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C.<p>Cory Doctorow's (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>) blog post for today is a speech he gave last night at the University of Toronto, the annual Ursula Franklin Lecture at Innis College.</p><p>It's worth reading:</p><p><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/ursula-franklin/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2025/02/26/urs</span><span class="invisible">ula-franklin/</span></a></p><p>It connects the dots between anti-circumvention copyright laws like the USA's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) (and the Canadian copycat legislation) and the enshittification that ensues when Big Tech does ... well, practically anything. There's a specific example he uses that is horrifying. He also shows exactly how Big Tech has escaped what he identifies as the usual four factors for keeping the worst instincts of companies in check.</p><p>I agree with him that we should annul the anti-circumvention law on the books, and would go further in saying that we should explicitly enshrine in law the rights to alter, repair, remove etc. any functionality of products and services that we choose to use. I was one of the original 6,000 Canadians who submitted comments warning against the implementation of these restrictions to our government at the time, and my feelings in support of this are stronger than ever.</p><p>Give it a read.</p><p>Attached image: I think this is probably overdue.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/CoryDoctorow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoryDoctorow</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DMCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMCA</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/circumvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circumvention</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AntiCircumvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCircumvention</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/e14n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>e14n</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UniversityOfToronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversityOfToronto</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/InnisCollege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InnisCollege</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DigitalLock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLock</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Man-in-the-Middle PCB Unlocks HP Ink Cartridges - It’s a well-known secret that inkjet ink is being kept at artificially high prices... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/09/28/man-in-the-middle-pcb-unlocks-hp-ink-cartridges/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/09/28/man-in</span><span class="invisible">-the-middle-pcb-unlocks-hp-ink-cartridges/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reverseengineering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/man" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>man</span></a>-in-the-middle <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/peripheralshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peripheralshacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/circumvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circumvention</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/inkjetprinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkjetprinter</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/drm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drm</span></a></p>
Steven Saus [he/him]<p>From 07 Aug: ISPs Hijack Cloudflare/Google DNS Requests, Ending Site-Blocking Workarounds - To the average internet user, DNS translates a domain into an IP address to make browsing as simple ... <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/isps-hijack-cloudflare-google-dns-requests-ending-site-blocking-workarounds-240807/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">torrentfreak.com/isps-hijack-c</span><span class="invisible">loudflare-google-dns-requests-ending-site-blocking-workarounds-240807/</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/anti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anti</span></a>-piracy <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/circumvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circumvention</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/dns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dns</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/malaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>malaysia</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/proxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proxy</span></a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/site" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>site</span></a>-blocking</p>
petersuber<p>"The United States <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> Office is conducting the ninth triennial rulemaking proceeding under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DMCA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMCA</span></a>], concerning possible temporary exemptions to the DMCA's prohibition against <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/circumvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circumvention</span></a> of technological measures [<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TPM</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a>] that control access to copyrighted works."<br><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/19/2023-22949/exemptions-to-permit-circumvention-of-access-controls-on-copyrighted-works" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">federalregister.gov/documents/</span><span class="invisible">2023/10/19/2023-22949/exemptions-to-permit-circumvention-of-access-controls-on-copyrighted-works</span></a></p><p>Different sorts of public comments are due on Dec 22, 2023, Feb 20, 2024, and Mar 19, 2024. Read the full doc for detail.</p>
keith<p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>$day_job: <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a> in the <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Circumvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Circumvention</span></a> space <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gopher</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Introverted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Introverted</span></a> </p><p>* Have been introduced as a cypherpunk<br>* Born in the <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/UpperPeninsula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpperPeninsula</span></a> of <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Michigan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Michigan</span></a><br>* Once wrote a <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> client<br>* Own a Fediverse hosting company<br>* Listen to a wide variety of <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a><br>* Intake a wide variety of <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a><br>* Was a <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> kid before I was a <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> teen in the 90s</p><p>Past: Website Security III at Sucuri, Senior Linux <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> at CloudAccess</p><p>A lifetime ago: irc, swhack, espian, k5, infoAnarchy.org sysop</p>
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