Un testo cruciale che affronta il paradosso della lotta femminista: come coinvolgere gli uomini nel loro processo di liberazione emotiva dal patriarcato. bell hooks svela il prezzo del potere maschile – la disconnessione dall’amore e da sé – e offre un potente antidoto basato sull’autostima sana e sulla vulnerabilità come vera forza.
bell hooks non si smentisce mai. La caratteristica di bell hooks è la capacità di integrare l’indignazione, la rabbia, gli stati di ingustizia, alchemizzarli, e sintetizzarli in una pratica di liberazione fondata sull’amore nel senso più concreto del termine.
La volontà di cambiare affronta uno dei punti ciechi di gran parte del pensiero e della letteratura femminista, ossia: la realtà del cambiamento emotivo maschile nel superamento di un sistema di relazioni patriarcale. Il femminismo, bell hooks ci dice, ha creato forze essenziali di denuncia, rivendicazione e cambiamento, e spazi di supporto per la liberazione femminile. Quello che ha faticato, e fatica tuttora a creare, è lo spazio per il processo di cambiamento dell’identità maschile, che paradossalmente è il suo obiettivo principale. Trovo che 20 anni dopo, pur con cambiamenti, questo paradosso resti ancora attuale.
La liberazione dal patriarcato, bell hooks ci dice, deve necessariamente essere un processo di liberazione anche per gli uomini. Il prezzo di appartenenza al patriarcato, il prezzo dei suoi (molto reali) vantaggi di potere, è per gli uomini una rottura nel rapporto con se stessi, la possibilità di amare e ricevere amore, e di vivere in relazione. È questa negazione, bell hooks ci dice, che sta alla radice di gran parte della rabbia e violenza maschile che è così endemica nella nostra società. Il patriarcato grantisce immunità in questa espressione perversa del bisogno di connessione e autostima, mentre con l’altra mano punisce le sue espressioni più autentiche.
L’antidoto alla logica della dominazione, bell hooks ci dice, oltre e al di là della lotta rivendicativa, è quindi che ci sia la possibilità culturale e relazionale di sviluppare un’autostima sana, per gli uomini che cercano, più o meno consciamente, di liberarsi dal terrore patriarcale della vulnerabilità (e dalla conseguente falsa equazione di forza con invulnerabilità). Questa liberazione a sua volta diventa una liberazione dai meccanismi comportamentali patriarcali di soddisfazione surrogata del bisogno umano di connessione, come il sesso oggettificato, il lavoro come unica fonte di autostima, la disconnessione relazionale attraverso la divisione del lavoro domestico, la prevaricazione, l’uso del femminile per la propria sublimazione emotiva, le dipendenze, la disconnessione dalla propria capacità di creare, sentire, curarsi di se stessi. Bell hooks non lo menziona, ma generalmente parlando, tra le persone cisgenere neurotipiche si stima che a livello globale gli uomini si tolgano la vita circa 1.8 volte più spesso delle donne. Questo fatto, di suo, è un sintomo del patriarcato, ma anche del vuoto di supporto per gli uomini che ne hanno bisogno.
Parte di questo processo, per il lato femminile, è a sua volta liberarsi dal dogma patriarcale dell’invulnerabilità maschile, e sviluppare la capacità di accogliere l’espressione emotiva maschile, pur senza ricadere in asimmetrie relazionali patriarcali. Ancora una volta, bell hooks fa luce sulle contraddizioni tra il livello politico e il livello emotivo che ancora spesso persistono nel femminismo: spesso il messaggio per gli uomini diventa, “cambia, ma arrangiati”, o “cambia, ma resta l’uomo forte, invulnerabile e indipendente”, o “cambia, ma senza spazi di supporto collettivo”. Per le donne, accettare la possibilità questo cambiamento, ci dice bell hooks, è anche potenzialmente dover ammettere la ferita lasciata da un bisogno di amare ed essere amate dagli uomini, che il patriarcato ha deluso.
Questo libro apre molte possibilità di riflessione, tra cui, per esempio, come coniugare la necessità di supporto emotivo maschile con la necessità di parità emotiva nelle relazioni, l’esplorazione del ruolo dell’omofobia nel mantenimento dell’identità maschile patriarcale, ed esempi attuali di mascolinità non patriarcali, ad esempio nella comunità transgenere, o in altri contesti. Resta un libro eccellente che articola realtà e possibilità emotive che permettono di vedere oltre la critica politica per sviluppare una visione concreta di un mondo alternativo.
bell hooks
bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, 1952-2021) è stata una delle voci più influenti della critica culturale e del femminismo radicale. Scrittrice prolifica, attivista e accademica, il suo lavoro ha analizzato in profondità le intersezioni tra razza, classe e genere. La sua teoria si fonda sull’etica dell’amore e della comunità come pratica di liberazione e resistenza al sistema di dominazione, rendendola una figura fondamentale non solo per il pensiero femminista, ma per l’attivismo sociale globale.
Yeah, China did this with Iran as well, didn't do shit. But I guess it gets more people to like china, and view it as the next superpower which actually helps weaker countries, unlike America which just bullies Ukraine.
Russians are dying because Putin places his own vanity and desire for future "glory" over the lives of the Russian people. The was ends the second he calls off the invasion.
Do you really think the Russo-Ukrainian war is about "glory" and "vanity?" Russia has the upper-hand, they aren't going to pack their bags and leave before their demands are met, namely the oblasts, NATO neutrality, and for Kiev to stop oppressing ethnic Russians living in Ukraine.
Like, I can empathize with the anti-war crowd. Why on Earth do they keep saying Russia can turn around and stop? That doesn't make any sense, they have the means to continue and their goals still haven't been met, so the war is going to continue until they are. Shouldn't the anti-war crowd desire a swift surrender from Ukraine to minimize further bloodshed?
Why on Earth do they keep saying Russia can turn around and stop?
I saw a former minister of defense use this talking point in a debate on national television a while back, and I felt like I was about to have a stroke.
Like yeah, you're technically correct that the Russians could do that, but the actual chance of it happening is basically zero, so why are you bringing it up? You know this! What the hell kind of argument is this even supposed to be?
Yes, this is about vainglory. Ukraine was seeing membership in the EU and the EU mandated reforms that would have addressed issues for minorities. The principle problem was the question of minority groups having school taught in their native language. That was a specific reform mandated. Following the process would yield the desired outcome without any Russian citizens being thrown into a meatwave attack. How has this war benefited Russian-speakers? So many deaths and scarred bodies and souls. The payoff isn't there. The proposition only favors vainglory because the current path is more harm than any alternative. Regarding NATO, neither Hungary nor Turkey would ever permit this to happen and everyone knows it. Admission into NATO requires 100% support for all existing nations. Russia knows this would never happen. It isn't about NATO membership. Putin wants to restore the Russian empire and he wants to be recorded in the history books as the man who made this happen.
Kiev already broke the Minsk Agreements that were meant to solve the issues of Ukrainian armament and oppression of ethnic Russians. There's only so many times you can deliberately break international agreements before nobody takes you seriously. The Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics broke away a decade ago, and have been at war since.
As for Russia, what they gain is security. When diplomacy fails, they are taking the millitant route. I ask you, if this is for "vainglory," why limit it to the Donbass region? Russia has proven capable of fighting an attrition war that Ukraine cannot, why not go for other areas in Europe? The narrative that Putin just wants to restart the Russian Empire, as though he wants to become the Tsar, is ridiculous. Not only is the Russian population benefiting massively from strengthened ties with China, it's populace increasingly favors socialism over capitalism:
There's no "meat grinder" here, Russia has been strengthened economically, and appears to be meeting its stated goals. There's no backing to the "empire" narrative, of Russian conquest of Europe.
Once Chinese companies ramp up production, we'll likely see similar thing to solar and EVs happening in the near future where cheap Chinese chips will flood the world and Western companies like Nvidia simply won't be able to compete with that.
The west will almost certainly start banning Chinese tech on "security" grounds as they always do, but the rest of the world will be using chips from China going forward. That has huge implications in terms of who gets to set global tech standards. The west may easily find itself completely technologically isolated and incompatible with what the rest of the world uses.
It's also worth noting that the whole chip industry runs on incredibly thin margins and relies on volume to stay profitable. Having a big chunk of their revenue cut off will necessarily impact the scale of R&D that Western companies are doing, and slow down their ability to develop new chips. So the tech gap with China is likely to start becoming a self-reinforcing effect. The farther ahead China pulls the harder it becomes for the West to catch up.
‘The US government is run by idiots who don’t understand the industry,” one of the founding fathers of America’s semiconductor industry told me after the Biden administration announced sweeping curbs on Chinese purchases of US high-end chips, fabrica…
Speaking at a Citadel Securities event on October 6, the Nvidia CEO blamed U.S. export controls and said the company now assumes no revenue from China in its forecasts.
‘Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!’ protesters across the country chanted
Nearly 7 million demonstrators in small towns and cities across the country showed up for No Kings protests to rally against Donald Trump’s presidency, according to organizers.
The president declared he was “not a king” on Fox News Friday, but that didn’t stop millions of rally-goers in more than 2,500 locations across the United States from protesting the second Trump administration.
Saturday’s event marked the third mass mobilization since Trump reclaimed the White House — and one of the largest single-day nationwide demonstrations in U.S. history, surpassing the more than 5 million demonstrators who turned up to the first iteration of “No Kings” protests in June, organizers said.
Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.
Biggest US labor unions fuel No Kings protests against Trump: ‘You need a voice to have freedom’
Michael Sainato Sat 18 Oct 2025 05.00 EDT
Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.
More than 2,600 events are planned across the US to dissent against Trump’s policies. Organizer James Phipps, 75, says: ‘Protest is all I’ve done all my life’
Some of the largest labor unions in the US are involved in organizing the No Kings protests, with more than 2,700 demonstrations planned across all 50 states, with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of Teachers anchoring events.
More than 2,600 events are planned across the US to dissent against Trump’s policies. Organizer James Phipps, 75, says: ‘Protest is all I’ve done all my life’
Two new videos have revealed that the Israeli military is actively supporting anti-Hamas terrorist groups in Gaza with weapons and provisions, according to a report.
The videos, recorded earlier this month and authenticated by Sky News, capture a nighttime convoy of pickup trucks transporting supplies from the direction of an Israeli military base to militia-controlled areas in northern Gaza.
The footage places the convoy about 1.4 kilometers inside Israeli-controlled territory near the Erez border crossing, an area where, according to official data, no humanitarian aid has passed since February.
The vehicles, carrying fuel, water, and food, move through devastated streets before arriving at an abandoned school identified as the headquarters of the so-called People’s Army, led by Ashraf al-Mansi.
Al-Mansi recently released a video warning Hamas against entering areas under his control, saying his group is one of four anti-Hamas militias operating inside Gaza, all within zones still monitored by Israel.
Sky News had previously reported that Israel facilitated the supply of weapons, vehicles, cash, and food to another faction, the so-called Popular Forces, led by Yasser Abu Shabab in southern Gaza.
The new evidence strongly suggests that Israel is now extending the same support to northern factions, flagrantly undermining the ceasefire agreement reached with Hamas on October 9.
The two videos, uploaded by a member of al-Mansi’s group on October 9 and 11, show convoys following the same route from a location less than 400 meters from an Israeli military base.
Although the footage does not show the loading of supplies, several containers on the trucks display the SOS Energy logo, an Israeli fuel supplier.
Neither the Israeli military nor representatives of the so-called People’s Army responded to Sky News’ requests for comment.
Israel’s support for Gaza-based terrorist groups continues as Hamas strives to restore order in the region following the ceasefire.
On Thursday, the Israeli news outlet Mako reported that Hamas had seized 45 pickup trucks, large sums of cash, and hundreds of weapons from Israeli-backed terrorist militias, citing unnamed sources within the Israeli military.
A video has revealed the Israeli regime supplying arms and resources to anti-resistance terrorist groups, directly undermining peace and stability in Gaza.
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I'm not going to pretend I know wall the electrical shit going on here, but this is overall pretty badass. It's always cool when YouTube actually suggests something interesting.
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What Mamdani is really testing is whether Democrats can still generate attention through conflict on their own terms. The modern political media landscape only amplifies what bleeds—culture wars, celebrity-like feuds—while ignoring the conflicts that actually define people’s lives: rent that keeps rising, child care that drains a paycheck, transit that doesn’t come. Most Democrats, wary of being cast as divisive, retreat from confrontation altogether or get pulled into the wrong fights.
Mamdani understands that attention is produced through conflict, and that the answer is not to avoid it but to redirect it. He builds it around affordability—who pays, who benefits, and how power works—making economic struggle visible and emotionally legible. For him, conflict isn’t a distraction from governing; it’s the entry point for persuasion. The goal is not to perform anger but to focus it, to remind people that politics can still change the price of the things that govern their days.
Mamdani’s appeal has little to do with just his youthful vibe. It lies in his answer to two questions the party keeps ducking. Can a Democrat hold attention without turning into a caricature? And once attention is captured, can it be used to make politics legible as a system that changes what people pay and how they live? His method blends traditions that rarely coexist: Sanders’s moral clarity, Ocasio-Cortez’s digital and movement cadence, the “abundance” instinct to build and unblock, the grounded competence of effective executives, and the narrative craft of cultural workers who know how to reach an audience. The point is not style for its own sake. It is persuasion as craft—showing that Democrats can hold the stage on the economy again, speak plainly about power, and still mean what they say.
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Per chi lo visita direttamente dal sito, Citiverse è un Forum; ma per chi lo usa dal Fediverso, Citiverse è un'istanza qualsiasi, con le "categorie" del Forum che diventano "gruppi Activitypub", come le comunità Lemmy.
Per gli utenti Lemmy poi la questione è ancora più facile: le categorie NodeBB sono indistinguibili dalle comunità Lemmy!
Al momento abbiamo creato una settantina di comunità, suddivise per macrocategorie.
Volete visualizzarle dal vostro account Lemmy? Eccole qua:
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Vogliamo far diventare Citiverse un'alternativa ai gruppi Facebook, ma per farlo abbiamo bisogno che sia una comunità attiva: Se la discussione è scarsa, nessuno prenderà in considerazione citiverse.it! Quindi:
1) seguite le comunità e partecipate alle discussioni con il vostro account federato 2) se volete una nuova comunità, chiedetecela 3) e se volete iscrivervi direttamente al forum con un account NodeBB, fatelo pure!
Citiverse, la città dei social liberi, è l'alternativa aperta e italiana ai gruppi di Facebook dove è possibile parlare con persone della tua città o della tua tua organizzazione.
La spettacolarizzazione del cattivo del presente passa dall’ignoranza: i mass media si confrontano sempre più spesso con le cronache informatiche. E programmaticamente generano mostri stereotipati.
Le AlternativeEtica Digitale Devol Fediverso Feddit.it
La Repubblica La Stampa Giornalettismo Wired Guerre di Rete Fridays For Future Italia Linux.it
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Strumenti Exodus Privacy e ClassyShark3xodus controlla i traccianti presenti nelle appBlacklight controlla i traccianti presenti nei siti webF-Droid, store alternativo al Play Store con solo applicazioni open source
PERDERE TEMPO ONLINE Rassegna di progetti e siti open source SITI BELLI E BASTA Raccolta di siti nient’altro che belli NOSTALGIA CANAGLIA Rassegna di progetti nostalgici
La spettacolarizzazione del cattivo del presente passa dall’ignoranza: i mass media si confrontano sempre più spesso con le cronache informatiche. E programmaticamente generano mostri stereotipati.
Dall’uomo che parla il linguaggio della macchina alla macchina che interpreta l’uomo, dagli algoritmi alle reti neurali. La frontiera della ricerca, militare e del mercato, è l’AI. Con quali rischi?
Quanti di voi si ricordano SkiFree? Vi sveliamo dove è possibile giocarci online anche usando il proprio smartphone!
ALTRI PROGETTI La privacy online è un argomento molto discusso ma purtroppo è difficile riuscire a far capire a tutti la sua importanza. Questa autodifesa digitale di cisti.org e questo percorso PrivaSì di EticaDigitale sono ottimi siti su cui iniziare ad informarsi!
SEGUICI Abbiamo deciso di essere presenti ovunque perché crediamo che la privacy non deve essere un argomento di nicchia.
LA PRIVACY PRIVACY ISN’T ABOUT HIDING BAD THINGS / Si tratta di proteggere quello che ci definisce esseri umani; le nostre azioni quotidiane, la nostra personalità, le nostre paure, le nostre relazioni e le nostre vulnerabilità. Isabela Bagueros, Tor ED
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Hello all, I'm in the market for a privacy-respecting security doorbell camera and a wide view camera with the following features: (not all of them are required, however)
-Motion detection
-Decent sized local storage*( I saw one that came with a 2TB drive but I don't think they had a cloud storage)
-Cloud storage* (no subscriptions would be great)
I briefly looked at the r/privacy and a lot of recommendations have third parties like Amazon web services for their cloud storage which I don't feel very comfortable with. I'm looking forward to hearing about the products you guys swear by.
Unfortunately, you need the app to set it up the first time, which you can only get on Google Play or the iOS App Store, but I don't think you need an account for them at all.
Note: I do not own any, but I was doing some research to see about using them with Home Assistant.
I would advise against using surveillance cameras, because they violate others' privacy. However, if you must, you can use hardware compatible with Frigate and upload it to whichever encrypted cloud server you wish.
I would advise against using surveillance cameras, because they violate others’ privacy.
That's a curious take. I'm keen to know your angle. If you are within range of my surveillance cameras, you're on my property and are not afforded any privacy. I don't care what happens out in the street, so I have none that cover the street. However, when it bleeds over onto my square, then I do care.
I guess a lot of cameras cover sidewalks and so. I have one pointing at my front door and one at my garage door and both show the sidewalk... I never gave much thought about it until I saw that article about Amazon's Ring cameras recording passerby faces and putting it into their database.
Certainly! My threat model is mainly against mass surveillance, so this is my view: If there is a surveillance camera recording in a place where there is reasonable expectation of having no strangers, I am mostly fine with that. As you mentioned, if it is only recording your own private property where no strangers are meant to be, that is your business.
However, if it is recording a space where there is reason to expect strangers to be there without violating private property (e.g. stores, doorsteps, sidewalks) that is not ok. Simply, I should not be in the crossfire of your surveillance. I don't know your intentions with the footage, and I don't know who else may have access to it. It shouldn't be my job to cover up just because you want to violate the public's right to privacy.
You can see this post of mine about my views on the expectation of privacy in public. I made it about a year ago, and I haven't read back over it, so it may be outdated or less refined than I'd prefer.
I am a huge advocate for the right to privacy, so I don't have any surveillance cameras of my own. When I have friends over, I want to lead by example and make my space a private space for them too. Instead of funding more surveillance, we should be funding stronger locks and better deterrents that don't violate human rights.
Before I answer that, I would like to give my genuine thanks to everyone who responded in my previous post where I asked you for some controversial privacy topics. You did not disappoint, and I'm glad I will be able to cover them!
This question is a bit complex, depending on how you ask it. The answer also largely depends on what you believe. If you believe that privacy is a fundamental right, then privacy should be expected no matter where you go. If the question is "Can you expect privacy..." versus "Should there be privacy...", the answer changes dramatically.
Is there currently privacy in public spaces?
In many places, there is little to no privacy when you walk out the door. With Ring doorbells latching on to every home like a parasite, or security cameras clinging to the ceiling of every store you walk inside, surveillance is everywhere. This section won't cover whether or not surveillance is moral/ethical/justified, but either way surveillance infringes on privacy. Even with no surveillance cameras, Sarah-from-down-the-street is always on a video call with her bestie.
Saying "privacy in public" is a bit of an oxymoron, since no matter what you will always give up a little privacy the moment you walk out the door. Things you do privately in the bathroom are simply not allowed in public places.
Should there be more privacy in public spaces?
Now may be a good time to clear up a common misconception. What is privacy? Privacy does not mean obscuring every detail of your life. Privacy is the ability or choice to share or hide information about yourself. That is why surveillance cameras infringe on privacy: You have no control over what they record, who has access to those recordings, and what those recordings will be used for.
That sort of answers the question, too. If you believe privacy is a fundamental right, then there should be an expectation of privacy in public spaces, and so a reform needs to happen.
What are the real effects of privacy in public spaces?
People act differently when they know they are being surveilled. See the Panopticon for an experiment about that. It has negative effects, whether people realize or not.
"Just last week, my partner and I were on a long hike. No one was around us so to loosen our muscles we started dancing like goofballs on the trail only to look up and find a drone hovering in the shadows recording us. I was embarrassed, but my partner is a very private person and was really upset. [...]"
When they expected to be in a secluded, private space, they freely expressed themselves. The moment they realized that someone had been watching, they became embarrassed or upset, like a switch had flipped. That is the real affect surveillance has on us. We express ourselves less freely, we conform to rules without question out of fear. Surveillance becomes a form of oppression on a wide scale.
I even have my own anecdote. I once took a trip to a small town. When I got there, I subconsciously looked around for security cameras. I do that to gauge how much privacy I currently have. I then noticed that I couldn't see any obvious security cameras. I stopped and looked around harder. The town had not a single security camera in sight. I have almost no way to describe the sense of calm and relaxation that washed over me. It felt like someone giving you a massage after being stressed all week, or finally being honest with everyone about a secret you've been keeping. It was such a nice feeling to walk around a town privately.
Why do we have surveillance?
The main justification for these surveillance measures is to prevent crime. It makes sense intuitively, if you have an eye on every corner you can catch any criminal easily. However, it ignores one massive flaw: criminals will always find a way to do things privately. If you make privacy illegal, it doesn't change anything, because criminals won't follow the law anyways.
I have my own quote about this, that I love very much: “Unjust laws only burden the just, as the lawless will not heed them.” Removing privacy only hurts the people who will follow and abide by the rules. You're removing the privacy of the good people, while the criminals will program "illegal" software to achieve privacy. Giving privacy to everyone means that, yes, it makes criminals' jobs easier, but it means we can shift to actually solving the problems that cause the crimes in the first place. "The best way to conquer bad ideas is with better ideas, not by suppressing ideas." - Naomi Brockwell
"The optimal crime rate is not zero. We can't burn down the entire world just to stop somebody from stealing a pack of gum. The cost is too high. There is a percentage of crime that is going to exist. It's not ideal, but it is optimal." - Nick We need privacy for a free society. Surveillance is not the answer for fighting crime. There are ways to combat crime without infringing on privacy.
Is blurring your house on the map unreasonable?
This question is another one brought up by @Zagorath@aussie.zone. Blurring your house is a way to achieve some privacy, and in that scope, it is good to do. However, as @RiderExMachina@lemmy.mlpoints out, it could cause someone to do the opposite and start looking closer into why your house is blurred. That's called the Streisand effect.
Site note: I find it hilarious why the Streisand effect is named how it is. The story goes that Barbra Streisand tried to hide her place of residence by suppressing a photograph that had made it to the public. That, of course, had the opposite effect, drawing more attention to the photograph and her residence. Then, even more attention was drawn, because the Streisand effect got named after her and the very same image is now plastered on Wikipedia.
Unfortunately, blurring your house on the map doesn't provide much privacy, since the organization who photographed it still has a clear picture of it. It doesn't stop the surveillance. It's not unreasonable to blur it, though. You should still want privacy against the Streisand effect. The best solution would be a quiet legal take down of the images altogether.
I have another story to go along with this. I got a job, and it was later revealed in conversation to me and my coworkers that our boss likes to look up everybody's address on Google Street View. Everyone was uncomfortable with that, but our boss saw no issue with it. This is a legitimate case where blurring your house is a good idea. Sure, people may try to ask you why it's blurred, or try to look up pictures on other sites like housing retail, but it still prevents (frankly, creepy) bosses from snooping at your home.
Conclusion
Privacy is a fundamental part of our lives, and surveillance infringes on that. We should all do our part to gain what privacy we can, because every bit of privacy you gain now is freedom you will have in the future. This was a lot of fun to write, and I thank @Zagorath@aussie.zone and all of you for your suggestions. I will continue to tackle each of the topics asked in the previous post one by one.
Well, that certainly is a different take than I'm used to. I sometimes fail to realize that most of the population live in fairly tight quarters, especially in housing developments, etc. Their coverage would entail an acre maybe a little more or a little less and even a doorbell cam has a pretty wide field of vision. So I could understand that concern. Where as, I have some acreage to mother hen. Barns, equipment, etc. and I have zero tolerance for a person who would walk onto my property and steal from me. I'll help a brother out as best I can, but if you steal from me that's going to get you in some troubled water.
Anyways, thanks for the explanation. Always down to be educated. Thanks for the link as well. I'll hit it in a bit.
I share a similar stance on general street surveillance by the likes of Ring. But on the flip side I understand that people may want to extend the scope of security cameras onto the street due to vehicle vandalism for example, so I make sure to smile my sweet smile when I notice them.
Thanks to @Charger8232@lemmy.ml & @irmadlad@lemmyis.fun for yet another perfect example of what I love about Fediverse, this is why it's so much better than "the other place"
I saw an article before about a guy who reverse engineered the app and figured out default camera's admin password so probably possible but I think not worth the effort.
what I did was
Installing the app
Create a hotspot that provides no internet.
Connect to that hotspot so now my phone has no internet
Open tapo app and setup the camera
Allow the camera to connect to the internetless hotspot to finish the setup and enable rtsp
I did something similar: I have a burner-phone, that is only used for dumb apps, and a wifi point that can't reach the internet. But I was hoping to avoid having to do that dance.
I am assuming you are covering something like residential property.
These come to mind. I think all of those have offline and online storage, so storage capacity would be dictated by what you choose. All four of those manufacturers have doorbell cams as well. All four have motion detection.
Secure floodlight camera with Apple HomeKit Secure Video technology. Keep a close eye on your home around the clock, and receive rich notifications on your iPhone when something is up.
Ubiquiti NVR Instant kit is a great value, and you get 24h local recording without a subscription. And it is well supported with Home Assistant.
Some of the UniFi cameras are amazingly expensive though, $500 for an outdoor 4K camera is hard to swallow. But if you can swing it, you will not regret the investment.
I already have other UniFi gear for networking and it was natural to add cameras to the system.
Apparently UniFi Protect works with 3rd party cameras if they support ONVIF but I don’t know of any yet.
I use Eufy with local storage that you can expand with your own hard drive. They had some controversy before with how thumbnails are temporarily stored in their cloud, but if you select notifications without thumbnails/preview, you should be ok. Cloud storage will never be privacy-friendly unless you encrypt the videos yourself before they are uploaded.
After being sued for violating state-level human trafficking laws, the nation’s largest private prison company is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to grant private government contractors like itself blanket immunity from such lawsuits and many others. This
After being sued for violating state-level human trafficking laws, the nation’s largest private prison company is pushing the U.S. Supreme Court to grant private government contractors like itself blanket immunity from such lawsuits and many others. This case — and another involving a military contractor — could deliver sweeping immunity to federal contractors, if they get the ruling they…
We're excited to announce that Loops now federates with the fediverse. After months of development, ActivityPub support has officially entered beta. Your loops can now travel across the open social web.
The European Commission has revised the Ecodesign requirements for external power supplies (EPS). The new rules aim to increase consumer convenience, resource efficiency, and energy efficiency. Manufacturers have three years to prepare for the changes.
The new regulations apply to external power supplies that charge or power devices such as laptops, smartphones, Wi-Fi routers, and computer monitors. Starting in 2028, these products must meet higher energy efficiency standards and become more interoperable. Specifically, USB chargers on the EU market must have at least one USB Type-C port and function with detachable cables.
With the regulation, the EU is also establishing minimum requirements for the efficiency of power supplies with an output power of up to 240 watts that charge via USB Power Delivery (USB-PD), among other things, under other things, minimum requirements. Power supplies with an output power exceeding 10 watts will also have to meet minimum energy efficiency values in partial load operation (10 percent of rated power) in the future, which is intended to reduce unnecessary energy losses.
Interestingly,
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical assistance and editorially reviewed before publication.
I was rather surprised to see a Heise story linked off Slashdot, but this is a great use of technology to broaden the audience. Way less friction than every user needing a browser plugin for translation.
Historically, the charger situation has been, well, a shitshow. I've had more than a few devices over the years where the proprietary cable died, and getting a replacement was so cost prohibitive that just buying a replacement device that came with one was the more logical move.
USB-PD kinda seems like the silver bullet here. Though I'm not sure that's true unless further regulations require all USB-C cables to be able to provide 240W, and even then, there will be a long tail on older cables still being in use.
But this could be game changing in like a decade. Imagine charging with any cable and any DC converter. We'll look back on this mess as though different devices required proprietary wall outlets!
Meanwhile, here in the states, regulators are much more concerned about inflatable frog suits than any lurch toward sustainability.
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday 18 October that he had decided to keep the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt closed until further notice, despite the Palestinian embassy in Cairo’s earlier announcement that the crossing would open on Monday.
Rafah Crossing remains closed by Israel
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that the opening of the crossing would be linked to ‘Hamas’s commitment to its role’ in handing over the bodies of Israeli detainees in Gaza, as well as ‘the implementation of the agreed framework,’ without providing further details. As the Canary previously reported, Hamas handing over Israeli bodies was not part of the ceasefire agreement. Meanwhile, Israel has so-far violated this 47 times itself.
For its part, the government media office in Gaza accused Israel of obstructing the implementation of the terms of the ceasefire agreement, continuing to close the crossings and preventing the entry of food and humanitarian aid, calling on the international guarantors of the agreement to intervene immediately to ensure that the commitments are implemented.
Adnan Abu Hasna, spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), pointed out that thousands of trucks loaded with humanitarian aid are still waiting for permission to enter the Gaza Strip, saying:
There are about 6,000 trucks carrying food and basic supplies stuck at the crossings, in addition to large quantities of medicines and medical supplies waiting to be brought in to meet the emergency needs of the population.
Abu Hasna added that the delay in opening the crossings is exacerbating the humanitarian situation in the Strip and threatening the lives of thousands of civilians, especially the sick and injured who need urgent care.
The Palestinian Embassy in Cairo announced that the Rafah crossing would be opened on Monday to allow Palestinians residing in Egypt who wish to return to Gaza to register via a dedicated electronic application, and that they would be notified later of the times and places to gather to move towards the crossing.
Breaching the ceasefire
It is noteworthy that on 9 October, Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange in accordance with US President Donald Trump’s plan, and the first phase of the agreement was activated the following day. The agreement stipulates that all Gaza Strip crossings, especially Rafah, will be opened to the movement of individuals and humanitarian aid, with the participation of Qatar, Turkey and Egypt, and under US supervision.
This comes after two years of genocide waged by Israel on the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023, with US support, resulting in the martyrdom of 68,116 Palestinians, the injury of 170,200 others, and the destruction of more than 90% of the infrastructure in the Strip.
So selfish of people, to have a modicum of standards and to know when they are getting ripped the fuck off. So very very selfish and bad. Just pay your overlords.
It was the only real job in jail back in the day. Nowadays, the whole planet is barred up and down and there is no real forest left. Even the jungle is a farm now.
old article but hate how they are intentionally fudging the difference between people who pay for a pirate streaming site vs. people who just torrent stuff. I too will bet my left testicle that downloading anime isn't going to put money into trafficking.
(paraphrased) “The user of the illegal service may fund the activities of criminal organisations, says Executive Director Jaana Pihkala from the copyright organisation TTVK.”
as opposed to paying the even more criminal publishers scalping the rights and screwing the creators
Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.
Used discord for piracy before, someone pirates a film and streams it to a bunch of us over discord. So discord are helping us distribute it and keep it synced for a large group.
No, no, you've misunderstood. The "Finns" mentioned are the descendants of Huckleberry Finn.
It's actually a real step backwards for them. If they not afraid to violate copyright it's only a matter of time before they start using the n-word again...
Where do I go to find resellers/providers who won't rip me off? I had one that was fine for a year plus, but it's gone under. I found it in a random forum.
American sports and general shows/movies. Adult wouldn't be bad either. lol.
Don't give me direct links to any actual providers, unless I misread the rules. DM is fine though ;)
Since last I checked, every IPTV sub on Reddit was banned. The ones that are left are mostly bots.
Very much on my mind too is where we can talk about this shit now if it's not Reddit or Lemmy.
There are a few services. Private ones require you to have friends on the inside. There are few offering this service on some reputed private trackers too. The other ones are like TiviMate and stuff.
Public documents show the Department of Homeland Security has contracted to purchase a pair of top-of-the-line Gulfstream jets for the secretary and other top officials.
Trump has succeeded where Biden failed in bringing some measure of peace to the region. The risk to Democrats is not so much that Trump will woo more Democratic constituents to the Republican Party — Trump’s authoritarian tendencies at home and his vile persecution of all perceived political enemies largely foreclose that possibility. The risk, rather, is that Americans who care about peacemaking abroad will find themselves increasingly alienated from both parties. Trump’s successful diplomatic efforts have put the lie to the idea that there was nothing Biden and the Democrats could have done to end the massacre in Gaza, seriously undermining any claim that Democrats might make as the party of peace.
Some Democrats seem to understand what a dire bind the party has put itself in. Representative Ro Khanna, for example, recently sounded the alarm about Democrats ceding the “anti-war” mantle to Republicans and Trump. Others, like Representative Delia Ramirez, have put this opposition to war-making into legislation, authoring the aforementioned Block the Bombs Act.
But, for the Democrats to truly turn the ship around, many more elected representatives will have to follow in the footsteps of Khanna and Ramirez. If the party cannot quickly change its tune on war and peace, it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future.
Most of the bodies of the more than 100 dead Palestinians Israel released remain unidentified.
They were sent back to Gaza with numbers instead of their names, leaving family members of missing Palestinians to pore desperately through pictures of the bodies, hoping to spot their loved ones.
One thing is clear from the marks left on these bodies, and the blindfolds and handcuffs still on some of them: They had been tortured before their deaths, possibly executed.
This is a reading of two slightly humorous letters written to and from the former director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover (1875-1972). They both deal with the doings and whereabouts of famous writers. The letters have been released into the public domain.
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Its so hard to find smaller phones nowadays. Tried it recently. Would have wished for something between 4.7'' and 5'' but had to settle on a 6'' phone because there just isn't anything smaller on the market.
The size of the iPhone X was the best for me. Not too big, not too small, 5.8 inches is the way 😇 (Said as a user of iphone 13 mini, which I find slightly too small)
ugh... having been involved with a coupla hardware businesses, asking the public what they think about a future product ~~is hella stupid~~ and then basing your decision on that is hella stupid. especially when you're a minor player with few options available and a history of ~~scamming clients~~ not being china-supply-chain-savvy. out of all them questions, the only ones I'd find useful is the geo distribution.
as to the product itself, jolla is on my shit list on account of taking from the FOSS world and giving dick back; their "community version" for xperias exclusively and paid licenses can get fucked.
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