BeardlyDavid @fssofdeath@librem.one

Today's fedi-convos have been interesting but have me wondering about general public's attitudes towards Free software.

Like...hey I *can* use it "gratis" so that means I'm "entitled" to use it for free, including getting updates and support...even I'd I have the means to pay.

You have the right to use Free software at no monetary cost. This does NOT let you abdicate your responsibility to take care of your own systems. Read the license. NO WARRANTY.

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"Agriculture is tricky to do securely, almost everything requires root."

Hackers breach LineageOS servers via unpatched vulnerability - LineageOS source code, OS builds, and signing keys were unaffected, developers said. more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-breach-lineageos-servers-via-unpatched-vulnerability/#ftag=RSSbaffb68

*walking outside during #COVID19 *

EVERY BOOMER EVER:

you, a fool: you don't hate mondays, you hate ~capitalism~

me, wise: actually i can hate more than one thing at a time due to my Enormous Brain

It's sadly ironic how many privacy-related articles are shared with tracking parameters added to the address.

So here's a PSA to protect your friends & followers: When you share *any* links, please check for (& remove) text in the address that starts with ?utm_

Thank you.

With #privacy and #security breach increases we've seen a steady increase of recommendations for Purism products. We are so happy we can help people, their families and businesses protect themselves. Curious to see what a #Librem laptop can do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVcJgCvFuWo #encryption

It still needs a lot of work, but a proof of concept for window thumbnails in #phosh appears to work :) #librem5 @purism

Protip: when someone from an opressed group (e.g. POC, immigrants, women, etc) complain about something a privileged group tends to do (white, non-immigrants, cis men, etc), if you are from the privileged group, there's no need for you to comment assuring that you don't do these things. There's also no need to comment "lol yeah we're horrible aren't we" on a serious post about terrifying opression. It makes you seem defensive and like you're not taking opression seriously.

If you don't do those things? Congratulations! You don't get a medal, that's a bare minimum. If you do those things? Quietly improve and maybe boost the post that made you realise that you did wrong.

I know it doesn't seem like a big deal if you're privileged but it gets tiring when half the replies on a serious post about opression are joke replies by the privileged group.

"Do you really want to plan for a future where you have to fight with someone who is as good as you are?"

-- Billon Zuckerbezos

https://www.ft.com/content/b38c5cf6-198a-11ea-97df-cc63de1d73f4