“Print a poster version of this comic to hang up on your fridge or give away to friends. Download the poster Coronavirus FAQ: Can I get COVID outdoors?.”
Rogue HackerOne employee steals bug reports to sell on the side
ATO staffer leaks phone hacking how-to online, reveals fraud investigation tactics
Marie Darrieussecq Q & A
In the Hindustan Times Arunima Mazumdar has a Q & A with the author, in ‘I was reborn as a writer’ - Marie Darrieussecq, author, Pig Tales.
New to me re. Pig Tales: "Jean-Luc Godard bought the novel rights as soon as it came out, in September 1996". (But, yeah, it didn't work out.)
How to Stop Your Android Phone
MakeUseOf: “No matter where you go online, you’re being tracked. Apps and websites constantly monitor your activity and collect your data for all sorts of reasons. Your physical location, buying behavior, and media consumption habits all leave a trail every time you pick up your phone. If privacy is a big deal for you, this is enough to invite a lot of fear and anxiety. In this guide, we’ll show you eight ways you can stop your Android phone from tracking you…”
How to scrub yourself from the internet, the best that you can
Washington Post: “Data brokers collect detailed information about who we are based on our things like our online activity, real world purchases and public records. Together, it’s enough to figure out your political leanings and health status, even if you’re pregnant. Friday’s news that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, and abortion could become illegal in at 13 states within a month, highlight concerns about ways these piles of information could be used. You can’t fully scrub yourself from the internet. A little bit of you will always linger, whether it’s in data-broker databases, on old social media you forgot about or in the back of someone else’s vacation photos on Flickr. That’s no reason to give up! You can absolutely take steps to protect your privacy by cleaning up things like your Google results. For the best results you’ll need time, money, patience, and to live in a country or state with strong privacy laws…”
Just 4% Of Employers Are Making Everyone Return To The Office Full-Time
Forbes: “…A new survey of human resources leaders from the Conference Board, a nonprofit business research group, finds that just 4% said they are requiring all employees to return to the workplace full-time. And less than half (45%) said they were requiring some workers to return to the office five days a week. “We were all pretty shocked,” says Robin Erickson, vice president of human capital at the Conference Board. “We were surprised given what we’re hearing about how many employers are requiring workers to come back full time.” In other words: Hybrid work arrangements really do seem to be taking hold. The research found that 90% of the surveyed employers are allowing hybrid work schedules, whether that means the occasional office visit that workers decide on their own or a more prescribed schedule of one to four days in the workplace. Erickson believes the percentage may not stay that low, particularly if the labor market cools, but for now there is too much pressure on companies to be flexible from workers who have the upper hand…”
- See also Knowledge At Wharton: Is Workplace Loyalty Gone for Good? “The modern workplace has become increasingly transactional, a marked transformation from the post-war era when employees stayed put until they retired with a party, a gold watch, and a nice pension.”
- See also ZDNet: Remote working vs back to the office: Benefits are clear, but there could be trouble ahead for some. “When offered remote work, most people will take it – but not all employers are so clear on the value.”
When Private Equity Becomes Your LandlordProPublica
Alexander Zevin, Gradualism’s Prophet, NLR 135, May–June 2022 New Left Review. ”JS Mill, Socialist.”
Ready or not, here they come: Tiny homes in SJ’s future, but lawmakers can’t agree where Local Matters
