Jeremiah :emacs: :linux: @jeremiah@librem.one

Investing in Real Convergence

https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/

"Real convergence means bringing your desktop computer with you wherever you go."

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

#linux #convergence #privacy #freedom #librem5

Recommended read: "Car Companies Want to Monitor Your Every Move With Emotion-Detecting AI" https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jpmp/car-companies-want-to-monitor-your-every-move-with-emotion-detecting-ai

> “Very soon, Cerence announced, it plans to deepen that data mining operation with in-cabin cameras linked to emotion-detecting AI—algorithms that monitor minute changes in facial expression in order to determine a person’s emotional state at any given...

via https://jeena.net/notes/1175

Customers are asking us about the recent GRUB2 vulnerability so I wrote a quick post explaining how it works and why @purism hardware isn't affected. For even more details, check out Dan Goodin's excellent Ars Technica article I link in my post.

https://puri.sm/posts/why-the-grub2-secure-boot-flaw-doesnt-affect-purism-computers/

A new secure messenger service called Session is now out. It's a fork of Signal but decentralized and without the phone number requirement. Worth taking a look.

https://getsession.org/

We're hiring!

Are you a software engineer who cares deeply about CI/CD, code review, and development environments? Apply to work with the Release Engineering team (a part of our Engineering Productivity team) at the Wikimedia Foundation!

https://grnh.se/7dbb8d8f1

#remote #jobs #remotejobs #hiring #opensource #freesoftware #wikipedia #wikimedia

If you're coming to FOSDEM or CopyleftConf and want t-shirts or anything from https://shop.fsf.org, order with code FOSDEM20 before Wednesday noon Brussels time to get in-person delivery without shipping charges :)

Purism closes a $2.5m note series, all from inbound investment inquiries https://puri.sm/posts/purism-closes-2-5m-note-series/

The Purism team is expanding. We're looking for a talented Growth Marketer and a Web Designer with a passion for open source, open hardware, privacy and security https://puri.sm/jobs/

Hooray there's one less blob 🎉 coreboot 4.11: Leaving No Librem Behind https://puri.sm/posts/coreboot-4-11-leaving-no-librem-behind/ #coreboot #pureboot #qubes

We are delighted to share that early yesterday we shipped the first #Librem5 Birch devices to backers https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-birch-shipping-announcement/