Archive for the 'Digital Rights' Category

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Why I’ve switched back to Nokia’s ghetto smartphone OS (for now).

I’m not telling you to switch to S60 — or any specific mobile OS for that matter — just letting you know that Google doesn’t have to own your ass if you don’t want them to.

Fight “lawful access” with Liberté Linux.

It’s a fairly sad state of affairs that I would even consider recommending this for citizens of the country that calls itself the True North, strong and free.

Tim Wu’s “The Master Switch” — a book of revelations.

If you want to save the Internet rather than hasten its demise, read this book. It’s important.

My UBB complaint to Canada’s Competition Bureau.

Instead of lodging a general complaint about usage-based billing I thought I’d make mine a bit more personal.

Activism through sticker-ism.

Back when I was an unquestioning sheep in Apple’s flock I took great joy in looking down my nose at Windows boxes and all the hideous Microsoft and Intel stickers they came riddled with. Indeed, as a Linux user one of the more esoteric adjustments I’ve had to make has been to deal with the very same eyesores on machines I have purchased.

Goo Gone has been a great ally, but I’ve gone a step further and decided to fight fire with fire…