Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

This week's @ubuntu Security Podcast we cover updates for DBus, vim, elfutils, GLib & more, plus @joeubuntu & @alex_murray look at another npm package hijack as well as some wider discussions around the big vim RCE of the week.
Listen:
https://t.co/gHvDTsNkpt tweeted by @ubuntu_sec

Creeping socialism: Denver council member wins with promise to impose progressive policies 'by any means necessary' https://www.sott.net/article/415132-Creeping-socialism-Denver-council-member-wins-with-promise-to-impose-progressive-policies-by-any-means-necessary

New Jersey: School District Scraps Posters Calling Upon “Allah” To Shower Children With Blessings https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/06/17/new-jersey-school-district-scraps-posters-calling-upon-allah-to-shower-children-with-blessings/ #Culture

Exclusive: #ZorinOS And Star Labs Team Up To Offer A Beautiful Linux Laptop Experience http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/124937 #gnu #linux #russia

KDE Plasma 5.16, AMD Ryzen/Navi, Firefox Premium, Matrix 1.0, OBS, PinePhone | This Week in Linux 70 https://tuxdigital.com/2019/06/episode-70-this-week-in-linux/ https://www.fosslinux.com/16058/kde-launches-the-latest-version-of-its-desktop-environment-plasma-5-16.htm

"There are two versions of the Internet today. One with an ad blocker and one without." http://www.opensourcesecuritypodcast.com/2019/06/episode-150-our-ad-funded-dystopian.html

" #LibreOffice is the default LibreOffice suite for Ubuntu but it is by all means not the only one. In this article, we will look at different office suites for Ubuntu and all of its pros and cons." https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2019/06/office-suites-for-ubuntu-1804.html

Differences between Four #LinuxMint Editions
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/124944 #gnu #linux

today's howtos
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/124951 #howto #gnu #linux #unix

#DragonFlyBSD 5.6.0 now ready http://www.dragonflybsd.org/mirrors/ #bsd #unix

Chris Hedges: The Coming Show Trial of Julian #Assange https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-coming-show-trial-of-julian-assange/

5 command-line #games for sysadmins
https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/command-line-games #gnu #linux

Could alternatively use #nsa back doors in #microsoft #windows

These #voting machines are a farce; #election rigging guaranteed. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/06/a-researcher-found-a-bunch-of-north-carolina-voting-machine-passwords-online/

Would you like to avoid #Facebook from tracking your web surfing? You can and it's really easy!
Just install #Firefox with "Facebook Container" https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/facebook-container/

#privacy #privacyMatters

They talk about /e/OS here...
#android #opensource #privacy
https://fossbytes.com/challenge-android-monopoly-open-source-alternatives/

Interested in #privacy and which #trackers are used by your #android apps? I found #exodusprivacy. They also have an Android app that shows results for your installed apps. Very interesting.
But what does it tell me? What information is collected? Well I don't know.
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/

Did you know that #Facebook is able to know the time you wake up and the time you are in the office simply by monitoring your #Whatsapp usage?

Avoiding it is simple. There are excellent alternatives. Download Signal (https://signal.org/) today and recommend it to your friends.

#privacy #privacyMatters

Massachusetts Bill Would Limit Warrantless Stingray Spying http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2019/06/massachusetts-bill-would-limit-warrantless-stingray-spying/ #cellsitesimulator #FourthAmendment #Massachusetts #surveillance #StateBills #Stingrays #stingray #Privacy #S1030

Huawei reportedly expecting massive international sales drop due to US ban https://www.androidauthority.com/huawei-sales-drop-us-ban-999192/ #HuaweiHonor #Honor20Pro #Honor20 #Huawei #News

Unix50.org

Celebrating 50 years of UNIX: 1969 - 2019! Presented by the SDF Public access Unix System

https://unix50.org/

#news #retro