X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/c9cd2ef81ddebb5affcd3449627617c73f4cbced..26cd615a2fd6445b35ffc2bee1580ca7da85f790:/blog/archive/2018/03/03.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2018/03/03.rss b/blog/archive/2018/03/03.rss index c1f8173a50..db98df35b3 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2018/03/03.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2018/03/03.rss @@ -6,6 +6,155 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Self-appointed leaders of the Free World + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Self_appointed_leaders_of_the_Free_World.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Self_appointed_leaders_of_the_Free_World.html + Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:00:00 +0100 + <p>The leaders of the worlds have started to congratulate the +re-elected Russian head of state, and this causes some criticism. I +am though a little fascinated by a comment from USA senator John McCain, +<a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/379339-mccain-rips-trumps-congratulatory-call-to-putin-as-insult-to-russian-people">sited +by The Hill and others</a>: + +<p><blockquote> +<p>"An American president does not lead the Free World by +congratulating dictators on winning sham elections."</p> +</blockquote></p> + +<p>While I totally agree with the senator here, the way the quote is +phrased make me suspect that he is unaware of the simple fact that USA +have not lead the Free World since at least before its government +<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Arar">kidnapped a +completely innocent Canadian citizen in transit on his way home to +Canada via John F. Kennedy International Airport in September 2002 and +sent him to be tortured in Syria for a year</a>.</p> + +<p>USA might be running ahead, but the path they are taking is not the +one taken by any Free World.</p> + + + + + Facebooks ability to sell your personal information is the real Cambridge Analytica scandal + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Facebooks_ability_to_sell_your_personal_information_is_the_real_Cambridge_Analytica_scandal.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Facebooks_ability_to_sell_your_personal_information_is_the_real_Cambridge_Analytica_scandal.html + Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:30:00 +0100 + <p>So, Cambridge Analytica is getting some well deserved criticism for +(mis)using information it got from Facebook about 50 million people, +mostly in the USA. What I find a bit surprising, is how little +criticism Facebook is getting for handing the information over to +Cambridge Analytica and others in the first place. And what about the +people handing their private and personal information to Facebook? +And last, but not least, what about the government offices who are +handing information about the visitors of their web pages to Facebook? +No-one who looked at the terms of use of Facebook should be surprised +that information about peoples interests, political views, personal +lifes and whereabouts would be sold by Facebook.</p> + +<p>What I find to be the real scandal is the fact that Facebook is +selling your personal information, not that one of the buyers used it +in a way Facebook did not approve when exposed. It is well known that +Facebook is selling out their users privacy, but a scandal +nevertheless. Of course the information provided to them by Facebook +would be misused by one of the parties given access to personal +information about the millions of Facebook users. Collected +information will be misused sooner or later. The only way to avoid +such misuse, is to not collect the information in the first place. If +you do not want Facebook to hand out information about yourself for +the use and misuse of its customers, do not give Facebook the +information.</p> + +<p>Personally, I would recommend to completely remove your Facebook +account, and take back some control of your personal information. +<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/how-to-protect-your-facebook-privacy-or-delete-yourself-completely">According +to The Guardian</a>, it is a bit hard to find out how to request +account removal (and not just 'disabling'). You need to +<a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674?helpref=faq_content">visit +a specific Facebook page</a> and click on 'let us know' on that page +to get to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account">the +real account deletion screen</a>. Perhaps something to consider? I +would not trust the information to really be deleted (who knows, +perhaps NSA, GCHQ and FRA already got a copy), but it might reduce the +exposure a bit.</p> + +<p>If you want to learn more about the capabilities of Cambridge +Analytica, I recommend to see the video recording of the one hour talk +Paul-Olivier Dehaye gave to <a href="">NUUG</a> last april about +<a href="https://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20170404-big-data-psychometric/"> +Data collection, psychometric profiling and their impact on +politics</a>.</p> + +<p>And if you want to communicate with your friends and loved ones, +use some end-to-end encrypted method like +<a href="https://www.signal.org/">Signal</a> or +<a href="https://ring.cx/">Ring</a>, and stop sharing your private +messages with strangers like Facebook and Google.</p> + + + + + H, Ap, Frp og Venstre går for DNA-innsamling av hele befolkningen + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/H__Ap__Frp_og_Venstre_g_r_for_DNA_innsamling_av_hele_befolkningen.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/H__Ap__Frp_og_Venstre_g_r_for_DNA_innsamling_av_hele_befolkningen.html + Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:15:00 +0100 + <p>I går kom det nok et argument for å holde seg unna det norske +helsevesenet. Da annonserte et stortingsflertall, bestående av Høyre, +Arbeiderpartiet, Fremskrittspartiet og Venstre, at de går inn for å +samle inn og lagre DNA-prøver fra hele befolkningen i Norge til evig +tid. Endringen gjelder innsamlede blodprøver fra nyfødte i Norge. +Det vil dermed ta litt tid før en har hele befolkningen, men det er +dit vi havner gitt nok tid. I dag er det nesten hundre prosent +oppslutning om undersøkelsen som gjøres like etter fødselen, på +bakgrunn av blodprøven det er snakk om å lagre, for å oppdage endel +medfødte sykdommer. Blodprøven lagres i dag i inntil seks år. +<a href="https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Publikasjoner/Innstillinger/Stortinget/2017-2018/inns-201718-182l/?all=true">Stortingets +flertallsinnstilling</a> er at tidsbegrensingen skal fjernes, og mener +at tidsubegrenset lagring ikke vil påvirke oppslutningen om +undersøkelsen.</p> + +<p>Datatilsynet har ikke akkurat applaudert forslaget:</p> + +<p><blockquote> + + <p>«Datatilsynet mener forslaget ikke i tilstrekkelig grad + synliggjør hvilke etiske og personvernmessige utfordringer som må + diskuteres før en etablerer en nasjonal biobank med blodprøver fra + hele befolkningen.»</p> + +</blockquote></p> + +<p>Det er flere historier om hvordan innsamlet biologisk materiale har +blitt brukt til andre formål enn de ble innsamlet til, og historien om +<a href="https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Ql0WR/Na-ma-Folkehelsa-slette-uskyldiges-DNA-info">folkehelseinstituttets +lagring på vegne av politiet (Kripos) av innsamlet biologisk materiale +og DNA-informasjon i strid med loven</a> viser at en ikke kan være +trygg på at lover og intensjoner beskytter de som blir berørt mot +misbruk av slik privat og personlig informasjon.</p> + +<p>Det er verdt å merke seg at det kan forskes på de innsamlede +blodprøvene uten samtykke fra den det gjelder (eller foreldre når det +gjelder barn), etter en lovendring for en stund tilbake, med mindre +det er sendt inn skjema der en reserverer seg mot forskning uten +samtykke. Skjemaet er tilgjengelig fra +<a href="https://www.fhi.no/arkiv/publikasjoner/for-pasienter-skjema-for-reservasjo/">folkehelseinstituttets +websider</a>, og jeg anbefaler, uavhengig av denne saken, varmt alle å +sende inn skjemaet for å dokumentere hvor mange som ikke synes det er +greit å fjerne krav om samtykke.</p> + +<p>I tillegg bør en kreve destruering av alt biologisk materiale som +er samlet inn om en selv, for å redusere eventuelle negative +konsekvenser i fremtiden når materialet kommer på avveie eller blir +brukt uten samtykke, men det er så vidt jeg vet ikke noe system for +dette i dag.</p> + +<p>Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> + + + First rough draft Norwegian and Spanish edition of the book Made with Creative Commons http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_rough_draft_Norwegian_and_Spanish_edition_of_the_book_Made_with_Creative_Commons.html @@ -43,7 +192,7 @@ paper, as well as in PDF, ePub and possibly Mobi formats.</p> <p>The book itself originates as a manuscript on Google Docs, is downloaded as ODT from there and converted to Markdown using pandoc. -The Markdown in modified by a script before is converted to DocBook +The Markdown is modified by a script before is converted to DocBook using pandoc. The DocBook is modified again using a script before it is used to create a Gettext POT file for translators. The translated PO file is then combined with the earlier mentioned DocBook file to