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   4                 <title>Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from March 2018</title>
   5                 <description>Entries from March 2018</description>
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  10                 <title>Facebooks ability to sell your personal information is the real Cambridge Analytica scandal</title>
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  13                 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
  14                 <description>&lt;p&gt;So, Cambridge Analytica is getting some well deserved criticism for
  15 (mis)using information it got from Facebook about 50 million people,
  16 mostly in the USA.  What I find a bit surprising, is how little
  17 criticism Facebook is getting for handing the information over to
  18 Cambridge Analytica and others in the first place.  And what about the
  19 people handing their private and personal information to Facebook?
  20 And last, but not least, what about the government offices who are
  21 handing information about the visitors of their web pages to Facebook?
  22 No-one who looked at the terms of use of Facebook should be surprised
  23 that information about peoples interests, political views, personal
  24 lifes and whereabouts would be sold by Facebook.&lt;/p&gt;
  25
  26 &lt;p&gt;What I find to be the real scandal is the fact that Facebook is
  27 selling your personal information, not that one of the buyers used it
  28 in a way Facebook did not approve when exposed.  It is well known that
  29 Facebook is selling out their users privacy, but a scandal
  30 nevertheless.  Of course the information provided to them by Facebook
  31 would be misused by one of the parties given access to personal
  32 information about the millions of Facebook users.  Collected
  33 information will be misused sooner or later.  The only way to avoid
  34 such misuse, is to not collect the information in the first place.  If
  35 you do not want Facebook to hand out information about yourself for
  36 the use and misuse of its customers, do not give Facebook the
  37 information.&lt;/p&gt;
  38
  39 &lt;p&gt;Personally, I would recommend to completely remove your Facebook
  40 account, and take back some control of your personal information.
  41 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/19/how-to-protect-your-facebook-privacy-or-delete-yourself-completely&quot;&gt;According
  42 to The Guardian&lt;/a&gt;, it is a bit hard to find out how to request
  43 account removal (and not just &#39;disabling&#39;).  You need to
  44 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/help/224562897555674?helpref=faq_content&quot;&gt;visit
  45 a specific Facebook page&lt;/a&gt; and click on &#39;let us know&#39; on that page
  46 to get to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account&quot;&gt;the
  47 real account deletion screen&lt;/a&gt;.  Perhaps something to consider?  I
  48 would not trust the information to really be deleted (who knows,
  49 perhaps NSA, GCHQ and FRA already got a copy), but it might reduce the
  50 exposure a bit.&lt;/p&gt;
  51
  52 &lt;p&gt;If you want to learn more about the capabilities of Cambridge
  53 Analytica, I recommend to see the video recording of the one hour talk
  54 Paul-Olivier Dehaye gave to &lt;a href=&quot;&quot;&gt;NUUG&lt;/a&gt; last april about
  55 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nuug.no/aktiviteter/20170404-big-data-psychometric/&quot;&gt;
  56 Data collection, psychometric profiling and their impact on
  57 politics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  58
  59 &lt;p&gt;And if you want to communicate with your friends and loved ones,
  60 use some end-to-end encrypted method like
  61 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.signal.org/&quot;&gt;Signal&lt;/a&gt; or
  62 &lt;a href=&quot;https://ring.cx/&quot;&gt;Ring&lt;/a&gt;, and stop sharing your private
  63 messages with strangers like Facebook and Google.&lt;/p&gt;
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  68                 <title>H, Ap, Frp og Venstre går for DNA-innsamling av hele befolkningen</title>
  69                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/H__Ap__Frp_og_Venstre_g_r_for_DNA_innsamling_av_hele_befolkningen.html</link>
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  71                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
  72                 <description>&lt;p&gt;I går kom det nok et argument for å holde seg unna det norske
  73 helsevesenet.  Da annonserte et stortingsflertall, bestående av Høyre,
  74 Arbeiderpartiet, Fremskrittspartiet og Venstre, at de går inn for å
  75 samle inn og lagre DNA-prøver fra hele befolkningen i Norge til evig
  76 tid.  Endringen gjelder innsamlede blodprøver fra nyfødte i Norge.
  77 Det vil dermed ta litt tid før en har hele befolkningen, men det er
  78 dit vi havner gitt nok tid.  I dag er det nesten hundre prosent
  79 oppslutning om undersøkelsen som gjøres like etter fødselen, på
  80 bakgrunn av blodprøven det er snakk om å lagre, for å oppdage endel
  81 medfødte sykdommer.  Blodprøven lagres i dag i inntil seks år.
  82 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Publikasjoner/Innstillinger/Stortinget/2017-2018/inns-201718-182l/?all=true&quot;&gt;Stortingets
  83 flertallsinnstilling&lt;/a&gt; er at tidsbegrensingen skal fjernes, og mener
  84 at tidsubegrenset lagring ikke vil påvirke oppslutningen om
  85 undersøkelsen.&lt;/p&gt;
  86
  87 &lt;p&gt;Datatilsynet har ikke akkurat applaudert forslaget:&lt;/p&gt;
  88
  89 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
  90
  91   &lt;p&gt;«Datatilsynet mener forslaget ikke i tilstrekkelig grad
  92   synliggjør hvilke etiske og personvernmessige utfordringer som må
  93   diskuteres før en etablerer en nasjonal biobank med blodprøver fra
  94   hele befolkningen.»&lt;/p&gt;
  95
  96 &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  97
  98 &lt;p&gt;Det er flere historier om hvordan innsamlet biologisk materiale har
  99 blitt brukt til andre formål enn de ble innsamlet til, og historien om
 100 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Ql0WR/Na-ma-Folkehelsa-slette-uskyldiges-DNA-info&quot;&gt;folkehelseinstituttets
 101 lagring på vegne av politiet (Kripos) av innsamlet biologisk materiale
 102 og DNA-informasjon i strid med loven&lt;/a&gt; viser at en ikke kan være
 103 trygg på at lover og intensjoner beskytter de som blir berørt mot
 104 misbruk av slik privat og personlig informasjon.&lt;/p&gt;
 105
 106 &lt;p&gt;Det er verdt å merke seg at det kan forskes på de innsamlede
 107 blodprøvene uten samtykke fra den det gjelder (eller foreldre når det
 108 gjelder barn), etter en lovendring for en stund tilbake, med mindre
 109 det er sendt inn skjema der en reserverer seg mot forskning uten
 110 samtykke.  Skjemaet er tilgjengelig fra
 111 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fhi.no/arkiv/publikasjoner/for-pasienter-skjema-for-reservasjo/&quot;&gt;folkehelseinstituttets
 112 websider&lt;/a&gt;, og jeg anbefaler, uavhengig av denne saken, varmt alle å
 113 sende inn skjemaet for å dokumentere hvor mange som ikke synes det er
 114 greit å fjerne krav om samtykke.&lt;/p&gt;
 115
 116 &lt;p&gt;I tillegg bør en kreve destruering av alt biologisk materiale som
 117 er samlet inn om en selv, for å redusere eventuelle negative
 118 konsekvenser i fremtiden når materialet kommer på avveie eller blir
 119 brukt uten samtykke, men det er så vidt jeg vet ikke noe system for
 120 dette i dag.&lt;/p&gt;
 121
 122 &lt;p&gt;Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til
 123 det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner
 124 til min adresse
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 130                 <title>First rough draft Norwegian and Spanish edition of the book Made with Creative Commons</title>
 131                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/First_rough_draft_Norwegian_and_Spanish_edition_of_the_book_Made_with_Creative_Commons.html</link>
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 133                 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
 134                 <description>&lt;p&gt;I am working on publishing yet another book related to Creative
 135 Commons.  This time it is a book filled with interviews and histories
 136 from those around the globe making a living using Creative
 137 Commons.&lt;/p&gt;
 138
 139 &lt;p&gt;Yesterday, after many months of hard work by several volunteer
 140 translators, the first draft of a Norwegian Bokmål edition of the book
 141 &lt;a href=&quot;https://madewith.cc&quot;&gt;Made with Creative Commons from 2017&lt;/a&gt;
 142 was complete.  The Spanish translation is also complete, while the
 143 Dutch, Polish, German and Ukraine edition need a lot of work.  Get in
 144 touch if you want to help make those happen, or would like to
 145 translate into your mother tongue.&lt;/p&gt;
 146
 147 &lt;p&gt;The whole book project started when
 148 &lt;a href=&quot;http://gwolf.org/node/4102&quot;&gt;Gunnar Wolf announced&lt;/a&gt; that he
 149 was going to make a Spanish edition of the book.  I noticed, and
 150 offered some input on how to make a book, based on my experience with
 151 translating the
 152 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html&quot;&gt;Free
 153 Culture&lt;/a&gt; and
 154 &lt;a href=&quot;https://debian-handbook.info/get/#norwegian&quot;&gt;The Debian
 155 Administrator&#39;s Handbook&lt;/a&gt; books to Norwegian Bokmål.  To make a
 156 long story short, we ended up working on a Bokmål edition, and now the
 157 first rough translation is complete, thanks to the hard work of
 158 Ole-Erik Yrvin, Ingrid Yrvin, Allan Nordhøy and myself.  The first
 159 proof reading is almost done, and only the second and third proof
 160 reading remains.  We will also need to translate the 14 figures and
 161 create a book cover.  Once it is done we will publish the book on
 162 paper, as well as in PDF, ePub and possibly Mobi formats.&lt;/p&gt;
 163
 164 &lt;p&gt;The book itself originates as a manuscript on Google Docs, is
 165 downloaded as ODT from there and converted to Markdown using pandoc.
 166 The Markdown is modified by a script before is converted to DocBook
 167 using pandoc.  The DocBook is modified again using a script before it
 168 is used to create a Gettext POT file for translators.  The translated
 169 PO file is then combined with the earlier mentioned DocBook file to
 170 create a translated DocBook file, which finally is given to dblatex to
 171 create the final PDF.  The end result is a set of editions of the
 172 manuscript, one English and one for each of the translations.&lt;/p&gt;
 173
 174 &lt;p&gt;The translation is conducted using
 175 &lt;a href=&quot;https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/madewithcc/translation/&quot;&gt;the
 176 Weblate web based translation system&lt;/a&gt;.  Please have a look there
 177 and get in touch if you would like to help out with proof
 178 reading. :)&lt;/p&gt;
 179
 180 &lt;p&gt;As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
 181 activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
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 187                 <title>Debian used in the subway info screens in Oslo, Norway</title>
 188                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_used_in_the_subway_info_screens_in_Oslo__Norway.html</link>
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 190                 <pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2018 13:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
 191                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Today I was pleasantly surprised to discover my operating system of
 192 choice, Debian, was used in the info screens on the subway stations.
 193 While passing Nydalen subway station in Oslo, Norway, I discovered the
 194 info screen booting with some text scrolling.  I was not quick enough
 195 with my camera to be able to record a video of the scrolling boot
 196 screen, but I did get a photo from when the boot got stuck with a
 197 corrupt file system:
 198
 199 &lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2018-03-02-ruter-debian-lenny.jpeg&quot;&gt;&lt;img align=&quot;center&quot; width=&quot;40%&quot; src=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/images/2018-03-02-ruter-debian-lenny.jpeg&quot; alt=&quot;[photo of subway info screen]&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 200
 201 &lt;p&gt;While I am happy to see Debian used more places, some details of the
 202 content on the screen worries me.&lt;/p&gt;
 203
 204 &lt;p&gt;The image show the version booting is &#39;Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid&#39;,
 205 indicating that this is based on code taken from Debian Unstable/Sid
 206 after Debian Etch (version 4) was released 2007-04-08 and before
 207 Debian Lenny (version 5) was released 2009-02-14.  Since Lenny Debian
 208 has released version 6 (Squeeze) 2011-02-06, 7 (Wheezy) 2013-05-04, 8
 209 (Jessie) 2015-04-25 and 9 (Stretch) 2017-06-15, according to
 210 &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history&quot;&gt;a Debian
 211 version history on Wikpedia&lt;/a&gt;.  This mean the system is running
 212 around 10 year old code, with no security fixes from the vendor for
 213 many years.&lt;/p&gt;
 214
 215 &lt;p&gt;This is not the first time I discover the Oslo subway company,
 216 Ruter, running outdated software.  In 2012,
 217 &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html&quot;&gt;I
 218 discovered the ticket vending machines were running Windows 2000&lt;/a&gt;,
 219 and this was
 220 &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fortsatt_ingen_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_for_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_.html&quot;&gt;still
 221 the case in 2016&lt;/a&gt;.  Given the response from the responsible people
 222 in 2016, I would assume the machines are still running unpatched
 223 Windows 2000.  Thus, an unpatched Debian setup come as no surprise.&lt;/p&gt;
 224
 225 &lt;p&gt;The photo is made available under the license terms
 226 &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons
 227 4.0 Attribution International (CC BY 4.0)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
 228
 229 &lt;p&gt;As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
 230 activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
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