The European Court of Justice just ended the Privacy Shield between the EU and the US because of US surveillance laws.
Another reminder that mass surveillance is violating our basic human rights. I just wish that EU governments would remember that.
Manton Reece - Introducing plug-ins for Micro.blog
Great to see plug-ins coming to micro.blog. I changed a bunch of things in my custom theme, it might be time to refactor the changes into proper plug-ins and open-source them.
Releasing iOS 14 public beta without the exposure notification framework seems like a bad choice.
It’s the main reason why I didn’t install the dev betas yet on my main device.
I wish developers defining keyboard shortcuts would acknowledge that different keyboard layouts exist.
“Apple approves Hey email app, but the fight’s not over - The Verge”
Not surprising that Apple wants the controversy gone before WWDC kicks off tonight, but none of the fundamental problems of the App Store are resolved by this compromise.
Who would have thought that a hardware company pushing services to appease Wall Street isn’t great for users.
Another holiday means another hike and another cake. This time we made a delicious pieplant-apple cake.
Started to rewatch Scrubs. Mostly as hilarious as I remembered.
I wanted to listen to the podcast as I watch, but my podcast consumption is still really low compared to pre-corona.📺🎙
We prepared cheesecake in the morning. It came as a welcome treat after we came back from our small hike. 🥧
Great news that Germany changed their mind and is now working on a decentralized contact tracing app.
There are disadvantages with both approaches and I don’t necessarily agree that private companies essentially make those decisions, but at least it’s the right one.
First a run 🏃 through the morning sun in the park, now a second breakfast with a smoothie and homemade breakfast buns 🍞.
I don’t think there is a better way to start a Sunday ☀️.
First day of our online-only university semester, 8 am, and our e-learning-platform is starting to struggle. This is going to be fun.
No, we didn’t order takeaway burger because we weren’t in the mood to cook, we are supporting local businesses 🍔 .
Nadim Kobeissi: An Investigation Into PEPP-PT
The “open and private” European approach to contact tracing looks neither open nor private anymore.
