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Richard Stallman: Publishers should let readers buy articles anonymously

Paul Hill — Sun, 04 Sep 2016 17:26:01 +0000

Richard Stallman has suggested his approach on how the ad-blocking question can be addressed. As can be expected, he comes at the question from a privacy position, pushing for unlinkable payments. Read more...

Richard Stallman accuses Ubuntu of spying on users

Paul Ferson — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:39:37 +0000

Famous software activist Richard Stallman has accused Ubuntu developers Canonical of ignoring the privacy of its users by enabling a form of surveillance in association with Amazon by default. Read more...

Stallman: Facebook is a form of "mass surveillance"

Mike Brown — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:56:45 +0000

In a recent interview, Stallman has listed Facebook as a form of "mass surveillance". Thanks to the ubiquitous "like" button, the company can keep track of site visits all around the web. Read more...

Office 2003 bug locks users out of files

Benjamin Rubenstein — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:12:54 +0000

As posted on Technologizer, a bug has been reported by many companies using Microsoft Office 2003, causing protected files to become inaccessible. Microsoft's Rights Management Service, a technology used to control access to sensitive documents,... Read more...