Shift Sight

Creating custom, durable, repairable electronic products to stop e-waste. Serving automotive, industrial, and medical customers. #ResponsibleTech

[Shift Sight @ShiftSight]

👋 Pardon our dust - we're rebranding, cleaning out this account, and updating our website.

This account was last active when Shift Sight was a triple-bottom-line startup. We were forced to move on - but we are still pushing hard for humanitarian goals.

Stay tuned!

[Right to Repair @RepairCoalition]

"Recycle Mode" is a new synonym for "Bricked".
https://t.co/gLGIpDSPCB via @engadget

[Right to Repair @RepairCoalition]

Apple shoots themselves in the foot again. They just don't get customer service.

Report: Apple Has Activated Software Locks on iPhone Batteries to Discourage Third-Party Repairs https://t.co/fWKpbi751r via @gizmodo

[Ruth Hailu @ruth_hailu_]

Fitness trackers may not accurately track heart rates in people of color. I did a deep dive into the complaints and the science behind them — and how companies like Fitbit are defending their products. Read more https://t.co/BsjXtc6bta

[Shift Sight @ShiftSight]

Secret agreements trample your privacy for police profit...
https://t.co/H4zEIyYM0F

... [and create e-waste] with questionable benefit:
https://t.co/oUYpr6LKkb

"In 2017, Wilshire Park suffered more burglaries than in any of the previous seven years."

#IoT #ewaste #dystopian

[Charlotte Jee @charlottejee]

@Apple Here's my report on the UN study https://t.co/UT2cAF8KSp

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

NEW: Multiple Snap employees have abused their privileged data access to spy on users. Motherboard has also learned of an internal tool called "SnapLion" that can be used to look up information about users

https://t.co/HSOjRsaynR

[Internet of Shit @internetofshit]

“Music streaming platforms are in a unique position within the greater platform economy: they have troves of data related to our emotional states, moods, & feelings. It’s a matter of unprecedented access to our interior lives, which is buffered by the flimsy illusion of privacy.”

[Right to Repair @RepairCoalition]

Repairable hardware is sustainable hardware.

[Right to Repair @RepairCoalition]

Consumers don't always want to buy new -- millions just want to fix their stuff and keep it working. #righttorepair needs to be an integral part of the future of e-waste.

The e-waste stream is expected to turn into a torrent as the world upgrades to 5G https://t.co/LABf0p78yU

[Right to Repair @RepairCoalition]

#righttorepair is a litmus test of ownership. If you can't fix it -- something is wrong with your rights.

We Are Tenants on Our Own Devices https://t.co/oPZVUwmfSk via @WIRED

[Circular Computing® @CircularIT]

More than 160 million new laptops are made every year, causing the same amount of greenhouse gas pollution as the entire airline industry. Don’t buy new, buy better.

#laptops #sustainability #carbonneutral #circulareconomy #remanufactured

[Shift Sight @ShiftSight]

E-waste is being created through software -- simply because a manufacturer was either unable or unwilling to consider the minimum effort to extend a product's life.

We are pioneering Design-for-Repair guidelines for manufacturers based on our own work with Jade.

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

NEW: Tens of thousands of perfectly usable, donated iPhones have to be shredded every year because of Apple's iCloud Activation Lock: https://t.co/2skdLvqqxe

[Shift Sight @ShiftSight]

"The idea was to create a computer that wasn't just cheap, it was almost disposable, with a price tag so low ...
'The idea of a breakable computer was important to us,' says Upton."

Oops. Electronics are not disposable.

https://t.co/DICbHryqlb

#RaspberryPi #ewaste #edtech

[Tamy Emma Pepin @TamyEmmaPepin]

Congratulations to Katie Bouman to whom we owe the first photograph of a black hole ever. Not seeing her name circulate nearly enough in the press.

Amazing work. And here’s to more women in science (getting their credit and being remembered in history) 💥🔥☄️

[Shift Sight @ShiftSight]

Shift Sight is working to address much of this -- as a company and through Jade.

We are but a small piece in a large puzzle of #SocEnt working to empower the public.

The current state is manipulation by tech without your knowledge or consent.

#UNSDGs #Montessori #edtech #STEM

[Dan Kaminsky @dakami]

Well, shit.

[Ben See @ClimateBen]

Remember:

1. The oceans are being killed.
2. Forests will soon be gone.
3. Fertile soil is disappearing.
4. Megafauna risk extermination.
5. Insects are vanishing.
6. Climate chaos is inevitable.
7. Extinction is now.
8. Plastic is in our blood.

None of this is front page news.