[–] 2 points 21 hours ago

I think that the image you paint is quite dystopian, I do not think you are very far off though. It looks to me that our billionaires and governments in the west are intent on creating the future all the science fiction authors warned us about.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    I mean he is right, I feel like this decision spits in the face of the spirit of the Debian social contract but whatever I guess... Considering Debian's position and how many projects rely on it I understand why the decision has been reached but that tells me it is thinking of itself as a business and not a community first.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This is just how root certificates work no? The assumption that the Russians will abuse this is just as valid for any US company, given what we know form the Snowden leaks.

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    The UK Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) declared on 3 August that anti-Zionism qualifies as a “protected philosophical belief” under the Equality Act 2010, Professor David Miller announced via social media, marking a significant win for anti-genocide advocates.

    "It is coherent to describe as 'racist' an ideology that promotes the establishment of a state for only one race of people in a territory that formerly contained a large number of people of a different race," the court said in its ruling.

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