Johannes Ernst @J12t@social.coop

Selling German lessons to the German: So Facebook tracks us, and knows all these things about us? Well, much of it is wrong. In recent days, it has been pushing this ad on me... https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200330-learn-german-ad-fail/

Collecting visions for the world after COVID-19: What will the world look like when we finally unlock our doors and emerge into the sunshine, after the #pandemic has passed? https://reb00ted.org/after-covid-19/20200330-new-section-post-covid-19/ #covid19 #coronavirus

More remote work = more remote spying: Slack, Zoom, Google Hangouts: Are Your Remote Work Apps Spying ... https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200325-zoom-slack-spying/

Virtue in the times of COVID-19: Italian Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, refuses respirator for the benefit of a stranger who is younger... https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200325-covid-sacrifice/

Pandemic response needs volunteers: Not surprisingly, the Chinese government couldn't address the crisis by itself either. All authorities are outmatched ... https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200323-pandemic-response-needs-volunteers/

25% more internet traffic: Sonic says that's how much their traffic is up since shelter-in-place orders. Sorry, no link: customer e-mail.

Dynamic quarantine: a proposal for combatting COVID-19 with pinpointed action based on real-time information. Blogged. https://reb00ted.org/tech/20200320-dynamic-quarantine/ #covid19 #coronavirus

Potential exit paths from the COVID-19 pandemic. Blogged. https://reb00ted.org/society/20200320-covid-19-exit-paths/

If something exponential grows 48% in one day -- as infections did in the US since yesterday -- it seems the moon is too close for comfort as a refuge. https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200320-fourty-eight-percent-in-a-day/

Fewer farmworkers: Is less food next? https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200319-fewer-farm-workers/

These are the times historians write about. Blogged. https://reb00ted.org/society/20200318-historians-are-watching/

Silicon Valley is closing up shop: As of midnight tonight, the residents of all counties in the 8-million people San Francisco Bay Area, including all of Silicon Valley, have been ordered to stay at home. What a little virus ... https://reb00ted.org/society/20200317-silicon-valley-closes-down/

Pandemonium at Trader Joe's, with an extra dose of insane carelessness ... And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why epidemics spread. https://reb00ted.org/society/20200314-pandemonium-at-trader-joes/

A trillion plus doesn't buy what it used to: Let's say you are the Federal Reserve, you hand out a trillion and change, and the market falls by 10% on the very same day. If you think #coronavirus isn't disastrous, perhaps this will convince you? https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stock-market-news-live-march-12-013620137.html

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen: Great summary of all the things happening in the world right now. https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200312-salmon-edge/

Notification and consent doesn't go far enough: Recording of a webinar by Eve Maler on work by her and Lisa LeVasseur. Hosted by ... https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200312-eve-maler-notification-consent-webinar/ #privacy #consent #gdpr #ccpa /cc @xmlgrrl @me2balliance

Letting other countries spy on us, too: EFF: "For Americans, it will effectively abrogate Fourth Amendment protections, and subject their data to search and seizure by foreign police." From January. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/uk-police-will-soon-be-able-search-through-us-data-without-asking-judge

Techlash survey results: 94% (!) are very concerned, or somewhat concerned, about the #privacy of their #personal #data online. More ... https://reb00ted.org/quick-notes/20200311-techlash-knight-gallup/

Coronavirus, the great equalizer: After infecting various Iranian officials, now the president of Portugal is in self-quarantine. https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-09-20-intl-hnk/h_34f665879ba1cdfa921473f53a2375d2

Incredibly impressed by China's COVID-19 response: This diagram clearly shows what must be the best-case response to a highly infectious disease ... https://reb00ted.org/society/20200308-china-coronavirus-arrest/