If you're feeling cautious, you might consider putting your phone into airplane mode, turning it off, or leaving it at home.
There's a lot of location tracking that's done via phones.
The EFF has a a guide on phone security and protests
https://ssd.eff.org/module/attending-protest
'We're Done With Teams': German State Hits Uninstall on Microsoft https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/06/13/1538236/were-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Denmark’s government is replacing Windows with Linux and Office 365 with LibreOffice to boost digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on US 'big tech' firms.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/06/denmark-government-replaces-microsoft-with-linux-libreoffice
My takeaway: Satellite launches are undoing the recovery of the ozone layer that should be happening now that CFCs are banned. And this study doesn't even take into account metal deposition from reentries, which might be even worse!
When I teach climate change in my astro classes, I always give the recovery of the ozone layer as an example of how countries can work together to fix a giant problem (Montreal Protocol). I guess satellite companies are now destroying that too.
Apropos @peertube the french developer collective @Framasoft are currently trying to raise the (for #bigTech derisory) amount of EUR 75,000 to develop the opensource #fediverse competitor app to Youtube. Maybe chuck 'em a few euros if you think it useful?
https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/
Alan Turing died by suicide on 7 June 1954. Turing was convicted of gross indecency in 1952 and given a choice between imprisonment and probation. His probation would be conditional on his agreement to undergo hormonal physical changes designed to reduce his libido. Turing's conviction led to the removal of his security clearance and barred him from continuing with his consultancy for GCHQ. He was denied entry into the United States after his conviction.
'Impossible' to create a decent media library on my salary without copyrighted material, Angie says.
🤯👇🏼
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded 70GBs of articles from JSTOR. He faced $1 million fine and 35 years in jail. He took his life in 2013.
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models without any punishment.