Craig Cunningham @craigevil@librem.one

'Firestarter' Is Actually Streaming Now, the Same Day as Theaters - CNET - Firestarter is a rare new movie released simultaneously on the big screen and streaming, ... - https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/firestarter-is-actually-streaming-now-the-same-day-as-theaters/#ftag=CAD590a51e

The last few decades have seen a dramatic increase in the depth and breadth of privacy invasions from Big Tech companies. If you care about your privacy, what should you do, right now?

https://puri.sm/posts/the-second-best-time-to-protect-your-privacy/

New analysis from researchers at Mozilla revealed that mental health & prayer apps have "terrible privacy protection" and "they track, share, & capitalize on users’ most intimate personal thoughts & feelings, like moods, mental state, &biometric data.”
https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/2/23045250/mozilla-mental-health-app-privacy-analysis

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1525110365176184833

Open #DNS resolvers, from bad to worse

Blog post
https://blog.apnic.net/2022/05/13/open-dns-resolvers-from-bad-to-worse/

More Than $1 Trillion of Crypto Vanished in Just Six Months - Traders’ flight from risky investments has halved the price of bitcoin and other cryptocu... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-more-than-1-trillion-of-crypto-vanished-in-just-six-months-11652434202?mod=rss_Technology #paid

The Mitto AG surveillance case - or why we must never backdoor encryption: A single employee leaked sensitive data to secret services, potentially also to Russia.
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/mitto-ag-surveillance
#Fight4Privacy #No2Backdoors

Apple reportedly gives retail managers anti-union scripts - Managers have reportedly told employees that outside union... - https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/12/23069415/apple-retail-unionization-talking-points-scripts

The DEA is investigating a report that hackers gained access to an agency portal that taps into 16 federal law enforcement databases (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security) - Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
The DEA is investigating a report that hackers gained ... - http://www.techmeme.com/220512/p43#a220512p43

One-third of Apple and Google apps are so outdated they could get removed - CNET - A new report says 1.5 million apps on Google and Apple's app stores haven't been updated ... - https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/one-third-of-apple-and-google-apps-are-so-outdated-they-could-get-removed/#ftag=CAD590a51e

Here's an issue at our bug tracker to gather information about which wireless chips work out of the box or require extra configuration. If you'd like to help, add your wireless chip information in a comment, and we'll add it to the table afterward.

To display information about your network, do the following.

sudo lshw -C network

https://github.com/Nitrux/nitrux-bug-tracker/issues/67

@e_mydata

Installed Warpinator for Android with the anonymous App Lounge. Then used that to transfer videos I took on the phone to my #LinuxMint workstation using Warpinator... over ethernet, not wifi.

Tech stuff that makes me smile.

Debian Policy 4.6.1.0 released https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/05/msg00003.html

Need an Official, cross-platform LIVE USB Creator? Try this 👉

https://www.debugpoint.com/2022/05/fedora-media-writer/

#Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Fedora

Donations to The Document Foundation help us to maintain our infrastructure, keeping the LibreOffice project running smoothly. Learn what we did in 2021: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/05/13/annual-report-tdfs-infrastructure-in-2021/

Good news, everyone!

#ONLYOFFICE Docs v7.1 is already available. The newest version of the office suite offers the following features:

✅ ARM compatibility;

✅ Upgraded PDF/XPS/DjVu viewer;

✅ PDF to DOCX conversion;

✅ Print preview for sheets and more.

Read our blog for more details: https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2022/05/discover-onlyoffice-docs-v7-1/

Download #ONLYOFFICE Docs v7.1: https://www.onlyoffice.com/download-docs.aspx

Starlink now available to ship immediately in 32 countries - Starlink’s coverage map as of May 2022. | Image: SpaceX
... - https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/13/23070269/starlink-availability-32-countries-shipping-immediately

With #PeerTube, it’s easy to subscribe to channels 📺. You will be notified when a video is published and will get those videos in a dedicated page.
👉 https://joinpeertube.org/ #FreeTheAudience

Dear #Linux distribution makers: take all the energy you spend creating #GNOME themes and invest them in improving your overall experience, contributing upstream, and creating a nice dynamic wallpaper instead.

You’re not going to improve on stock GNOME 42.

This is not what I would have said in the past but I’m hugely impressed by the latest version and, more importantly, the direction they’re going. And sad to see the wasted effort that slows down releases and ties up vital development effort.

US states and local governments are backing off banning facial recognition, amid rising crime and increased lobbying from facial recognition developers (Paresh Dave/Reuters) - Paresh Dave / Reuters:
US states and local governments are backing off banning facial r... - http://www.techmeme.com/220513/p2#a220513p2

A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of - It’s a Wild West out there for artificial intelligence. AI applications are increasingly... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/05/13/1052223/guide-ai-act-europe/ #techpolicy #aiethics