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@purism Can I please get my Librem 5 I ordered years ago?

Arizona AG Mark Brnovich is suing Google for lying to its users about location privacy, tracking them even after they opted out. A newly released set of unredacted Google records are explosive evidence of the company's deception.

https://www.azag.gov/media/interest/updated-redacted-google-complaint

The documents show that Google deliberately engineered its products so that you couldn't get your own location, or share it with an app, without also giving your location data to Google, too.

https://www.businessinsider.com/unredacted-google-lawsuit-docs-detail-efforts-to-collect-user-location-2021-5

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phosh 0.11.0 is out 🚀 : https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/-/releases/v0.11.0

New features:
- Wifi/WWAN/BT quick settings now toggle on/off, long press opens Settings
- Initial support for `gnome-session --systemd`
- Torch brightness slider
- Allow to show battery percentage in top bar (via Settings toggle)

And there's more! See above release notes for the full list of changes and contributors.

#phosh #librem5 #purism #gnomeonmobile #gnome

Troubleshooting coreboot and EC firmware isn't for the faint of heart, but when a small number of Librem 14s wouldn't boot after being flashed, it meant a deep dive into firmware troubleshooting. Dive in with us as we go from problem to solution: https://puri.sm/posts/wrangling-the-ec-adventures-in-power-sequencing/

Apple's testimony today describes their future for computing. In the name of security, Apple wants to vet (and get a cut from) all software installed on all Macs, not just iPhones. This has always been the plan, but it takes time to boil the frog that is traditional computers.

The Maine legislature is now considering a bill that would defund the state’s intelligence fusion center. This could become a national model for rolling back the mass surveillance apparatus that’s been growing since 2001. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/eff-calls-maine-support-bill-defunds-local-intelligence-fusion-center

To ease debugging issues on the road i made #gnome-logs shrink to smaller screen sizes. This is based on @brainblasted 's work to make #gnome-logs use #libhandy initially.

#librem5 #phosh #gnomeonmobile #gnome

@be @PINE64

The firmware replacement is the work of Biktorgj (https://github.com/Biktorgj) :) I work on the #ModemManager part to integrate the modem properly within #phosh.

It would be interesting to see if this is related to ModemManager or the modem firmware. Feel free to reach out to us on Matrix in #pinedev:matrix.org !

Remember, you have a First Amendment right to record on-duty police officers. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/you-have-first-amendment-right-record-police

EFF’s browser extension HTTPS Everywhere just got even better! We’ve partnered with DuckDuckGo to incorporate its Smarter Encryption rulesets into HTTPSE, giving users greater coverage for connecting to safer, encrypted versions of the websites they visit. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-partners-duckduckgo-enhance-secure-browsing-and-protect-user-information-web

In case anyone wants to try out receiving MMS messages on their #librem5 I just wrote down the steps needed for that here, still unofficial and hacky but it does work: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/-/issues/30#note_151962 #GNU #Linux #ModemManager #libqmi #mmsd #chatty #freesoftware

Librem 14 Rave

"Now that shipping of the Librem 14 to customers is imminent we should talk about some more details and enhancements we made."

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-rave/

#Librem14 #privacy #freedom

And from the Vice article that broke the story: "Among the thousands of other data points, vehicle location data is transmitted on a constant and near real time basis while the vehicle is operating." https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7adn9/car-location-data-telematics-us-military-ulysses-group

Why Librem Tunnel is Leaving iOS

"Recently we’ve been forced to remove Librem Tunnel from iOS due to their unfair policies and in this post we’ll explain why."

https://puri.sm/posts/why-librem-tunnel-is-leaving-ios/

#freedom #ios #purism

Oh also I forgot to mention what opensnitch was. It's similar to Little Snitch on Macs, but for Linux. It tracks outgoing network connections and throws up prompts so you can allow/deny them. https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch/

libhandy 1.2 just got released! 🎉 It comes with new cool widgets and many fixes, more at https://adrienplazas.com/blog/2021/03/12/libhandy-1-2.html.

All week as we were preparing this article all I could think was: "No disassemble! No disassemble Librem 5!"

https://social.librem.one/@purism/105832956079998854

Hiring more devs: https://puri.sm/jobs/

* https://puri.sm/job/on-site-computing-device-technician/

* https://puri.sm/job/pureos-gtk-application-development/

* https://puri.sm/job/coreboot-pureboot-heads-me-fsp-firmware-developer/

Your Smartphone Doesn't Have To Be Glued Shut!

The #librem5 was recently featured in a hardware tear-down video by @iFixit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCccpgposh4

#privacy #freedom