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The Fediverse, a privacy-respectful, actually decentralized, Metaverse


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With Facebook's totally not suspicious rebranding to Meta, and with a lot of marketing put into advertising this thing called Metaverse, there has been some confusion about what it is. In this article, I will cover what it is, and how it's not the way out of big tech's control. I will also talk about the Fediverse, a community-run network that does what Facebook claims to do, but better.

Web3.0 and the Metaverse – Good idea, bad execution


Most people have probably heard the term “Web 3.0” in recent times, after the explosion of crypto markets mid-pandemic. It's supposedly a solution to fight the power of big tech, and bring back privacy and anonymity on the internet.

While the concept is surely interesting, the execution, right now, is disappointing at best. Blockchain has become a buzzword to easily gain investments, like with the whole metaverse deal (just Facebook's way of capitalizing on the tech). While I personally think blockchain has its use cases for payments (especially with anonymous coins like Monero and Oxen), I think that it isn't a solution to every problem. The market is now full of scams and snake oil, and most supposedly decentralized systems heavily rely on a single entity for their development, maintenance, and, sometimes, even for the core functionality.

Most blockchain projects also rely on old technology, “proof of work”, which relies on wasting computational power to verify transactions. This is needlessly harming the environment. Another concern is centralization: since the nodes in the network need to have very expensive hardware, or pay an extremely expensive entry fee (for “proof of stake” coins), very few entities can provide the service. It's surely better than the centralized banking system, but it has its advantages.

Web3.0, NFTs, and cryptocurrencies are being pushed on us by everyone. But do we really want them? Can we have a decentralized internet without them?

The Fediverse – Nothing to do with the Metaverse


The Fediverse is a decentralized social networking system that has existed for far longer than the Metaverse. Instead of relying on blockchain technology, the Fediverse operates with servers running software that uses a single underlying protocol, called ActivityPub. Using that standard, different servers can communicate with each other, and different applications with different purposes can be built on top of it. Here are some: – PixelFed, an Instagram-like social where photos and videos are prioritized – Mastodon, a Twitter-like social – Friendlica, a Facebook alternative – PeerTube, a peer-to-peer Youtube alternative

Anyone can join the Fediverse for free by creating an account on one of the many public instances. Just make sure to pick one that isn't too crowded (to increase decentralization), and don't forget to read your host instance's rules. Fediverse servers are run by volunteers who believe in a decentralized free internet. However, since they have costs to cover, you might want to donate once in a while to help them pay their bills.

With a single account on a single server, you can view and react to the content that anybody posts on any other server in the network (yours included, of course). And here's the cool thing: since the protocol is just one, you can, for example, follow PixelFed accounts from your Mastodon account, and get all posts in your timeline.

This blog itself is a part of the Fediverse – Just grab your favorite Fediverse account, look up “massive@blog.massivebox.net” and subscribe. You can also leave comments and reactions.

Trust issues


With an account in the Fediverse, you are putting your trust in your instance's host. You can always self-host an instance, but you need a server for that. You can verify your browser's connections to make sure the instance isn't injecting third-party client-side tracking like Google Analytics, however, you can't know if there's server-side tracking, or if your data is mishandled. I'm not aware of any instance who has ever had any of these problems though.

This issue is the same with the centralized component in blockchain-based software that enables, for example, server discovery. You are trusting that the discovery server doesn't log your information, shows the actual nodes, etcetera.

The big advantage here is that with decentralized software, you might run into an instance that does nasty stuff with users' data, although that's extremely unlikely. With some centralized platforms, however, you are 100% sure your data will be mistreated.

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Le lezioni e le ricadute del conflitto sul piano cibernetico e informativo.
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Registro delle opposizioni: dal 13 aprile entrano in vigore le nuove norme, mentre a partire dal 31 luglio il registro verrà esteso anche a tutti i numeri di cellulare. Multe fino a 20 milioni di euro e fino al 4% del fatturato annuo per le imprese che violano le regole
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Gli attivisti di @freeassange Italia hanno consegnato ai 600 giornalisti del festival di Perugia #IJF22 un appello appassionato per rompere il silenzio stampa sul caso Assange, una volta tornati nelle loro redazioni.
“Bisogna far conoscere ai lettori di ogni testata che, con la persecuzione giudiziaria di Julian #Assange, la stessa libertà di informazione è sotto attacco.”
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Ripensare la gestione della #CyberSecurity andando oltre gli #stereotipi su partecipazione femminile e competenze. Mio pezzo completo su Reputation Today
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Rigettare la #teledidattica come tale, in questo contesto, impedisce di criticare specificamente la scelta di piattaforme proprietarie come quelle di #Microsoft o #Google, e soprattutto di interrogarsi sulla possibilità di una terza via, fra rifiuto apocalittico e compiacimento integrato, per esseri umani ``non deliberati dalla macchina ma liberi in rapporto ad essa''
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Oggi diventano 3 gli anni di prigionia a Belmarsh per il fondatore di #WikiLeaks Julian #Assange.
Ma è dal 7 dicembre 2010 (isolamento nella prigione di Wandsworth, 500 gg ai domiciliari e quasi 7 anni nell'ambasciata dell'Ecuador) che Assange non è più libero!
#FreeAssange
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Se la #privacy diventasse un privilegio dei più ricchi, assisteremmo alla nascita di una nuova forma di schiavitù che, invece, dobbiamo evitare. E possiamo farlo solo con le giuste regole, anche - anzi soprattutto - nei Paesi più poveri.
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FreeSewing è un progetto software open source con l'obiettivo di diventare la Wikipedia dei modelli di cucito.

«Forniamo una libreria di base per la progettazione di modelli parametrici, una libreria in continua crescita di progetti implementati nel codice, nonché una serie di strumenti adiacenti per la creazione di interfacce moderne sulla nostra piattaforma.

Non siamo interessati alla moda, alle tendenze o alla pubblicazione del nuovo modello caldo della stagione. Invece, vogliamo responsabilizzare i maker distillando la conoscenza della comunità del cucito in progetti parametrici + documentazione e rendere tali informazioni liberamente disponibili.»

FreeSewing è creato da collaboratori che sono tutti volontari e supportati finanziariamente attraverso Patron .

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Big Tech non sta rubando i contenuti degli editori di notizie.
Sta rubando i loro soldi!

Gran bell'articolo di @doctorow a proposito dell'impatto di BigTech sull'editoria e sull'incapacità del legislatore di arginare questo potere)

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Julian Assange e Wikileaks: libertà di informazione sotto processo

Il processo più importante contro il giornalismo sta raggiungendo un punto critico poiché i tribunali del Regno Unito emetteranno l'ordine di estradare il fondatore di #WikiLeaks, Julian #Assange, per affrontare una condanna a 175 anni per le famose pubblicazioni di WikiLeaks che denunciano crimini di guerra, torture, abusi e illegalità a Guantanamo e nelle guerre in Afghanistan e in Iraq.
Tutti i principali gruppi per la libertà di stampa hanno lanciato l'allarme che il caso contro di lui costituisce un precedente che sarà utilizzato contro altri giornalisti in tutto il mondo e ha avviato una corsa globale al ribasso sulla libertà di stampa.
Assange ha perso la libertà nel 2010 e da allora non ha più camminato per le strade da uomo libero. Quanto ai giornalisti di WikiLeaks, sono sotto inchiesta continua dal 2010 e rischiano di finire accusati delle stesse pubblicazioni. Questa non è solo una mostruosa ingiustizia, ma anche un attacco senza precedenti al diritto del pubblico di conoscere gli angoli più bui dei nostri governi, dove si pianificano guerre, torture, uccisioni extragiudiziali.

Stella Assange è la moglie di Julian Assange e la madre dei loro due figli piccoli: si sono appena sposati nella prigione di Belmarsh.
Joseph Farrell è un giornalista britannico che lavora con WikiLeaks dal 2010.
Stefania Maurizi è una giornalista investigativa che ha lavorato su tutti i documenti segreti di WikiLeaks dal 2009.

Interventi di: Stella Assange (avvocato per i diritti umani (via video)), Joseph #Farrell (ambasciatore di WikiLeaks ), Stefania #Maurizi (Il Fatto Quotidiano)

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“Minacce esterne” al Ministero della Transizione Ecologica, con i siti in down.
L'articolo di Dario #Fadda su #Cybersecurity360 è in continuo aggiornamento con i commenti di Pierluigi #Paganini e Corrado #Giustozzi
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Con l'ultima patch di Lemmy è diventato più facile pubblicare da Friendica su un canale sottoscritto.


!Poliverso: notizie su friendica e sul fediverso italiano

C'è ancora qualche problema riguardo al link postato, perché al momento il riferimento ipertestuale del titolo rimanda al post originale, ma la cosa più importante è che il percorso di integrazione procede sempre più spedito.

Resta inoltre da capire il problema, già riscontrato con il plug-in "ActivityPub per Wordpress", nell'integrazione tra social del fediverso e altre piattaforme di pubblicazione per quanto riguarda l'eliminazione di post ripubblicati.

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Ora in diretta da Perugia
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La libertà di Assange è anche la nostra libertà.

Il 9 aprile a Perugia h14-15 si terrà il festival internazionale del giornalismo.


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"...bisogna programmare interventi seri e incisivi che rendano Sogei e i suoi servizi sicuri, competitivi ed efficienti".
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Il Parlamento europeo ha votato per l’approvazione della proposta di legge sulla governance dei dati, nata per fornire ad aziende e startup un migliore accesso a più dati allo scopo di sviluppare nuovi prodotti e servizi.
Per l'europarlamentare Angelika Niebler “I dati hanno valore solo se sono aggregati, perfezionati e utilizzati nel modo giusto”.
La proposta necessita dell’approvazione finale del Consiglio dell’Unione Europea prima di diventare legge.

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Conservation des données : Un ancien juge rejette les projets de la Commission européenne, de la France et de la Belgique


Le 8 avril 2014, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJEU) annulait la directive européenne sur la conservation des données, elle qui exigeait la collecte en masse des données d’appel …

Le 8 avril 2014, la Cour de justice de l’Union européenne (CJEU) annulait la directive européenne sur la conservation des données, elle qui exigeait la collecte en masse des données d’appel et de localisation de tout citoyen. Huit ans plus tard, la Commission européenne et les gouvernements de l’UE réfléchissent à la manière de maintenir ou de rétablir ces programmes de collecte en masse. Dans un avis juridique publié aujourd’hui, l’ancien juge européen et docteur en droit Prof. Vilenas Vadapalas estime que deux des systèmes de conservation des données les plus couram-ment utilisés ne sont “pas conformes à la jurisprudence de la CJEU et aux droits fondamen-taux”:

L’ancien juge réfute la conformité de la voie tentativement choisie par la France et le Danemark consistant à justifier cette conservation au nom d’une menace permanente planant sur le terri-toire créant un risque de sécurité nationale. De même, les plans de la Commission européenne et de la Belgique, visant à capturer la grande majorité de la population par le biais d’une vaste “ré-tention géographiquement ciblée” se font recaler à l’examen juridique.

“La collecte en masse d’informations sur les communications et les mouvements quotidiens de personnes non suspectes constitue une attaque sans précédent contre notre droit à la vie privée, et représente la méthode la plus invasive de surveillance de masse dirigée par l’État contre ses citoyens”, commente Patrick Breyer, membre du Parti pirate au Parlement européen et celui qui a commissionné l’avis juridique. “De plus, les résultats toujours anecdotiques de cette arme de surveillance sont loin d’être à la hauteur des dommages qu’elle inflige à nos sociétés, selon un sondage recent. La violation persistante des droits fondamentaux, le contournement récurent de la jurisprudence pourtant claire, les coups de pression exercés sur les juges et l’ignorance des faits constituent une attaque contre l’État de droit à laquelle nous devons mettre fin !”

Sécurité nationale : La surveillance de masse n’est pas une sinécure

Sous la pression massive des gouvernements de l’UE, la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes a autorisé les États membres à imposer une conservation générale des données de communication lorsque, exceptionnellement, elle est nécessaire pour contrer une menace actuelle ou prévisible pour la sécurité nationale, telle qu’une attaque terroriste. Le Conseil d’Ètat français a toutefois invoqué cette exception de manière permanente, en se basant sur les attentats passés en France, le risque général d’actions terroristes imprévues, ainsi que sur les risques d’espionnage et d’ingérence étrangère. La France a ainsi continué à imposer de manière permanente la conservation aveugle des données en s’appuyant sur cet arrêt.

Toutefois, selon l’avis juridique publié aujourd’hui, l’arrêt du tribunal français « manque de démontrer l’existence d’une menace spécifique pour la sécurité nationale, car … elle fait référence à un simple risque général de terrorisme et aux attentats passés. » « Je n’ai trouvé [dans cet arrêt du Conseil d’État] aucune preuve fournie quant à la préparation spécifique ou identifiée d’une future attaque en particulier, » déclare l’ancien juge européen, en concluant que « dans cette arrêt, la décision n’est donc pas conforme à la jurisprudence de la CJUE et aux droits fondamentaux.” Breyer commente :

“Ne serait-ce que ce qui concerne l’efficacité d’une telle mesure, aucune preuve n’a été fournie ; il n’est pas démontré que la conservation générale (non-ciblée) des données ait jamais empêché ne serait-ce qu’une seule attaque terroriste. Il est bon de rappeler que plusieurs attaques de ce type ont eu lieu en France alors que des obligations de conservation générale des données étaient en vigueur.”

En début de semaine, la CJUE a (dans son jugement concernant l’Irlande) également rejeté l’approche française consistant à justifier la conservation des données par des besoins de sécurité nationale, mais à accéder aux données à d’autres fins (les poursuites pénales).

“Conservation ciblée des données” : Les plans ignorent les droits des citoyens

Un document officieux secret de la Commission européenne, envoyé aux gouvernements des États membres le 10 juin 2021, mettait en avant diverses options pour rendre à nouveau obligatoire la conservation des données dans toute l’UE. L’ancien juge Vadapalas explique dans son avis juridique que plusieurs de ces propositions sont excessives et non conformes. Les propositions de “ciblage géographique […] peuvent conduire à imposer aux fournisseurs [d’opérateurs de communications électroniques] des obligations juridiques injustifiées de conservation des données relatives au trafic et à la localisation dans des zones géographiques très larges et indéfinies”.

Plus précisément :

1) La Commission et la Belgique proposent d’appliquer la conservation des données à toutes les personnes dans les zones où le taux de criminalité est supérieur à la moyenne. Étant donné que les villes ont tendance à avoir un taux de criminalité supérieur à la moyenne, cette approche pourrait exposer plus de 80 % de la population à la conservation des données. L’avis juridique estime que cette approche n’est pas autorisée et qu’il faut une “incidence élevée” de criminalité grave dans une zone pour justifier l’application de la conservation des données (et pas seulement un taux supérieur à la moyenne).

2) La Commission et la Belgique proposent d’appliquer la conservation des données à toutes les personnes se trouvant dans « un certain rayon autour des sites d’infrastructures critiques sensibles, des nœuds de transport, (…) des quartiers aisés, des lieux de culte, des écoles, des lieux culturels et sportifs, des rassemblements politiques et des sommets internationaux, des parlements, des tribunaux, des centres commerciaux, etc. » L’avis juridique estime que cette liste n’est pas conforme aux exigences légales et avertit qu’en appliquant ces critères, la conservation des données « peut même devenir générale et indiscriminée dans de vastes zones couvrant une grande partie du territoire et de l’infrastructure d’un État membre ». Parmi les sites énumérés par la Commission, seuls ceux qui « reçoivent régulièrement un très grand nombre de visiteurs » et sont « particulièrement vulnérables à la commission d’infractions pénales graves » peuvent être couverts. Il n’y a pas non plus de base légale pour couvrir un rayon autour de ces sites. Vadapalas alerte aussi que « les sites de culte et les rassemblements politiques accueillent notamment des activités particulièrement sensibles révélant la religion et l’opinion politique ».

3) La Commission propose aussi d’appliquer la conservation des données à tous les « associés » de suspects potentiels, sans avoir à vérifier que ces personnes représentent une menace spécifique de commettre des actes criminels graves. Cette proposition n’est simplement pas conforme à la jurisprudence de la CJUE et aux droits fondamentaux.

“La collecte générale et indiscriminée de données représente une attaque sans précédent contre notre droit à la vie privée et constitue la méthode la plus invasive de surveillance de masse”, répète Breyer. “La Commission européenne doit maintenant faire son travail et enfin commencer à faire respecter les décisions-clés de la CJUE, au lieu de comploter pour ramener la rétention des données.”

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Comeback of data retention? Former EU judge dismisses Commission’s plans


On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice annulled the EU Data Retention Directive which required the bulk collection of any citizens call detail records and location. 8 years later …

On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice annulled the EU Data Retention Directive which required the bulk collection of any citizens call detail records and location. 8 years later EU Commission and EU governments are scheming how to maintain or restore bulk collection programmes. In a legal opinion published today former EU Judge Prof. Dr. iur. Vilenas Vadapalas finds that two of the most commonly used data retention schemes are “not in line with the ECJ case-law and fundamental rights”:

The French and Danish attempt to justify indiscriminate retention of telephone calling records and location data by claiming a permanent threat to national security is dismissed. Likewise plans of the EU Commission and Belgium to capture the vast majority of the population by way of extensive “geographically targeted retention” fails legal scrutiny.

“The bulk collection of information on non-suspects everyday communications and movements constitutes an unprecedented attack on our right to privacy and is the most invasive method of mass surveillance directed against the state’s own citizens”, comments Patrick Breyer, Pirate Party Member of the European Parliament who commissioned the legal opinion. “The anecdotal results are nowhere close to the damage this surveillance weapon inflicts on our societies, as a recent survey found. The persistent violation of fundamental rights, circumvention of case-law, pressuring of judges and ignorance of facts is an attack on the rule of law we need to stop!”

National Security: No Free Ride for Mass Surveillance

Under massive pressure by EU governments, the European Court of Justice allowed Member States to impose general and indiscriminate retention of all call detail records and location data only where exceptionally needed to counter a present of foreseeable threat to national security, such as a terrorist attack. A French administrative court (Conseil d’Etat) however invoked this exception permanently, pointing to the general risk of terrorism and past attacks in France as well as espionage and foreign interference. France has continued permanently imposing indiscriminate data retention by relying on this ruling.

According to the legal opinion however, the French court’s decision “fails to demonstrate a specific threat to national security because … it refers to a mere general risk of terrorism and past attacks in France. I did not find any evidence given for the specific or identified preparation of a specific future attack. Insofar, the Decision is not in line with the ECJ case-law and fundamental rights.” Breyer comments:

“We are yet to see evidence that untargeted data retention ever prevented even a single terrorist attack. The fact that several such attacks have taken place in France with blanket retention requirements in place does not support this assumption. Setting this issue aside, it is difficult to imagine that a specific terrorist threat could not be countered by means of targeted retention.”

Earlier this week the Court of Justice already dismissed the French approach to justify data retention with national security needs but access the data for other purposes (prosecution of crime).

“Targeted” data retention: Plans violate citizen’s fundamental rights

A secret EU Commission non-paper dated 10 June 2021 suggests to Member State governments a variety of options to making data retention mandatory throughout the EU once again. Several of these proposals are excessive and non-compliant, the legal opinion explains. The proposals for “geographical targeting … may lead to imposing unjustified legal obligations on providers to retain traffic and location data in very broad and indefinite geographic areas”.

More specifically:

1) The Commission proposes to apply data retention to all persons in areas with (even slightly) above average crime rates. Since cities tend to have an above-average crime rate, this approach could expose more than 80% of the population to data retention. The legal opinion finds that this approach is not permitted and a “high” (not just above average) incidence of serious crime in an area is required to justify applying data retention.

2) The Commission proposes to apply data retention to all persons within “a certain radius around sensitive critical infrastructure sites, transport hubs, (…) affluent neighbourhoods, places of worship, schools, cultural and sports venues, political gatherings and international summits, houses of parliament, law courts, shopping malls etc.” The legal opinion finds that this list does not comply to legal requirements and warns that by applying these criteria data retention “may even become general and indiscriminate in broad areas covering a big part of the territory and the infrastructure of a Member State”. Among the sites listed by the Comission only those which “regularly receive a very high volume of visitors” and are “particularly vulnerable to the commission of serious criminal offences” may be covered. There is also no legal basis for covering a radius around those sites. And Prof. Dr. iur. Vilenas Vadapalas warns that “especially the sites of worship and political gatherings host particularly sensitive activities revealing religion and political opinion”.

3) The Commission proposes to apply data retention to all “associates” of potential suspects, without requiring to verify that such persons represent a specific threat of committing serious criminal acts. This is not in line with the ECJ case-law and fundamental rights.

Breyer concludes:

“The EU Commission now finally needs to do its job and start enforcing the landmark rulings, instead of plotting to bring back data retention.”

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Joe #Biden ha elogiato un'iniziativa sindacale e ha dichiarato "#Amazon, stiamo arrivando", ma si è persino rifiutato di seguire le limitate raccomandazioni della sua stessa task force per promuovere la sindacalizzazione.
Forse perché i legami tra Amazon e Casa Bianca + Dem sono molto profondi
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Right to Repair must bring more rights for consumers, say Pirates


[b]Today, MEPs vote in plenary on a [url=https://57361.seu1.cleverreach.com/c/39358118/d88c8591e733-r9yjb9]resolution for the “right to repair”[/url], which was presented and adopted by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) …[/b]

Today, MEPs vote in plenary on a resolution for the “right to repair”, which was presented and adopted by the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in March. According to the text, the repair industry and consumers should have access to repair and maintenance information free of charge. MEPs also call for a longer warranty period as well as for more information on product labelling. According to the European Pirates in the European Parliament, the text is a step in the right direction.

Patrick Breyer, Member of the European Parliament for the German Pirate Party, explains:

“We welcome this initiative because we believe that users should have control over the technology they use on daily basis. The digital products require special attention, so we are happy to see that functionality updates should be reversible and not lead to diminished performance.

“We still believe the right to repair can go even further. While commercial manufacturers of IT devices must provide updates for a reasonable period of time according to current laws, there is so far no obligation to patch known vulnerabilities in a timely manner. There is also a lack of manufacturer liability for the often devastating consequences of such vulnerabilities. This must be changed. The source code and development tools should have to be made public to allow the community to maintain it as soon as a manufacturer decides to abandon a product that is still in widespread use.”

The EU Commission is considering proposing a draft law on a right to repair in the third quarter of 2022. According to a Eurobarometer survey, 79% of EU citizens believe that manufacturers should be obliged to facilitate the repair of digital devices or the replacement of their individual parts, and 77% would rather have their devices repaired than replaced.”

Marcel Kolaja, Member and Quaestor of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), explains:Marcel Kolaja, Member and Quaestor of the European Parliament, member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), explains:

“Reduction of e-waste is one of the key pillars for the sustainable and circular economy. Europe must create legislation that is fair. Consumers should have better access to spare parts and independent repairs at reasonable costs and within reasonable time-limits. On top of that, we also call for the legal guarantee of products to be extended. We believe that longer guarantee period will provide an incentive to choose repair over replace.

“It is also crucial to label the products with information on estimated lifetime and provide as much information as possible on repairability. Manufacturers cannot force consumers to buy new products every other year. That is certainly not the right way towards sustainability. Therefore, I am really glad to see that the Parliament calls for strengthening consumers’ rights in today’s resolution.”


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La tua affermazione è molto sbagliata e un po' anche la mia. In Italia le aziende non possono insegnare a scuola, per insegnare devi essere docente abilitato e vincitore di un concorso pubblico, e ai docenti è riconosciuta la libertà di insegnamento.
Il problema è la formazione dei docenti e i programmi da svolgere in classe.
Quello che il documento non dice è che la formazione del corpo docente non può essere esclusivamente essere appaltata ad aziende oligopoliste, che la formazione deve essere plurale e non possa portare a programmi svolti in classe che generino dipendenze tecnologiche da software e servizi proprietari.
Si limita a dire che sarebbe auspicabile che a scuola si insegnasse informatica, come se solo questo bastasse a garantire un uso critico e consapevole dei mezzi informatici.
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il documento in questione però deve mantenersi su un livello alto e quanto più possibile generico. Si tratta di una sintesi programmatica che non può permettersi di scendere nelle questioni e nelle polemiche particolari. Per questo mi sembrava che il tuo giudizio fosse eccessivamente severo. Per il resto, in linea di principio come ti ho già detto sono d'accordo con te
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Il mio primo #fumettodelgiorno su #livellosegreto non può che essere su quel super simpaticone di Elon Musk❤️❤️❤️
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#NFT: Nuove Fottute Truffe: non facciamoci ingannare dai testimonial delle campagne multilivello su crypto e NTF, nuova forma di truffa piramidale.
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non si può evitare per tre motivi: il primo è che #NFT nasce per consolidare dinamiche di proprietà attraverso un sistema che serve per creare valuta, e come tutte le cose fondate sul valore, si presta a operazioni truffaldine.
Il secondo è che è una novità e come tutte le novità si presta a operazioni truffaldine.
Il terzo è si tratta di una tecnologia complessa e come tutte le tecnologie complesse si presta a operazioni truffaldine.

Se fossi un truffatore mi ci butterei immediatamente!

#nft
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#VMware invita tutti i propri utenti ad aggiornare immediatamente i propri sistemi, al fine di risolvere vulnerabilità critiche in più prodotti che potevano essere sfruttati da aggressori remoti per eseguire codice arbitrario.
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Quello che il Comune di Bologna sta progettando è un sistema digitale che raccoglie informazioni relative ad una serie di azioni e che, in base ad esse, attribuisce un punteggio che permetterà di avere dei benefici o delle scontistiche a tutti i cittadini. Ma ha ricadute #privacy enormi, da valutare.
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"Fornire servizi online e #TRADEFREE a tutti, perché la nostra società basata sul commercio sta rovinando tutto e noi vogliamo aggiustarlo!"

@trom è un progetto di hactivism che vuole sfidare i valori delle persone, spiegare in un linguaggio semplice come funziona il mondo e fornire materiali/strumenti educativi gratuiti e di buona qualità per tutti.

#TROM
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I have been creating a lot of stuff over the past 15 years. Documentaries, books, online tools, etc.. See tromsite.com/ and also its tools page. I have relied 100% on the kindness of others to donate money to me in order to sustain these. All I've done is 100% free, or as we call it trade-free. No ads, no premium subscriptions, no data collection, no BS.

So. I work a lot and I create honest projects. And yet this society I live in, never ever helped me in any way. I create scientific materials and promote science. Promote and enable many open source tools/services. I promote a lot of good projects too. I want to know how this society works from a scientific perspective and showcase solutions to today's problems. I am tempted to believe that I am not a bad human being. Also, not a lazy one. I never take breaks or holidays unless I feel very sick and such.

Ok.

Now in my view this is an undeniable proof that this society is awful, primitive, and very abusive. The fact that I do not get any help from the society itself (no "welfare" programs to help me survive) and I struggle to do good things, is a proof that we, as humans, are not even able to do good things in this world unless we trade those for something else. In other words, unless what we do is restricted only to those who can pay.

Now my argument is that my personal situation is the perfect proof why this trade-based society is a disaster. If I cannot do good things, then no one can. Debate me please. Tell me I am wrong. I am listening.

I think no one can have any arguments against this. I challenge anyone. Go ahead. #tromlive

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A "visual" proof of why this trade-based society is a disaster:
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I wish I could help more, but I find myself in a tricky situation in relation to taxes and fines and I know no other way right now than to keep trading my time, skills, energy and health in exchange for money in order for me and my partner to keep up. Big hug Tio.

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I SYMPATHISE... But you have yourself as example also for not talking to people perhaps...
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I SYMPATHISE. Really

But apart from the reasons of fear / scarcity / greed / not knowing how to share etc... for other reasons you have also your own evidence and reasons, for example for unsaid reasons not really talking about things with me. And I don't claim to be God but at least another free person and without any reasons why... Like seriously you chat so much with others but from message #1 something off on your side... so you could be part of it too... this is a constructive look at that and take your time too - I write a lot and it's not rage (this is also your own thing that you're asking to solve maybe through others going through same things with others! It's quite the same perplexing unreasoned thing happening all the time and details like this eventually might win logic instead of xyz people never see or mention)

Adn no need read this if you're not interesting
and too busy... for social change and feedback about what you wrote. Too busy of course classic phrase for I don't want.

If it's only about free-trade tools, then have it and it'll be clear for me personally free can't work without the social side which maybe you're doing but not with me (you got years ahead pick a day!).

Going into more detail from my side and considering your position here's a real scenario for you:

So just imagine there are two Trom-like people but the other one doesn't even want to speak to the other right from the beginning despite the initial praise / asking to help / etc ...
and then talking about their work, doesn't address any of the comments they get... oh yeah they send someone else to do the kinds of PR work (which was great) but not you... and then after not explaining and my advances, one or twice there is a short emo-TLDR type response / and even calling me a mess.
Well sure go ahead and blame others for not communicating but having a 1 way communication in life sucks and without reasoning.
Not good by your own standards I think not even mond.
People don't even understand that it encourages more other feelings. People don't just dies suddenly and go away. You 2nd message was threatening to block after being silent. That's stupid man.

For investing time - it's the people thing AND THEN money maybe on the side.. First to say why you didn't write them,,,, do some work. I mean if it happened to you, you'd be like what's up let's work it out. Well this is also the case with you perhaps money donations or not/

This is the trying to finally understand broken link or psychology between civilisation. Just gotta get through the jungle. It's not only the fiat money and donations it's all the long-winded stuff attached with human thinking- giving them/me/people free space etc is only going to be limited in effect and even abuse of free people from not being appreciated.
Read almost an inventors story (until it was developed for things like war and it's like "hey yeah we'll talk to you now great go ahead and do that thing you do with code or machiens"

it's simply not taking the time to talk... build... and perhaps you have, but not with me (violins but this is also for others to learn from)
so your own fear... or something is not clear here. Never said.

From the Free in my own name you should really feel I'm on the same level or at least check me out before ignoring (or leave things and on 2nd msg say "it's enough or I'll block you" (almost to that same sentence). Can't just do that in life and guess what that dynamic comes back (humanity can't shrug the relationship with others).

So some sincere messages are sent and then increasingly frustrated ones BUT always it's about people not managing to get to audio talk.
So that's the case in questions how it's possible two people can't do it...
How 2 Troms / 2 Freeschool or Free-thinkers, Freedom lovers can't even talk lol sad but breathing out and back to it no for solving?

So I suggest you resolve this probably later to disprove this theory too but for those out there wondering PEOPLE THEMSELF ARE BLIND / IGNORANT / Bourgeois and Too stuck in their work (for the 'cause' even) to actually see "hello" someone is in front of you and was patient in the waiting too.
You got priorities or excuses too maybe both but time is something we have lots of...

Personally this can wait and can be done later but you take your own message of 'surprised' or wondering why it's not working because you surely didn't explain it at all to me and socially people have to feel good to donate (not all your fault).

If there is 1 Trom like person or Freeschooler who asked me, man, I would take it with both hands jump into the Jitsi call like I said for 30mins or just 10mins lol...
If not just message them... The question here is why not... and there you have your light about why people are willing to let you starve without respect for what you do.

So yea after you're done with project maybe, you said you have maybe a month left - I think you might be ready then - maybe not)
Often a crisis or breakup is needed or somehow desperate scenarios before we realise who / what counts.

This is part of it though - you seem to have PLENTY of time for other stuff and wish you well for that.
I really don't see your fear or whatever...

OTHER TOPIC - ABOUT SINCERITY AND 'DUBIOUS' PERSONS
And without me in the mix here I think actually SINCERITY is almost widely mistaken for being a bad person... lol I know it's strange/not logical but exactly that words strange = emotional for the person so not just with you but maybe why people don't donate or communicate or stay away or whatever is about "WHY IS THIS GUY DOING IT ALL FOR FREE?" or learning all this stuff - he must be a XYZ!!!!

And then for names (which can be misleading)... ok Trom maybe doesn't say much but FREESCHOOL - fuck that must be a piss-take or SARCASM - if I try here I might get egg of my face for trying and look stupid so forget trying and for saving the world - I should save my ego or feelinsg or whatever

AND You must be criminal or scammer or hateful person or something else is up with all that FREE you are aiming for... I mean I have my troubles and I don't particularly like the bank but I can't even trust you to talk! Better with those massive anon institutes yeah!
And actually I gotta block you because you might be hacking me!
So lame / far others. There's probably more point but I covered the main gates of thought that trigger running / hiding or lack of courage / fear to find out what this person is about.

SUMMARY
People (and their 'people-skills') are ill man and I think they only want or expect 'certain' types to respond or something - which is so far gone it's almost like ethnic-cleansing type stuff for the digital world). I've contact people from their own site and already their up inside their own doubts someone really is sharing what they put online lol.

No wonder money has taken over - we could even love things together

Sure if you're a big cheese or given cred by institutes you might mean something enough to get "I'm a doctor" credibility but even that doesn't mean you're still an ass. Anything in the world of insecure / pessimist people works for them.

GET SOME TEA - MY OWN STORY ABOUT MONEY
It's also hard to give money away or handle it.... The inherit % loss all the time means it's scarce or like gold dust (literally because it is being eroded and that's partially the habit of needing more and to squirrel it away) so you might know that but we all are just learning (like 5mins ago) and reminding ourselves it doesn't work either way... so we HAVE NO CHOICE but to spend / use with LIKE-MINDED people what value it has left and die out that way. Else MORE OFTEN fall into the same traps (being cornered and alone too increasingly) of those corralling the small fish (the big fish). Your tools will help dude but socially it can fail totally on that front.

So I put my hand up for when I could have even given to a friend when needed but just because he spend it at the pub (wasn't much money) I didn't give it and that was last I saw of him... And I wasn't poor by far...

I also think people don't like the medium anyway (at all sometimes) and this is the bottom line as a "only if I have to spend" is the thing and there is a bit of a cruel justice happening like you explained in your situation that people don't give UNLESS THEY HAVE TO... then it's probably similar to people thinking "I don't need to talk to him, her, him xhe xyz"... but they dont' see that's it the justice exactly like giving of money or not because from all of us not doing it festers and even helps the bad.
To clarify about the money and keep context: By not spending on you they lose more perhaps... but also things are equalising these initially-false bubbles of money so as people spend minimally is kinda-works until all of us become so poor or cornered by credit% (and big fish) that maybe we to *need* to talk to each other again and cooperate ... NO CHOICE! Only when we are starving from communication, depression, breakups, whatever - only then 'the penny drops' in their head that it's important to keep giving and in your case not just free-tools but social other changes direct/indirect (you might be already I haven't been checking on you so you judge yourself)

FORCE AS USUAL IS NEEDED OTHERWISE "WHY BOTHER"
SO as usual force of some kind is needed (tax, war or famine or bank recession etc)... I'm not going to force you but your point is good people for many reasons won't give, don't know how this works in humanity, and then in some way free also wants to be free too but in a world like this needs more diversity and input into free (like living in a house instead of individuals all paying rent)
But sadly people don't see the relationship side like "ONE FAMILY" it's is not their aim, luxuries and levels increased or standards means people are not able to grasps the feeling of "oh yeah that's what's going to win things better and be a bit more fun" and "I could be homeless too when they come for me or decide to screw the next levels up"

SUMMARY (I KNOW IT WAS LONG / I TRIED)
For many reasons justified in lack of giving, we could also train those that have ample and make something easier or better practised even indirectly working with it. To even train people to give is good overall because business is mostly a cut-throat numerical thing (de-humanising) and therefore gets worse through those de-humanising filters or work. Better umbrellas of people... with houses and space and money and some fucking fun even danger.
So anyway when you feel for it later///
LET'S GET FIXING SOCIETY AND PEOPLE.
NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT.
FREE HAS IT'S LIMITS or is just one half.

TALKING / GROWING PEOPLE is the other half and covers top of te habit and action tree so HAS MUCH LE$$ LIMITS.
GOTTA PLAY WITH WHAT CARDS WE HAVE BETWEEN US.. YAWN FASTLY WRITTEN NO OFFENCE ETC....

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La Corte di Giustizia dell'Unione Europea conferma che il diritto dell’Unione osta alla conservazione generalizzata e indifferenziata, per finalità di lotta ai reati gravi, dei dati relativi al traffico e dei dati relativi all’ubicazione riguardanti le comunicazioni elettroniche
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