Guardian Project @guardianproject@librem.one

The withdrawal of funding is an existential threat to the international digital rights community. “The scale and speed of the attacks on people’s rights is unprecedented. It’s breathtaking,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @technologyreview. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/04/1112773/at-rightscon-in-taipei-activists-reckon-with-a-us-retreat-from-promoting-digital-rights/

I can’t overstate how excited I am that @sovtechfund is investing in the core technology powering OpenStreetMap. Throughout my years in open source, OSM and its incredible global community of volunteers have always been close to me. It was one of the first profound examples of the power of openness and its impact on digital sovereignty and personal autonomy.

The EU is paying a fortune for broken commercial software, criticizes Michiel Leenaars of the Dutch NLnet Foundation in an interview with netzpolitik.org. Together with his team, he supports open-source, free solutions — funded by the EU. But that could soon come to an end.

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/open-source-funding-on-the-brink-delivering-whats-needed-to-make-europe-sovereign/

Using FOSS apps is the first step, the next one is having them reproducibly built.

Is your keyboard reproducible, verified or none? Find out in https://f-droid.org/2025/03/04/even-my-keyboard-is-built-reproducibly.html

We're starting to implement support for split APKs in #FDroid. #Google wants to gather as much data about its users as possible, so trying to hide info about language, country, device specs was not a design concern for them. It is central for us. We want the official client to leak as little data as possible to any server, be it ours, mirrors, or custom repos. We welcome input:

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2963

#Android #APK #privacy #DataEfficiency #efficiency #technology #data #metadata

🚨 Our X (Twitter) account has been compromised. We are working to regain access.
Please do not trust or interact with any posts, DMs, or links from our account until further notice.
Stay updated here, on our other socials (🦋) and our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/

Tor Project X/Twitter account has been compromised. Efforts are underway to regain access. Do not trust or interact with any posts, DMs, or links from the account until further notice. Stay updated on the project's other socials 🦋/🐘 @torproject and blog: https://blog.torproject.org/

Major internet freedom, censorship circumvention, and encryption tools made by groups like Tor Project, Guardian Project, and OONI have been severely impacted by Trump’s State Department executive order freezing foreign aid https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/executive-order-state-department-sideswipes-freedom-tools-threatens-censorship

Copyright law affects everything we do on the internet. So why do some lawmakers and powerful companies still think they can write new copyright law behind closed doors, with ordinary internet users on the outside? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/dont-make-copyright-law-smoke-filled-rooms

We want to draw attention to one of the new Administration's Executive Orders that directly impacts the freedom tools that people around the world depend on to fight censorship, and protect their security and anonymity.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/executive-order-state-department-sideswipes-freedom-tools-threatens-censorship

First #Weblate team member just arrived to #Brussels for #FOSDEM25, more on their way. We all can’t wait to meet our lovely community! At the @libreoffice stand, Saturday morning #BoF, Friday meetup, or anywhere else #FOSDEM. Read updated https://weblate.org/FOSDEM and join us! #LiberateYourTranslations #YourSoftwareYourLanguage

The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on https://bits.debian.org , on https://micronews.debian.org/ , or any media as listed on https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN #debian

We've signed the open letter to the @EUCommission calling for strong enforcement of the #DMA.

The EU must act decisively to create opportunities, protect innovation and increase consumer choice.

https://appfairness.org/the-digital-markets-act-europes-digital-competitiveness-at-stake/

Meta tracks your activity across millions of websites and apps, regardless of whether you use its platforms, and profits from that data through targeted ads. Here’s what you need to know if you want to limit the company’s ability to harvest and profit from your personal data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data

The court’s decision “would be front-and-center in any argument that Congress needs to impose a warrant requirement for these backdoor searches,” EFF’s Andrew Crocker told @theintercept. “That tends to be the kind of thing that Congress takes note of.” https://theintercept.com/2025/01/27/fbi-government-spying-surveillance-702-fisa/

Seven new projects have been selected to contribute to the three NGI Pilots. IzzyOnDroid and OWASP blint will join forces with NGI Mobifree which works on a more ethical mobile ecosystem. Nuxt, Flohmarkt & Open Banking Gateway will work on integrations with Taler, the privacy-preserving digital payment system. And NGI Fediversity - the effort to create a hosting stack in-a-box - will be joined by Drupal & Source-based Nextcloud + Onlyoffice.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250122-project-selection-pilots.html
#NGI #FOSS