solilo guy @dirk@computerfairi.es

The Creative Parent‘s Circle of Guilt.
💯 on the money 🙈​

[From: “When Are You Going to Get a Proper Job?” by Richy K. Chandler]

Glad to see that the Goethe Institute India included #Moresukine, my ancient webcomic from #Tokyo, in their collection of so-called Graphic Travelogues.

The website’s a fun assembly of (mostly German-speaking) artists and their autobiographical travel #comics from all over the world.

https://www.goethe.de/ins/in/en/kultur/liv/gtl/tok.html

An offer to my #privacy-concerned #Berlin bubble:

If you’re a bit freaked out about #Apple’s content scanning plans and feel like it would be interesting to test the waters with alternative OSes, I could help you set up Linux-based #SailfishOS.

Admittedly, I’m not very techy and can’t guarantee that we’ll get there, but I have flashed a few devices and all ended up running the Finnish OS without problems.

DM me if you’re interested.
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#CSAM

In the mid-nineties I went to a #NeilGaiman signing at my local comics store.

I brought my first #Sandman paperback from home because I couldn't afford to buy anything from that signing, and stood in line with my best friend and fellow #comics nerd.

And I remember being awfully proud that Neil, after taking a quick look at us, advised my friend to “Dream a little,” whereas he signed my comic with an encouraging “Dream On”.
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Speaking of #Sandman, I've now re-read the whole #comics series ahead of the coming Netflix adaptation and will share a few random thoughts and impressions in the coming weeks.

It aged surprisingly well, all in all, and holds its ground as a comics classic.

”It’s sure a weird thing to pay a ton of money for #Apple’s latest hardware, and the first thing they do with it is scan your personal files.“

– Matthew Green, cryptographer and #privacy expert

#Gaming 2021 – just helped a kid set up their brandnew #PS5, and boy, what a #privacy nightmare!

If you don't uncheck a box unmentioned during setup and hidden deep down in layers of preferences, the PS5 is always listening and remotely analyzing everything that is said to “improve its services”.

And to ensure this, yellow LEDs in your controller alarm you when the built-in microphone is _muted_, which was very counter-intuitive for the kid.

Yikes! Peak #SurveillanceCapitalism