Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

Great alternatives to Google Maps that use #OpenStreetMap data:

- Qwant Maps: website, has directions. Highlights the fact that data is from #OSM, providing links to view and edit the data.
https://www.qwant.com/maps
- F4map: website, 3D views of cities.
https://demo.f4map.com/
- MAPS.ME: mobile apps with a neat vector renderer. Minimalist. Works offline. More obviously profit-oriented.
- OsmAnd: mobile apps with lots of features. Offline too. (Too?) many customisations and options available.

CryptPad is a free open source online office suite which can be used collaboratively and anonymously. It is a privacy-friendly alternative to Google's Drive/Docs services.

You can follow them here:

➡️ @cryptpad

You can self-host CryptPad or use their official instance. Their website is at https://cryptpad.fr

The system is designed to be "zero knowledge", so the people hosting have no access to users' data.

#CryptPad #FOSS #FLOSS #GoogleDrive #GoogleDocs #Alternatives #Privacy

So what you're saying is, after 18 months you've mined all the profit you can out of your users' data, which is the real heart of what you do.

https://twitter.com/sundarpichai/status/1275835273637576704

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1278686616953987076

Many fellow open-source projects are hit hard by the COVID crisis. These are FOSS crowdfunding campaigns that need help! Check out their call for support:
https://fossresponders.discourse.group/t/foss-crowdfunding-campaigns-that-need-your-help/61

Guerilla Pop Up Bike Lane, ausgerollt über parkende Autos auf dem Radweg

https://urbanshit.de/guerilla-pop-up-bike-lane-ausgerollt-ueber-parkende-autos-auf-dem-radweg/

Back in 2011, @eighthave and @n8fr8 had a crazy idea to turn #Android SQLite guts into a standalone wrapper for #SQLCipher, funded by #USGovt #InternetFreedom money. #Zetetic made it a well-engineered product. Latest user: German gov's Corona Warn App. Technical projects with high risk of failure, without paths to massive profits rarely get developed in the private sector. This project highlights mixing public grants and private enterprise to deliver security and privacy in essential software.

It is proven!

Android apps can be built using only standard packages from Debian Buster!

https://gitlab.com/Matrixcoffee/hello-world-debian-android

"This project helps to document the Android tools in Debian by providing an example build, and can serve as a base template for new projects for those who would like to develop Android apps using only truly Free and Open Source software."

#Google will require #Android App Bundles for new apps in Play, thereby forcing developers to give Google their app's private signing key. This further centralizes the ecosystem and strengthens their #monopoly by making it harder to publish outside of Play https://www.xda-developers.com/google-play-billing-v3-app-bundle-requirement-2021/

In einer Stunde geht die Pressekonferenz von @neos_eu@twitter.com und uns los. Hier könnt ihr live dabei sein!

https://tvthek.orf.at/live/Pressekonferenz-der-NEOS-Massives-Datenschutz-Leck-um-Wirtschafts-und-Finanzministerium-und-WKOe/14064964

🎉🎈 Mastodon.Social has just welcomed its 500.000th user 🎂

At this 🌟special🌟 #milestone I would like to thank everyone in the #fediverse for the numerous interesting posts, the wonderful time and the untiring voluntary #community contributions that make it all possible.❤️

@Gargron #mastodon #mastodonSocial #500k #freedom

History tells us that protocols adopted in times of crisis often persist when the crisis is over.

That’s why social media platforms should publicly commit, now, that they will restore and expand human review as soon as this crisis has abated. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/automated-moderation-must-be-temporary-transparent-and-easily-appealable

We're sorry, Zoom is becoming a bit of a punching bag - but, like Facebook, they choose their own business practices and we all can disagree with those questionable choices. So do SpaceX and NASA... They have banned the use of Zoom.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3557756-zoom-use-banned-spacex-nasa

We, alongside a network of advocates, have launched an online resource centre to track and explain worldwide Covid-19 measures - you can find it here: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/fighting-global-covid-19-power-grab

Anyone with updates can contact us at: info@privacyinternational.org.

"Zoom's ease of use, feature base, and free service tier have made it a go-to resource not only for all those office meetings that used to happen in conference rooms but also for teachers, religious services, and even governments. The widespread use, in turn, is shining a bright spotlight on Zoom's privacy and data-collection practices, which apparently leave much to be desired." -> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/03/zooms-privacy-problems-are-growing-as-platform-explodes-in-popularity/

Good info from F-Droid on the jitsi app.

Warning: when using a Jitsi Meet instance, your stream is encrypted on the network but decrypted on the machine that hosts the bridge. See https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/409#issuecomment-355406112 for more information.