keverets @keverets@librem.one
Joined Jun 2019
Didn't realize how involved the oil industry was in the plastic "recycling" industry.
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I haven't yet read the article, but this quote is too good to let go:
/via nitter.kavin.rocks/cra/status/…
> Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights.
diff.substack.com/p/working-in…/via nitter.kavin.rocks/cra/status/…
@Salyer because we never realized how effective they can be, despite other countries in the world having gotten the message long ago?
Kind of like how medical doctors resisted using them for years originally, but now surgery without them would seem insane.
Illegal music
@jbauer prosody. Or ejabberd. Either should be fine and can have the recent XEPs all enabled so it can pass the compliance suite.
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Burying the lede: "AT&T engineers are creating 'unified customer identifiers,' [AT&T CEO] Stankey said. Such technology would allow marketers to identify users across multiple devices and serve them relevant advertising." #privacy https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/09/att-wants-to-put-ads-on-your-smartphone-in-exchange-for-5-discount/
@hansw Jitsi works but Jami/Ring does not (despite its promise). Every attempt to use Jami ends in calls not connecting and high use of battery on mobile which leads me to uninstall. Until those issues are sorted out it's an interesting idea without a workable implementation
Ouch. Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) is selling and will no longer be a co-op. Sad to lose a long standing and prominent example of cooperative structure.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mec-acquired-private-investment-firm-1.5723934
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What do you think about #RadioLockdown, a directive that may prevent you to install new software on any radio equipment?
https://fsfe.org/activities/radiodirective/
There is a public consultation that closes today at midnight CEST. Have your say!
https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/2042-Application-of-Article-3-3-i-and-4-of-Directive-2014-53-EU-relating-to-Reconfigurable-Radio-Systems/public-consultation
@cryptoduke @eff adding middlemen to every transaction seems to be more of the American Way
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"Just because there is now a multi-billion-dollar industry based on the abject betrayal of our privacy doesn’t mean the sociopaths who built it have any right whatsoever to continue getting away with it"
Great post!
https://daringfireball.net/2020/09/online_privacy_real_world_privacy
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A regular reminder to our #dev friends to keep #privacy for your users on your issues list.
- Avoid using third party systems to host fonts, scripts, etc.
- Try Google analytics alternatives like @plausible or @Matomo
- Capture as little personally identifiable information as possible (do you really need their full name, phone number, etc?)
- Purge your PII regularly
- Share info with fewer systems and notify your users
Place their privacy at least equal to your needs.
@kyle getting even closer to having her video watch, too. Brain's collar phone had great video quality despite its retractability and discrete usage.
@kubikpixel@mastodon.social @maltimore as opposed to Conversations which is also free?
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We’re proud to officially announce the Fairphone 3+ 🙌 It has improved cameras, upgraded software and even more fair materials, but here’s the twist: The exact same modules can also be used to upgrade the Fairphone 3. 🌍 📱 Read more: https://bit.ly/2D2uIpJ
@mattl Fennec, Tor Browser, links2
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Yesterday, I finally pushed my current source code implementing the Exposure Notification API to the @microg git repository.
This will allow using apps that use the Google/Apple framework for COVID-19 contact tracing on Android devices without the Google tracking it usually involves.
The current code is already functional, but still needs some improvements before it's ready for general public, but I am certain it's going to make it in the next @microg release.
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If Gecko goes away I’m moving to Dillo and if needed Links2 and if needed a proxy and Nexus.
Chromium can fuck off.
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"That /e/ account is a nice touch!"
Great video on the /e/ phone and, of course, it's #Nextcloud account users get!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9fFiaGv2WA
Joined Jun 2019
