Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

The 5th Amendment protects your right to refuse to provide your password to police. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/police-cant-demand-you-reveal-your-phone-passcode-and-then-tell-jury-you-refused

Prison technology companies are concocting new ways to extract biometric and personal information from inmates and their families. Our Catalog of Carceral Surveillance is spotlighting some of these shocking new developments. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/uncovering-incarceration-tech-introducing-catalog-prison-surveillance

Microsoft reverses controversial .NET change after open source community outcry - Image by Alex Castro / The Verge

Microsoft is reve... - https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/23/22742282/microsoft-dotnet-hot-reload-u-turn-response

#Amazon's Alexa Collects More of Your Data Than Any Other Smart Assistant
https://web.archive.org/web/20211023153807/https://uk.pcmag.com/smart-home/136455/amazons-alexa-collects-more-of-your-data-than-any-other-smart-assistant
#surveillance #surveilancecapitaism #privacy #siri #google #alexa

Stardew Valley’s creator announces pixel-art followup Haunted Chocolatier - Emphasis on "in de... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1806545 #gaming&culture #stardewvalley

Distrowatch News: Distribution Release: MX Linux 21 The MX Linux team has announced the launch of MX Linux 21. The new release is available in three editions: Xfce, KDE Plasma, and Fluxbox. "We are pleased to offer MX-21 for your use. Things that are new in MX-21: Debian 11 'Bullseye' base. New and updated applications..... http://distrowatch.com/11379

It’s Global Encryption Day, and we’re proud to stand with dozens of other organizations that are calling on governments and the private sector to reject efforts to undermine encryption. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/global-encryption-day-lets-stand-privacy-and-security

We're closing the gap with Arm and x86, claims SiFive: New RISC-V CPU core for PCs, servers, mobile incoming - As it appears Intel's attempt to gobble the upstart collapses SiFive reckons its fastest ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2021/10/21/sifive_riscv_cpu/

Today is the first Global Encryption Day!

🔒 Encryption makes life safer. Without it, our banking details, personal conversations, medical history, and everything in between is on display.

Now is the time to #MakeTheSwitch to encrypted services (like Tor!)

https://blog.torproject.org/first-global-encryption-day

People shouldn't have to unlock their phones for police. We’ve fought for that principle in courts across the country, and the fight continued this week in Utah. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/10/police-cant-demand-you-reveal-your-phone-passcode-and-then-tell-jury-you-refused

Edward Snowden: ‘If you weaken encryption, people will die’
https://web.archive.org/web/20211021142741/https://thenextweb.com/news/edward-snowden-warns-encryption-is-under-attack

Package Release: 10/21 snapd 2.53.1 snapd: a tool to support and manage .snap applications that are portable across different Linux systems https://snapcraft.io/

Gaming on a DIY Notebook with the Radxa Zero (ARM Board) using Box86 to run x86 games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEm2ZwKiSn0 #linux #linuxgaming #radxazero #soc #arm #box86 #shovelknight #dontstarve #diy

Package Release: 10/21 thunderbird 91.2.1 Mozilla Thunderbird: a full-featured e-mail and newsgroup client http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Hackers Lay Claim to Trump's Social App Before Its Launch - Hackers tied to the group Anonymous defaced a private version of the former president’s a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/technology/trump-truth-social-hackers.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #anonymous(internetgroup) #computersandtheinternet #cyberattacksandhackers #cyberwarfareanddefense #computersecurity #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

Software News: The Vim project has released version 8.2.3543 https://freshfoss.com/projects/vim/

Package Release: 10/22 calibre 5.30.0 Calibre: an e-book library management application http://calibre-ebook.com/

Microsoft loves Open-Source Sooo much, it removes hot reload from open source .NET and locks it to Visual Studio: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/22247 #microsoft #FOSS #dotnet #parody #community

Stardew Valley developer announces new game Haunted Chocolatier - CNET - The spooky game announcement comes just in time for Halloween. - https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/stardew-valley-developer-announces-new-game-haunted-chocolatier/#ftag=CAD590a51e

In the wake of this (and last) year's supply chain disruptions, Intel intends to do something the company has historically shunned: become a foundry.
https://trib.al/wQxm4pk
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