https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/venezuela-zte/

Reuters

A new Venezuelan ID, created with China's ZTE, tracks citizen behavior

China's ZTE is helping Venezuela build its new

https://twitter.com/felixrieseberg/status/1032642127178547201?s=19

Twitter

Felix Rieseberg

I put Windows 95 into an Electron app that now runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It's a terrible idea that works shockingly well. I'm so sorry. Go grab it here: https://t.co/MIoFpezuFi

https://serverfault.com/questions/293217/our-security-auditor-is-an-idiot-how-do-i-give-him-the-information-he-wants

Server Fault

Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants?

A security auditor for our servers has demanded the following within two weeks: A list of current usernames and plain-text passwords for all user accounts on all servers A list of all password cha...

https://medium.com/s/story/facial-recognition-is-the-perfect-tool-for-oppression-bc2a08f0fe66

Medium

Facial Recognition Is the Perfect Tool for Oppression

With such a grave threat to privacy and civil liberties, measured regulation should be abandoned in favor of an outright ban

https://t.me/ne_nado_bolshe/5368

Telegram

samizdat memes

https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/07/31/2223201/san-francisco-officials-are-planning-to-ban-corporate-cafeterias-force-tech-workers-to-eat-out-at-local-restaurants why not toilets

news.slashdot.org

San Francisco Officials Are Planning To Ban Corporate Cafeterias, Force Tech Workers To Eat Out At Local Restaurants

"According to The New York Times, San Francisco officials are planning to ban corporate cafeterias to force tech workers to eat out at local eateries," writes Slashdot reader The Original CDR. Here's an excerpt from the report: Two San Francisco supervisors…

https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/08/01/028255/judge-blocks-release-of-blueprints-for-3d-printed-guns

hardware.slashdot.org

Judge Blocks Release of Blueprints For 3D-Printed Guns

U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik issued a temporary restraining order Tuesday to stop the release of blueprints to make untraceable and undetectable 3D-printed plastic guns, saying they could end up in the wrong hands. Defense Distributed reached a settlement…

https://radar.qrator.net/blog/leaked-censorship

Public updates for Oracle Java SE 8 released after January 2019 will not be available for business, commercial or production use without a commercial license.

http://ithipster.com/blog/67.html

Ithipster

How (not) to do GDPR / Blogger's name arkanoid / IT:Hipster

I prepared a few simple recommendations for you. 1. Do not rush to break your software and business, unless you