Skip to content

Cubicgarden.com…

Thoughts and ideas of a dyslexic designer/developer

Cubicgarden.com…

Tag: homogeneity

Public Service Internet monthly newsletter (Sept 2020)

Defcon 2020 safemode

We live in incredible times with such possibilities that is clear. Although its easily dismissed seeing the 2020’s worst security breaches so far and asking what changed in the EU?.

To quote Buckminster Fuller “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

You are seeing aspects of this happening with challenges to app stores and seeing people take action over their social data.


My browser never ever consents

Ian thinks: One thing I like is browser extensions. This one is part of a movement to never consent to anything sites want to push us. Try it out and disable it if you don’t like it

More emerging tech from open hardware world

Ian thinks: NODE features a lot here but look out for the Edge of tomorrow exoskelton and the open cardboard robot which turns a smartphone into a low-cost remote telepresence robot.

The Underestimated Threat Vector: Homogeneity

Ian thinks: Right in the middle of the Defcon hacking virtual conference, a well thought-out talk about the threat of homogeneity. Remember not to read the comments. I could have done a whole month of recommendations for Defcon talks. I highly recommend browsing through the Defcon talks by starting at the playlists.

Thank goodness for the Max Schrems of this world

Ian thinks: I have been moving my data into EU servers when Brexit happened and its very difficult. Thanks goodness for the Max Schrems of this world, willing to go to court over this.

Build the resilient future using indigenous wisdom

Ian thinks: Julia Watson’s short TED video is deeply impressive and shows the answers are all out there, in places and communities we tend to ignore.

Paying for privacy, not ideal but interesting

Would you really abandon Google for a paid ad-free search engine? Neeva might be for you? Although I’m happy with Duckduckgo’s non-tracking ad system.

Deepfakes solution needs critical mass

Ian thinks: Its a reasonable idea but relies on people/systems creating and looking for the CAI metadata. I also checked if it was opensource and it is. I look forward to the Gimp plugin very soon.

Fawke your face for protection against facial recognition

Ian thinks: Finally a reasonable way to cloak your face from facial recognition systems like clearview AI. Nice open source which you can run without visually distorting your beautiful face.

Facebook ads under close scrutiny

Ian thinks: We all know how facebook adverts and editorial weighting works but everyonce in a while a experiment really brings it into sharp view. This Vox video is that, although they also point at the little known Facebook Ad Library.


Find the archive here

Author IanforresterPosted on September 1, 2020August 27, 2020Categories culture-and-politicsTags 3dprinting, appstore, brexit, browser, CAI, consent, crypto, cryptocurrency, darkweb, deepfakes, e-residency, fawke, homogeneity, iot, metadata, nature, open, privacy, publicserviceinternet, publicserviceinternetnotes, shadowbrokers, surveillance, tedtalk, threat
August 2025
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jul    

Categories

  • aggregator (4)
  • culture-and-politics (747)
  • design-and-ideas (656)
  • home entertainment (130)
  • italic+mixing (219)
  • just-plain-life (755)
    • gratitude diary (34)
  • media-and-expression (445)
  • play-and-games (53)
  • science+theory (42)
  • social-hardware (539)
    • socialware-offline (254)
    • socialware-online (236)
  • technology (636)
    • home entertainment (13)
    • mobile-technology (307)
    • technology-and-computing (209)
  • Uncategorized (190)
  • xml and web 2.0 (392)
    • data-and-semantic-web (167)

Pages

  • About
  • Bookmarks
  • Contact
  • Cubicgarden Ltd
  • Mixes
  • Photos
  • User Manual

Recent Posts

  • Terminal velocity unhindered by dark clouds mix August 21, 2025
  • A lesson in separation of concerns: Google’s gemini hijacked August 17, 2025
  • What happened to hobbies? August 6, 2025
  • Pipelines and AI? August 4, 2025
  • A Storm in a french grapevine pacemaker device mix August 4, 2025
  • Public Service Internet monthly newsletter (Aug 2025) August 1, 2025
  • An update on where I have been recently (post R&D) July 30, 2025
  • Public Service Internet monthly newsletter (July 2025) July 1, 2025
  • The Aerodynamic connection mix June 29, 2025
  • Needed changes are not going to come from Apple & Google June 21, 2025
  • Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media – The video June 15, 2025
  • Delirium and encounter at the Berlin watergate mix June 10, 2025

Recent Comments

  • Cumulonimbus on Terminal velocity unhindered by dark clouds mix
  • TinDrum on Terminal velocity unhindered by dark clouds mix
  • Ianforrester on The history of the pacemaker
  • TinDrum on What happened to hobbies?
  • Michael on What happened to hobbies?
  • Michael on What happened to hobbies?
  • Ed on What happened to hobbies?
  • Cumulonimbus on What happened to hobbies?
  • Cumulonimbus on What happened to hobbies?
  • Koen on What happened to hobbies?

Tip jar

Found something useful? Feel free to tip me if you like...

  • Tip me with Monzo
  • Leave me a tip using Lightning ⚡
  • Donate bitcoins

Tags

  • #Blacklivesmatter
  • ai
  • android
  • apple
  • bbc
  • blacklivesmatter
  • conference
  • covid19
  • dance
  • data
  • dating
  • diabolo
  • dj
  • facebook
  • film
  • geek
  • geekdinner
  • google
  • internet
  • london
  • love
  • manchester
  • media
  • mix
  • mobile
  • mozfest
  • mozilla
  • music
  • okcupid
  • pacemaker
  • pacemakerdevice
  • perceptivemedia
  • podcast
  • privacy
  • publicserviceinternet
  • publicserviceinternetnotes
  • science
  • sex
  • social
  • trance
  • tv
  • twitter
  • uk
  • video
  • xbmc

About me

I can be found microblogging on Twitter, Mastodon Scholar.social, Twit social, Black Twitter, I upload media to Flickr, Pixelfed, You Tube, My mix garden, Mastodon, Mixcloud and Slideshare I generate metadata on Trakt TV and Diigo. Network professionally at Linkedin, use keybase, write code on github and dabble more socially on Facebook
  • githubGitHub
  • twitterTwitter
  • facebookFacebook
  • microblogMicro.blog
  • flickrFlickr
  • mastodonMastodon
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • linkedin.comLinkedIn
  • slideshare.netSlideShare
  • goodreads.comGoodreads
  • getpocket.comPocket
  • appear.in
  • airbnb.co.uk
  • libre.fm
  • trakt.tvTrakt
  • cubicgarden
  • scholar.social
  • keyserver.ubuntu.comUbuntu

Green status

This website is hosted Green - checked by thegreenwebfoundation.org

Spam Blocked

114,617 spam blocked by Akismet
  • RSS – Posts
  • RSS – Comments

Blog Stats

  • 374,689 hits
Cubicgarden.com… Proudly powered by WordPress