Jordan Biserkov @jbiserkov@mastodon.technology

@thegibson @jeffalyanak @djsundog Surveillance capitalists' greatest asset is apathy. The vast majority will sacrifice every last scrap of privacy for even the slightest convenience, as long as it's not visible to them. It's almost like most are unable to recognize privacy violations if there is not literally a pair of eyes looking at them. Which makes sense because it was the main way privacy was violated for the first 99.9% of human existence.

" 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic. " #googlemapshacks

http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html

Fires don't kill people .... ...

@fdroidorg now backing up the photos on my phone to the laptop that's wi-fi tethered to it

Certainly have never seen The Northern Lights like this before https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/04/nasa-just-launched-a-stunning-mission-to-study-the-northern-lights/
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