Justin Plock @jplock@plock.social

Metrics 4.1.16 has been released with a few dependency updates and improvements.

Release notes:
https://github.com/dropwizard/metrics/releases/tag/v4.1.16

Dropwizard 2.0.16 has been released with a few bug fixes and dependency updates.

Release notes:
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/releases/tag/v2.0.16

Can you really say data loss is a *myth* if it's still the default behavior? https://developer.mongodb.com/article/everything-you-know-is-wrong#myth-7--mongodb-loses-data

There's a new "experimental feature" being tested in Firefox 83: sponsored sites in the URL bar.

"Mozilla works with advertising partners to place sponsored tiles on the Firefox home page (or New Tab) that would be useful to Firefox users. Mozilla is paid when users click on sponsored tiles."

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/sponsor-privacy

You can disable this by setting `browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites` to `false`.

Found via https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/jybx2w/uh_why_is_firefox_showing_me_sponsored_links_in/

#privacy

Respect people and their time.
Respect your craft.
Be sincere.
Create genuinely useful things.

https://deathtobullshit.com/ by Brad Frost

Dropwizard 2.0.15 has been released with some minor dependency updates and a bug fix for the default excluded protocols for HTTPS.
This also includes Jetty 9.4.33.v20201020 which addresses CVE-2020-27216.

Release notes:
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/releases/tag/v2.0.15

Last week, Google announced its own VPN service. Trusting Google's VPN would be like trusting a VPN from the NSA. Here's why giving Google direct access to all your online activity is a terrible idea: https://protonvpn.com/blog/google-vpn/

The General Purpose Computer In Your Pocket

https://puri.sm/posts/the-general-purpose-computer-in-your-pocket/

"One of the neatest tricks Big Tech ever pulled was convincing people that phones weren’t general-purpose computers and should have different rules than laptops or desktops. These rules conveniently give the vendor more control so that you don’t own a smartphone so much as you rent it."

#privacy #software #freedom

Dropwizard 2.0.14 has been released with minor bug fixes and dependency updates.

Release notes:
https://github.com/dropwizard/dropwizard/releases/tag/v2.0.14

Dropwizard Metrics 4.1.14 has been released with some minor improvements, bug fixes, and dependency updates.

Release notes:
https://github.com/dropwizard/metrics/releases/tag/v4.1.14

Open Letter to Apache OpenOffice: Today marks 20 years since the source code to OpenOffice was released. And today we say, LibreOffice is clearly the future of the suite (see the timeline). Let's all get behind it, for the benefit of all users: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/

We found an open source license that Google is against so we're changing to it: Hello AGPL!

It helps prevent corporations from taking our code and selling it as a proprietary competitor.

No change to you as a Plausible subscriber or self-hoster.

https://plausible.io/blog/open-source-licenses

Every user of Google, Facebook, ... should absolutely watch #TheSocialDilemma

It makes people understand how those services are designed with the ultimate goal to sell your brain time at the highest price.

Show it to Children, show it to Friends!

https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224