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1. ar.al🌻 (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 08:48:53 UTC ar.al🌻

   #FOSDEM “cornerstone sponsor” is people farmer and titan of #SurveillanceCapitalism, Google.

   Their business model is to track you on their own services and devices, across the web, and beyond and then use this intimate insight into you, your family, and your loved ones to manipulate your behaviour for profit.

   Can someone remind me what principles #FOSDEM stands for again? Maybe Greenpeace is missing a trick by not having Exxon Mobil as a sponsor.

   https://mastodon.ar.al/media/JKuneFOg0u33t5M4oBw

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   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 08:53:44 UTC Danyl Strype

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     @aral sadly this isn't uncommon. Lot's of "open" events have one or more of #TheStacks or the #SlavingEconomy apps (Uber etc) as sponsors
   • Danyl Strype (strypey@quitter.se)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2018 08:54:57 UTC Danyl Strype

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     • Danyl Strype
     @aral I'm even uncomfortable with #GitHub sponsoring free code software events, as they still refuse to liberate all the code they user