Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

7th Consecutive Month Of Record Firearm Background Checks https://rantingly.com/7th-consecutive-month-of-record-firearm-background-checks/ #middle-misc

#invidious the instance closes down, long live invidious the software!

The lead developer is stepping down, but the project lives on. If you don't host your own, other public instances are listed at instances.invidio.us/ .

> Starting September 1st, I'm shutting down the user-facing portion of invidio.us and stepping away from development. [ . . . ]‌

> [ . . . ]‌ If you're a patron on Liberapay, I would urge you to switch your donation to iv-org, as that will ensure it goes to the stewards of the project going forward.

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Exclusive: Arizona bar owner charged with crime for violating COVID-19 executive order, says business may not survive https://www.theblaze.com/news/arizona-bar-owner-charged-with-crime-for-violating-covid-19-executive-order-says-business-may-not-survive

@michel_slm @vfrmedia @onepict @PINE64

https://e.foundation/ went a step further and actually removed any Google calls from the LineageOS code, which is probably closest to what you're looking for

Challenge coins: a symbol of kinship and respect for great achievements. For the first time, EFF challenge coins are available (only this summer) and they’re individually numbered for each supporter. https://supporters.eff.org/eff30-challenge-coins

"Even as the #government attempts to frame the #debate over the banning of #Chinese companies like #TikTok and #Huawei over privacy concerns, it continues to try to ban the #encryption of #data and #communications at home."
by @AlanRMacLeod
https://www.mintpressnews.com/microsoft-purchase-tiktok-us-tightens-grip-international-media/269945/ https://twitter.com/MintPressNews/status/1290351895735701504 #BehindTheHeadline #Microsoft

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There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to VPNs. Just like email, there are many VPN services out there and you should choose the service that works best for you. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you

Just a periodic reminder: make sure you have a *different* password for every website you use. Store them all in a password manager. The best option, in my opinion, is to host your own Bitwarden instance for your friends and family. Here's how: https://tech.oeru.org/setting-your-own-bitwarden-password-keeper-and-sync-server Cheap & easy.

Also, use 2FA if you think you can manage it! If you don't think so or don't know what it is, probably best not to.

Bill Gates: “You Don’t Have a Choice – Normalcy Only Returns When We Largely Vaccinate the Entire Population” (Video) https://sonsoflibertymedia.com/bill-gates-you-dont-have-a-choice-normalcy-only-returns-when-we-largely-vaccinate-the-entire-population-video/ #usnews #videos

Teachers protest across US over reopening schools in pandemic https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/teachers-protest-reopening-schools-pandemic-200803171744232.html

Trump threatens to sue Nevada to stop universal mail-in ballots https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/trump-threatens-sue-nevada-stop-universal-mail-ballots-200803175534662.html

‘Do As They Say’: Minneapolis Police Tell Residents To ‘Be Prepared To Give Up’ Personal Belongings To Robbers https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2020/08/do-as-they-say-minneapolis-police-tell.html

Judge Blocks Removal of Giant Robert E. Lee Statue with Injunction https://www.westernjournal.com/ap-judge-starts-new-injunction-barring-lee-statue-removal/ #americanhistory #georgefloyd #democrats #civilwar #virginia #lawsuit #usnews #news

Earthstar looks like a really interesting new decentralized-web project! Like Secure Scuttlebutt, but mutable and not log-structured!

This removes a lot of my worries about SSB as a scalable, privacy-preserving foundation layer going forward. Really keen to see where this might be heading.

https://github.com/earthstar-project/earthstar

OpenSSF: Open Source Security Foundation
https://github.com/ossf

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Did you know that #GDPR allows sites not to announce the use of "essential" cookies? Meaning those your site uses for itself, to keep the user logged in for example.

So when Internet commerce started to slap those stupid "we use cookies" banners on every site they used the more generic word "cookies" to avoid saying outright that their sites use *ad trackers*.

Long story short, if you don't sell your user data, you don't have to present stupid disclaimers.

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Trump blasts Deborah Birx after she warns US coronavirus pandemic is ‘extraordinarily widespread’ https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3095891/trump-blasts-deborah-birx-after-she-warns-us

ProtonMail founder: Apple uses monopoly to “hold all of us hostage” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/protonmail-founder-apple-uses-monopoly-to-hold-all-of-us-hostage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_source=twitter&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social
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