BeardlyDavid @fssofdeath@librem.one

Centralization is totally fine, until it isn't.
Robinhood would never shut people out of buying an asset... until they did.
A guillotine is a perfectly safe place to put your head, until it's not.

Secure software supply chain matters, even on Linux. This @arstechnicabot article describes a Remote Access Trojan hidden inside cryptocurrency tools.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/01/cryptocurrency-stealer-for-windows-macos-and-linux-went-undetected-for-a-year/

Check out our post on the Future of Software Supply Chain Security

https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-software-supply-chain-security/

#security #privacy

@fsf lists Librem 5 in its giving guide. https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v11/ #UserFreedom

Dear video game industry!

Nobody likes games with a 120-hour story mode, that's filled with 80 hours of the same, seemingly endlessly repeating side quests.

Nobody wants to pay for your crappy add-ons and digital loot.

Nobody is excited about the remaster of a five year old game.

Nobody cares for the 21st face-lift of FIFA.

Nobody...

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the murder of 14 students and staff at the Ecole Polytechnique. Let's forget the shooter, but remember

Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz

We can't let abusive patent litigation get in the way of bringing a COVID-19 vaccine to the world. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/open-access-must-be-rule-not-exception

missed by some, lost, due to fediblocking.

interesting and nice looking image. OP

Technology as it Should Be

"The power of control by Big-Tech in the app store is but a small example of exploitation of our digital lives. If you don’t control the software, the companies who wrote that software control you. You become a digital prisoner."

https://puri.sm/posts/technology-as-it-should-be/

#freedom #privacy #security

The antitrust investigation is already paying off: Google will no longer be prioritizing AMP pages https://themarkup.org/google-the-giant/2020/11/19/as-antitrust-pressure-mounts-google-to-pull-back-benefit-to-news-sites-that-adopted-its-preferred-mobile-technology

The Danger of Big Oil’s New Methane Emissions Pledge
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-danger-of-big-oil-s-new-methane-emissions-pledge-1845739135 #climatechange #climatecrisis #leadonclimate

If my brother and I even had a slightly more genderneutral upbringing

- instead of being constantly bombarded with "girls are good in languages and bad at math, while boys are good at abstract thinking (??) and working with their hands" nonsense -

then there's a good chance that I would have moved towards #engineering and my brother towards anything but construction. Alas, he got a technical degree and now hates his job, and I got a uni degree and now look up #woodworking in my free time. 🤷

Librem 5 Update: Fresh Dogwood Pictures

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-update-fresh-dogwood-pictures/

Learn more about the #librem5 : https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#freedom #privacy #security #linux

Si nous ne comptons pas plus de 60% de patients canadiens confirmés atteints de coronavirus, nous risquons de perdre notre statut de «société distincte». Québec

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.

...

"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 *

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