Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

Security scandal around #WhatsApp shows the need for decentralised #FreeSoftware messengers, #OpenStandards in communication, and digital sovereignty

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200228-01.html #publiccode #FreeYourAndroid

#MachineLearning is proving to be quite #exploit-able, humans need to stay in charge, with #AI only as an assistant:
"Hackers stuck a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35-mph speed sign and successfully tricked 2 Teslas into accelerating to 85 mph"
https://www.businessinsider.nl/hackers-trick-tesla-accelerating-85mph-using-tape-2020-2?international=true&r=US

"The command line options we deserve" https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2020/02/20/the-command-line-options-we-deserve/ - Why curl has so many options, why we can't change them and there will be more in the future. Should we add a (G)UI?

One murky area of #FreeSoftware is what the #mirrors do with the all the #metadata they inevitably collect. Big mirrors like https://mirrors.kernel.org/ have no apparent public #privacy #policy. Purdue PLUG https://plug-mirror.rcac.purdue.edu/info.html and FAU https://ftp.fau.de/datenschutz post theirs

#Privacy policies need not be dense legalese meant to confuse and obscure, @EFF's #DoNotTrack #Policy provides a well crafted, privacy promise for like minded organizations to adopt https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy

The CIA literally owned Crypto AG from 1970 on, pushing out weakened crypto systems and allowing them to read messages sent around the world.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-security/cia-crypto-encryption-machines-espionage/

#infosec

"There was a popular idea that spying on your spouse was fair game...making it detectable was not a priority." Learn more about the fight against stalkerware from @evacide's keynote at @AppSecCali: https://twitter.com/AppSecCali/status/1224392355312103424

Without a moratorium or a ban, law enforcement agencies will continue to exploit technologies like Clearview’s and hide their use from the public. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/clearview-ai-yet-another-example-why-we-need-ban-law-enforcement-use-face

Hey #fosdem, the #FSFE is hiring: We are looking for interns and trainees experienced in legal, policy or technical fields to join our team in our Berlin office.

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200129-01

If you are interested, get in touch at our booth.

#publiccode #reuse #foss #floss #jobs

@Karlitschek explains at #FOSDEM why GPL is actually great for business (like it is for @nextcloud ), and why open source should not become closed/proprietary just to fight back against cloud competitors like Amazon, Google & Microsoft. #NextGenerationInternet

The latest iOS & Android updates make the option to opt-out of location tracking very pronounced, & users are acting on it.

"Since the launch of iOS 13 last fall, the amount of background location data that marketers collect has dropped by 68%." https://www.fastcompany.com/90454921/apple-and-googles-tough-new-location-privacy-controls-are-working

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1223981147937562624

In 2020 our world is only 8.6% circular. In other words - we waste more than 92% of everything we consume. Our global engine is stuck in reverse. We've teamed up with @circleeconomy@twitter.com to explore how we can close this circularity gap.

Here is some good #privacy news: the Eu Advocate General has concluded national mass retention laws in the EU are illegal. Countries can not demand that internet providers just keep massive amounts of personal data because it might be useful some day.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/3334/advocate-generals-opinion-national-security-mass-retention-regimes-are

I installed T-UI (Terminal based launcher - https://f-droid.org/app/ohi.andre.consolelauncher ) today and it instantly eliminated all check emails, check mastodon, check all messenger, check emails again habits.

I guess it's more because of the unfamiliarity of the interface than any inherent benefit to it. Let's see how this will go. Maybe I'll just have to keep changing my phone UX radically every few months.

Chelsea Manning has been incarcerated for more than 9 months. She is being held in jail and fined $1,000 per day for up to 18 months or until she agrees to cooperate with the Grand Jury. #ReleaseChelsea https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz_zBfjP2PE

As President Trump prepares to sign the USMCA, remember that when copyright creeps into trade agreements, it's almost always bad news. #CopyrightWeek https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/dont-write-copyright-law-secret