2021-07-30
17:15 — “Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, if they get angry, you’ll be a mile away, and you’ll have their shoes.” – Found in the RandomThoughts of Soren Bjornstad #227
2021-07-29
23:00 — The Luca app again: The Luca app doesn’t recognize brackets in Halle (Saale) (mdr.de). What I don’t understand is why the club owners haven’t switched to the Corona-Warn App long ago.
18:23 — Not nice! Explosion in the Chemical Park in Leverkusen. youtube WDR Aktuell
18:22 — “Picture”-Poll shows: So often politicians answered “Bild” Unfortunately, the scribbler just counted it wrong.
18:21 — On Twitter, twidlok writes: According to Minister Scheuer, warning SMS are likely currently failing due to #data protection. So I see several legal bases for local #SMS or cell broadcast #warnings. Is data protection being used as a straw man here again? A case for the #TeamDataProtection. – Does anyone still believe what Andy has to say here?"
18:20 — Pegasus is a powerful surveillance software. It is intended to help prevent terrorism and crime. sueddeutsche.de — an excellently prepared article about the espionage software Pegasus, which was not only used against terrorism and crime but also deployed by states against journalists.
18:19 — A digital vaccination certificate can be the free pass for cultural events, travels and more. However, these can also be easily forged. Dealers on the internet sell genuine Covid certificates - that’s the facts watson.ch
18:16 — Flash flood catastrophe in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate sueddeutsche.de — Good and clear news blog of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
18:15 — More privacy thanks to anonymous disposable email addresses. https://mailbox.org/de/post/mehr-privatsphaere-dank-anonymer-wegwerf-e-mail-adressen
18:14 — The storm in Germany leaves a trail of destruction. At least 20 fatalities are to be mourned. In Eupen, where we once lived, some residents are not even allowed back into their homes. wdr.de
18:13 — More privacy thanks to anonymous disposable email addresses and why Mailbox.org recommends them.
18:12 — The Udemy platform has a new look. No longer red but purple is the color of choice. Like. udemy.com
18:11 — The new Space Command of the German Armed Forces looks into space: Spacecraft Federal Armed Forces. The new Space Situation Center in Uedem has taken up service.
18:10 — Amazon is now selling its own COVID-19 test kits for $39.99 in the U.S. What’s left that Amazon doesn’t sell? techcrunch.com
18:09 — Unboxing: The New Supply Chain Act (Die Anstalt) - Great snippet from the current broadcast of June 22, 2021
18:08 — Corona NL 26: Stricter rules in the Netherlands again! No more festivals, everyone: sit down! Ziko van Dyke YouTube - Well, when people get carried away with the tests and the certificates, things like this are bound to happen.
18:07 — Italy is European Football Champion tagesschau.de. England gets left out. Brexit remains brexit. The Dutchman are booing the Italian victory and with the fans we’re now singing Corona is coming home! Thanks for nothing, dear UEFA.
18:05 — Empty bank accounts cleaned out: iPhone thieves explain how careless users make it easy for them. How it always comes down to the user. So, therefore, SIM card with PIN, set up two-factor authentication everywhere, and use a different password for each service.
18:02 — Audio editing program wants to collect data and share it with governments - Netzpolitik.org
18:01 — In the last 10 months, Mozilla has conducted the largest crowdsourcing research to date on harmful recommendations on YouTube with the help of a tool we created called RegretsReporter, together with 37,380 YouTube users. Mozilla
18:00 — ZDFHeute: One week after the withdrawal of the German army, Masar-i-Scharif is on the brink of capture by the Taliban. The Afghan army threatens to be overwhelmed. 20 years of work down the drain. From the outside, the Taliban want to improve their image. Behind the facade, however, everything is being done to catapult the country back into the Middle Ages again.
17:59 — The New York Times writes about We Need Remote Work for Everyone. Not a bad view that home office should not be an exception for the privileged but a right for everyone! But I am also aware of what is also mentioned in the text, that you cannot pave a street by Zoom conference.
17:58 — The Blue Screen of Death is finally over! Microsoft has found the problem and made it black. I liked the blue color better though. But somewhere you have to start improving Windows 11.
17:57 — With The Climate Dirt Lobby | Annika Joeres - Jung & Naiv: Episode 519 there is a new episode of [Jung & Naiv]. This time it’s about the oil trail in climate protection and who lobbies against climate laws when.
17:56 — Tom Rohrböck calls himself a journalist, entrepreneur and consultant. A research team from Die Zeit and NDR calls him the puppet master of the AfD. A report in ndr.de tries to uncover the secret behind this man. Interesting and worth seeing.
17:55 — Amazon has been criticized for a while now due to the pointless destruction of goods. “It’s cheaper to destroy than to store” are phrases often quoted by employees. ITV researched this and found out that Amazon destroys several million items every year in one of its UK warehouses, as reported by ITV News Investigation. What a waste!
17:54 — In Windows 11, Microsoft Teams is pre-installed. Apart from the sleek glass look, it really doesn’t have to be that way. First of all, nobody really finds Teams useful and secondly what’s going to happen to Skype? TheVerge - At least Microsoft put almost 9 billion dollars on the table for Skype.
17:53 — Microsoft announced Windows 11. BleepingComputer - To be honest, I’m really impressed. It looks good at first glance what they’re delivering there.
17:52 — From Dennis Kipker:
Statement of the Society for Informatics e.V. (GI) on the draft for the Cyber Security Strategy 2021 (CSS) as of June 10, 2021 by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Home Affairs (BMI) https://gi.de/fileadmin/GI/Allgemein/PDF/2021-06-16_GI-StN_CSS_2021.pdf
17:51 — Now I know where I stand. In the middle of nature. https://www.politnavi.de/#/. Where do you stand?
17:50 — Facebook pushes into the podcast market (spiegel.de) - Everyone wants a slice of the cake. Let’s see what Facebook makes out of it. Probably nothing good and with very much tracking.
17:49 — In Oregon a cat is stealing things from neighbors. So the owner hangs the stolen goods on a clothesline in front of her house where the owners can pick them up again. What the neighbors think about that I wonder!
17:48 — My favorite journaling app, Day One, has now been purchased by the WordPress creators Automattic. I’m not entirely sure if that’s good or bad news. They’ve always promised that nothing would change for now - neither in terms of privacy nor management. Eventually, though, you’ll probably have to look around for an alternative anyway.
17:47 — I wasn’t a particularly big fan of the Final Fantasy games. I played one and two on the console. Toucharcade.com writes: “Pixel Remaster” Versions of ‘Final Fantasy 1-6’ Heading to PC and Mobile. What’s nice is that I’d actually look into it if Square Enix weren’t known for re-releasing old things at extortionate prices.
17:44 — It’s finally time, Diablo 2: Resurrected is out on September 23! Order now!
17:43 — Intensive care beds, mask scandals here, mask scandals there. The Tagesschau has summarised the various investigations. Does it reach the Scheuer millions?
17:42 — The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax (https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax) - Very good reporting on how the rich don’t pay taxes.
17:41 — Who would have thought: Facebook is working on a smartwatch writes TheVerge. Two cameras and a heart rate sensor. Given Facebook’s not-so-great reputation when it comes to data privacy, I have some doubts whether the watch will be well received. Nevertheless, it will have to measure up against Apple’s next smartwatch and Apple has an advantage here that should not be underestimated.
17:40 — “State Trojans for Intelligence Agencies - This law should not have come to pass.” writes Netzpolitik.org. For all 19 intelligence agencies! This law is so wrong and I can only agree with FeFe that one asks: Who keeps electing these gangsters again and again into parliament?
17:39 — Correctiv Facts Check: No evidence that vaccinated people secrete the Spike-Protein or become “Superspreaders”. – We must stop spreading fake news. It helps nobody!
17:37 — The Telegram channel of the provocateur Attila Hildmann was blocked by Google and Apple, writes Volksverpetzer. On the one hand I think that’s good and it was long overdue that a barrier is put in place for this person. Nevertheless, I consider it wrong that technology conglomerates have made a decision that should have been made by a court.
17:36 — “Apple WWDC 2021 keynote in 23 minutes by TheVerge for those who don’t want to watch the long version”
17:35 — Oh my god! TechCrunch writes TikTok has changed its data protection guidelines to allow itself to collect biometric data from US users, including faceprints and voiceprints. (via daringfireball)
17:34 — * “THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN DUMB INTERNET VIDEO” writes [Polygon] and I think they’re right to say that. A quirky and grand collection of 25 videos that the internet doesn’t need. Or maybe does? I think everyone has to decide that for themselves."
17:33 — Sounds a bit like a dispute over toys in the sandbox.
Since Russia’s aviation authority did not grant timely approval for Lufthansa flights in June, Germany’s Federal Aviation Office has also temporarily denied approval for Russian airlines to fly to Germany, the Ministry of Transport reported. tagesschau.de
17:32 — “Apple has removed the passage about tracking pixels in their own emails from the privacy policy. They will apparently stop using tracking pixels in emails. That’s some good news at last. Apple is doing something and others should take a page out of that book.”
17:31 — Because one would have to engage in secret intelligence work, no information can be provided writes golem.de. Where the ZITiS is not even an intelligence agency and certainly no police or intelligence service authority. Someone must be afraid for their job again here. netzpolitik.org
17:30 — I knew dogs can do quite a lot anyway. But that they can now also detect viruses is quite impressive to me. The nytimes.com writes that good results have been achieved in Thailand and other countries. That gives hope!
16:59 — Only around 15 percent of Germans are interested in the stock market. News about it is broadcast very prominently just before eight o’clock, before the Tagesschau. That’s supposed to change now. A group of climate activists is fighting for this klimareport.de. I think it’s good that something changes. But instead of talking about the climate, one wants to talk about slogans now. I find the climate more important.
16:56 — More tests have been conducted than reported! No? Yes. Ohhh! wdr.de - How can one only be so naive and not control these coronavirus test centers that have emerged in kebab shops? For around 18 euros per test charged, a rather lucrative business.
16:55 — Where are the vaccine doses supposed to come from? The question is justified because those who still need to receive their first vaccination will soon be joined by those who want to get their second.
16:54 — The new Firefox on mozilla.org! Starting June 1, everywhere where there is the internet.
16:53 — The authorities claim that one is well-equipped against cyber attacks before and during the federal election 2021. At taz.de https://taz.de/Cyberangriffe-auf-Bundestagwahl-2021/!5774260/ Given all the data breaches that have emerged recently, I can hardly understand these statements.
16:52 — nbcnews.com The monumental impact of George Floyd’s death on Black America
16:51 — “Why don’t you mind your own business?” – The new video from Apple about privacy on the iPhone is well done and shows how things might go for us in real life.
16:50 — Now patching! Windows is still broken. heise.de. I’m already looking forward to one, two, three reboots when the updates eventually arrive on my work laptop.
16:49 — If the CDU/CSU ever tries again to promote economic promotion of German IT companies, we should remind them that their own app collected a lot of data and left it unprotected on the internet, hosted among other things on the Google Cloud Platform. Lilith Wittmann has nicely summarized all this in an article on https://lilithwittmann.medium.com/wenn-die-cdu-ihren-wahlkampf-digitalisiert-a3e9a0398b4d
16:48 — “Threema wins before Federal Court ‘against surveillance authorities’”
16:47 — Privacy in the digital space is currently not supported enough. On the YouTube channel of SIGCHI you can choose from over 1000 contributions to privacy. Heise.de reported about this here.
16:46 — The Internet Explorer is finally retiring! https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/technologie/microsoft-internet-explorer-edge-101.html
16:45 — “Thanks a lot too! Despite great resistance, upload filters have been decided upon - spiegel.de! This is going to be funny!”
16:44 — On netzpolitik.org it is stated that the authorities request an average of one phone number every two seconds. And there are more each year. All without a court order.
16:43 — “96% of iPhone users disagree with app tracking, according to the New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/20/opinion/apple-facebook-ios-privacy.html. Seems a bit low to me.”
16:42 — The glacier melt is alarming. It’s good that we glaciologists have Wikipedia, investigating how to encase the glaciers in a layer [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaziologie].
16:41 — O’Reilly SQL Fundamentals Course completed. Wasn’t too bad after all. A little refresher course every now and then isn’t too bad. github.com
16:40 — The day is dominated by work. Too much work is harmful. Nice contribution from hr2 Kultur “Geschafft! – Work and its limits”. hr2.de
16:39 — Arco Linux has a somewhat confusing website, but it’s quite a cool Arch distribution.
16:38 — HDF picture! bildblog.de “Who wants to make money off the dead Willie now”
16:36 — Gender Gaga tagesschau.de VW Employees against Audi in gender dispute go to court)
16:35 — * “Nearly 500 coronavirus infections traced to King’s Day in Amsterdam” (dutchnews.nl) — The Dutch are no better than the Germans. Pity? Only with the helpers and caregivers. How stupid does one have to be?
16:34 — “Germany is top of the league when it comes to unpaid overtime” (faz.net) — in the pandemic, Germans haven’t become a bit wiser, we’re top of the league when it comes to unpaid overtime. We’re not being exploited, we exploit ourselves!
16:33 — To be allowed to continue selling devices in China, one agreed with the Chinese government not only to store data within China but also to share it with the government. (nytimes.com) — leaves somehow a slight aftertaste.
16:32 — “Data protection for personal data - Facebook threatened with stop of EU-US data transfers — that would be desirable!”
16:31 — Microsoft Edge: Data Sending Behavior Desktop Version – Browser-Check Part 4 (kuketz-blog.de) — Who believes Microsoft is finally doing something for data protection with the browser Edge, will be educated to their better. In the blog of IT security specialist Mike Kuketz it is explained why the data sending behavior is more than defective.
2021-07-05
21:06 — After a long back and forth, I finally ordered in the night from Saturday to Sunday. By now all programs I’ve used are ported and I can only repeat what many have said before me: The MacBook Air is and remains simply the best laptop that you can buy for money.