Paolo Redaelli personal blog

Category: Ethics

Ok Toyota, so I will never buy your cars

New Toyotas Will Upload Data To AWS To Help Create Custom Insurance Premiums Based On Driver Behavior – Slashdot It’s good to know, Toyota: as long as you will patently violate the privacy of the owner of the cars you built I will avoid buying them and I will actively ask people to avoid you.…

Fahrenheit 451, arriviamo…

Luca Oleastri, nota su FaceBook: Pare che non si possa più parlare bene di H.P. Lovecraft e John W. Campbell. E subito efficacemente qualcono chiosa Fahrenheit 451, arriviamo… Parlava di questa notizia George R.R. Martin accusato di razzismo e transfobia dopo la sua conduzione degli Hugo Awards 2020 Non ho mai letto davvero molto di Lovecraft,…

[LineageOS 17.1] Download LineageOS 17.1 for Redmi Note 8T

https://www.cyanogenmods.org/redmi-note-8t-lineageos-17-1/ I bought a RedMi Note 8T in the middle of lockdown. It was one of the few available and I needed it to use as camera to livestream Holy Masses. I hadn’t much choice even if I wanted to avoid Chinese communist dictatorship as much as possible. Communism is intrinsically evil. Now I can…

Too much power

It may seem silly to point out such a new in these times, but I can’t understand what benefit we could gain from letting Amazon and Google know when we turn on a bulb or whatever: Amazon and Google Now Require Continuous Data From Other Smarthome Devices – Slashdot. Too much power corrupt and they…

Branding is important

Your data is YOUR data! We build desirable, open source, privacy-enabled smartphone operating systems. We are /e/ Download and TRY! Buy an /e/ Smartphone! Your smartphone is harvesting your data all day long, capturing with great detail where you e.foundation‘s aims are surely worthy and good. Their deeds are noble too. But for Heaven’s sake why…