Dazinism @dazinism@social.coop

Estonia To Become The World’s First Free Public Transport Nation

https://popupcity.net/estonia-to-become-the-worlds-first-free-public-transport-nation/

a new vulnerability in Signal desktop allows remote attackers to inject malicious code on the recipients' Signal desktop app just by sending them a message without requiring any user interaction

https://thehackernews.com/2018/05/signal-desktop-hacking.html

http://openhardware.science/gatherings/gosh-2018-2/

GOSH (Gathering for Open Science Hardware) this year in Shenzhen on Oct 10-13.

Apply today for invitation and travel support!

#introduction

Hello, we are People's Food Co-op from Portland, OR.

We are a values driven and community owned food co-op est. 1970. We value passionate community, sustainability, human rights, social justice, thriving co-ops, welcoming spaces, democratic workplaces, and of course healthy food!

We are excited about the future of co-ops both online and in person.

You can read more about us at http://peoples.coop or on wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Food_Co-op_(Portland)

Hey #socialcoop folks, the schedule poll for the next Code of Conduct development call is open for 2 more days, and @Matt_Noyes noticed that the respondents currently appear to be all dudes.

As the CoC will be a vital piece of infrastructure that operationalizes our community values, it's super important to have diverse voices contributing to its creation! So, share your availability here: https://www.loomio.org/p/6IOZ0C3U/next-code-of-conduct-development-call-scheduling

Can I emphasize one more time how cool Blokada is?
You don't know it but your phone is *full* of trackers. It's not better than the web. I thought that we don't have any tools to deal with it - after all, it's not a browser. But turns out there are!
Blokada works as a VPN but locally. It has a blacklist (which you can change) and it just blocks all connections to trackers or ads. It works wonderfully.

Of course Google wouldn't let it in the Play Store.
https://f-droid.org/app/org.blokada.alarm

"Concealed in regular safety helmets or uniform hats, these lightweight, wireless sensors constantly monitor the wearer’s brainwaves and stream the data to computers that use artificial intelligence algorithms to detect emotional spikes such as depression, anxiety or rage."

It looks like China will finally deliver on the cyberpunk dystopia we were promised...

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2143899/forget-facebook-leak-china-mining-data-directly-workers-brains

I do not want to live on this planet anymore:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/drive-by-rowhammer-attack-uses-gpu-to-compromise-an-android-phone/

"[T]he exploit is the first to show that GPUs can flip individual bits stored in dynamic random-access memory. (...) It's also the first Rowhammer attack that uses standard JavaScript to compromise a smartphone, meaning it can be executed when users do nothing more than visit a malicious website. Another key innovation: on average, GLitch takes less than two minutes to compromise a device"

#infosec

#LineageOS #FDroid combines well with my self hosted #Nextcloud services.

Nextcloud's App and #Davdroid keep files, contacts and calenders up to date on my Devices.

Nextcloud Notes gives me my Markdown Formatted Notes including my all important browser bookmarks - these I create with Firefox's "Copy as MarkDown" plugin.

Standard search machines on all systems are StartPage and DuckDuckGo.

Slowly but surely changing my reliance on the big operators.

Email is going to be the next big change.

Mexican architect Javier Senosiain specialises in sustainable "organic architecture" and it's pretty cool. #solarpunk

The reason I like #CreativeCommons licenses, and CC-by-SA in particular, is that I can prevent others having a monopoly on derivatives of my work. Basically, until it becomes public domain, it's exploitation-proof.

You can't pay your singers £20 each to record it and then make squillions, because you can't forbid them to record it themselves and cut you out.

You can't print it, then go "out of print" and demand some ransom to give up the printing rights because those were never exclusive.

Hey #socialcoop peeps.

Do you ever find yourself thinking things like;

How can we fund all the fun things members want to do with the platform?

How do we address accessibility?

How can we incentivize the tremendous volunteer work that goes into keeping the platform up and running?

What is efficiency of scale?

Well if you do (and you should) join the conversation in progress!

https://www.loomio.org/d/cIA3pK4a/looking-at-the-long-term-financial-vitality-of-social-coop- https://social.coop/media/Sc9k43AK1D-802VAftU

‘A Smart Doorbell Company Is Working With Cops to Report ‘Suspicious’ People and Activities’

“ill-conceived neighborhood-watch platforms can also be breeding grounds for racial profiling, giving people safe (and poorly moderated) spaces to discriminate”

(You’re installing a device that gives access to your family’s comings-and-goings to the corporation and any third parties with whom they choose to share that information.)

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/evkgpw/smart-doorbell-company-ring-is-working-with-cops-to-report-suspicious-people-and-activities

Also on our radar: https://forum.ind.ie/t/a-smart-doorbell-company-is-working-with-cops-to-report-suspicious-people-and-activities/2138

#CooperativesUK and #Nesta are running a series of 'Platform Co-ops in Practice' events in London/Manchester this May.

These are worth checking out - and sharing with non-coop techies and non-techy co-operators you know.

The aim is to help raise awareness amongst both these demographics - and to create simple and clear communications to assist #platformcoop advocates.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/platform-co-ops-in-practice-registration-45649257157

Mongabay, a nonprofit environmental news outlet, just published a richly-illustrated report by Monica Pelliccia about an all-women cooperative of #coffee growers in #Honduras.

The coop uses #agroforestry, which means that the coffee is grown in the shade of timber-yielding trees such as Spanish cedar, plus fruit trees like guamo and #avocado. 🥑

This ecological land use technique reduces soil erosion and increases food security.

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/04/cooperative-agroforestry-empowers-indigenous-women-in-honduras/