On my home network I have guest WiFi configured and when guests come round they need to know the password. Happily there's a way to make this trivial: WiFi QR codes."-John Graham-Cumming, "Guest WiFi using a QR Code." jgc.org. July 12, 2022. Easy enough. I used SecScanQR on F-Droid. Click Generate.Select Text.Type in the following replacing … Continue reading Guest WiFi using a QR code
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Centralization vs. Decentralization
"Recently, a reader asked me to lay out the concerns about centralization and decentralization in relation to the internet......The people who own networks can change the rules at any time, and not just from a free-speech standpoint: Recently, Vimeo faced controversy over how it changed its business model to charge heavy consumers for the bandwidth their videos … Continue reading Centralization vs. Decentralization
Elite Philanthropy
"...elite philanthropy is a world that exists to give a bunch of rich people something to do and a way to feel important, and gives people in the 'fundraising world' opportunities to rub elbows with important rich people.—Duncan Black, "Been Saying It For Years." Eschaton. September 20, 2020.
