I work in the human side of cybersecurity @AwareGO where I write clear, simple, yet fun, instructions on how to stay safe online. My biggest frustration now is how companies are sending out emails, marketing materials are basically, checking all the boxes of being phishing. 1/n I just got an email from @dropbox - it wasn't from no-reply@dropbox.com - but no-reply@dropboxmail.com. I'm still not sure if it is a legit email - but apparently they use multiple email addresses to communicate to their customers: help.dropbox.com/accounts-billi…

So, we have this peculiar situation here in Iceland that essentially means that @Facebook is inherently influencing our upcoming parliamentary elections with a "computer says no". And this has to do with frames or badges that some users put on their profile pictures. So, bit background. Iceland is a multi-party system, and each and every vote counts. @Facebook is also the largest social media platforms in Iceland and much of the discussions about politics and whom to vote for takes place there.

I want to write a long twitter thread about this tweet from @techvsterrorism (which is funded by @Google @Microsoft @Facebook and @Telefonicahighly) and is misleading and misrepresenting the value of FOSS in a self-proclaimed purpose of battling tech against terrorism. (1/15)

https://twitter.com/techvsterrorism/status/1168523222645661696

Both @Google and @Microsoft have been utilizing open-source software for the developement of their products. Althoug historically against FOSS, @microsoft acquired @github in 2018 - the beacon of open source and @google "believes that open source is good for everyone".(2/15)

1850: Deutsche Presseverleger wollen Urheberrecht auf Nachrichten durchsetzen, weil die neu eingetroffene Technologie des Telegramms ihr Geschäftsmodell ruiniert. Es wird abgelehnt. 1/26
#THREAD #copyright #Artikel11 #saveyourinternet 1886: Deutsche Presseverleger wollen, dass Nachrichten in der Berner Übereinkunft urheberrechtlich geschützt werden. Es wird abgelehnt, und eine Urheberrechtsausnahme für Nachrichten wird etabliert. 2/26
#copyright #Artikel11 #saveyourinternet

1850: German Press publishers want #copyright of news because the newly arrived technology of the telegram is ruining their business model. It is rejected. THREAD 1/26 1886: German Press Publishers want news to be covered by copyright in the Berne convention. It is rejected, and Ccopyright exception for news is established. 2/26