02, 2021 | Techrights โฆฟ Julian Assange Decision Reportedly Due Tomorrow, But Protests Not Allowed and Privacy is Conflated With Criminality | Techrights โฆฟ Video: Many Microsoft Layoffs in 2020, Including Azure Layoffs | Techrights ไทผ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/15-years-of-techrights/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/buzzwords-media/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/happy-new-leaks/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/inteleaks-dx/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/irc-log-020121/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/julian-assange-decision-and-covid/#comments http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/microsoft-layoffs-2020/#comments ไทž Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/septor-2021/#comments ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 64 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/15-years-of-techrights/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ Speaking_Out_for_the_Many_(Against_the_Few_Who_Control_Most_of_the_Mass Media)โ €โœ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux at 11:50 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡Mass mediaโฆˆ Mass_media Summary: A look back at (almost) 15 years of Techrights and the function it has been serving since its genesis in 2006 THE Web site Techrights will have turned 15 later in 2021 (when Tux Machines turned 15 we_threw_a_little_party). Weโ€™ve actually made it that long/far. Not many sites remain active and also stay online for that long. The site is vast and weโ€™re soon migrating to a new container-based setup (today we enhanced speed/performance). Days ago we moved to a different datecentre due to a death of someone 4 years my junior (tragic car accident). In IPFS and WWW we have lots of information (originating in Techrights IRC and other sources), but sometimes itโ€™s intentionally unclear who said what, especially when it comes to EPO articles. Techrights is not authored by a single person; there are also leakers and whistleblowers. Itโ€™s important to ensure the site stays online; Groklaw perished (offline_for_good_apparently) this past October, along with lots of valuable information and important articles/comments/timelines (history of UNIX for instance). History will be distorted if honest sites perish, only to be replaced by PR campaigns of the โ€˜victorsโ€™ (oppressors such as Benoรฎt Battistelli and Antรณnio_Campinos). At the moment, many authors rely on the site to highlight things not addressed/ exposed anywhere else. Weโ€™re a bit of a โ€˜censorship resistance machineโ€™. People come to us with suppressed information or information that, if published, puts them at risk. โ€œAt the moment, many authors rely on the site to highlight things not addressed/exposed anywhere else. Weโ€™re a bit of a โ€˜censorship resistance machineโ€™.โ€Itโ€™s the information thatโ€™s important (even if crudely put at times). Weโ€™ll publish a lot more EPO leaks some time soon. The site is widely respected among EPO workers, who still recall speeches Richard Stallman (RMS) gave at their protests and strikes. Some EPO insiders tell me that they learn about Free software in Techrights and agree on almost everythingโ€ฆ though they read the site for the EPO articles (at least originally). Until a year or two ago we focused on patents. Focus shifted because of the slow-progressing coup (Linux Foundation, OSI, FSF and more), accelerated a great deal at the FSF/GNOME/SFC after the August 2019 โ€˜Gates-gateโ€™ at MIT (which I had warned Stallman about, privately, even BEFORE the aggressive push to resign; in hindsight I was correct). Many people lost sight of the original scandals, including Bill_Gates crimes; I know a thing or two about how PR agencies think and methods for shifting public attention (EPO management does this a lot and itโ€™s so shallow that EPO workers can see it; the EPO autocrats flooded the media before the December 15th strike, organised by SUEPO, their staff union). What unifies many people who follow Techrights is interest in the human rights aspects of technology and science. Mainstream media doesnโ€™t cover that often enough. It boils down mostly to ideology and philosophy, I suspect way beyond technology itself (as technology relates to many other things in life/the world). The โ€˜hacker cultureโ€™ has some political and scientific roots to it. I think equivalents existed before Enlightenment (Dark Ages restricted practice and thinking). But I digressโ€ฆ Techrights is a multi-author site. Not everything in there is endorsed by either myself or the site (unless my name is shown on the right, in which case I wrote it myself). Shockingly enough the site was being portrayed as the very opposite of what it is. I say โ€œshockinglyโ€, but actually I often joke with people (Iโ€™ve joked about this for years now!) and explain that whatever I say can be totally twisted. M. Garrett (now at Google; Torvalds hates his guts for his coup attempts) has been โ€˜parkingโ€™ in our IRC channels for months now, having publicly described the site as pro-rape or something ludicrous like that (Microsoft propagandists โ€œlikedโ€ those tweets of his). I guess itโ€™s unsurprising; such distortions should be expected. Anyone who defends the views of RMS (never mind RMS himself) is a target. We have seen a certain someone from Salesforce saying so more explicitly. The โ€˜coupโ€™ wonโ€™t be complete until the message/ideas dieโ€ฆ โ€œWhat unifies many people who follow Techrights is interest in the human rights aspects of technology and science.โ€And noโ€ฆ itโ€™s not about women. Itโ€™s about the perceptions which have been spreading online about monopolies, proprietary software etc. (think of #RMSWasRight and foresight along those lines) About 15 years ago I think I read about CompTIA attacking RMS over his views (something he had said about proprietary software being malicious). We know who sponsors CompTIA. These attacks from CompTIA were counterproductive as they only caused me to pay closer attention to the message they were attacking. The articles posted here are still relatively diverse (in the opinion sense). If we only ever published things everyone can agree with, weโ€™d be useless. If we suppressed legitimate views โ€” however controversial (but still true) โ€” people would accuse me of being somewhat of a tyrant. Even independent newspapers occasionally publish things they neither agree with nor wrote. โ€œWe need to get accustomed to this simple idea that good people who blow the whistle (or simply say the truth about the status quo) will come under attack.โ€Planet Debian Uncensored (and its sister sites) may have a tone different from mine and many Nazi analogies I never wrapped my head around (cannot; I think too many things in this world are being compared to Nazis). Some articles from there I did not repost and in some cases I left out images that were not suitable for our audience. Techrights tries to help combat censorship; all who are longtime contributors to Free software and have facts on their side deserve a voice. Daniel Pocock is a good guy. He was betrayed in a very major way. He has many legitimate grievances and good reasons to be upset. Heโ€™s very supportive of Free software (more than most posers who only claim to support it, possibly while doing the opposite). A lot of whatโ€™s said about him is patently false. We need to get accustomed to this simple idea that good people who blow the whistle (or simply say the truth about the status quo) will come under attack. We need to prepare to reject pointless and baseless attacks on their characters/names. โ–ˆ ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 195 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/buzzwords-media/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ Video:_How_Corporate_and_โ€˜Technicalโ€™_(Buzzwords)_Media_is_Dying_and_Becoming an_Extension_of_the_Public_Relations_(PR)_Sectorโ €โœ Posted in Deception at 5:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Context: 2020_as_Another_Terrible_Year_for_News_Sites_and_Plenty_of_Other_Bad News Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/media-distortion.webm ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡Inside Intelโฆˆ Summary: When the media lies as a matter of โ€œdoing businessโ€ and when buzzwords or misleading hype waves replace meaningful terminology somebody needs to call out the โ€œBSโ€; we hope that leaks from the inside will help highlight the sad state of โ€˜professionalโ€™ (salaried) โ€˜journalismโ€™ in 2020 THE information to be shown here over the next few hours is refuting what corporate (and pseudo-technical) media or so-called โ€˜newsโ€™ sites such as ZDNet have been telling us. โ€œActual, concrete evidence weโ€™re about to publicly share will help combat misinformation spread by sites like ZDNet for financial gain.โ€Theyโ€™re good at lying_about_people and theyโ€™re dinosaurs pretending to be reporters, in effect telling whatever lies need to be sold in order for them to be salaried. This video is about the media. Mostly the media. It is a little rant about my (very personal) past experiences and an article we published last night. Actual, concrete evidence weโ€™re about to publicly share will help combat misinformation spread by sites like ZDNet for financial gain. They expect people to blindly accept (at face value) what they say because of their trade name; in reality, however, their name should be a badge of shame. โ–ˆ ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 250 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/happy-new-leaks/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ Happy_New_Leaksโ €โœ Posted in Site_News at 5:28 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡All_the_best_for_2021โฆˆ_ Drawing attribution: Artwork (original_here) by artist and Techrights reader, Mogz Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/leaks-day.webm Summary: Video about the past dayโ€™s work and whatโ€™s coming up later today, notably the InteLeaks THE VIDEO above covers a lot of topics and mentions what weโ€™ve been doing lately. Special thanks go to Mogz for the artwork, which we love. She is an artist who really likes the site. โ€œThe time take to open pages is now vastly improved; speed has been doubled or better!โ€โ€œJust to send a funny little card,โ€ she said, โ€œto you and all contributors/readers, to wish all the best for 2021. [...] Thanks for all your work, and the best of wishes for 2021.โ€ The video mentions some of the pains weโ€™ve had with E-mail, some of the work done on monitoring, automation, Raspberry Pi (for IPFS), cron jobs, and improving loading speed of the site. The time it takes to open pages is now vastly improved; speed has been doubled or better! Weโ€™re now assessing how to release the Intel material [1, 2] (especially order of publication) because impact and reach certainly matter to sources. Shown below is a 2-core processor from Intel; itโ€™s well known that monopolies not only increase pricing but also lower quality of products. When they no longer have to actually compete (because they cheat) there is no incentive to actually improve because improvements cost extra money to develop. The legacy of companies like Microsoft and Intel is a big stain on this century; one can only imagine how much more progress would have been made if it werenโ€™t for this monopolistic โ€œDuoโ€ (like the chip). โ–ˆ ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡2-core processorโฆˆ ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 314 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/inteleaks-dx/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ InteLeaks_โ€“_Part_II:_The_GNU_Linux_Developer_Experience_at_Intel_Under Siegeโ €โœ Posted in GNU/Linux, Hardware at 7:00 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡Inside Intelโฆˆ Summary: Today we start the examination of documents from Intel staff; they show growing dissatisfaction among members of staff, who mean well but arenโ€™t being listened to (despite having vastly better understanding of the subject at hand) IN THE introduction and part_I we presented a bit of a preview and a spoiler. The nature of the leaks is technical, it is not about something like financial fraud or a war crime, and it shows how Intel basically fakes its commitment to Free software or even the watered-down โ€œOpen Sourceโ€. When Intel talks about โ€œopennessโ€ it means something like openwashing and outsourcing to Microsoft. ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡InteLeaksโฆˆ The series took a while to kick off/prepare/ commence for several reasons, notably Christmas in the middle (bad time to attain high exposure) and the need to digest, then organise, the information. As explained this morning in a video, weโ€™re going to present the material in bite-sized chunks. Wikileaks did a lot of that over the years, albeit it outsourced almost everything to Twitter and โ€œtweetsโ€ are subjected to censorship, throttling, algorithmic manipulation (promotions and demotions), de-platforming and all sorts of other things (including spying in the background, not just on posters but also mere viewers). โ€œAs promised, weโ€™ll work on redacting the full raw material (redacted for source protection) in order to post it in full at the endโ€ฆโ€Linking to pertinent items that we show will be a lot simpler if we isolate those items and post them as separate parts. As promised, weโ€™ll work on redacting the full raw material (redacted for source protection) in order to post it in full at the end (so that nobody can accuse us of cherry-picking or taking things out of context). Letโ€™s start with the (almost) cover page: ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡Intel_leakโฆˆ_ Whatโ€™s this all about? Iโ€™ve decided to make a video of it because itโ€™s simpler and faster. Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/intel-gnu-linux-dx.webm In the next part weโ€™ll advance to some of the โ€˜beefโ€™ of the concerns, or some of the things which alarmed Intel insiders. โ–ˆ ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 387 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/irc-log-020121/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ IRC_Proceedings:_Saturday,_January_02,_2021โ €โœ Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:37 am by Needs Sunlight ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡H ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡HTML5_logsโฆˆ_ #techrights_log_as_HTML5 #boycottnovell_log_as_HTML5 ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡H ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡HTML5_logsโฆˆ_ #boycottnovell-social_log_as_HTML5 #techbytes_log_as_HTML5 ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡t ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡text_logsโฆˆ_ #techrights_log_as_text #boycottnovell_log_as_text ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡t ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡text_logsโฆˆ_ #boycottnovell-social_log_as_text #techbytes_log_as_text Enter_the_IRC_channels_now =============================================================================== ยง IPFS Mirrorsโ €โžพ CID Description Object type IRC log for ย QmbdyGCkUkurD5bjdhMryiqRaPxomHR1h9ax6i1K4eDKbm #boycottnovell ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡HTML5 logsโฆˆ (full IRC log as HTML) IRC log for #boycottnovell ย Qmb7oiYdR3raizZV9Awa797VcubsJNWuG24dXbD6BjadMN (full IRC log ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡text logsโฆˆ as plain/ASCII text) IRC log for #boycottnovell- ย QmboPCKgF64AAyRrfB83SD2THvnMzmUfxsyTg4QU6eb8gU social ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡HTML5 logsโฆˆ (full IRC log as HTML) IRC log for #boycottnovell- ย QmZZuYLh4iLoZHbRxjV2xLp3bvGT28KrCToft1qiEMcAdx social ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡text logsโฆˆ (full IRC log as plain/ASCII text) IRC log for ย QmZNAZL9KhEVAzse7oatTnAHuzbQSYLu1zGXWVoK2Lmx9o #techbytes ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡HTML5 logsโฆˆ (full IRC log as HTML) IRC log for #techbytes ย Qmb9R9dwRMTY1hzhZnDSPv2xA8uvzDo3LdBATCp3pATVju (full IRC log ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡text logsโฆˆ as plain/ASCII text) IRC log for ย QmbNXPYwq4WA5eEhVCQUuBBN6AqcFjErT91Ty3jPw5eM7a #techrights ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡HTML5 logsโฆˆ (full IRC log as HTML) IRC log for #techrights ย QmVdTS3fa111z4erkfWwW3XWEtXnLCJtpJ7zCqPaLpruSS (full IRC log ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡text logsโฆˆ as plain/ASCII text) ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡IPFS logoโฆˆ ยง Bulletin for Yesterdayโ €โžพ Local_copy | CID (IPFS): QmSFbBNGkS4rhKR4CEWoVvxihh6PGXm91pwQceXjQRvbqH ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 500 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/julian-assange-decision-and-covid/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ Julian_Assange_Decision_Reportedly_Due_Tomorrow,_But_Protests_Not_Allowed_and Privacy_is_Conflated_With_Criminalityโ €โœ Posted in Deception at 11:24 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด_๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ_โฆ‡Assange_decision_timeโฆˆ_ Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/privacy-assange-and-covid.webm Summary: The war on privacy relies on conflating discreet life with a crime or publicly gathering (to make a point or be heard) being framed as an attack on public health. This is a video discussion about the right to assemble/gather and the rights associated with privacy in the UK, especially in light of the importance of demonstrations in a democratic society. WIKILEAKS gave us Cablegate and it exposed many war crimes, as well as corporate corruption. Here in Britain the right to publicly gather is under attack. The same goes for privacy. Itโ€™s easy to say that this is perfectly reasonable because of COVID-19, but some of the proposed solutions are neither effective nor proportional in the sense that they hamper human rights a lot more than they can safeguard the public. Can people properly protest an extradition of Julian Assange, which is likely to be ruled on (or a decision formally released) tomorrow? Is the public being made powerless while oligarchs rake in trillions of dollars during a crisis? How much can or should society tolerate? โ–ˆ Related: * The_War_on_Privacy,_Bolstered_by_COVID_Hysteria * Boxing_People * Our_Collective_Privacy_is_Under_Unprecedented_Attacks_and_Privacy_is_Now Conflated_With_Bad_Hygiene,_Not_Just_Criminality ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 554 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐€๐‘๐“๐ˆ๐‚๐‹๐„ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• (โ„น) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2021/01/03/microsoft-layoffs-2020/#comments โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ Video:_Many_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_2020,_Including_Azure_Layoffsโ €โœ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 10:36 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link http://techrights.org/videos/microsoft-layoffs-2020.webm Summary: In terms of layoffs [1], Microsoft has had a particularly tough year [2-14], but it has been distracting the public and misusing media connections (or its moles inside the media) to downplay things, to spin the layoffs as a positive thing, and sometimes shamelessly lie THE Microsoft layoffs which were announced during summer (slow news, mostly between June and August) were spun as a good thing and sometimes covered up until sacked employees blew the whistle and used privacy-preserving software to communicate with journalists. Throughout 2020 we wrote a number of articles and memes about it. This is a roundup of them (as video). โ–ˆ Related/contextual items from the news: 1. Microsoft_โ€“_Layoffs (wiki) 2. Latest_Microsoft_Layoffs_Spun_as_โ€˜Innovationโ€™_(Thereโ€™s_Always_a_Positive PR_Angle) 3. Donโ€™t_Fall_for_the_Spin,_Microsoft_is_Laying_Off_Workers_and_Itโ€™s_Not Just_Because_of_the_Pandemic 4. Microsoft_Layoffs,_Second_Time_in_Less_Than_a_Month_(and_People_Lose Their_โ€˜Mixerโ€™) 5. Microsoft_Has_Nothing_Left_in_Store 6. Microsoft_is_Lying_About_Everything,_Even_the_Layoffs 7. More_Microsoft_Layoffs_(Fourth_Round_of_Layoffs_in_1.5_Months) 8. Microsoft_โ€œDeclined_to_Elaborate_on_the_Roles_Which_Had_Been_Eliminatedโ€ Means_Microsoft_Left_Leeway_for_Spin_and_Lies_(But_We_Know_Azure_Has_More Layoffs) 9. Microsoft_Lays_Off_Azure_Staff_and_Much_More,_Spins_These_Layoffs_as โ€œOptimization_Strategyโ€ 10. Fifth_Round_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_in_Less_Than_2_Months:_Another_Thousand Job_Cuts_(6%_of_LinkedIn_Workforce) 11. Microsoft_is_Defrauding_Its_Shareholders_While_Laying_Off_About_5,000 Workers 12. Microsoft_Lays_Off_Many_More_Workers_in_the_Advertising_Division/s_and Terminates_Products_While_the_Press_is_Distracted_by_TikTok_Rumours 13. [Meme]_Is_It_Not_a_Layoffs_Round_When_You_Rebrand_It? 14. Microsoft_Sheds_Off_Lots_of_Staff_in_This_Autumn_of_COVID ไทฉ ๐š•๐š’๐š—๐šŽ 615 โ•’โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ• ๐ƒ๐€๐ˆ๐‹๐˜ ๐‹๐ˆ๐๐Š๐’ โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•โ•• โ €โŒง โ–ˆโ–‡โ–†โ–…โ–„โ–ƒโ–‚โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ– 01.03.21โ €โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–โ–‚โ–ƒโ–„โ–…โ–†โ–‡โ–ˆ โŒง โœ Links_3/1/2021:_Septor_2021,_Whisker_Menu_2.5.1,_Bleachbit_4.2.0,_Wine_6.0- RC5_and_Wine-Staging_6.0-RC5โ €โœ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:18 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ผ๐Ÿ„ฐ๐Ÿ„ถ๐Ÿ„ด ๐Ÿ„ณ๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„ฟ๐Ÿ…ƒ๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ โฆ‡GNOME bluefishโฆˆ ยง Contentsโ €โžพ * GNU/Linux o Distributions o Devices/Embedded * Free_Software/Open_Source * Leftovers * ยง GNU/Linuxโ €โžพ o ยง Audiocasts/Showsโ €โžพ # โš“ Fcitx:_Input_Method_Editor_Made_Easy_On_Linuxโ €โ‡› Recently I started learning Japanese and Iโ€™ve wanted some way to be able to type in the language on my Linux system, turns out itโ€™s really simple using an IME or Input Method Editor and fcitx the tool weโ€™re using today can be used with any language you want. # โš“ Installation_and_First_Look_of_Deepin_20.1โ €โ‡› Deepin is a Debian-based Linux distribution that features the gorgeous Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE). Deepin is a Chinese distro that comes with a complete suite of applications, most of which are applications built by the Deepin team. # โš“ DualSense_on_Linux,_GNOME_40_changes_things,_and_2_projects to_replace_CentOS!โ €โ‡› This time, we have changes in how GNOME Shell will look in the next release, the PS5 controller being officially supported on Linux, and a nifty little handheld for retro gaming that runs Ubuntu Join this channel to get access to a monthly patroncast and vote on the next topics Iโ€™ll coverโ€ฆ o ยง Kernel Spaceโ €โžพ # โš“ Linux_No-Copy_Bvec_Patches_Revved_For_The_New_Year_As Another_I/O_Optimizationโ €โ‡› The Linux kernel has been seeing incredible innovations and optimizations in the I/O area in recent times from IO_uring to numerous performance enhancements. One of the recent performance enhancements seeing activity and promising results is the no-copy bvec behavior. As explained by developer Pavel Begunkov who has been leading the no-copy bvec support work, โ€œCurrently, when iomap and block direct IO gets a bvec based iterator the bvec will be copied, with all other accounting that takes much CPU time and causes additional allocation for larger bvecs. The patchset makes it to reuse the passed in iter bvec.โ€ # โš“ DTPM_โ€œAvoid_Burning_Yourselfโ€_Framework_Diverted_From_Linux 5.11โ €โ‡› Yesterday I wrote about the DTPM framework being sent in for Linux 5.11 but ultimately Linus Torvalds has decided not to accept it out of the merge window. As noted in the prior article, it was sent in a week past the Linux 5.11 merge window. The Dynamic Thermal Power Framework (DTPM) aims to be a higher- level thermal framework for cases like ensuring users donโ€™t burn themselves on hot devices and complying with legal requirements that case / exposed device temperatures do not exceed 45 degrees Celsius. # โš“ Sony_Releases_Official_Linux_Driver_to_Support_DualSense Controllersโ €โ‡› The โ€œhid-sonyโ€ driver has been available on Linux for a while. According to Phoronix, Sony has released a new โ€œhid-playstationโ€ driver today to include support for DualSense controllers, as well as other PlayStation hardware. Linux users can now use the DualSense controller in USB and Bluetooth modes. The driver supports the controllerโ€™s LEDs, motion sensors, touchpad, battery, lightbar, and rumble. Unfortunately it doesnโ€™t include support for the Adaptive Triggers and Haptic features; the data for these functions is too large and complex. Linux users are hoping that these functions could be implemented in the future, even if it is only in a basic way. # ยง Graphics Stackโ €โžพ # โš“ Mesaโ€™s_Clover_OpenCL_Adds_Support_For_Loading_SPIR- V_IL_Programs_โ€“_Phoronixโ €โ‡› The latest OpenCL โ€œCloverโ€ work to land in Mesa 21.0 is support for the cl_khr_il_program extension. This one year old merge request was merged on New Yearโ€™s Day. The work by Pierre Moreau is support for the cl_khr_il_program extension functionality that since has been merged into OpenCL core. This is about supporting OpenCL kernels as intermediate language (SPIR/SPIR- V IL) rather than OpenCL C code. The merge request has support for the original extension as well as the extra IL program functionality since landing into core with OpenCL 2.1. o ยง Applicationsโ €โžพ # โš“ Explore_the_night_sky_with_this_open_source_astronomy_appโ €โ‡› I have always been fascinated with the night sky. When I was younger, the only reference materials available were books, and they seemed to depict a sky that looked different from the one I saw from my home. More than five years ago, I wrote about my experiences with two open source planetarium apps, Celestia and Stellarium. Recently, I read about another: KStars. Itโ€™s an amazing open source application that helps engage children (and adults) in science and astronomy. [...] KStars is freely licensed under the GPLv2.0. The source code is available on the official KDE GitLab instance and as a read-only mirror on GitHub. The KDE Education Project has excellent installation documentation. Iโ€™m using Pop!_OS and found KStars in the Pop!_Shop. You can install KStars on Linux from your distributionโ€™s software repository. KStars Lite is available for Android from the Google Play store. The KDE Project maintains an excellent KStars Handbook to assist users. # โš“ 7_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_UPnP_Media_Serversโ €โ‡› A music streamer lets you share your music, photos and videos with your network. If you have a Network-attached storage (NAS) device, it is likely that you already have the technology built-in to share your media. Using a NAS is a neat solution as it can be left on all the time, consuming very little power. However, this is only one method of sharing your multimedia around a home network. A PC can offer a more elegant home media solution that allows you to easily share audio, video and pictures to other devices on your network. Using the right software, interoperability is achieved with other devices by conforming with the DLNA specification and by converting media on-the-fly to formats that client devices support. # โš“ BleachBit_System_Cleaner_Now_Supports_Chromium_Snap,_Latest Ubuntu_and_Fedora_Releasesโ €โ‡› BleachBit 4.2 is here nine months after the massive BleachBit 4.0 release, so itโ€™s considered a maintenance update to that version fixing some issues, adding support for cleaning new programs, as well as support for the latest GNU/Linux distributions. First and foremost, BleachBit 4.2 is now supported in the latest Ubuntu and Fedora Linux releases. This means that you can now download BleachBit as a DEB or RPM package that you can install on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) or Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla), as well as Fedora Linux 32 or Fedora Linux 33. # โš“ Install_Bleachbit_4.2.0_in_Ubuntu_/_Debian_/_CentOS_/ Fedoraโ €โ‡› BleachBit a free and open-source disk space cleaning software and Bleachbit a good alternative to CCleaner and supports Multi-platform (ie) Linux and Windows. With BleachBit you can free cache, delete cookies, clear browser history, delete logs and discard the junk, It includes advanced features like shredding files to prevent recovery. wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications and makes firefox faster. o ยง Instructionals/Technicalโ €โžพ # โš“ How_to_Install_Pop_OS_in_Virtualbox_Virtual_Machineโ €โ‡› Pop OS is the Linux Distro meant for Desktop & Laptop users, it is based on Ubuntu, thus with every latest version of Ubuntu, you will see a corresponding change in Pop OS versions as well. To let users easily install the open-source application via a graphical user interface, it comes with the App Center of Elementary OS. As compared to Ubuntu, the performance of Pop OS is snappy. Here we will see the steps to easily install Pop OS on VirtualBox, to use and learn it without actually installing it on our physical PC or laptop. # โš“ How_to_Get_Persistent_SSH_Connections_in_Linux_Using Eternal_Terminalโ €โ‡› An SSH connection is typically used to connect with remote machines. It works on a client / server model, in that the machine being used to connect to a remote machine is called a client, while the latter is the server. To establish the connection with the remote machine, you must know its IP address, as well as the username/password to authenticate the connection. Because the connection is based on IP address, any change in the IP address automatically breaks the SSH connection, turning even mild-mannered users into rage monsters. Released under Apache license, Eternal Terminal can be used as a replacement for SSH. Its claim to fame is the ability to re-establish connection to a remote machine without user intervention. This is in sharp contrast to SSH connections, which once terminated have to be re-established manually. Eternal Terminal relies on SSH to connect and authenticate with the remote machine. So you must have SSH installed and running to be able to connect the different machines with Eternal Terminal. # โš“ How_to_Install_and_Play_Among_Us_on_a_Chromebookโ €โ‡› As we all know, Among Us has taken the world by storm and everyone wants to play this raging deception game. The game was first launched on Android and iOS and now you can play it on Windows, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch as well. The insane popularity of this game has also reached Chromebook users and many are wondering if you can play Among Us on a Chromebook. Well, to find the answer, follow along and find out how you can play Among Us on a Chromebook. # โš“ Install_and_use_pip_for_python_package_management_in_Linux โ€“_The_Linux_Juggernautโ €โ‡› Python is one of the most popular scripting languages in use today and due to its wide user base and community support, it has thousands to of modules available which help to add to its existing functionality. The version of python that comes pre-installed with Linux distributions has some modules already available. Modules for python are made available on the website pypi as archives. When we need to install a module we could do it manually by downloading the modules from the pypi site, extract the archive and compile and install the module. This method involves a lot of manual work on the part of the user and would be even more difficult when the concerned modules have other dependencies involved. To solve this problem, the pip software was introduced. The name pip is an acronym for python indexing project. The pip utility is a package manager for python modules available via pypi. We can use it to install and maintain python modules on the system. When installing modules using pip, itโ€™s will take care of all the dependencies of the modules being installed. # โš“ Kali_Linux_:_The_OS_That_Hackers_Use_โ€“_The_Linux Juggernautโ €โ‡› If you are familiar with cyber security stuff, you must have heard about kali linux. Kali linux is a operating system developed by offensive security and it was specifically targeted for penetration testers. This linux distribution is built on Debian and it comes pre installed with many more security tools. In this guide, we will see how to install this operating system in a virtual environment. # โš“ Double_helping_of_Pi_Holeโ €โ‡› In episode 100 of Late Night Linux I talked a little bit about trying out Pi Hole and AdGuard to replace my home grown ad blocker based on dnsmasq and a massive hosts file. I came down in favour of Pi Hole for a couple of reasons but the deciding factor was that Pi Hole felt a bit more open and that it was built on top of dnsmasq which allowed me to reuse config for TFTP which netboots some devices which needed it. Now that Iโ€™ve been using Pi Hole for a few months I have a much better understanding of its limitations and the big one for me is performance. Not the performance when servicing DNS requests but performance when querying the stats data, when reloading block lists and when enabling and disabling certain lists. I suspect a lot of the problems I was having is down to flaky SD cards. # โš“ How_to_Remove_Occurrences_of_a_String_using_sed_commandโ €โ‡› In case you have a large number of data provided in a TextFile, and now you need to remove the specific string character from a TextFile. It is not worth reading every line for a single word or character and manually removing the string. If you have a small set of data, you can use this approach, and For a large file, we cannot use this sluggish approach. So, we have to find a way to remove all the stringsโ€™ occurrences at once without opening a text file. o ยง Wine or Emulationโ €โžพ # โš“ Wine_Announcement_[for_6.0-rc5]โ €โ‡› The Wine development release 6.0-rc5 is now available. What's new in this release (see below for details): - Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze. The source is available from the following locations: https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/6.0/wine-6.0- rc5.tar.xz http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/wine/source/6.0/wine- 6.0-rc5.tar.xz Binary packages for various distributions will be available from: https://www.winehq.org/download You will find documentation on https:// www.winehq.org/documentation You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for details. Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list. # โš“ Wine_6.0-RC5_Released_With_21_Bug_Fixes_โ€“_Phoronixโ €โ‡› Wine 6.0-RC5 has 21 known bug fixes that have landed over the past week. Among the fixes this week are for Adobe Acrobat 7, Monkey Island Special Edition, Windows Media Encoder, Microsoft Office 2013, and various other games and applications. Itโ€™s a fairly slow week due to being a late stage release candidate paired with being the Christmas / New Yearโ€™s week. # โš“ Wine-Staging_6.0-RC5_Is_Testing_A_Patch_That_May_Hurt_The Performance_Of_Some_Gamesโ €โ‡› Building off yesterdayโ€™s Wine 6.0-RC5 test release is an updated Wine-Staging build that adds nearly 800 patches atop the upstream code-base for experimental/testing features. Wine-Staging 6.0-RC5 doesnโ€™t change much given Wineโ€™s upstream feature freeze ahead of the Wine 6.0 release in the next few weeks. Plus there has been the Christmas and New Year holidays. But the sole new patch introduced with Wine-Staging 6.0-RC5 is interesting from the technical perspective but does carry some risk of hurting the performance of Windows games running under Wine. The work picked up for staging in 6.0-RC5 is the code for process-local synchronization objects use private interfaces into the Unix library. o ยง Desktop Environments/WMsโ €โžพ # โš“ Climate_Justice_Advisory_Groups_Are_in_Vogue._But_Are_State Agencies_Listening?โ €โ‡› # โš“ Whisker_Menu_2.5.1_releasedโ €โ‡› Whisker Menu is an alternate application launcher for Xfce. When you open it you are shown a list of applications you have marked as favorites. You can browse through all of your installed applications by clicking on the category buttons on the side. Top level categories make browsing fast, and simple to switch between. Additionally, Whisker Menu keeps a list of the last ten applications that youโ€™ve launched from it. Favorites are easy to add and reorder. When browsing through your applications, right-click on any of them and select โ€œAdd to Favoritesโ€. Simply drag and drop your favorites list to arrange them to suit your needs. You can remove them at any time from another right-click option. If youโ€™re not sure exactly where a program is listed, instead of browsing through each category you can simply enter a search term. The search field is focused when opening the menu, so you can just start typing. Application descriptions as well as names are searched, which allows you to find a program by using a general word (such as โ€œbrowserโ€ to find all web browsers installed on your computer). o ยง Distributionsโ €โžพ # โš“ โ€˜Septor_2021โ€™_Is_Out_and_It_Has_Shifted_to_Debian_Testingโ €โ‡› The Debian-based anonymity-focused Linux distribution โ€˜Septorโ€™ is among the first OSes to come out this year, and it brings several things to make it worth a โ€œtest driveโ€. Most notably, โ€˜Septor 2021โ€™ is abandoning Debian stable that was using as a basis thus far and is now jumping to the Debian testing branch. What this means from a practical perspective is that users will get a lot more up to date packages. Debian stable is known for being rock-solid, but some of its components are ridiculously outdated. # ยง Arch Familyโ €โžพ # โš“ FOSS_Activities_in_December_2020โ €โ‡› The first news of the month is that Remi Gacogne was accepted as Trusted User. Congratulations to him and super exciting. Other then that I have had a meeting with the devops team discussing how we should implement the debuginfod system on our infrastructure. I have written up the ansible role for debuginfod and it was more or less decided that we want to host it on a small VPS for the service itself, and sync debug packages to the host to serve them. This avoid the problem of hosting more services on our server which distributes packages with services it does not really need. # ยง IBM/Red Hat/Fedoraโ €โžพ # โš“ Fedora_Is_Looking_For_Help_Testing_Linux_5.10_Ahead Of_Shipping_That_LTS_Kernel_Updateโ €โ‡› Fedora is preparing to ship the Linux 5.10 LTS kernel as a stable release update to those on Fedora 32 and newer. Linux 5.10 was released in December as the 2020 Long Term Support kernel. Besides being an LTS kernel, itโ€™s packed with many new features. Linux 5.10 releases were off to a bumpy ride but things have begun settling down with the latest point releases. # ยง Debian Familyโ €โžพ # โš“ Martin-ร‰ric_Racine:_Help_needed:_clean_up_and_submit KMS_driver_for_Geode_LX_to_LKMLโ €โ‡› Ever since X.org switched to rootless operation, the days of the Geode X.org driver have been numbered. The old codebase dates back from Geodeโ€™s early days at Cyrix, was then updated by NSC to add support for their new GX2 architecture, from which AMD dropped GX1 support and added support for their new LX architecture. To put it mildly, that codebase is a serious mess. However, at least the LX code comes with plenty of niceties, such as being able to detect when it runs on an OLPC XO-1 and to probe DCC pins to determine the optimal display resolution. This still doesnโ€™t make the codebase cruft-free. # โš“ Sparky_news_2020/12โ €โ‡› The 12th monthly Sparky project and donate report of 2020: โ€ข Linux kernel updated up to version 5.10.4 & 5.11-rc1 โ€ข Sparky 2020.12 of the rolling line released โ€ข Sparky 2020.12 Special Editions: GameOver, Multimedia & Rescue released โ€ข added to repos: Pogo audio player, Zettlr markdown editor, Rescuezilla, Cozy audiobook player Many thanks to all of you for supporting our open-source projects, specially in this difficult days. Your donations help keeping them alive. # โš“ Jonathan_Wiltshire:_RCBW_21.1โ €โ‡› Does software-properties-common really depend on gnupg, as described in #970124, or could it be python3-software-properties? Should it be Depends, or Recommends? And do you accept the challenge of finding out and preparing a patch (and even an upload) to fix the bug? # ยง Canonical/Ubuntu Familyโ €โžพ # โš“ Best_Linux_Distribution_of_2020:_Linux_Mint_20โ €โ‡› Each year, the FOSS Post team does an extensive research on choosing the best Linux desktop distribution of the year. Thereโ€™s of course no โ€œuniversal bestโ€, as the criteria is different from one person to another. For our selection, we search for distributions which may be suitable for the dominant majority of Linux desktop users, which is why we have 5 different criteria in our about page for that purpose. Some Linux distributions reviews were published on FOSS Post, while others were tested by our team but werenโ€™t published due to time/resources constraints. Fedora, Ubuntu (And itโ€™s flavors), Mint, Arch, NixOS, MX Linux, Pop!_OS, elementary, Solus, openSUSEโ€ฆ Many more, all of their latest versions in 2020 were tested to determine which distribution was the best for the average Linux desktop user in 2020, according to our previously specified criteria. o ยง Devices/Embeddedโ €โžพ # โš“ Rock_Pi_X_Review_โ€“_An_Atom_x5_SBC_running_Windows_10_or Ubuntu_20.04โ €โ‡› The ROCK Pi X is the first x86 SBC (single board computer) from Radxa and resulted from repeated enquiries about running Windows on their earlier ROCK Pi 4. The ROCK Pi X comes in two models (Model A and Model B) with each model having either 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB of RAM and either 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB of eMMC storage. Additionally, the Model B includes WiFi and Bluetooth together with supporting Power over Ethernet (PoE) although this requires an additional HAT. Both Seeed Studio and Radxa provided samples and in this review, Iโ€™ll cover some performance metrics from both Windows and Ubuntu and also discuss the thermals. Rock Pi X Hardware Overview The ROCK Pi X is similar in size to a Raspberry Pi boardโ€ฆ but with slightly different ports and port locations even when compared to the Raspberry Pi 4 # ยง Mobile Systems/Mobile Applicationsโ €โžพ # โš“ Redmi_K30_4G_Stable_Android_11_Update_Released;_Poco X2_Next_In_Lineโ €โ‡› # โš“ OnePlus_7/7T_series_and_Nord_are_next_in_line_for OxygenOS_11โ €โ‡› # โš“ The_best_Android_tablet_for_2021โ €โ‡› # โš“ Best_Android_phones_to_buy_for_2021โ €โ‡› # โš“ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldnโ€™t_miss_this_weekโ €โ‡› # โš“ What_to_Do_If_You_Canโ€™t_Make_Android_Auto_Callsโ €โ‡› # โš“ Oppo_ColorOS_11_(Android_11)_update_plan_for_Q1_2021 goes_liveโ €โ‡› # โš“ Mi_A3โ€ฒs_Android_11_release_halted_as_update_bricks devicesโ €โ‡› # โš“ OnePlus_Prepares_Several_Android_11_Updatesโ €โ‡› # โš“ Nokia_8.1_and_Nokia_5.3_spotted_on_Geekbench_with Android_11โ €โ‡› # โš“ 10_Best_Recipe_and_Cooking_Apps_for_iPhone_and Android_(Free_and_Paid)โ €โ‡› # โš“ New_to_iPhone?_Hereโ€™s_How_You_Can_Transfer_Your_Data from_Androidโ €โ‡› # โš“ Best_Apps_to_Automatically_Change_Lock_Screen Wallpapers_on_Androidโ €โ‡› # โš“ Xiaomi_Mi_Watch_review:_Solid_fitness_tracking_on_the cheapโ €โ‡› o ยง Free, Libre, and Open Source Softwareโ €โžพ # โš“ Open-Source_Software_Enables_All_iPhone_Apps_on_CarPlay with_a_Catchโ €โ‡› One such project was announced back in November when developer Ethan Arbuckle revealed on Twitter he was working on a jailbreak tweak to enable CarPlay for all apps. And this week, this highly anticipated app finally went live on GitHub. And whatโ€™s more, itโ€™s completely open source The new jailbreak tweak requires at least iOS 14, the latest major software update released by Apple the last fall. Available for iPhone 6s and newer, iOS 14 is already running on 72 percent of all supported models, according to official data shared by Apple. This jailbreak tool to enable CarPlay for all apps on the iPhone comes with a rather straightforward approach, and it doesnโ€™t feature any configuration options. So after installing it, nothing shows up on your phone, which means you should just connect the iPhone to the head unit and thatโ€™s pretty much all you need to do. # ยง Web Browsersโ €โžพ # ยง Mozillaโ €โžพ # โš“ Mozilla_Plans_to_Bring_a_Design_Refresh_for Firefox_with_Protonโ €โ‡› Firefox Proton โ€“ is the name of the project which Mozilla is working on right now. The project Proton brings significant UI changes and some in- progress mockups are available. A bug is created in Bugzilla to track the progress of the work. # ยง Programming/Developmentโ €โžพ # ยง Perl/Rakuโ €โžพ # โš“ Perl_Weekly_Challenge_93:_Max_Points_and_Sum Pathโ €โ‡› * ยง Leftoversโ €โžพ o โš“ Roly_86_and_brother_88_still_powering_onโ €โ‡› I recall many years ago watching a documentary on TV about people in a remote mountain village in South America, who live to very old ages. As I recall, infant mortality was quite high, but past that, they just kept going. There were these old people 100+ still getting up early and working all day in the fields and gardens, despite having all sorts of things wrong with them. And thatโ€™s the thing, they werenโ€™t stopped by pains and so on, just kept working. They were also very peaceful. I was reminded of that documentary recently, when I watched a rerun of an episode of Landline, that first screened in 2018, about two brothers, farmers, aged 86 and 88. Roly had this to say about other elderly farmers who he knew, who had retired: โ€œThey get sick and tired of fishing, they come home, sit on the lounge chair watching the idiot box and they only last a few months and theyโ€™re dead and six foot under,โ€ Roly and his brother havenโ€™t even got a computer or smart phone. o ยง Educationโ €โžพ # โš“ Green_Party_backs_teachersโ€™_urgent_call_to_close_schools and_move_learning_onlineโ €โ‡› The move comes as Green Party-led Brighton & Hove City Council has written to primary schools in the city to advise them to move to remote learning until Monday 18 January. [2] # โš“ Activists_Say_Wealthy_Universitiesโ€™_Property_Tax_Exemptions Hurt_Public_Schoolsโ €โ‡› o ยง Health/Nutritionโ €โžพ # โš“ Biden_VA_pick_faces_โ€˜steep_learning_curveโ€™_at_massive agencyโ €โ‡› But service groups and unions worry that limited firsthand experience with the VA may lead to a slow start for McDonough, 51, if he ends up taking the helm of whatโ€™s considered one of the most difficult federal agencies to run due to its sheer size and scope. # โš“ Opinion_|_The_Covid-19_Vaccine:_Another_Ugly_Face_of Israeli_Apartheidโ €โ‡› The rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine perfectly illustrates Israelโ€™s apartheid system. o ยง Integrity/Availabilityโ €โžพ # ยง Proprietaryโ €โžพ # ยง Securityโ €โžพ # โš“ SolarWinds_[crack]_may_be_much_worse_than originally_fearedโ €โ‡› The Russia-linked SolarWinds [crack] which targeted US government agencies and private corporations may be even worse than officials first realized, with some 250 federal agencies and business now believed affected, the New York Times reported. # โš“ As_Understanding_of_Russian_[Cracking]_Grows, So_Does_Alarmโ €โ‡› Eight weeks later, General Nakasone and other American officials responsible for cybersecurity are now consumed by what they missed for at least nine months: a [cracking], now believed to have affected upward of 250 federal agencies and businesses, that Russia aimed not at the election system but at the rest of the United States government and many large American corporations. Three weeks after the intrusion came to light, American officials are still trying to understand whether what the Russians pulled off was simply an espionage operation inside the systems of the American bureaucracy or something more sinister, inserting โ€œbackdoorโ€ access into government agencies, major corporations, the electric grid and laboratories developing and transporting new generations of nuclear weapons. At a minimum it has set off alarms about the vulnerability of government and private sector networks in the United States to attack and raised questions about how and why the nationโ€™s cyberdefenses failed so spectacularly. # ยง Privacy/Surveillanceโ €โžพ # โš“ DNS,_DoH,_and_ODoH,_Oh_My:_Year-in-Review 2020โ €โ‡› In 2019, the effort to secure DNS through DoH made tremendous progress both in terms of the deployment of DoH infrastructure and in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), an Internet governance body tasked with standardizing the protocols we all rely on. This progress was made despite large pushback by the Internet Service Providersโ€™ Association in the UK, citing difficulties DoH would present to British ISPs, which are mandated by law to filter adult content. 2020 has also seen great strides in the deployment of DNS over HTTPS (DoH). In February, Firefox began the rollout of DoH to its users in the US, using Cloudflareโ€™s DoH infrastructure to provide lookups by default. Googleโ€™s Chrome browser followed suit in May by switching users to DoH if their DNS provider supports it. Meanwhile, the list of publicly available DoH resolvers has expanded to the dozens, many of which implement strong privacy policies, such as not keeping connection logs. This yearโ€™s expansion of DoH deployments has alleviated some of the problems critics have cited, such as the centralization of DoH infrastructure. Previously, only a few large Internet technology companies like Cloudflare and Google had deployed DoH servers at scale. This facilitated these companiesโ€™ access to large troves of DNS query data, which could theoretically be exploited to mine sensitive data on DoH users. Mozilla has sought to protect their Firefox users from this danger by requiring the browserโ€™s DoH resolvers to observe strict privacy practices, outlined in their Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) policy document. Comcast joined Mozillaโ€™s TRR partners Cloudflare and NextDNS in June. # โš“ The_Elephant_In_The_Background: Empowering_Users_Against_Browser Fingerprintingโ €โ‡› Tracking users is a ubiquitous practice in the web today. User activity is recorded on a large scale and analyzed by various actors to create personalized products, forecast future behavior, and prevent online fraud. While so far HTTP cookies have been the weapon of choice, new and more pervasive techniques such as browser fingerprinting are gaining traction. Hence, in this talk, we describe how users can be empowered against fingerprinting by showing them when, how, and who is tracking them using JavaScript fingerprinting. To this end, we conduct a systematic analysis of various fingerprinting tools. Based on this analysis, we design and develop FPMON: a light-weight and comprehensive fingerprinting monitor that measures and rates JavaScript fingerprinting activity on any given website in real-time. Using FPMON, we evaluate the 10k most popular websites to i) study the pervasiveness of JavaScript fingerprinting; ii) review the latest fingerprinting countermeasures; and iii) identify the major networks that foster the use of fingerprinting. Our evaluations reveal that i) fingerprinters are present on many popular websites with sensitive contents (finance, news, NGOs, health, etc.); ii) they run without user consent and subvert current privacy regulations; and iii) most countermeasures can not sufficiently protect users. o ยง Defence/Aggressionโ €โžพ # โš“ Opinion_|_Nashville,_Rockford,_and_the_New_Age_of Paranoiaโ €โ‡› โ€œTwo attacksโ€”even as any specific motive remains unknownโ€”nonetheless feel like confirmation that too many Americans will turn from ballots to bullets.โ€ # โš“ Brexit_agreement:_Close_EU_police_cooperation_with_the_UK continuesโ €โ‡› British authorities retain access to the EU-wide exchange of PNR data and are allowed to query biometric records in EU member states. Additional agreements regulate close cooperation with Europol and the rapid extradition of wanted persons. However, the UK must leave Europeโ€™s largest manhunt database. # โš“ GOP_Senators_Sign_Onto_Hawleyโ€™s_Effort_to_Subvert Democracyโ €โ‡› A number of Republican congressional elected officials announced their intent to vote against certifying the results of the Electoral College on January 6th. While this will not change the results of the election, it will lengthen the process of certifying them. # โš“ Dozen_GOP_Senators_Enlist_in_Trump_Effort_to_Undo_Biden Winโ €โ‡› A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trumpโ€™s extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify President- elect Joe Bidenโ€™s win. # โš“ Senators_in_final_bid_to_derail_certification_of_Bidenโ€™s victoryโ €โ‡› The 11 senators and senators-elect, led by Ted Cruz, want a 10-day delay to audit the unsubstantiated allegations. The move is not expected to succeed as most senators are expected to endorse Mr Biden in the 6 January vote. President Donald Trump has refused to concede, repeatedly alleging fraud without providing any evidence. # โš“ Louie_Gohmert_Suggests_People_โ€˜Go_to_the_Streetsโ€™_and_Be โ€˜Violentโ€™_After_Judge_Throws_Out_Baseless_Election_Suitโ €โ‡› Gohmert made the dangerous remarks on the Trump- friendly โ€œnewsโ€ network Newsmax on Saturday morning while discussing his lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence that U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle dismissed on Friday. The right-wing bomb-thrower was apoplectic because the judge ruled that the plaintiffs do not have standing to sue, meaning Gohmert and his ilk did not โ€” because they could not โ€” demonstrate injury or harm, which is required to proceed. o ยง Environmentโ €โžพ # โš“ Paygo_Exemptions_in_House_Rules_Will_Help_Pave_Way_for Green_New_Deal_and_Medicare_for_All,_Progressives_Sayโ €โ‡› โ€œPaygoโ€™s the biggest scam of the decade, designed to legitimize theย fear-mongering over artificial deficits. This is a big win by progressives.โ€ o ยง Financeโ €โžพ # โš“ Biden_Cabinet_Picks_Pocketed_Millions_From_Corporate Consulting_and_Speechesโ €โ‡› # โš“ Progressives_Hope_Paygo_Exemptions_in_House_Rules_Will_Pave Way_for_Big_Reformsโ €โ‡› # โš“ Amid_Warnings_of_Surging_Worldwide_Poverty,_Planetโ€™s_500 Richest_People_Added_$1.8_Trillion_to_Combined_Wealth_in 2020โ €โ‡› โ€œSurging billionaire wealth hits a painful nerve for the millions of people who have lost loved ones and experienced declines in their health, wealth, and livelihoods.โ€ # โš“ Final_Stages_of_White_House_Employmentโ €โ‡› # โš“ As_Stimulus_Falls_Short,_Mutual_Aid_Organizers_Work_to_Meet Peopleโ€™s_Needsโ €โ‡› # โš“ Opinion_|_In_2021,_Letโ€™s_Ring_a_Global_Alarmโ€”on Inequalityโ€”That_Everyone_Can_Hearโ €โ‡› Our task ahead: preventing a deeply unequal world from recreating pre-pandemic business as usual. o ยง AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politicsโ €โžพ # โš“ Opinion_|_The_Trump_and_Jesusโ €โ‡› โ€œThe trump bestowed forgiveness on sinners who had already been punished for their sins.โ€ # โš“ Seditionโ €โ‡› They are joining a growing movement in the GOP to defy the unambiguous results of the 2020 presidential election and support Trumpโ€™s bizarre attempt to remain in power with false claims of voting fraud. # โš“ Trump_Loyalists_Sue_Mike_Pence_to_Give_Him_Power_to Overturn_Election_Resultsโ €โ‡› # โš“ EU-UK_negotiations:_outcome_analysisโ €โ‡› On 24 December, the UK Government and the EU announced agreement on core elements of the future relationship. The Scottish Government has conducted initial analysis of the agreements and their implications for Scotland. This assessment confirms the Scottish Governmentโ€™s long-standing view that Scotland will be worse off outside the EU. Scotlandโ€™s people will no longer be able to work, study and travel freely in the EU. Fewer people will migrate to Scotland, making our economy, culture and wider society poorer. Cooperation with the EU on security will be less effective, which means Scotlandโ€™s police and judicial system will have reduced capacity and capability to combat crime. The UK will be out of the EU Single Market โ€“ Scottish businesses exporting goods and services will not be able to trade with the EU like they did before, making them less competitive. Scottish Government modelling estimates that, even with a deal of the kind the UK government has negotiated, Scotlandโ€™s GDP could be around 6% lower by 2030 than it would be with EU membership (ยฃ9bn in 2016 cash terms). o ยง Freedom of Information/Freedom of the Pressโ €โžพ # โš“ Opinion_|_Prosecution_of_Assange_Is_an_Attack_on_Our_Own Humanityโ €โ‡› โ€œThe verdict will not only determine the life of Assange, but also the future of journalism.โ€ # โš“ RSF_STATEMENT:_US/UK:_โ€œFuture_of_journalismโ€_at_stake_as historic_extradition_decision_looms_in_case_of_Julian Assangeโ €โ‡› Just days ahead of the historic forthcoming decision in the US extradition case against Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) again condemns the targeting of Assange for his contributions to journalism and calls for his immediate release. o ยง Civil Rights/Policingโ €โžพ # โš“ Defending_Your_Rights_in_Every_Reality:_Year_in_Review 2020โ €โ‡› VR/AR devices let us enter a virtual world or see the real world with overlayed digital content, but at a price. 2020 confirmed that VR/AR users care about their privacy. Millions of users reacted furiously against Facebook when it announced it would force Oculus users to log into their headset with a Facebook.com account within two years or potentially brick their device. (All Oculus Quest 2 users can only sign up using a Facebook account.) In If Privacy Dies in VR, It Dies in Real Life, we explained why Oculus users might not want to use their real names. Without anonymity, Oculus leaves vulnerable users out to dry, such as VR activists in Hong Kong and LGBTQ+ users who cannot safely reveal their identity.ย  VR/AR devices let us enter a virtual world or see the real world withย digital overlay content, but at a price. VR/AR devices track our environment and intimate details about our life. A Stanford Research Study explained that Virtual Reality needs the system to measure body movements because the content responds accordingly:ย  o ยง Monopoliesโ €โžพ # โš“ How_to_keep_IP_Canadian:_Learn_from_the_success_of_public- private_partnerships_during_the_pandemic [Ed: Well, vaccine monopolies are only going to discourage the public from accepting vaccination programs]โ €โ‡› COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on our communities and the global economy for most of 2020. What has kept us all going is the possibility of a vaccine. The initial vaccine timeline of 24 to 36 months was highly accelerated โ€“ but even this optimistic timeline was surpassed with the recent release of the first vaccines, offering hope that our lives may once again see some semblance of normalcy before the end of 2021. These sped-up timelines are attributable to different factors, but one of the most significant ones is the degree of global collaboration among various stakeholders, including academia and industry. In fact, one of the more promising vaccines is the product of public-private collaboration. # ยง Patentsโ €โžพ # โš“ These_five_patents_offer_hints_about_what_an_Apple car_could_look_likeโ €โ‡› Apple (AAPL) hasnโ€™t commented publicly on its plans for the project, nicknamed Titan, so itโ€™s not clear exactly what will come of the effort. Some who follow the company think it could release a whole Apple-branded, electric, self-driving car. Others think itโ€™s more likely Apple will partner with existing automakers to sell an operating system (iDrive, maybe?), self-driving tools or other technology. # โš“ KWG_Announces_Proposed_Private_Placement_of_Flow- Through_Unitsโ €โ‡› # โš“ HTG_Expands_Patent_Portfolio_with_New_Canadian_Patent for_its_Nuclease_Protection_Methods_for_Detection_of Nucleotide_Variantsโ €โ‡› HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HTGM) (HTG), a life science company whose mission is to advance precision medicine, today announced that it has received notification of the issuance of Canadian patent number 2877729 for โ€œNuclease Protection Methods for Detection of Nucleotide Variants.โ€ # โš“ Competition_heats_up_over_volumetric_printing patentsโ €โ‡› Volumetric printing, as this network reported, has arrived in the form of the xolo xube, but this revolutionary technology already faces contenders for volumetric printing patents. A United States patent filed by Mr. Daniel Clark of Topshelf Enterprises (T3DP) and Southern Methodist University claims technology similar to xoloโ€™s volumetric process. Mr. Clark points to his patent as occupying the field in which xolo has released a product. This network first reported on T3DP in 2019, when the startup suggested that it was on the cusp of 3D printing solar cells via volumetric technology. Patents grant exclusive rights to inventors for their inventions, which allows intellectual property to generate value. Patents registered in the United States and in Europe are also eligible for registry with the World Intellectual Property Organization. Once registered, the patent becomes reciprocally enforceable in countries that have signed the Patent Cooperation Treaty. # ยง Copyrightsโ €โžพ # โš“ The_Color_of_Creatorship [Ed: "Intellectual property" is a propaganda term. Now the cause of diversity is being hijacked to advance protectionism of the rich (hardly diverse at all)]โ €โ‡› Intellectual property law may seem an improbable context for studying issues of racism in American history and culture. But Boston College faculty member Anjali Vats asserts in her recently published book, The Color of Creatorship: Race, Intellectual Property, and the Making of Americans, that the evolution of United States copyright, trademark, and patent law is not racially dispassionate, and has been greatly impacted by how we understand American citizenship. Furthermore, Vats argues that U.S. IP law continues to be shaped by racially exclusive categories, as evidenced by well-documented and publicized controversies over music, pharmaceuticals, and traditional knowledge. A key factor, according to Vats, is an underlying national belief that milestones like the civil rights movement and the election of Barack Obama made America into a post-racial, โ€œcolorblindโ€ society. # โš“ Can_IP_Rights_Be_Reconceived_Via_Music_Modernization Act? [Ed: Thereโ€™s no โ€œIPโ€ and those things are not โ€œrightsโ€. Why does propaganda of monopolists reach journals, even as headlines? Or titles?]โ €โ‡› The Music Modernization Act, passed in 2018, offers added momentum to a budding reconceptualization of intellectual property rights. First triggered by Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greeneโ€™s Energy Group LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court effectively โ€œrebundledโ€ patent rights into two separate bundles: private rights and public rights. Included as a public right, notably, is an inventorโ€™s right to exclusively own the invention he patents. While the effects have yet to fully come to fruition, there has been overlap into other intellectual property realms, particularly copyright law. Now, the MMA (and subsequent litigation involving the MMA) could impose the same โ€œrebundlingโ€ reconceptualization on copyright law. # โš“ Record_Labels_Defeat_False_DMCA_Takedown_Claims_in Courtโ €โ‡› A federal court in Florida has dismissed a complaint from ISP Bright House Networks, which accused several major record labels of targeting subscribers with false and deceptive piracy notices. The ISP, which wanted to add RIAA and its anti-piracy partner MarkMonitor to the suit as well, doesnโ€™t have a valid claim as it failed to act on the โ€˜falseโ€™ claims. # โš“ Pirate_IPTV_Wonโ€™t_Be_Stopped_in_2021_But_User_Fatigue Could_Be_Crucialโ €โ‡› As authorities around the world struggle contain one of the largest piracy threats of the last decade, itโ€™s unlikely that pirate IPTV services will die out anytime soon. 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