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the tax injustice rant – the new tax free upper limit for AirBnB, eBay & Co is 2000EUR or 29 trades per year – tax injustice double cum-ex standards – how to where to view yearly eBay turnover – jährlichen gesamt Umsatz und Anzahl Verkäufe einsehen Übersicht

24.05.2023

Paying taxes is no fun Paying taxes double and tripple is even less fun. Because let’s face it: when buying a pair of NEW shoes in Germany the average German Joe already pays at least 19% MwSt. plus the income […]

Population in decline – sustainability is key – what does it mean for mankind – how the internet has changed post-babyboomer attitude to sharing

15.03.2023

why it’s really time to occupy Mars & how the internet has changed post-babyboomer attitude to sharing Had an interesting conversation with a 65 year old, babyboomer, who has never personally seen war and who has not grown up with […]

Edward Snowden – Permanent Record – democracy + mass surveillance is no democracy – “the cloud” largely a DELL and CIA invention – Snowden and Socrates thinkers of society

07.11.2021

the positive vision (always start with something positive) if big data about every keystroke every step we make (the police: every step you make) algorithms determine how mankind will live and thus: technology is “neutral” until it is used for […]

1984 mass surveillance: for a better world? – trust – mass surveillance – and why is there so much violence on TV? – the trust problem between gov and citizens needs to be addressed – Trump to end all encryption? – short version summary of 1984

05.04.2020

scroll down and behave! (slaves of digital dictatorships) short version summary of 1984: short version: 1984 needs to be avoided at any cost. because: it is evil. (Google did not drop it’s motto “don’t be evil” for nothing) in essence: […]

stealth virus – unique mutation Virus in Word.doc but also File.pdf Mail Attachment not detected by Virus Scanner anymore – emotet most evil and costly malware yet

25.10.2019

Update: 2021-02 “A statement from the German Federal Criminal Police Office about their participation in Operation Ladybird said prosecutors seized 17 servers in Germany that acted as Emotet controllers.” and many bars of gold and cash were seized in Ukraine… […]

common linux standards vs biodiversity – what it can learn from nature – open standards – in bio diversity vs monoculture efficiency (why one system to rule them all is a bad idea)

19.10.2019

what IT can learn from nature: (src) mostly US users affected. Big Business: Big Companies and Big Money can afford Big Staff to maintain and secure their products, but they also provide Big Infrastructure (AWS, Office) and thus a single […]

nuclear and non-nuclear EMP and solar storms can fry your car and computers and external backup media?

09.10.2018

checkout the space weather today 🙂 “Schwabe cycle, is a nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun’s activity” (src) but the sun’s particles ALSO shield from even more outer space radiation BUT the sun is ALSO protecting Earth & Mars […]

the holy cow of mass surveillance fires back – Intel Confirms Vulnerability In Intel AMT/ME – 1984 calling again or How to Hack a Turned-Off Computer

02.05.2017

Update: 2019.01: Redhat CPU fixes overview: Is CPU microcode available to address CVE-2017-5715 via the microcode_ctl package? https://access.redhat.com/articles/3436091 Update: https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Intel-Prozessoren-undokumentierter-Debugging-Zugriff-erforscht-4256525.html update: from FSF: Dana Morgenstein: If there is an event at your university or in your community addressing the Intel chip […]

Who is running the network time servers?

18.04.2016

Who is running also those neat nuclear power synced and free servers like: de.pool.ntp.org 0.de.pool.ntp.org 1.de.pool.ntp.org 2.de.pool.ntp.org 3.de.pool.ntp.org WHY are they FREE OF CHARGE? Despite costing money for those who run it. Those guys: The Network Time Foundation USA. nwtime.org […]

How much is paypal charging? Wie viel kostet paypal an Gebühren? – 2015 = 1.97% 2019 = 2.63% of every transaction

16.03.2015

Update: 2019: PayPal charges -2.63% of EVERY TRANSACTION! … it is really about time eBay integrates CryptoCurrency payment ? that’s it. i had enough of both companies. J.P. MORGAN AG, FRANKFURT 6231605988 CHASDEFXXXX IBAN No. DE91501108006231605988 BLZ No. 5011 0800 […]

GNU Debian Linux – howto Send encrypted E-Mail with Thunderbird and Enigmail and PGP in 5 Minutes (including backup and restore keypair) – your secret key has missing trust

27.01.2014

Update: 2022: GPG is now integrated into Thunderbird 🙂 And it works pretty okay, thanks all involved 🙂 https://www.linuxbabe.com/security/encrypt-emails-gpg-thunderbird https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-howto-and-faq Update: 2021-01 Mozilla changed a lot in Thunderbird, Enigmail and other addons are not working anymore. Update: 2020-10 apt-listchanges: News […]

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