maxolasersquad @maxolasersquad@mastodon.baucum.me

Location data is protected by US federal law, but AT&T has sold it anyway. Without consent. Now @eff is suing. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43j99g/eff-hits-atandt-with-class-action-lawsuit-for-selling-customers-location-to-bounty-hunters

Other things I've written recently:
1) EFF's electronic monitoring guide https://www.eff.org/pages/electronic-monitoring

2) a piece on automated license reader use in Arizona https://www.azmirror.com/2019/07/08/arizona-police-agencies-gather-share-license-plate-data-but-few-ensure-rules-are-being-followed/

3) co-wrote this piece on how cheap cattle grazing is in Arizona: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-investigations/2019/07/07/cattle-grazing-arizona-public-school-education-funding-state-trust-land/1367665001/

4) I was quoted in an FPF piece on why more journalism schools aren't teaching digital security https://freedom.press/news/why-arent-more-journalism-schools-teaching-security-hygiene/

🔔 Time to update: There's a new version of Tor Browser.

Tor Browser 8.5.4 updates Firefox to 60.8.0esr with important security fixes, ships Tor 0.4.0.5, and updates OpenSSL to 1.0.2s for the desktop platforms.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-854

so it seems pretty clear vice is trying to get outrage clicks on its latest mastodon article.

this is a good opportunity to give 'counter promotion' a try

here is a good article to circulate instead of the vice article:

https://blogghoran.se/2019/07/12/on-mastodon-and-nazis/

#counterPromotion #mastoMeta #clickbait #vice #praxis

#TWIF is back: https://f-droid.org/en/2019/07/11/twif-64-we-are-back.html

"His Wife is a Chicken" 1989 by Igor Kovaliov
https://youtu.be/fYdaHaNRMKg

We just released #FDroid v1.7 which includes new PanicKit responses: uninstall any app on the device, and, reset repos to default https://f-droid.org/2019/06/15/panic-app-uninstall-and-repo-reset.html

Nextcloud Files for Android 3.7.0: Chromebook support, Talk integration & more https://nextcloud.com/blog/android-files-3.7.0-chromebook-support-talk-integration-and-more/ #nextcloud #clients #release

Shout out to one of my all time favorite internet things: this collection of images of novelty baby clothing on zazzle but with the default model switched to an adult.

https://babyfeud.tumblr.com/