Message-ID: <8AC06943-3C39-45A1-8A0A-4F08EE09628D@roscom.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2022 09:34:13 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: LinkedIn can't use anti-hacking law to block web scraping,
judges rule
HiQ can keep scraping LinkedIn member profile data as court upholds
injunction.
By Jon Brodkin
In a case involving LinkedIn, a federal appeals court reaffirmed
Monday that web scraping likely doesn't violate the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act (CFAA).
The ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit drew a
distinction between data that is password-protected and data that is
publicly available. That means hiQ Labs - a data analytics company
that uses automated technology to scrape information from public
LinkedIn profiles- can continue accessing LinkedIn data, a three-judge
panel at the appeals court ruled ...
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/04/linkedin-cant-use-anti-hacking-law-to-block-web-scraping-judges-rule/
***** Moderator's Note *****
Crush-them-under-our-thumb department:
Microsoft owns LinkedIn. The article quotes from a "Cartooney" letter
that M$ sent to the HiQ organization, predicting criminal charges
would be brought against those whom dared to copy LinkedIn pages, even
though they're available to the public.
HiQ had no choice but to fight back, and it looks like they've "won."
It may be a Pyrrhic victory, however - which I'd bet is what M$
intended to happen anyway.
Bill Horne
Moderator
Message-ID: <20220419222424.86B54799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 22:24:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: 'If Starbucks can do it, why not us?': Lynnwood, Everett
Verizon workers join union push
By Nick Bowman
While Starbucks workers across the nation continue to push for
unionization, local Verizon employees are taking up a similar effort,
after a pair of locations voted to unionize last Friday.
The union vote came from Verizon retail workers in Everett and
Lynnwood, following what they say had been "years of retaliation by
senior management and poor working conditions, including understaffing
and unlivable wages."
https://mynorthwest.com/3440365/lynnwood-everett-verizon-join-union-push/
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Message-ID: <20220420015306.8DB15799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 01:53:06 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: AT&T, Comcast, Cox plot hybrid future for workforce, while
GCI embraces remote
Flexibility looks to be the name of the game as operators bring their
employees back to the office, with a majority - including big names
like AT&T and Comcast - telling Fierce they're opting for a hybrid
work model going forward. A smaller portion, however, said they plan
to remain mostly remote, citing benefits for both employees and the
company alike.
An AT&T representative told Fierce the operator has created a new
hybrid work model which assigns workers one of three
classifications. Office employees work from corporate locations three
to five days per week, while Flex employees show up in person one to
three days per week and Virtual staff come in to the office about one
to five days per month.
https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/att-comcast-cox-plot-hybrid-future-workforce-while-gci-embraces-remote
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Message-ID: <20220419221755.DC31A799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 23:17:55 +0100 (IST)
From: Sean Murphy <murphy.s@remove-this.telecomdigest.net>
Subject: Report: T-Mobile has fastest and most consistent cellular,
Verizon offers fastest broadband in the US
By Michael Potuck
Ookla is out with its latest report for mobile and fixed broadband
Internet speeds in the US. Continuing a trend, T-Mobile won for best
mobile performance across the board with speeds roughly 2x faster than
AT&T and Verizon along with having the highest consistency and
availability. Meanwhile, for fixed broadband, Verizon edged out
XFINITY for the fastest service.
Ookla, the maker of Speedtest, shared its report for US mobile and
broadband Internet performance during Q1 2022 on its website today.
https://9to5mac.com/2022/04/18/report-t-mobile-fastest-most-consistent-cellular/
Message-ID: <84D11B99-AD6A-43A0-85D5-AE0E83E62AAF@herot.com>
Date: 21 Apr 2022 18:33:26 -0400
From: "Christopher Herot" <cherot@herot.com>
Subject: Re: What is this thing on the phone pole?
The air protocol from the meter is simple and unencrypted.
https://www.smartmetereducationnetwork.com/uploads/how-to-tell-if-I-have-a-ami-dte-smart-advanced-meter/Itron%20Centron%20Meter%20Technical%20Guide1482163-201106090057150.pdf
If you want to have fun with software defined radio you can find all
sorts of advice on the interwebs.
https://www.rtl-sdr.com/remoticon-2021-smart-meter-hacking-talk/
Message-ID: <E87F75FB-2DE9-4BBF-AFE5-46B62D8DCCFE@roscom.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2022 09:16:54 -0400
From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Bravo is bypassing Google AMP pages because they're
"harmful to users"
Brave announced a new feature for its browser on Tuesday: De-AMP,
which automatically jumps past any page rendered with Google's
Accelerated Mobile Pages framework and instead takes users straight to
the original website. "Where possible, De-AMP will rewrite links and
URLs to prevent users from visiting AMP pages altogether," Brave said
in a blog post. "And in cases where that is not possible, Brave will
watch as pages are being fetched and redirect users away from AMP
pages before the page is even rendered, preventing AMP / Google code
from being loaded and executed."
Brave framed De-AMP as a privacy feature and didn't mince words about
its stance toward Google's version of the web. "In practice, AMP is
harmful to users and to the Web at large," Brave's blog post said,
before explaining that AMP gives Google even more knowledge of users'
browsing habits, confuses users, and can often be slower than normal
web pages. And it warned that the next version of AMP -- so far just
called AMP 2.0 -- will be even worse.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/19/23032776/brave-de-amp-google-browser
***** Moderator's Note *****
"When elephants fight," goes a Vietnames expression, "it is the grass
which gets trampled." It will be interesting to see what happens to
this effort to slow Google's plan for the web-as-walled-Google-garden.
This has been coming for a while, and the web's early promise was so
quickly subverted to make money for advertising conglomerates that I'm
surprised that Google got as far as it has. On the other hand, I'm
also surprised that "Bravo," which I'm not sure I've ever seen used,
is taking on what is likely to be, at this late date, the biggest
windmill that Don Quixote ever tilted at.
Bill Horne
Moderator
