Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Read about the progress on mainline support for the Librem 5 phone and its development kit during the 5.17 development cycle here
https://puri.sm/posts/purism-and-linux-5-17/

A recent ruling potentially created weaker First Amendment protections for anonymous speakers who use someone else’s copyrighted material. We’ve filed a brief arguing that copyright is not a shortcut around the Constitution’s anonymous speech protections. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/copyright-not-shortcut-around-constitutions-anonymous-speech-protections-eff-tells

The sponsors of the anti-encryption #EarnItAct have a different vision for internet privacy: scan everything. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

In this era, many crimes can now have a technological dimension to them and could count as "cybercrimes," giving this treaty an unacceptably broad scope. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/un-committee-begin-negotiating-new-cybercrime-treaty-amid-disagreement-among

Privacy Badger fights invisible trackers while being adorable at the same time. Pick up this sticker and more to show your support https://supporters.eff.org/shop/privacy-sticker-combo

The CIA has been operating a mass surveillance program on U.S. persons with few if any measures of oversight and accountability. We must learn the extent of the damage and shut it down. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/we-need-answers-about-cias-mass-surveillance

EFF to court: The DMCA should not be used as a shortcut around the First Amendment’s protections for anonymity. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/copyright-not-shortcut-around-constitutions-anonymous-speech-protections-eff-tells

FEATURE: Make This The Year You Protect Your Data #dataprotection #tutanota #protonmail #bitwarden #1password #VPN

https://dt.gl/make-this-the-year-you-protect-your-data/

Linux Snap package tool fixes make-me-root bugs - Or you could think of them as a superuser password reset function The snap-confine tool i... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2022/02/19/linux_snap_ubuntu/

How We Test Meal Kits - CNET - We've tested nearly every meal kit service available in the US to find the best fit for a... - https://www.cnet.com/health/nutrition/how-we-test-meal-kits/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Mexican Avocado Ban Lifted, Averting Shortage and Price Hikes - CNET - Imports of the fruit were suspended Saturday after a death threat against a US safety ins... - https://www.cnet.com/news/mexican-avocado-ban-lifted-averting-shortage-and-price-hikes/#ftag=CAD590a51e

PipeWire 0.3.46: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/tags/0.3.46 #linux #linuxgaming #pipewire #audio #framework #alternative #foss #release #update

Snowden was right: Pandemic surveillance is here to stay - COVID-19 isn’t the first global pandemic, but it is the first of the algorithmic a... - https://thenextweb.com/news/edward-snowden-was-right-pandemic-mass-surveillance-is-becoming-permanent #insider #neural

If you want to play with it yourself, I just checked in the code here:

https://github.com/small-tech/nodekit/blob/main/examples/streaming-fediverse-posts/index.page

#SmallWeb #NodeKit

This is ALL the code you need in NodeKit to create a server-side rendered STREAMING view of your Mastodon public timeline.

Join us at 5PM UTC today to see me recreate this live on Small Is Beautiful.

https://owncast.small-web.org

#SmallWeb #NodeKit

Star Trek 4 Will Bring Back Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto - CNET - The last time we saw the gang together was in 2016's Star Trek Beyond. - https://www.cnet.com/news/star-trek-4-will-bring-back-chris-pine-and-zachary-quinto/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Nextcloud users - Update now: 23.0.2, 22.2.5 and 21.0.9 https://nextcloud.com/blog/update-now-23-0-2-22-2-5-and-21-0-9

Wine 7.2 spilled out with the beginnings of a WMA decoder https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/02/wine-72-spilled-out-with-the-beginnings-of-a-wma-decoder #OpenSource #Wine #Meta

FDA, Pfizer abandon 2-shot COVID vaccine in kids under 5, citing new data https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/fda-pfizer-abandon-2-shot-covid-vaccine-in-kids-under-5-citing-new-data/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social by @BethMarieMole
#newsbot

What special day is February 14? Well, I Love Free Software Day, of course! This year, take some time to reflect upon why you love free software, show appreciation, and share with others. #ILoveFS https://u.fsf.org/3i0