Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

It's so weird watching The Dropout – a TV series about the Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes – while also watching OpenAI and Sam Altman happen IRL.

Which flag best symbolises Europe's unity?

Many ideas were submitted to the Council of Europe in the 1950s, but the 🇪🇺 EU flag was unanimously adopted on 8 December 1955.

Seven decades on, the flag embodies the values of unity, solidarity, diversity and harmony and is the most recognisable symbol of our European identity.

Ahead of #EuropeDay, get to know it ⬇️

The F-Droid Board of Directors got an update with a few new faces, some remaining ones and one leaving.

https://f-droid.org/2024/04/29/board-appointments-2024.html

#FDroid

#golang's core crypto/tls library merged client #ECH support! It should be included in the Go v1.23 release. Server-side support is still in the works.

https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/578575

#EncryptedClientHello

➡️ It's a Big Freaking Deal when we can move any #UnitedNations organization away from #Microsoft.

The system-wide IT shop UNICC has announced its move to #Matrix:

https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-united-nations-ditches-big-tech-in-a-bid-for-security

Completely mind boggling to me that we threw away 5 billion phones in 2022.

Some of those could have been repurposed: smartphones are hardly innovating any more. The most eco-friendly phone is the one you already have.

We need to publicly support communities like @postmarketOS who work on making these phones repurposable, and @gnome that work on making a polished mobile experience that serves people, not creepy corporations.

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63245150

It's pretty unsavory how everybody talks about #MarketPlaces when it comes to platforms for distributing apps. I guess because of #DMA. But it's important to take a step back and appreciate that like many other #FOSS platforms #FDroid is not a maket place, it's a #commons.

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons

We’re excited to share details about STF’s investment in @gnome to improve accessibility, tooling, and security for the Linux desktop ecosystem. Learn more about the comprehensive plan to modernize the platform and support features in the public interest:

https://sovereigntechfund.de/tech/gnome

Tell the U.S. Senate: RISAA does not reform mass surveillance — it greatly expands who can be surveilled and why. https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-u-s-senate-stop-risaa-the-fisa-mass-surveillance-expansion

Lucky Spain. Three eclipses in three years. 🫠

#eclipse

Every time I do tech support for my family I get very angry about people who whine about lacking "tech literacy".

90% of the stuff I have to teach them is how to navigate manipulative software and dark patterns. This has nothing to do with tech, but with capitalism. Tech is not complicated, it is just made maximally confusing on purpose to remove agency.

Better tech ed won't fix this.

We need your help! Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on reauthorizing and expanding Section 702. https://eff.org/risaa

Welcome to Stephen Farrell as #curl commit author 1260: https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/11922

"Just search for 'Linux Foundation Events' in your app store to find our brand new [proprietary?] AI-powered app!"

- Jim Zemlin @ #OSSNA

#OSSNA24 #FDroid #hypocrisy

🕵️🔎🔎📱 The “repackaged” EU Council version of #chatcontrol still includes #MassSurveillance & serious threats to #encryption. Fortunately 🇩🇪🇵🇱🇫🇷🇦🇹🇳🇱🇪🇪🇫🇮 have acknowledged the severe concerns. We call on EU Member States to reject this dangerous position.
https://epicenter.works/content/open-letter-eu-councils-chatcontrol-is-still-mass-surveillance-undermining-encryption

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Major push to impose a U.S. site-blocking law. Nothing has changed since SOPA. Of course, lawful content would also be blocked https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/movie-industry-demands-us-law-requiring-isps-to-block-piracy-websites/ #Quad9