Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

How many of you employed by a company active in the field of collecting, cataloguing and searching personal data have read IBM and the Holocaust?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

Just the fear of #surveillance can turn us into self-censors and stop us from exercising intellectual freedom and curiosity.

If we think we're being watched, our behavior changes.

Let's choose an internet free of mass surveillance. #TakeBacktheInternet https://blog.torproject.org/we-can-choose-internet-without-surveillance

Patent troll lobbyists want us to believe that Section 101 is harming U.S. innovation. In fact, it protects the public from junk patents. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/11/alice-doesnt-block-good-patents-it-protects-public-requiring-real-invention

🎂Happy Birthday, εxodus🎂

[EN]On the occasion of the second anniversary of the εxodus platform, a new update on the association’s progress.
https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/post/second-birthday/

[FR] Pour les 2 ans de la plateforme, faisons un point sur les projets de l'association !
https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/fr/post/second-birthday/

Thanks to @gandi @maiwann @codelutin @LaQuadrature @passageenseine @geekfaeries @fosdem and @Framasoft

We ❤️ open source. Your Tutanota client is fully published as open source software. 😍 We even built our own captcha instead of using Google's Captcha. Read here why: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/open-source-email/

There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to VPNs. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/choosing-vpn-thats-right-you

Am Freitag findet das govcamp vienna statt. Dieses Barcamp steht unter dem Motto "Digitaler Raum - frei & sicher?" und beschäftigt sich mit allen Aspekten der Digitalisierung. - Anmeldung erforderlich, aber kostenlos! https://barcamptools.eu/govcamp-vienna-2019/

Am Wochenende hat die CDU auf ihrem 32. Parteitag beschlossen, sich der Forderung der FSFE anzuschließen, dass mit öffentlichen Geldern entwickelte Software als Freie Software allen Zugute kommen soll:

"Deshalb gilt künftig für alle (öffentlichen) Digitalisierungsprojekte in Deutschland: #Auftragsvergabe und Förderung sind an die Einhaltung der Prinzipien #OpenSource und offene Standards gebunden."

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191125-01.de.html

#FreieSoftware #publiccode

At its 32nd party conference this weekend, the German conservative party CDU resolved to join @fsfe in demanding that software developed with public money should be publicly available as #FreeSoftware:

"This is why the following will apply to all (public) digitisation projects in Germany in the future: the awarding of contracts and funding will be subject to compliance with the principles of open source and open standards."

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191125-01.en.html

#publiccode

LibreOffice is available in over 100 languages, thanks to our worldwide contributors! Here's Sidorela Uku and the Albanian community, running various events around LibreOffice localisation, design, marketing and more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2019/11/18/libreoffice-localisation-sprint-and-other-events-in-albania/

In a big win for privacy, @microsoft will adopt encrypted DNS queries for Windows users.
This helps close a big privacy gap on the web by preventing on-path eavesdropping, spoofing, and blocking by encrypting your DNS requests.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Networking-Blog/Windows-will-improve-user-privacy-with-DNS-over-HTTPS/ba-p/1014229

We’ve long advocated against frivolous and harassing lawsuits intended to silence free speech, often called SLAPP suits. We’re thrilled that @LastWeekTonight has weighed in and discussed their own SLAPP experience. https://www.hbo.com/video/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver/seasons/season-6/episodes/119-episode-178/videos/november-10-2019-slapp-suits

There are some very nice designs for an icon for forum.f-droid.org: https://forum.f-droid.org/t/upgrade-of-f-droid-logo-icon-for-2019/7412/22

We'd love to see more feedback there so we can get one of them approved as the official forum icon.

Less than 24 hours left to provide your feedback on the EU guidelines for #RouterFreedom! #BEREC is running a #PublicConsultation defining whether your router will belong to you or to your ISP. Please participate now, it's as easy as sending an email!

See how to make yourself heard, and the #FSFE's response on the current draft: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191120-01.html