Mobility Coach is an app from thereadystate.com that provides a 16 point self-test for evaluating your mobility and videos that can help you address problem areas. There are also suggestions for pain and for sports specific development.
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US Approves Google Plan To Let Political Emails Bypass Gmail Spam Filter
"The US Federal Election Commission approved a Google plan on Thursday to let campaign emails bypass Gmail spam filters. The FEC's advisory opinion adopted in a 4-1 vote said Gmail's pilot program is permissible under the Federal Election Campaign Act and FEC regulations "and would not result in the making of a prohibited in-kind contribution." The FEC said Google's … Continue reading US Approves Google Plan To Let Political Emails Bypass Gmail Spam Filter
Installing GrapheneOS on a Pixel Device
As you may know, I like trying out alternative operating systems. I bought a Pixel 6 device and installed GrapheneOS on it. The web installer instructions are pretty easy to follow, and I was able to do it in less than an hour. It took longer to do the Android updates it recommends doing before … Continue reading Installing GrapheneOS on a Pixel Device
Facebook Directs Your Eyes
"What this means is that even more than it is in the advertising business, Facebook is in the surveillance business. Facebook, in fact, is the biggest surveillance-based enterprise in the history of mankind. It knows far, far more about you than the most intrusive government has ever known about its citizens. It’s amazing that people … Continue reading Facebook Directs Your Eyes
Seedvault: Encrypted Backup for Android
"While every smartphone user wants to be prepared with comprehensive data backups in case their phone is lost or stolen, not every Android user wants to entrust their sensitive data to Google's cloud-based storage. By storing data outside Google's reach, and by using client-side encryption to protect all backed-up data, Seedvault offers users maximum data … Continue reading Seedvault: Encrypted Backup for Android
Magic Earth
"Turn-by-turn navigation, HD Traffic, OpenStreetMap, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit. Entirely free."—https://www.magicearth.com/ A privacy friendly alternative to Google Maps.
Duckduckgo.com
"Virtually all internet users tend to be Google search engine users, by default. The main strategy for Google is to try to hold on to the users it has by implementing better security and privacy protection measures. This is something definitely on their agenda, but the issue still remains that user data is tracked. Therefore, … Continue reading Duckduckgo.com
Map and Monitor the World’s Freshwater Supply
"[Google is] proud to showcase a new platform enabling all countries to freely measure and monitor when and where water is changing: UN’s Water-Related Ecosystems, or sdg661.app. Released last week in Nairobi at the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the app provides statistics for every country’s annual surface water (like lakes and rivers). It also shows … Continue reading Map and Monitor the World’s Freshwater Supply
Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
"We audit their practices to ensure they are complying with industry codes of conduct,” said Bowden. “No Google data is used. This extensive audit process includes regular reporting, interviews, and evaluation to ensure vendors meet specified requirements around consent, opt-out, and privacy protections." —Ava Kofman, "Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data … Continue reading Google’s Sidewalk Labs Plans to Package and Sell Location Data on Millions of Cellphones
Swimming Against the Stream of Convenience
A year ago, I deleted my Facebook account. It was a bit of a watershed moment for my digital life because it was the start of a process, where I took a hard look at my use of the "free" services offered by Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple and tried to assess whether other … Continue reading Swimming Against the Stream of Convenience
The Case Against Google – The New York Times
"In other words, it’s very likely you love Google, or are at least fond of Google, or hardly think about Google, the same way you hardly think about water systems or traffic lights or any of the other things you rely on every day. Therefore you might have been surprised when headlines began appearing last … Continue reading The Case Against Google – The New York Times
Commercial Surveillance State
"Manipulation campaigns can plug into the commercial surveillance infrastructure and draw on lessons of behavioral science. They can use testing to refine strategies that take account of the personal traits of targets and identify interventions that may be most potent. This might mean identifying marginal participants, let’s say for joining a march or boycott, and … Continue reading Commercial Surveillance State
Giving Up Social Media & The Feudal Internet
Quitting social media is an ongoing theme of this blog with posts discussing various aspects: Arguing against particular social media services, e.g., Be Seeing You, Facebook. Describing new technologies major Internet companies employ for surveillance, e.g., Facebook & Facial Recognition. Describing how third parties use these platforms in the service of both advertising product and manipulating public … Continue reading Giving Up Social Media & The Feudal Internet
Notes on an Emergency
"But at the same time, I’m not convinced that a civilization that is struggling to cure male-pattern baldness is ready to take on the Grim Reaper. If we’re going to worry about existential risk, I would rather we start by addressing the two existential risks that are indisputably real—nuclear war and global climate change—and working … Continue reading Notes on an Emergency
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