keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
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Study reveals scale of data-sharing from Android mobile phones:
Even when minimally configured and the handset is idle, with the notable exception of e/OS, these vendor-customized Android variants transmit substantial amounts of information to the OS developer and to third parties such as Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Facebook that have pre-installed system apps. There is no opt-out from this data collection.
I happen to be using /e/ OS for the last ~2 years on all my #android phones and quite pleased to read it.
TIL: Samsung TVs (even old non-internet connected ones) need to be on a "Live TV" input in order for "SW Upgrade" to not be grayed out (greyed out). They have had this bug for more than 10 years across many models, and the firmware upgrade instructions don't mention it.
Thanks, Samsung
@SuricrasiaOnline @mdhughes depends where you are. Near Toronto there are 30-50 channels - all major US and CA networks - with free HD content (paid for with non-targetted ads), but in other parts of the province there is often only the CBC or nothing.
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Wow, Firefox 93+ supports viewing and filling in PDFs with 'XFA' forms (as used by the Canadian government), making it one of the few good options for doing this on Linux (or with anything besides Adobe tools on Windows and macOS). This is great news for anyone who has to deal with these annoyances.
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my flatmate got himself a 3d printer so, ofc I asked him to print me a #pinephone stand. Used a rainbow filament.
not my design, here is the thingiverse link.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4829608
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Remember our toot about Nextcloud synchronisation? 🎉 Seems we have a winner!
🔄 With the merging of https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/pull/5243#issuecomment-937046643 it will be possible to sync AntennaPod with a gPodder 'server' in your own Nextcloud instance.
Will be available in AntennaPod 2.5!
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@danyork Their recent overview of the state of the market is here: https://www.ifixit.com/News/35377/which-wireless-earbuds-are-the-least-evil
... and that settles the question for me.
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We pay to Steam, Netflix, Amazon prime, Spotify. But not to Wikipedia, Archive.org, Librivox, Project Gutenberg, for our favourite Linux distro.
The huge asymmetry between corporate and community has not emerged naturally. It is a product of our choices of not supporting community oriented projects.
The short conveniences vs the long-term good. We always chose the former.
In face of surveillance capitalism, we must and must change.
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It's my book-birthday! Today marks publication of the Tor (US/Canada) paperback edition of ATTACK SURFACE, a standalone adult Little Brother book.
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250757517/attacksurface
Little Brother and its sequel Homeland were young adult novels that told the tale of Marcus Yallow, a bright young activist in San Francisco who works with his peers to organize resistance to both state- and private-sector surveillance and control.
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"But second, and far more disturbing, is the notion that web developers should be continually testing their websites against early releases of major browsers."
"That's actually why there are web standards – so developers don't have to do ridiculous things like continually test their websites to make sure they're still working."
"That someone of considerable stature in the Chrome project would think otherwise should be a red flag."
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@loke https://idiomdrottning.org/perfect Signal is the perfect example of what we should avoid, of the type of “good” that’s an enemy of perfect.
The improvement over FB etc isn’t big enough since we are still beholden to one corporation, and
getting people to switch to Signal will make it harder to get them to switch to something else in the future. You only get so many “you should switch to such-and-such” per lifetime.
We’re painting ourselves into a corner by recommending Signal, Telegram, Discord. It breaks my heart every time I see them recommended.
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#WhatsApp is currently down. This is your regular reminder that centralized platforms are centralized: a single point of failure and control.
Help spread the word about open decentralized networks.
If you want to migrate your family or other social group away from proprietary apps but don't know how, that's what we're here for. You can self-host Snikket or sign up for our hosted platform. After setup, invite your contacts with a simple link and you're done.
https://snikket.org/service/quickstart/
Good luck!
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Element and Movim Messengers Comparison Made Simple
Sharing is very appreciated so your non-techie friends and family can quickly adopt #Matrix or #XMPP.
https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2021/09/element-and-movim-messengers-comparison-made-simple.html
📞 📹 🗨️ ✉️ 👥 
#FreeSoftware #Telecommunication #Chat #Decentralization #E2EE #Messengers
TIL: when using 'motion' (via motionEye), one cannot have continuous recording as well as notification about motion events. Continuous recording is a hack that forces it to consider everything as motion. The debug images would have numbers at the top and moving boxes that made it seem otherwise.
It's unfortunate. I really would prefer to keep everything for a week just in case the detection parameters aren't properly tuned or go out of tune. Then get poked by notification when motion detected.
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#activitypub #money #funding #eu #dapsi
From mail:
“The Data Portability and Services Incubator (DAPSI) has launched its third and last open call for internet innovators.
A total budget of €2.5 million is available to support the best proposals. Participants will get:
• Grants up to €150k (equity-free)
• Free business and technical training
• Free access to top infrastructure
Apply by 23 November 2021, at 05:00pm CET!
Info: https://dapsi.ngi.eu/apply
Open call webinar: https://www.f6s.com/dapsi-open-call-3-webinar-1-guide-for-applicants
Apply via: https://www.f6s.com/dapsi-open-call-3/apply
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As #Signal has had severe problems recently due to its centralised nature, here are some decentralised libre alternatives with Fediverse accounts:
➡️ @snikket_im - Initiative to give XMPP a consistent look and feel on instances and apps, to make it more attractive to new users
➡️ @xmpp - XMPP standards foundation
➡️ @delta - Decentralised messaging through email
➡️ @matrix - Best known for the Element client
➡️ @briar - Peer-to-peer encrypted messaging
➡️ @Jami - Peer-to-peer Skype alternative
@kyle may be worth talking to a clock repair person. They have the materials, tools, and experience needed to make custom gears. It shouldn't be too expensive, either.
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If device manufacturers stop supporting their hardware with software updates, they should be required to release the source code so that people can continue to maintian the working devices. https://spectrum.ieee.org/we-need-software-updates-forever
@martijnbraam are /dev/sdb and /dev/sdd able to soldier on?
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Facebook is a rotten company, rotten from the top down, its founder, board and execs are sociopaths and monsters, committers of non-hyperbolic crimes against humanity. They lie, they cheat, they steal. They are some of history's greatest villains.
Because Facebook is a terrible company run by terrible people, it periodically erupts in ghastly scandal. Sometimes whistleblowers or reporters reveal historic crimes, including (but not limited to) deliberately helping to foment genocide.
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