Court orders encrypted email biz Tutanota to build a backdoor in user's mailbox, founder says 'this is absurd' • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/08/tutanota_backdoor_court_order/
The original #Jolla smartphone from 2013 received an incredible number of 34 software updates during a lifetime of 7 years. The latest #SailfishOS update 3.4.0 will remain the last officially supported software release.
Jolla will continue to provide access to the official app store for it for the time being.
Blog post: https://blog.jolla.com/jolla7/
Opinion | Turn Off Your Phone for Thanksgiving - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/opinion/thanksgiving-technology.html#click=https://t.co/h8WBzWzbT0
Surveillance in China: artist who hides from security cameras in Beijing wants to highlight invasions of privacy | South China Morning Post
https://amp.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/3111120/surveillance-china-artist-who-hides-security-cameras-beijing
E16 | Petter Neby @ Punkt. | Minimalist Tech for Less Distracted Lives."
https://knittedheart.com/podcast/punkt?format=amp
Watch Live TV on Linux With Hypnotix: New IPTV App from Mint
https://itsfoss.com/hypnotix-iptv-app/
https://odysee.com/@TheLinuxGamer:f/gb-evergreen:a gardner the linux gamer with a evergreen librem 5 review unit @cybette
Pine Store Community Pricing & Online Retail Stores | PINE64
https://www.pine64.org/2020/12/02/pine-store-community-pricing-online-retail-stores/
Micro Magic RISC-V Core Claims to Beat Apple M1 and Arm Cortex-A9 | EE Times
https://www.eetimes.com/micro-magic-risc-v-core-claims-to-beat-apple-m1-and-arm-cortex-a9/
Front: The $1.3B Startup Slackifying Email
https://sacra.com/research/front-inside-the-startup-slackifying-email/?
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BlackBerry spikes record 65% after finalizing deal with Amazon for automotive data software | Markets Insider
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/blackberry-stock-price-record-rally-automotive-software-deal-amazon-bb-2020-12-1029854658
A Media Center in Your Pocket
https://puri.sm/posts/a-media-center-in-your-pocket/
"While the Librem 5 is a phone, it’s also a general-purpose computer. This allows the Librem 5 to act as a media center, game station, server, ultra-mobile PC, or whatever you can personally imagine."
Well-deserved Retirement Plan for the Original Jolla Phone
The original Jolla smartphone from 2013 received an incredible number of 34 software updates during a lifetime of 7 years. The latest Sailfish OS update 3.4.0 will remain the last officially supported software release.
Jolla will continue to provide access to the official app store for the time being.
- Blog post by Jolla Captain Sami Pienimäki:
Netting this out, the reason @purism arguably is more important to us is that it is uniquely able to keep us safe as we move into this future of smartphones as the virtual us. While movies, games and pretty phones are nice, I tend to think keeping myself, my assets and my loved ones safe has far higher value. @kyle
This great article explains the fundamental problems with app data collection that lead to the govt. buying location data.
In this post we talk about how app ecosystem incentives steer developers toward collecting data they don't need. https://puri.sm/posts/mobile-app-stores-and-the-power-of-incentives/
Librem 5 Visual Walkthrough
"With the Mass-produced Evergreen phone now starting to ship, we put together a video walkthrough of the launch software as well as an overview of the final hardware."
I like photography cycling and all things FOSS and decentralized and especially all things Analog and use a LightPhone 2 and PineBook Pro linux laptop and a macbook pro and iphone 13 mini follow me on my new account @jameshjacksonjr@twit.social