The push to ID masked #protesters using #FacialRecognition & turn them in is blurring the line between #public #law enforcement & #private groups.And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign #students worried that #activism could jeopardize their legal status.

“We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,”said Abed Ayoub, natl exec dir of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Cmte. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”
#Trump

@nixCraft

#LibreOffice

The #free and #private office suite is a powerful, free and private office suite the successor project to #OpenOffice used by people around the world. It's #compatible with Microsoft Office (#365) and is backed by a non-profit organization, The Document Foundation. LibreOffice includes Writer (word processing), Calc (#spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector graphics and #flowcharts), Base (#databases), and Math (formula editing).

https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/

@alternativeto

#Private #cloud for your #memories, with apps for #mobile, #desktop and web.

#End-to-end encrypted, #FOSS cloud for #Photos, #2FA secrets and more!

Ente is a #service that provides a fully open source, end-to-end encrypted platform for you to store your data in the cloud without needing to trust the service provider. On top of this platform, we have built two apps so far: Ente Photos (an alternative to Apple and Google Photos)

https://ente.io/
https://github.com/ente-io/ente

@thejenniwren.teamlh.social

The #ACA / #Obamacare is a popular but not overwhelmingly popular system (60% popularity). It left a lot of the problems with the #private, #forprofit #US #medical system intact and is vulnerable to #farright attacks.

Only 8% of #Democrats oppose #MedicareForAll, yet no Dem politicians pursue it. Ask why.

Reminder: This was the #RonaldReagan #Healthcare Plan made by the #Heritage Foundation who would then make #Project2025!

White House Press Sec. Goes on Bonkers Rant When Asked About Tesla

Karoline Leavitt stumbled when asked about Commerce Sect Howard #Lutnick shilling for #ElonMusk.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192985/donald-trump-karoline-leavitt-commerce-tesla

"While #DonaldTrump, who held a surreal press event for #Tesla at the #WhiteHouse... may be exempt from federal #conflict of interest laws, #Lutnick probably isn’t. And the Code of Federal Regulations specifically prohibits #public officials from using their office for #private gain"

The #legal battle has national repercussions as the number of #ICE detainees…rises to its highest level in 5 yrs. The vast majority are held in #private facilities run by #GEOGroup or corporate competitors like #CoreCivic. If following state #MinimumWage becomes the norm, #Trump’s #immigration crackdown could cost the country even more than it otherwise would—unless private detention centers absorb the cost themselves or…cut back on cleaning, which…detainees…already accused GEO of doing.

@Tutanota #Firefox is anything but #private or #secure for that matter.. (Unless you apply a custom user.JS)

Act 3: Now the #UK government's backdoor into the cloud storage of #Apple users is supposedly going to be used only for "serious crime". Well, case closed - that puts everyone at ease... not!

At least they reassured #US lawmakers that #Americans would be fine ;)

Heavy dose of #sarcasm included.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-apple-icloud-encryption-uk-us-privacy