Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

Brave and DuckDuckGo bypass AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages)

Mini article
https://www.realmicentral.com/2022/04/20/brave-and-duckduckgo-bypass-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages/

Does your software pass the simple freedom test?
✔️ Can you run the program as you wish?
✔️ Can you study its source code?
✔️ Can you share it alike?
If you can, you have complete control and you can avoid harm. Read Founder and CEO, Todd Weaver's advice here ➡️https://puri.sm/posts/control-freedom-and-harm/

#Octopus 1.2.2 release (alternative #Thunderbird #cryptography #backend)

Announce
https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2022/03/24/202203-octopus-1.2.2/

LinkedIn can’t use anti-hacking law to block web scraping, judges rule - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

In a case involving LinkedIn, a... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1849164 #computerfraudandabuseact #linkedin #policy

Package Release: 04/19 VirtualBox 6.1.34 VirtualBox: a family of x86 virtualisation products for enterprise and home use https://www.virtualbox.org/

Netflix estimates that its service is being shared with more than 100M non-paying households worldwide, including 30M+ in the US and Canada (Todd Spangler/Variety) - Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix estimates that its service is being shared with more t... - http://www.techmeme.com/220419/p20#a220419p20

The writing may be on the wall for sharing Netflix accounts - Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Netflix an... - https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/19/23032643/netflix-password-sharing-subscribers-100-million

NEW: our apps & extensions now protect against Google AMP tracking. When you load or share a Google AMP page anywhere from DuckDuckGo apps (iOS/Android/Mac) or extensions (Firefox/Chrome), the original publisher's webpage will be used in place of the Google AMP version.

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1516534351974092805

It seems we are going to host our project on #Codeberg. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

https://toot.fedilab.app/@apps/108154801725071125

Does the #GPL require that source code of modified versions be posted to the public? "The GPL does not require you to release your modified version, or any part of it. You are free to [...]" Read the full answer at https://u.fsf.org/3kt

AMP technology is bad for privacy because it enables Google to track users even more (which is already a ton).

And, Google uses AMP to further entrench its monopoly, forcing the technology on publishers by prioritizing AMP links in search and favoring Google ads on AMP pages.

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1516535049671397379

Lithium costs a lot of money—so why aren’t we recycling lithium batteries? - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)

Earth Day is April 22, and i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1849183 #lithiumionbattery #batteries #recycling #science #policy

Brave is bypassing Google AMP pages because they’re ‘harmful to users’ - Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Brave anno... - https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/19/23032776/brave-de-amp-google-browser

The Hated One - latest podcast: Mobile OS Security, Bitcoin
https://dt.gl/important-message-mobile-os-security-bitcoin-listener-questions-closed-ntwrk-w-the-hated-one/

Package Release: 04/19 qemu 7.0.0 QEMU: an open source machine emulator and virtualiser http://wiki.qemu.org/

Framework Laptop Mainboard: https://github.com/FrameworkComputer/Mainboard #linux #hardware #laptop #framework #mainboard

RT @eff: The artificial intelligence used by proctoring tools to detect academic dishonesty has been frequently shown to find false positiv…

Do you prefer to buy DRM-free ebooks? So you can read them on your favourite devices, and they're not locked to a single vendor or company?

Here is a list of over 300 online bookshops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, & magazines.

Happy Reading!
https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/

In a win for security researchers, journalists, and others, a court confirmed that scraping a publicly accessible website doesn’t violate the CFAA. But more is needed to protect them from misuse of the overbroad computer crime law.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/04/scraping-public-websites-still-isnt-crime-court-appeals-declares

Giggle – A self-hosted customizable and ad-free Google Search interface: https://github.com/dan-lovelace/giggle #linux #foss #giggle #google #search #adfree