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#interview with exceptionally #libre #gopher @someodd gopher://gopher.someodd.zip and #haskell #programmer . They run a lot of libre services as well. As always questions, boosts welcome

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J'ai entendu dire que c'était gratuit...
L'article ne date pas d'hier mais c'est au sujet du coût d'un de nos outils numériques : Signal.

Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive

Signal is the world’s most widely used truly private messaging app, and our cryptographic technologies provide extra layers of privacy beyond the Signal app itself. Since launching in 2013, the Signal...
➡️ vignette.eco/allerplusloin%3Ej
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Can anyone reccomend a book or documentary that explains how companies like Google and Microsoft make money from surveillance of users? I understand some of the basics, but would really like a deep understanding. Preferably something aimed at laypeople, rather than people with a tech professional background. Thanks!
#FOSS #FLOSS #BigData #Libre

A recent Ars Technica post discussed how "everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28." A lot of the focus in the comments there was (rightly) about the ethics of that, Amazon as a company, etc. But I wanted to start a separate thread just to focus on this question: For people who want something like Alexa, what are the more privacy-respecting alternatives? I'd include in the scope of the discussion both open and closed source software, both repurposing Amazon hardware and systems requiring different hardware. (This isn't really something I'm interested in for myself, but I know people who could use this information.)

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MastodonArs Technica (@arstechnica@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social