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December 12, 2017

Does anyone know of a reliable vim keybinding extension (a la Vimperator) for Qu... | Hacker News

No, it's impossible for the moment to deliver reliable keybinding-extensions. Firefox has no API for it, so all solutions need to work by injecting a script into each website, and grap keys from this context. And that simply sucks and leads to many problems. They are supposed to work on a solutions, but it likely still needs 6+ months.

Besides that, vimium works well enough under perfect conditions, and is quite mature as it is a port from Chrome. Tridactyl is also promising replacement for Vimperator, but still needs time to grow, because they just started some weeks ago.

Google's true origin partly lies in CIA and NSA research grants for mass surveillance — Quartz

The story of the deliberate creation of the modern mass-surveillance state includes elements of Google’s surprising, and largely unknown, origin. It is a somewhat different creation story than the one the public has heard, and explains what Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page set out to build, and why.

Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society - The Verge

‘No civil discourse, no cooperation; misinformation, mistruth.’

LibreRead - A self-hosted ebook reader

LibreRead is a Google books alternative, GPLv3 licenced, self-hosted, browser-based ebook reader.

You Give Up a Lot of Privacy Just Opening Emails. Here's How to Stop It | WIRED

There are some 269 billion emailssent and received daily. That’s roughly 35 emails for every person on the planet, every day. Over 40 percent of those emails are tracked, according to a study published last June by OMC, an “email intelligence” company that also builds anti-tracking tools.

D’anciens cadres de Facebook expriment leur « culpabilité » d’avoir contribué à son succès

Lors d’une conférence à la Stanford Graduate School of Business, dont la vidéo a été repérée lundi 11 décembre par le site spécialisé The Verge, Chamath Palihapitiya, qui fut chez Facebook vice-président chargé de la croissance de l’audience, exprime ses regrets d’avoir participé au succès de l’entreprise. « Je crois que nous avons créé des outils qui déchirent le tissu social », avance-t-il, confiant se sentir « immensément coupable » d’avoir contribué au succès de Facebook.