“Friendship is like standing on wet cement. The longer you stay, the harder it’s to leave, and you can never go without leaving your footprints behind.”
Coronavirus: Fujitsu announces permanent work-from-home planBBC
Read the thread. This has huge implications for the 2020 elections. Many people register to vote not long before election time…..and how do you have a voting precinct or vote by mail if you have no address? Plus that also assumes the time and energy to vote, which is sorely taxed if you are worrying every day about where to sleep and how to eat.
CYBERSECURITY: Over 100 Wi-Fi routers fail major security test — protect yourself now. “Not a single model passed a security examination, including D-Link, Linsksys and Netgear.”
On the advice of a friend in the industry, I switched to Ubiquiti’s UniFi line of network gear a few years ago and have been impressed with their security, performance, and frequent updates.
New research reveals privacy risks of home security cameras TechPlore (Robert M)
FBI Expands Ability to Collect Cellphone Location Data, Monitor Social Media, Recent Contracts ShowIntercept. You’ve been warned and you still carry a smartphone?
Facial-Recognition Firm Ends Operations in Canada, Watchdog SaysBloomberg
How Google Docs Became the Social Media of the Resistance MIT Technology Review. It is hard to treat a “resistance” as serious if it trusts Google. Note the prominent place given a post PropOrNot censorship project.
Uber Acquires Postmates For $2.65 Billion. Who Wants Takeout? Forbes
The Big 4 audit firms keep failing. Now they’re being forced to change CNN
Federal Reserve official warns US recovery may be ‘levelling off’ Financial Times
The Working Class Is Bearing the Brunt of Catastrophe—Again—With the Pandemic Esquire
Robotic scientists will ‘speed up discovery’ BBC
Only bold state intervention will save us from a future owned by corporate giantsGuardian
The Willful Blindness of Reactionary Liberalism New Republic. Another attack on Taibbi.
On Disposability and Rebellion: Insights from a Rank-and-File Insurgency Counterpunch
