Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
props to #Google for working to upstream the #Android changes to #Linux, real #SoftwareFreedom and #security requires being able to run your own builds on your own device. If Android runs on the plain Linux kernel, that opens up many more possibilities.
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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/
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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
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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
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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
@fantazo ah no, not possible...
In this study, 6% of cars passing #bikes came within 1m of the biker. That feels like narrowly avoiding sudden death. "Can people imagine what life would be like if 6% of all the people they saw on a day-to-day basis unexpectedly threatened their lives?"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/04/16/painted-white-lines-are-not-cyclist-protecting-forcefields-agree-experts/
car traffic on the streets has increased about 4 times since I was a kid, and I see everyday how my kids are harmed by this. My parents didn't even think about me crossing the street, I just did it starting around age 6. Now we have to teach our kids a lot to cross even the street we live on. Things can be better https://theconversation.com/how-cities-of-the-future-could-see-cars-parked-for-good-21138
I've been thinking about the #city as a #desert, it is mostly devoit of plant/animal/insect/etc life, often even when there is exposed dirt. I've been working on bringing life back to a few tree pits around where I live, and it is not so easy. It was then fascinating to see this on a massive scale in this documentation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDgDWbQtlKI
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Data isn't gold, it's uranium. Companies stockpile and refine it because of the great power it creates. But the industry is largely unregulated and creates hazardous by-products. When it spills it's almost impossible to clean up and when it explodes it leaves a wasteland behind.
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Sharp summary & analysis of the DNS over HTTPS debate w Firefox, Chrome & Cloudflare on Theconversation.com: "Fundamentally, this debate does not centre on the arrival of a new technology though. As often is the case, it centres on power, who should have it and who should wield it. For example, who should regulate the web, and who should be able to exploit our data?" -> https://theconversation.com/dns-over-https-why-the-webs-latest-privacy-tech-is-causing-an-outcry-125188?
@duckduckgo making it easy to find the tracking that apps are doing
@emergencyexit @lunduke building for into Firefox has been a topic of discussion between Tor and Mozilla for years... Mozilla chose to focus on upstreaming the various tracking protections first. Those are easier for providing a simple, unsurprising UX
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[EN] Today we reached the 100,000th report! Check them out there: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/
[FR] Aujourd'hui, nous avons dépassé les 100 000 rapports d'analyse ! Retrouvez-les sur :
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/fr/reports/
Thank you for your support on https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/page/contribute/
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Apps on my phone connecting over Tor: F-Droid, Fedilab, spaRSS, OsmAnd.
Most wanted next app: NextCloud.
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We are hiring: Working student as software developer, computer scientist, electrical engineer https://www.nitrokey.com/career #opensource #jobs
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Efforts to boycott Elsevier and reimagine the scholarly communications ecosystem are on the forefront of the fight for knowledge. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/dont-let-science-publisher-elsevier-hold-knowledge-ransom
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The Debian Project stands with the @GNOME Foundation in defense against patent trolls https://bits.debian.org/2019/10/gnome-foundation-defense-patent-troll.html
#DDoS targeted #Amazon S3 specific bucket domain names, e.g. mycloudydata.s3.amazonaws.com, that could be used as leverage to get Amazon to keep the bucketless domain name s3.amazonaws.com
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/22/aws_dns_ddos/
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/28/amazon_ddos_attack/
Good to see some media pointing out that just because #Trump supports an idea does not make it automatically wrong. The US Intelligence establishment is pushing that belief as an means to rehabilitate their image after missing 9/11, making up #Iraq #WMD, waterboarding, #Snowden leaks, losing control of the #Vault7 exploits , etc.
https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-deep-state/
Joined Aug 2019
