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

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Specify Form-Factors in Your Librem 5 Apps

"As a user you also want to know which applications are relevant to run at a given time, so Phosh will let you run desktop-only applications only when the phone is docked."

https://puri.sm/posts/specify-form-factors-in-your-librem-5-apps/

#librem5 #phosh #privacy

More than 2,000 law enforcement agencies across every state now have access to technology that allows them to extract data from confiscated phones.

A new report by @TeamUpturn details the dangerous growth of these tools: https://www.upturn.org/reports/2020/mass-extraction/

Microsoft got in antitrust trouble for bundling IE for free w/ Windows to compete with Netscape.

Now imagine Microsoft controlled whether Netscape could be installed or updated on Windows, and blocked them, and you are closer to the current situation with phones.

Thanks for the 1,673 app votes so far! Already at 16% of our 10,000 vote goal!

Help fund the apps you desire with "Fund Your App":

https://puri.sm/fund-your-app/

#librem5 #privacy #freedom #security

It’s time to celebrate software freedom! Join us online TODAY for a fun and informative 35th birthday celebration that will honor the history of the FSF and discuss exciting plans for the future: https://u.fsf.org/fsf35

Introducing: Librem AweSIM

Unlimited cellular plan that works with the #librem5

- #privacy as a service
- A new phone number registered in Purism's name
- Unlimited talk / text / data
- No contracts, cancel anytime

All for just $99/month

Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-awesim/

Submit your session for #LibrePlanet 2021 by October 28! We invite activists, hackers, law professionals, artists, students, developers, young people, policymakers, tinkerers, and more to participate: https://u.fsf.org/359

Desktop and Phone Convergence

https://puri.sm/posts/desktop-and-phone-convergence/

"The #librem5 is more than a phone, it’s a full desktop computer in your pocket designed to be just as mobile as you are."

#privacy #security #freedom

Free Unix! 37 years ago today, the initial announcement of the GNU operating system was posted to Usenet. Every day since then has brought them closer to their goal of a world where users can do their computing in complete freedom. https://u.fsf.org/2on

Don't forget to submit your session to #LibrePlanet 2021 by October 28th! LibrePlanet is the FSF's annual gathering for free software activists, developers, and all those concerned about digital ethics. https://u.fsf.org/1y7

Next FOSDEM: 6 & 7 February 2021, online https://fosdem.org/2021/news/2020-09-01-dates-fosdem-2021/

Can we please, please – PLEASE! not make the nonsensical US date format month/day/year the default in applications? 🤦‍♂️

PRE 👏 TTY 👏 PLEASE

And to all users of that format: it makes no sense, it's counter-intuitive, it makes collaboration frustrating, it introduces inconsistencies and errors... Just stop. Please. Use international standards.
(And don't get me started on your other units of weights, volumes and distances. Bloody hell.)

Boost if I'm right.

"Google is a popular target for this kind of request because almost everyone uses Google products in one way or another ... Moreover, Google frequently has GPS data that places a user's phone to within a few meters" #privacy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/feds-cant-ask-google-for-every-phone-in-a-100-meter-radius-court-says/

Is your school forcing you to use Zoom, Skype, or other proprietary videoconferencing software to learn or teach? We want to help you stand up for your rights! Sign and share our petition, and tell us about your school: https://u.fsf.org/34d

#Pureos for Creatives Part 3: Studio and System Set Up with JACK

https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-3-studio-and-system-set-up-with-jack/

"JACK is the standard audio server for working with professional audio on Linux."

The final post in our three-part series on PureOS for Creatives by our guest blogger, Tre Scranton