John Sullivan @johns@librem.one

More reason why nonfree apps (and their Web sites!) shouldn't be trusted with the personal information of every voter in the country -- whether that's Israel or anywhere else in the world. https://u.fsf.org/2-v

I'm at @SANERconf in London, Canada this week to present recent work—starting this morning with our (frankly impressive!) results on applying graph compression techniques to the @swheritage archive. Preprint: http://bit.ly/swh-graph-saner20 #SANER2020

Apple canceled the project to encrypt iCloud backups two years ago due to pressure from the FBI because it "would deny them the most effective means for gaining evidence against iPhone-using suspects" #privacy

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-fbi-icloud-exclusive/exclusive-apple-dropped-plan-for-encrypting-backups-after-fbi-complained-sources-idUSKBN1ZK1CT

LA: This Friday, join EFF, @NTEN, @fightfortheftr, @DemandProgress and others for a rally outside ICANN’s offices in Los Angeles. Help us make sure .ORGs are protected! https://www.eff.org/event/savedotorg-protest-icann

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

Learn #python and #datascience (or volunteer to mentor) at the sixth "Community Data Science Workshops" in #Seattle in January/February! Register before noon Sunday January 12 at: https://wiki.communitydata.science/Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Winter_2020)

Overheard someone at the Target return counter returning a gift because they thought it was creepy that it listened to them. There's hope. #privacy

We only have two weeks left to achieve our goal of 600 new members by the end of the year. WE NEED YOUR HELP -- tell your friends why they need to join the fight for free software today! https://www.fsf.org/appeal https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1639314

Coming soon in the FSF store: a special towel you can use to wipe all the Apple products you own into the garbage. https://www.macrumors.com/2019/12/10/apple-pro-display-xdr-cleaning-cloth/ https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1626332

Jack Dorsey followed Mastodon on Twitter a month ago so it's not like he doesn't know Mastodon exists, take from that what you will

Because we all use mobile phones so frequently, Replicant is one of our most crucial High Priority Projects. Learn more about how you can contribute to this fully free Android distribution: https://u.fsf.org/2z7 https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1623879

Boosting Sage Sharp
@_sagesharp_ from birdsite:
Pls RT: I'm looking for a paid contractor to help with Code of Conduct enforcement at PyCon

Looking for candidates who are experienced at enforcing a CoC at events or in an online space. Must be available April 16 to 19 for travel to Pittsburgh, PA USA

https://otter.technology/blog/2019/12/05/2020-coc-workshop-schedule-were-hiring/

We're one-sixth of the way to our goal of 600 new members by December 31. If you've been thinking of amplifying your voice in the fight for your user rights by joining the FSF, there's no better day than today: https://www.fsf.org/appeal https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1614009