That, and just how the publicity in either case helps to get people on board for right to repair initiatives.

Well you can see their account on Lemmy, but it shows as empty: @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

I think you could only see posts if they were made to a Lemmy community.

Also, I think you can’t even follow Lemmy accounts on Lemmy, right?

But maybe all this is possible from a Piefed or kbin instance?

Perfect! :)

Uruguay. You’re welcome.

Now, if you’re one of the lawyers for Bambu labs, … I sincerely hope that you are not taking this case on contingency by the way—please charge an hourly fee

Nice.

I like your idea

Year of the Windows desktop here we go!

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I recall the general observation that a lot of Chinese EV companies were being built up, quickly building production capacities that, taken together, greatly exceed demand, each company hoping to be among the few that eventually survive. So that what we’re now seeing would be this show down

Fuck every Axel Springer Publication, which includes Politico

What’s much easier than dual boot on the same hard drive, see if you can install a second hard drive (not too expensive if you buy used), so that Windows can have its own little quarantine cell.

Can we stop needlessly sharing Elmo’s deranged utterances? The topic of social media policy (much as anything else) is too important than to concern ourselves with his weird tweets.

Relevant 39c3 talk (but dealing with civilian sattelites): Don’t look up

For Germans (and anyone who cares about German politics), suffice it to know that Politico is Springer-Presse.

Never forget Aaron Swartz.

It’s almost as if Elmo wishes people to talk about something else.

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I also read it as “left=left-wing” at first, but read closely: Here, “left” is the participle of “leave”, i.e. “the populists are left reeling” (and not “the populist left is reeling”).

Apart from not being that interesting for now, the first line of defence for most is manually-approved sign ups, as far as I can tell.

When the Fediverse grows, I think that weeding out accounts that post slop will be the “easy” part; the hardest part will be to identify the silent bot accounts that do nothing but upvote.

And, most importantly, it’s about so much more than just the banners. For example:

(1) A new GDPR loophole via “pseudonyms” or “IDs”. The Commission proposes to significantly narrow the definition of “personal data” – which would result in the GDPR not applying to many companies in various sectors. For example, sectors that currently operate via “pseudonyms” or random ID numbers, such as data brokers or the advertising industry, would not be (fully) covered anymore. This would done by adding a “subjective approach” in the text of the GDPR.

Instead of having an objective definition of personal data (e.g. data that is linked to a directly or indirectly identifiable person), a subjective definition would mean that if a specific company claims that it cannot (yet) or does not aim to (currently) identify a person, the GDPR ceases to apply. Such a case-by-case decision is inherently more complex and everything but a “simplification”. It also means that data may be “personal” or not depending on the internal thinking of a company, or given the circumstances that they have at a current point. This can also make cooperation between companies more complex as some would fall under the GDPR and others not.

(2) Pulling personal data from your device? So far, Article 5(3) ePrivacy has protected users against remote access of data stored on “terminal equipment”, such as PCs or smartphones. This is based on the right to protection of communications under Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and made sure that companies cannot “remotely search” devices.

The Commission now adds “white listed” processing operations for the access to terminal equipment, that would include “aggregated statistics” and “security purposes”. While the general direction of changes is understandable, the wording is extremely permissive and would also allow excessive “searches” on user devices for (tiny) security purposes.

(3) AI Training of Meta or Google with EU’s Personal Data? When Meta or LinkedIn started using social media data, it was widely unpopular. In a recent study for example only 7% of Germans say that they want Meta to use their personal data to train AI. Nevertheless, the Commission now wants to allow the use of highly personal data (like the content of 15+ years of a social media profile) for AI training by Big Tech.

“We’re getting rid of the cookie banners” and “removing overly rigid regulation” is apparently how this massive proposal is being framed now, but what it chiefly does is—of course—benefit giant corporations, do little if anything for smaller companies, and fuck over people’s privacy.