Hmmm... the C-Lion1 fibre optic cable that connects Helsinki in Finland & Rostock in Germany has been cut.... with suspicions falling (immediately) on Russia... The night before a similar link between Sweden & Lithuania was also cut.

So on one hand this looks like a programme of communicative disruption... but one might wonder whether its a sign of the start of something else (my old IR training leads me to pose the Q. at least).

#internet #communications #security

h/t FT

The most important lesson, I've ever learned about online privacy is this one:

If you want something to be private online, don't put it online in the first place.

#Internet#Privacy#OnlinePrivacy#Fediverse

I began using computers (mainframes) about a decade before the WWW was invented. I recall the "good old days" before internet giants (Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon) and social media walled gardens (Facebook, Twitter, etc) tried and largely succeeded to control our experience of the Internet.

Hence, I loved reading this empowering piece by @molly0xfff that tells us a different and better web is possible!

#web #internet #socialmedia

citationneeded.news/we-can-hav…

We can have a different web

Many yearn for the “good old days” of the web. We could have those good old days back — or something even better — and if anything, it would be easier now than it ever was.

^{Molly White (Citation Needed)}

Expand Affordable Internet Access

actionnetwork.org/petitions/ex…

#AffordableInternetAccess #Internet

Expand Affordable Internet Access

The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the end of the Affordable Connectivity Program, which helped low-income Americans get online.

^{actionnetwork.org}