Stream of Consciousness
- Loving Xubuntu, Docker, Traefik and LetsEncrypt!
- Proposal for Congressional Security Clearances
- "Economic Impact Payment"
- Privacy Awareness Week
- 'Digital privacy does not really exist'
- Stop data violence and give users control over their information
- The MIT Intelligence Quest
- GMOs and Kashi Boycott
- Rachel Carson and the Silent Spring
- More Silliness: Plastic Disposable Razors
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Loving Xubuntu, Docker, Traefik and LetsEncrypt!
I run about 20 websites on my basementXubuntu server. Several years ago I migrated all my sites into variousDocker containers and set them up behind theTraefik reverse proxy with automatedLetsEncrypt SSL certificate creation using the Acme V1 protocol.
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Proposal for Congressional Security Clearances
Tl;dr: In order to be considered for Congress, a person must first obtain a DoD “Secret” security clearance. To be considered for President, “Top Secret”. Security clearances are not currently required by Senators and Represenatives to read classified information.
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"Economic Impact Payment"
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Privacy Awareness Week
It'sPrivacy Awareness Week. The followingSecurity Tips are worth a scan:
- Protecting Your Privacy:https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST04-013
- Safeguarding Your Data:https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/tips/ST06-008
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'Digital privacy does not really exist'
GoodQ&A in Politico on (the lack) of online privacy. I agree that 'Digital privacy does not really exist' though I also believe there's a better chance for it online then there is in person. Back in 1998 David Brin'sThe Transparent Society foresaw the erosion of privacy partly due to low cost surveillance - what we now call IoT. With camera and microphones everywhere - including the phones in our pockets - it's difficult to escape our every action being recorded.
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Stop data violence and give users control over their information
The big boys are starting to say that people should own their own data. This is great to see; we've been talking about anIdentity Commons for some time now...
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The MIT Intelligence Quest
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GMOs and Kashi Boycott
I'd like to thinkMs. Carson would be an advocate against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) creeping into our food supply. There's great debate about whether Monsanto's GMO corn is unsustainable and there are reports that GMO foods can "can significantly impact the viability of human cells".
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Rachel Carson and the Silent Spring
I work at CivicActions where we provide online consulting and services for non-profits and progressive organizations. We host websites on a variety of machines (servers) each given a different name so that we can refer to them easily.Civicactions.com resides on a server named 'carson', named afterRachel Carson, author ofSilent Spring and credited with helping to advance the environmental movement.
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More Silliness: Plastic Disposable Razors
We are now aware - or should be aware - that anything that is "plastic and disposable" should be avoided whenever possible. Plastic is a petroleum product and isn't bio-degradable, as horrifically evidenced by theGreat Pacific Garbage Patch.
