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@lauren It is important to describe the limitations here. E2EE here would be useful when emailing with third parties. Since #Gmail is proprietary software, users just have to trust #Google to do the right thing. Technically, it is easy to build E2EE where the service can get the private keys and decrypt as they like. Given participation in #PRISM etc, proprietary Gmail cannot provide trustworthy E2EE, especially considering most emails stay within Gmail 1/2
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Why curation and #decentralization is better than millions of #apps.
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After two years of negotiations with Microsoft, the joint committee of the German federal data protection authority and 17 state regulators (DSK) published a devastating statement that essentially says that organizations currently cannot use MS365 in a lawful way under the GDPR.
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RT @pixeldetracking@twitter.com
Migrating http://maps.google.com to http://google.com/maps, a benign change?
Not really, now Google has permission to geo-track you across all of its services, cf. https://garrit.xyz/posts/2022-11-24-smart-move-google 😈
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/pixeldetracking/status/1596087028986556418
@mattblaze This is true, but it is equally true that volunteer contributors get tired of being told they're doing it wrong by masses on the internet, which often means doing work they don't want to do. Mastodon is free software, anyone is free to change it as they see fit. Or pay someone else to do it, or orgranize a company around improving the free software.Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc. users are the product, so of course those companies will respond and keep them hooked.
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No #SimReg nations: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Kiribati, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Moldova, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, UK, USA, and Vanuatu.
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For people wanting some more information on NGI's involvement with #ActivityPub, this is a good starter: https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2022/11/24/how-ngi-supports-open-interoperable-decentralised-and-trust-based-internet-applications-through-fediverse-projects-like-mastodon/
Do you have an interesting ActivityPub-related project? The next deadline to submit proposals is December 1st - that is next week. And the best thing is: you can submit today!
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In the over 3 weeks since #FDroid
shipped a big overhaul of the production buildserver, there have been updates published on most days: Nov16 Nov15 Nov14 Nov13 Nov11 Nov09 Nov08 Nov05 Nov01 Oct31 Oct30 Oct29 Oct28 Oct27 Oct26 Oct25 Oct24 Oct22 Oct21 Oct20
And now, even more exciting, is that this unlocked lots of low hanging fruit that can make the process run much faster.
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No technology can save us from ourselves, but building a more interoperable social media environment could be our do-over on the current lock-in model. It could be awesome, if we don’t screw it up. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it
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Proprietary software intentionally limits the way a program can be used or accessed as well as the rights over the code. This leaves society with little or no say over its technical infrastructure.
Control over technology has to be in the hands of the whole society, not just a small group! (3/4)
#FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #OpenSource #DigitalRights
https://media.fsfe.org/w/xs29yhLxSP1uKLYkSeoKKp
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Why does #softwarefreedom matter?
⭐ Accessing the code, allows us to read it, understand it, and to argue in favour of a potential improvement.
⭐ Being able to to edit the code, encourages innovation, competition and autonomy. We can change parts of a program and publish the changes, benefiting users and developers.
⭐ Developers can cooperate closely and form communities around software that fits their needs. Software is used in a non- exclusive way, and serves the public good. (2/4)
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Welcome to @Mastodon and the #fediverse! Are you aware of the rights you should have over software?
You should be allowed to:
• Use a program for any purpose - without any restrictions on place and time 🌍
• Understand the full code – and know exactly what it does 🔍
• Share and copy the program – developers can collaborate and share publicly their improvements 🎁
• Improve the code – e.g. for personal or local needs 📝 (1/4)
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The European Commission praises Nextcloud as a role model for open source businesses!
Read about their comprehensive study in our blog!
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mentors.debian.net internationalization (and call for translators) https://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2022/11/msg00007.html
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We're new here. Please keep away from the scaffolding while we paint and remodel. 😎
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@micahflee For those of us who prefer avoiding Birdsite / have fully disable JS:
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We want to add the official #Tor onion service for f-droid.org as an official mirror, so that clients will automatically use it. Please test by sharing the repo link to #FDroid client then add it as a mirror:
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/issues/12#note_1184095205
This should prompt to add it as a mirror, which is safe since the keys need to match. Click cancel if it offers to add a new repo.
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Thanks to @janboehm who is promoting the #FreeSoftware #Mastodon and the #Fediverse in all the recent episodes of the German public TV show #zdfmagazin Royal
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