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Fabian A. Scherschel

  • Podcaster, Journalist and Writer, Freelance
Düsseldorf, Germany
As seen in: Apple Podcasts, MSN Deutschland, Substack, c’t – Magazin für Computertechnik, Flipboard, Heise Online, Heise Security, Golem.de, Ostfriesen Zeitung Online, General Anzeiger and
Covers:  open source, linux, security, computer forensics, privacy, video games, science fiction, fantasy, politics, artificial intelligence
Journalist & writer, freelance — “a writer not writing is practically a maniac within himself” — NO AI 🦉

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Freelance journalist, writer and podcaster in Germany, writing in English and German. I specialise in IT security and privacy topics, but also write about video games, entertainment and politics.

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Unity alternatives - the many desktops of Ubuntu

Unity alternatives - the many desktops of Ubuntu

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Insider-Angriff: Bankdaten von zwei Millionen Vodafone-Kunden entwendet

Kriminelle haben bei einem Einbruch in interne Server von Vodafone Deutschland Stammdaten für zwei Millionen …

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PU 39: The Dead Internet Theory Was Right

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By Fabian A. Scherschel
| Substack
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:03:36 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Are humans really still the main reason internet infrastructure is being run for these days? (Yuriy Vertikov) Are humans on the internet being pushed out by bots? Is this a lunatic fringe conspiracy theory or does Cory Doctorow’s thesis of enshittification accurately describe what is happening?
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PU 36: Dire Straits of Hormuz

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By Fabian A. Scherschel
| fab.industries
Part of the Persian Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer — MODIS — on board of the Aqua satellite on 28 November 2007 (NASA) Download Episode Subscribe to podcast: List of all podcast episodes Routes through the Straits of Hormuz according to the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Routes through the Straits of Hormuz according to the BBC (BBC) Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vlad A Gouf, Fadi Mansour,...
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PU 35: The Horror of Computerised War

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By Fabian A. Scherschel
| fab.industries
Graves being dug for the victims of the US bombing of a school in Iran that killed over a hundred young girls (Iranian Foreign Media Department) Download Episode Subscribe to podcast: List of all podcast episodes Thanks to Michael Mullan-Jensen, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Vlad A Gouf, Fadi Mansour, Bennet Piater, Eric and Sir Galteran for supporting this podcast financially and therefore making it possible for me to produce it! Please consider supporting the show, too.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I worked in London covering open source and security news for The H

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Oh yes. I sometimes write blog posts on my Olympia Colortip S, actually — it is on my desk at all times

How is social media changing news?

Social media isn't changing the news, it *is* the news now