The #F-Droid build system can feel restrictive to devs because we require building from source and only use binary build tools that are confirmed to be built from source. That means allowlisting trusted organizations to do the right thing, then looking for exceptions. This is looser than reputable GNU/Linux distros (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Gentoo, etc), which build only with system packages. linsui wrote why Maven Central cannot be blindly trusted to provide free software
https://f-droid.org/2022/07/22/maven-central.html
@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.
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> 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
I don't think #ElonMusk is a force for good, and I'm not particularly a fan of #Twitter. But I do think it is a good thing to move to a subscription business model, where the the customer is the user, and away from the #SurveillanceCapitalism business model Twitter currently has.
Interesting thread on Apple Analytics’ ability to identify you. https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1594515229915979776?s=46&t=ypH4xGEMqh_GZTOt0vx1OQ
🇺🇳 💰 #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.
In the over 3 weeks since #FDroid
shipped a big overhaul of the production buildserver, there have been updates published on most days: Nov16 Nov15 Nov14 Nov13 Nov11 Nov09 Nov08 Nov05 Nov01 Oct31 Oct30 Oct29 Oct28 Oct27 Oct26 Oct25 Oct24 Oct22 Oct21 Oct20
And now, even more exciting, is that this unlocked lots of low hanging fruit that can make the process run much faster.
"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 👀
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
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.
Amsterdam police chasing around bikers in safety green while they cycle loops around private jets is a truly wonderful spectacle
https://nos.nl/artikel/2451147-ruim-200-klimaatactivisten-gearresteerd-op-schiphol-alle-actievoerders-weg
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/