Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

@eighthave @fdroidorg That's typically the reason why I can't support open source anymore. The freedom to do anything you want means the freedom to build the biggest capitalist company in the history of humanity and making money off of whatever your software can do.

I actually believe Open Source has done more harm than good, but it's just a gut feeling. Only Libre Software can be beneficial for humanity.

@matthew_d_green Now that they have gotten heavier into the advertising business, and have successfully pushed competitors out of their space, they have business reasons too.

When I hear them talk about privacy it's the same definition as when Google or others say it. They mean protecting your data from third parties or competitors, but not themselves.

So when Apple does things that harm privacy, you know it’s a choice — not some business exigency. Not that the latter is an excuse.

Will We Learn From Twitter's Collapse?
https://vsquare.org/will-we-learn-from-twitters-collapse/

My piece got published by #VSquare.

> Even as we watch in disbelief as #Twitter goes down in flames, we continue to put all our digital eggs in the baskets of Google Docs or Microsoft Office 365. We continue to host our services on Amazon AWS, behind CloudFlare. We continue to tie our businesses and public debate and our digital lives to Facebook. Because it’s easier that way.
>
> Until it’s not. But by then it’ll be too late.

Just hard-deleted my @legind@twitter.com account. Bye bye, birdie. #twitterexodus

Imagine you could install any software on any device. The devices you own that don't receive updates anymore, or where you found out that the software is full of ads/tracking. You could replace it, maybe with a Linux distro like postmarketOS running mainline. These devices wouldn't need to be electronic waste. We signed @fsfe's #openletter to the EU to make this happen.

You can sign it, too!

https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html

#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #EWWR #FreeSoftware #LinuxMobile #UpcyclingAndroid

@eighthave

Closed source code will always have possibility for surveillance regardless of business model.

Interesting thread on Apple Analytics’ ability to identify you. https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1594515229915979776?s=46&t=ypH4xGEMqh_GZTOt0vx1OQ

If some rich dude can buy the public square, then it wasn't the public square.

🇺🇳 💰 #UN #Democracy Fund #grants are open. $100k - $250k for 2-year projects improving peoples' lives in various areas:

youth engagement, law & human rights, media & freedom of information, strengthening civil society, gender equality, and electoral process

Deadline to apply is 30 November.

https://www.un.org/democracyfund/apply-for-funding

"At Google, we still seem to believe that fantasy that users agreed to this."

Find out what Google employees really think about their privacy policies 👀

https://mlexmarketinsight.com/news-hub/editors-picks/area-of-expertise/data-privacy-and-security/googlers-voice-stinging-critique-of-companys-actions-on-privacy-in-previously-unreported-internal-interviews-made-public-by-us-judge?fbclid=IwAR1NzrnRA7eRnDEBs7g-QwwbrtZUGUzOK23CyY5b4C8j_tt_AITBWlnyHiQ

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1589620523595546626

Looking forward to those new features in #Mastodon which have been funded with public money through the EU's NGI0 discovery fund (coordinated by #NLnet and #FSFE is also helping) https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0rc1 Public Money? #PublicCode

If you send an email with an unsubscribe link, clicking that link should unsubscribe you. No: it should not require account login.

In a world where your servers are operated by volunteers rather than big well-resourced SV corporations with security teams, it’s interesting to think about how we can make identity and authentication require fewer shared secrets.

The Procurement Chamber in the German state of Baden-Württemberg decided that the transfer of personal data outside of the EU is not #GDPR compatible.

"It’s a landmark decision that has a huge influence in Germany & the rest of Europe"

#GDPR #SchremsII
https://nextcloud.com/blog/baden-wurttemberg-procurement-chamber-decides-us-cloud-services-are-not-gdpr-compliant/

In the span of 7 days, Infosec.exchange has grown:
From 3000 total accounts to 5100 total accounts
From 180 active users to 2500 active users
From 90000 posts to 104000 posts

That is pretty incredible. I am very happy to see the community here on the fediverse.