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   5                 <description>Entries from March 2018</description>
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  10                 <title>H, Ap, Frp og Venstre går for DNA-innsamling av hele befolkingen</title>
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  13                 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
  14                 <description>&lt;p&gt;I går kom det nok et argument for å holde seg unna det norske
  15 helsevesenet.  Da annonserte et stortingsflertall bestående av Høyre,
  16 Arbeiderpartiet, Fremskrittspartiet og Venstre, at de går inn for å
  17 samle inn og lagre DNA fra hele befolkningen i Norge til evig tid.
  18 Endringen gjelder innsamlede blodprøver fra nyfødte i Norge.  Det vil
  19 dermed ta litt tid før en har hele befolkningen, men det er dit vi
  20 havner gitt nok tid.  I dag er det nesten hundre prosent oppslutning
  21 om undersøkelsen som gjøres like etter fødselen, på bakgrunn av
  22 blodprøven det er snakk om å lagre, for å oppdage endel medfødte
  23 sykdommer.  Blodprøven lagres i dag i inntil seks år.
  24 &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
  25 flertallsinnstilling&lt;/a&gt; er at tidsbegresningen skal fjernes, og mener
  26 at tidsubegrenset lagring ikke vil påvirke oppslutningen om
  27 undersøkelsen.&lt;/p&gt;
  28
  29 &lt;p&gt;Datatilsynet har ikke akkurat applaudert forslaget:&lt;/p&gt;
  30
  31 &lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
  32
  33   &lt;p&gt;«Datatilsynet mener forslaget ikke i tilstrekkelig grad
  34   synliggjør hvilke etiske og personvernmessige utfordringer som må
  35   diskuteres før en etablerer en nasjonal biobank med blodprøver fra
  36   hele befolkningen.»&lt;/p&gt;
  37
  38 &lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  39
  40 &lt;p&gt;Det er flere historier om hvordan innsamlet biologisk materiale har
  41 blitt brukt til andre formål enn de ble innsamlet til, og historien om
  42 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/Ql0WR/Na-ma-Folkehelsa-slette-uskyldiges-DNA-info&quot;&gt;folkehelseinstituttets
  43 lagring på vegne av politiet (Kripos) av innsamlet biologisk materiale
  44 og DNA-informasjon i strid med loven&lt;/a&gt; viser at en ikke kan være
  45 trygg på at lover og intensjoner beskytter de som blir berørt mot
  46 misbruk av slik privat og personlig informasjon.&lt;/p&gt;
  47
  48 &lt;p&gt;Det er verdt å merke seg at det kan forskes på de innsamlede
  49 blodprøvene uten samtykke fra den det gjelder (eller foreldre når det
  50 gjelder barn), etter en lovendring for en stund tilbake, med mindre
  51 det er sendt inn skjema der en reserverer seg mot forskning uten
  52 samtykke.  Skjemaet er tilgjengelig fra
  53 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.fhi.no/arkiv/publikasjoner/for-pasienter-skjema-for-reservasjo/&quot;&gt;folkehelseinstituttets
  54 websider&lt;/a&gt;, og jeg anbefaler, uavhengig av denne saken, varmt alle å
  55 sende inn skjemaet for å dokumentere hvor mange som ikke synes det er
  56 greit å fjerne krav om samtykke.&lt;/p&gt;
  57
  58 &lt;p&gt;I tillegg bør en kreve destruering av alt biologisk materiale som
  59 er samlet inn om en selv, for å redusere eventuelle negative
  60 konsekvener i fremtiden når materialet kommer på avveie eller blir
  61 brukt uten samtykke, men det er så vidt jeg vet ikke noe system for
  62 dette i dag.&lt;/p&gt;
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  67                 <title>First rough draft Norwegian and Spanish edition of the book Made with Creative Commons</title>
  68                 <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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  70                 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
  71                 <description>&lt;p&gt;I am working on publishing yet another book related to Creative
  72 Commons.  This time it is a book filled with interviews and histories
  73 from those around the globe making a living using Creative
  74 Commons.&lt;/p&gt;
  75
  76 &lt;p&gt;Yesterday, after many months of hard work by several volunteer
  77 translators, the first draft of a Norwegian Bokmål edition of the book
  78 &lt;a href=&quot;https://madewith.cc&quot;&gt;Made with Creative Commons from 2017&lt;/a&gt;
  79 was complete.  The Spanish translation is also complete, while the
  80 Dutch, Polish, German and Ukraine edition need a lot of work.  Get in
  81 touch if you want to help make those happen, or would like to
  82 translate into your mother tongue.&lt;/p&gt;
  83
  84 &lt;p&gt;The whole book project started when
  85 &lt;a href=&quot;http://gwolf.org/node/4102&quot;&gt;Gunnar Wolf announced&lt;/a&gt; that he
  86 was going to make a Spanish edition of the book.  I noticed, and
  87 offered some input on how to make a book, based on my experience with
  88 translating the
  89 &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html&quot;&gt;Free
  90 Culture&lt;/a&gt; and
  91 &lt;a href=&quot;https://debian-handbook.info/get/#norwegian&quot;&gt;The Debian
  92 Administrator&#39;s Handbook&lt;/a&gt; books to Norwegian Bokmål.  To make a
  93 long story short, we ended up working on a Bokmål edition, and now the
  94 first rough translation is complete, thanks to the hard work of
  95 Ole-Erik Yrvin, Ingrid Yrvin, Allan Nordhøy and myself.  The first
  96 proof reading is almost done, and only the second and third proof
  97 reading remains.  We will also need to translate the 14 figures and
  98 create a book cover.  Once it is done we will publish the book on
  99 paper, as well as in PDF, ePub and possibly Mobi formats.&lt;/p&gt;
 100
 101 &lt;p&gt;The book itself originates as a manuscript on Google Docs, is
 102 downloaded as ODT from there and converted to Markdown using pandoc.
 103 The Markdown is modified by a script before is converted to DocBook
 104 using pandoc.  The DocBook is modified again using a script before it
 105 is used to create a Gettext POT file for translators.  The translated
 106 PO file is then combined with the earlier mentioned DocBook file to
 107 create a translated DocBook file, which finally is given to dblatex to
 108 create the final PDF.  The end result is a set of editions of the
 109 manuscript, one English and one for each of the translations.&lt;/p&gt;
 110
 111 &lt;p&gt;The translation is conducted using
 112 &lt;a href=&quot;https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/madewithcc/translation/&quot;&gt;the
 113 Weblate web based translation system&lt;/a&gt;.  Please have a look there
 114 and get in touch if you would like to help out with proof
 115 reading. :)&lt;/p&gt;
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 117 &lt;p&gt;As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
 118 activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address
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 124                 <title>Debian used in the subway info screens in Oslo, Norway</title>
 125                 <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Debian_used_in_the_subway_info_screens_in_Oslo__Norway.html</link>
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 127                 <pubDate>Fri, 2 Mar 2018 13:10:00 +0100</pubDate>
 128                 <description>&lt;p&gt;Today I was pleasantly surprised to discover my operating system of
 129 choice, Debian, was used in the info screens on the subway stations.
 130 While passing Nydalen subway station in Oslo, Norway, I discovered the
 131 info screen booting with some text scrolling.  I was not quick enough
 132 with my camera to be able to record a video of the scrolling boot
 133 screen, but I did get a photo from when the boot got stuck with a
 134 corrupt file system:
 135
 136 &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;
 137
 138 &lt;p&gt;While I am happy to see Debian used more places, some details of the
 139 content on the screen worries me.&lt;/p&gt;
 140
 141 &lt;p&gt;The image show the version booting is &#39;Debian GNU/Linux lenny/sid&#39;,
 142 indicating that this is based on code taken from Debian Unstable/Sid
 143 after Debian Etch (version 4) was released 2007-04-08 and before
 144 Debian Lenny (version 5) was released 2009-02-14.  Since Lenny Debian
 145 has released version 6 (Squeeze) 2011-02-06, 7 (Wheezy) 2013-05-04, 8
 146 (Jessie) 2015-04-25 and 9 (Stretch) 2017-06-15, according to
 147 &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_version_history&quot;&gt;a Debian
 148 version history on Wikpedia&lt;/a&gt;.  This mean the system is running
 149 around 10 year old code, with no security fixes from the vendor for
 150 many years.&lt;/p&gt;
 151
 152 &lt;p&gt;This is not the first time I discover the Oslo subway company,
 153 Ruter, running outdated software.  In 2012,
 154 &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Er_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_uten_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_.html&quot;&gt;I
 155 discovered the ticket vending machines were running Windows 2000&lt;/a&gt;,
 156 and this was
 157 &lt;a href=&quot;http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Fortsatt_ingen_sikkerhetsoppdateringer_for_billettautomatene_til_kollektivtrafikken_i_Oslo_.html&quot;&gt;still
 158 the case in 2016&lt;/a&gt;.  Given the response from the responsible people
 159 in 2016, I would assume the machines are still running unpatched
 160 Windows 2000.  Thus, an unpatched Debian setup come as no surprise.&lt;/p&gt;
 161
 162 &lt;p&gt;The photo is made available under the license terms
 163 &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons
 164 4.0 Attribution International (CC BY 4.0)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
 165
 166 &lt;p&gt;As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my
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