The first one 48 years ago : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Icelandic_women's_strike

On 24 October 1975, Icelandic women went on strike for the day to "demonstrate the indispensable work of women for Iceland’s economy and society" and to "protest wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices". It was then publicized domestically as Women's Day Off (Kvennafrídagurinn). Participants, led by women's organizations, did not go to their paid jobs and did not do any housework or child-rearing for the whole day. Ninety percent of Iceland's female population participated in the strike. Iceland's parliament passed a law guaranteeing equal pay the following year.

It has apparently become necessary to do it a second time…

Right!

If I had gotten 10 cent each time I heard (or said) this I would be close to 10 € by now :D
I switched to Linux back in 2006 but not everyone has the knowledge, the capacity or the motivation to do so.

Would that be what is referred to as Eternal September? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

I discovered it only a few weeks ago and I am sad to say that 1994-1995 was when I went online for the first time. With an AOL "Free 20 hours access". I undoubtedly contributed to degrade the quality of discussions, not mentioning choking several dial-accesses with the freakinig 50x50 pixels pictures I uploaded on my very first homepage.

Sorry, I'm so sorry…

For recent cars I am afraid you are right. My current and "old" car has a built in navigation system with the map on an SD-card. No need for a connection to a smartphone - which I do not own. Therefore I suppose it is not communicating with the manufacturer.

Then, someone in my family with a more recent car got several "firmware updates" out of the blue, hinting to a 'permanent' connection to the manufacturer.

I have the feeling we need to start organizing and claim a "right to disconnection". Having the car dial for help after a crash is one thing but what Mozilla's report describes is at another, much higher level.

Thanks a lot for your post ! The future of cars looks grim.

Serious and naive question: how could I get rid of the tracking at the hardware level when I will have no choice other than to buy a connected car?
Is there an antenna or a SIM card somewhere that I could disconnect/remove? Would the car continue to work if the connection to the manufacturer's server is lost?

The original painting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Innocent_X
The page about Bacon's study - or studies : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Study_after_Vel%C3%A1zquez's_Portrait_of_Pope_Innocent_X

Am I the only one finding a ressemblance between this portrait and Alejandro Jodorowsky's Incal or Technopriests?

Steve is so cute when not working <3

Did you ever watch Kedi, the documentary from 2016 about Istanbul's cats?

+1. I use it to help non-tech relatives. Apparently works on different OSes, including Android.
Install, setup password, create icon on desktop and name it "Help me" - Done.

Well, at least they got the piece of string right but… No tissues, no nail clipper and file? No band-aids, disinfectant, eye drops, sugar lumps, lip balm?
Anyway, judging by the weight of my hand bag the curling rock definitely IS somewhere at the bottom but I can't find it. There must be a secret pocket…

Wow! That's a creative way to use a caliper.
That's why teaching children about metrology basics is so important.

It is because of rumors about Windows starting to implement this type of measures that I moved to Ubuntu… That was shortly before Windows Vista came out, back in 2006.
I never went back again, except briefly on an air-gaped machine under 7 to play Skyrim and Grim Dawn.