@NixiePixel

TV Show Host turned Speaker & Educator for Open Source, Privacy & our Right to Repair. Founder @geekbeacon, GBFest & @thegeeksabroad 🤗 https://xitter.cf/t.co/QR7kiGeXrg

 Raleigh, NC
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Joined December 2008
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BREAKING: Judge Rules Mass Surveillance Cameras Unconstitutional #privacymatters
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Spending three days compiling a custom Linux kernel to avoid Microsoft telemetry, only to immediately log into Facebook. True digital sovereignty is a lifestyle.
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Your phone has an advertising ID so apps can recognize you across other apps. Here's how to delete them. Share with a friend and surely we can make ads slightly worse at stalking us. 👀
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For Google Pixel, it is: Settings - security and privacy - privacy controls - activity controls - personalized ads (buried at the bottom) - my ad center - off
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In 10 years, I hope we look back on how "we bought things but had no ownership of them" and we see how insane it was that we ever allowed these shenanigans. news.slashdot.org/story/26/1…

New Video Game Law Proposed: 'If You Pay For It, You Own It' - Slashdot

"When you pay for a game, you should own it," says U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY), introducing a new bill to fight the practice of "a rental disguised as a sale". Kotaku reports: The fifth...

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when was the last game or movie you've rented lately? 😛
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Googled myself and a people-search site had my age, my old addresses, and a 'possible relative' who is my ex's mom. Most of these sites have an opt-out page buried in the footer, or at least they should...right?
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"I have nothing to hide" is a great line until you remember you have curtains, a phone PIN, and a lock on the bathroom door. Privacy isn't hiding. It's choosing.
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This is the most 'cool guy' promo for targeted ads that I've ever seen 😂
Josh Olin
@JD_2020Oct 19
This is very intriguing. (Offered with neutral tone).
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In 1995 we thought video calls would revolutionize society. Now we just use tape over our webcams so the FBI agent doesn't judge us eating shredded cheese at 3 AM. 🧀
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With a tiny Nerf turret it'll be perfect
Science girl
@sciencegirlOct 14
Kame is a compact, open-source, 3D-printable quadruped robot that mimics animal-like movement.
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Here's the crazy true story of how the biggest Linux backdoor attack in history was stopped by an engineers' obsession with a 1/2 second lag. 💪
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The day that developers abandoned $20 BILLION Unity Engine for an open source one 🤘 @godotengine
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The fact I mispronounced @godotengine so horribly despite having taking French in school is unforgivable and I will be making it up to you guh-DOH 😭
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By now everyone knows corpos harvest our data, but did you know you can do something about it with this #opensource tool? 🤓
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don't blame #linux
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have you ever bricked anything? I bricked my electric bike ..(don't ask me how 📷)
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Is anyone talking about Muse "AI" using human call centers with in developing nations to book users requests, or what about TOS violations against websites since most don't allow 3rd party bots? 🤔
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he's shorter in person 😜 seriously though I lost 50 lbs with this walking pad method that I call "lazy geek"
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amzn.to/47BpNqr I never shill prime day but honestly I've never seen it this cheap and I highly recommend this anyone who is stuck at their desk for work! I may get a smol commission from links because it's Amazon but honestly... At least take a look

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