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Signal boss warns app will exit Australia if forced to hand over users’ encrypted messages in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 4 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

There are already a bunch of them, including XMPP and Matrix which both implement Signal's double ratchet encryption (via OMEMO, in XMPPs case)

Can't decide if end user index access should be 0 or 1 based and if END index should be inclusive in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Came here to post this. You need a very good reason to break with Dijkstra

Wood heater pollution is a silent killer. Here's where the smoke is worst in c/australia@aussie.zone
That Moment When A Project Fully Embraces Open-Standards in c/fedimemes@feddit.uk
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago

If you can't fine CoMaps at all, F-Droid has the anti feature "tethered network services" hidden by default. CoMaps is intending to remedy the anti feature

That Moment When A Project Fully Embraces Open-Standards in c/fedimemes@feddit.uk
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's currently hit by the "tethered network services" anti feature, which is hidden by default.

They are working on removing the anti feature

NEW OPEN POSITIONS @ THE OPEN HOME FOUNDATION in c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Why can't I find any of these (except frontend) going through the website?

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openhomefoundation/

The secret deal behind the teenage social media ban in c/australia@aussie.zone
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 9 points 5 days ago

This missing key provision — called the “exemption framework” — had been previously described publicly by the government itself as being crucial to making sure that the law would “protect, not isolate, young people”. The exemption offered tech companies a way out of the ban if they were able to prove that their apps weren’t risky for teens to use.

Nintendo touts high employee retention rate after loss of Microsoft jobs rocks Xbox Game Studios in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Lots of software has credits, historically they were often hidden in Easter eggs. Small software still often credits their creators e.g. in the Help>about menu item.

But games are different, they are primarily an artistic pursuit.

Linux on TV? Plasma Bigscreen Gets Some Much-Needed TLC in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

The jellyfin shim may only be for Jellyfin clients, not for arbitrary clients. I thought it used a generic standard but now I'm not sure.

Kodi is the closest that I know of to what you're asking for but it definitely won't work for everything even if you do get it behaving.

Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 16 points 1 week ago

Part of the problem with Ring is it's generally not self-surveillance. The cameras point onto the street and other people's residences. You get surveiled because some other random person thought it was a good idea.

Take lessons everyone!!! in c/fedimemes@feddit.uk
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Linux on TV? Plasma Bigscreen Gets Some Much-Needed TLC in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Casting to Google Cast devices is pretty locked down, but most things that can cast support a handful of different standards, so casting to other things is usually possible.

Plasma Bigscreen doesn't have the functionality natively, but jellyfin-mpv-shim and Kodi can be cast to.

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Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance (www.eff.org)
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Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech devices. Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.

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See the leaked teen social media ban tech trial report that has experts worried (www.crikey.com.au)
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The motel time forgot. How the housing crisis hits our most vulnerable - Michael West (michaelwest.com.au)
 

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/22369412

A discussion on Emergency Accommodation in South Australia, including first hand experience from the journalist.

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The motel time forgot. How the housing crisis hits our most vulnerable - Michael West (michaelwest.com.au)
 

A discussion on Emergency Accommodation in South Australia, including first hand experience from the journalist.

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Australia’s superannuation regulator is worried about your fund’s spending. Should you be? (theconversation.com)
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Australians will soon need their age checked to log into online search tools – here’s why (theconversation.com)
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[Opinion] Australia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our own (independentaustralia.net)
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Could this be the death of Australia's nightmarish welfare system? (www.crikey.com.au)
 

Mutual obligation is one of the last great shibboleths of Australian politics. Now the entire system is under scrutiny with potentially big implications for our welfare system.

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Federal watchdog finds ‘no corruption’ in $2.4m settlement to Brittany Higgins after alleged rape (www.theguardian.com)
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Deafening silence at flawed process. NACC and the Robodebt investigation. - Michael West (michaelwest.com.au)
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‘It’s a shock’: if you think Adelaide housing is affordable, think again (www.theguardian.com)
 

When people think of Adelaide, they may ponder its good food and wine or its many churches. Historically, it was viewed as a well-priced place to live and work.

But years of surging property prices have made it less affordable than some of the world’s most famous cities, including London and New York, when income levels are factored into living costs.

[...]

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[Opinion] A shameful death after a supermarket scuffle shines a light on Australia’s unfinished business | Julianne Schultz (www.theguardian.com)
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People are not “placed” on the floor – that is what you do with bags, boxes and rubbish. But that was the word used by the Northern Territory police to describe the sequence of events to the media. Tragically, painfully, I think it says a lot.

Almost a million more people voted yes in the referendum than voted for the Labor party in the recent election. The combined Liberal National party vote was about half the no vote. While the majority rejected the voice proposal because they didn’t know, didn’t care or thought it was unfair, this cannot be mapped on to the political snapshot that the election provided. The referendum was not a proxy election. The door to meaningful, symbolic and practical recognition can and must be opened again.

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