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An interview I gave to Euronews six years ago. Interview is in English with Turkish subtitles.
You decide how it has aged.
https://tr.euronews.com/2019/03/08/teknoloji-sirketleri-insan-varligini-tehdit-ediyor-di…

'Bir dönemin 'casus yazılımları' şu an Silikon Vadisi'nin iş modeli'
İnsan hakları, hayvan hakları, işçi, kadın, erkek herkesin hakkını aradığı günümüz dünyasında dijital haklarımız için savaşan bir aktivist: Aral Balkan. Kendisini "cyborg" hakları savunucusu bir aktivist olarak tanımlayan Aral Balkan euronews Türkçe'nin sosyal söyleşi programı RÖP'e konuk oldu...

“[open social] must be funded like infrastructure, not consumer apps. In fact, given the scale of hybrid threats, it should be funded from defense budgets, not innovation leftovers.
The strategic layer of democracy is the information layer. And right now, it is outsourced.” @seabass.bsky.social
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A profile of the Digital Security Helpline, run by Access Now, which gives 24/7 help to reporters and others who suspect they are victims of government spyware (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/27/m…

Meet the team that hunts government spyware
For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is how they operate.

South Africa's coal mines are leaking methane, and no one knows how much #SouthAfrica…

South Africa's coal mines are leaking methane, and no one knows how much
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas. It is released from natural sources (like wetlands) and human activities (coal mining, and oil and gas production). It is also emitted by agriculture (especially livestock and rice paddies), and decomposing waste in garbage dumps.

Just ordered a small VPS to give #selfhosting

YunoHost: garden your own piece of the Internet!
YunoHost is a system that installs itself on a server and allows you to install and maintain - with very little technical knowledge - digital services (apps) that you control.

Digitalisierung in Deutschland,
schwierig
nicht nur in der öffentlichen Verwaltung
auch in der Privatwirtschaft
Öffne #eon APP; Passworteingabe öffnet Browser - Tab zur Passworteingabe , mit Firefox Passwort-Manager eingegeben,
PopUp mit Button "in APP öffnen
in der APP eiert der (nicht-)ladethrobber
dann
"Es besteht derzeit keine Internetve…

For more than a decade, dozens of journalists and human rights activists have been
🆘 targeted and hacked by governments all over the world.
Cops and spies in Ethiopia, Greece, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates, among others, have used sophisticated #spyware to compromise the phones of these victims, who at times have also faced real-world

Meet the team that hunts government spyware
For years, Access Now’s Digital Security Helpline has been aiding journalists and dissidents who have been targeted with government spyware. This is how they operate.

Rhetorik und Realität klaffen auseinander: Axel Oppermann analysiert, wie Microsoft sich als digitale Grundversorgung positioniert – mit allen damit verbundenen Abhängigkeiten. Er warnt vor der Bequemlichkeit, sich zu früh und zu exklusiv in ein einziges Ökosystem zu integrieren. Strategische Mündigkeit ist kein Luxus, sondern Pflicht. @…

„Ich hab’s gesagt“ – Warum Axel Oppermann mit seiner Microsoft-Kritik recht behält - ichsagmal.com
Axel Oppermann, Analyst bei Avispador, wollte eigentlich nur einen fundierten Strategiekommentar schreiben – wurde aber prompt als Microsoft-Basher abgestempelt. Sein Fazit: „Die Positionierung Microsofts als Utility bzw. ‚Planet-Scale-System‘ und die faktische Rolle als digitaler Versorger sind zugleich eine riesige Chance und ein massives Risiko für Kunden und Partner.“ Und Du? Wenn Du im Mittelstand Verantwortung … „Ich hab’s gesagt“ – Warum Axel Oppermann mit seiner Mic…

IBM launches Digital Asset Haven, a digital assets platform built with crypto wallet provider Dfns for financial institutions, governments, and companies (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-2…

Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/century-old-corals-reveal-the-pacific-northwest-is-acidifying-faster-than-expected/

Century-old corals reveal the Pacific Northwest is acidifying faster than expected
In 1888, researchers aboard the R/V Albatross began the world’s first concentrated marine research expeditions off California’s Pacific coast. The team collected untold plant and animal specimens, including orange cup corals, which they carefully preserved and stored in collections at the Smithsonian Institution. These specimens have now become rare physical evidence of ongoing changes in […]