True friends are people, individuals who love and care about you.
Friends are people that you have built a life long relationship with, to a spiritual level.
Having 3000 so called friends, who are "following" you aren't your true friends.
Will those 3000 people sit by your side if you ended up in hospital? Will they remain "friends" with you if you ever get into an argument about trivial politics or will they abandon you in droves and form boycotts if you say something that they disagree with?
True friendship shall not waver.
Corporate tools have exploited what it means to be a friend.
It makes me uncomfortable how people have adopted corporate language when talking about themselves on the internet. You are not a corporation or a persona. You are a whole person.
You don't have a "brand" β you have passions and interests. You don't "create content" β you share thoughts, words, ideas, knowledge, and a whole galaxy of other things.
There are plenty of people out there who want to categorise you and put you in a box. Don't help them to do this.
You're so much more than that. π
It's time to stop corporate mass surveillance. β Switch to secure alternatives now. Here are some suggestions: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail π
@Tutanota It would be very good if Tutanota could be decentralized like Mastodon.
German Regulators Just Outlawed Facebook's Whole Ad Business
https://www.wired.com/story/germany-facebook-antitrust-ruling/
Some good news to kick off the weekend with.
The #Huawei debate falls too short. Security and trust can only be established by
1) releasing the code of critical infrastructure as #FreeSoftware and
2) implementing measures to verify code integrity.
A simple ban or secret audit won't help.
Zeit zum Umdenken: Im Zuge der Diskussion um #Huawei und den Bau von #5G-Netzen fordert die Free Software Foundation Europe (@fsfe) die VerΓΆffentlichung des Quellcodes kritischer #Infrastruktur unter einer freien Lizenz - unabhΓ€ngig davon, aus welchem Land der Hersteller stammt: https://www.golem.de/news/huawei-diskussion-fsfe-fordert-veroeffentlichung-von-5g-quellcode-1902-139176.html
#FreieSoftware #PublicCode
The #BerlinerFenster (news and adds in the Berlin subway) informs about the @libreoffice / OpenOffice security issue. Although it does not mention that although this issue remains unfixed in #OpenOffice it was fixed in @libreoffice in November last year already.
The #BerlinerFenster (news and adds in the Berlin subway) informs about the @libreoffice@twitter.com / OpenOffice security issue. Although it does not mention that although this issue remains unfixed in #OpenOffice it was fixed in @libreoffice@twitter.com in November last year already.
It's been 15 years since Facebook went live and RT looks back at some of its biggest controversies https://www.rt.com/news/450642-facebook-birthday-biggest-scandals/
US diplomacy 101: Accuse, make threats, stay deaf to counter-arguments https://youtu.be/jJ5HVIqfcpg
Man caught on fire after being tased https://youtu.be/NUWy5keeBps
Tolerance in Sweden: Pregnant black woman forcibly dragged off subway train https://youtu.be/TngHtEZMR4c
'Profit from war crimes': Israel accused of justifying settlements by us... https://youtu.be/bEw9nnLRibs
Democrats Plans To Water Down Med4All https://youtu.be/n0v2qKnJBhc
Extinction Rebellion Comes To US - Nine Arrested https://youtu.be/SkwIfOLqNQ0
US Sanctions Are Killing Venezuelans: UN Expert Says https://youtu.be/whgOvbw53WY
Bernie's Disappointing Venezuela Tweet https://youtu.be/6chIn6JRjBA
Sec.Of State Admits Venezuela About Oil & Imperialism https://youtu.be/-AyrFhQGqFs
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