Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Chromebooks foisted on students? Teachers monitoring what children do outside of the classroom via nonfree software? Surveillance of children is common, and it's at your child's school, too. Support #FreeSoftware https://u.fsf.org/32h

Today in 2015, 8 years ago: The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.

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Today in 1909, 114 years ago: the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opens in Indianapolis (United States).

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raleigh, pompeii pool, south fallsburg, new york, 1978

Today in 2003, 20 years ago: in Basra (Iraq), thousands of Iraqis demonstrate against the scarcity of gasoline and electricity, after the war.

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Zoom trying to do damage control by obfuscating what they say VS what they mean is a good reminder to take PR statements with a grain of salt. By looking at what Zoom has actually done, you'll quickly see all the times they've flat-out lied.

Remember when Zoom claimed to offer end-to-end encryption but didn't? I do.

Remember when they said they've made joining meetings on macOS easier but actually installed an exploit that made Zoom re-install itself if a user uninstalled it? I do.

Remember when Zoom said they were protecting user privacy but then handed user data to Facebook? I do.

It's always good to have a reminder that what a company says is often of less important than what they've done.

Today in 1917, 106 years ago: World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.

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