keverets @keverets@librem.one

🔔 Time to update. There's a new version of Tor Browser out now.

Tor Browser 9.0.5 updates Firefox to 68.5.0esr, NoScript to 11.0.13, and on desktop, Tor to 0.4.2.6. We also added a new default bridge and backported improvements from the alpha series. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-905

Rust Code Generator almost complete yay! Visual #RustLang for #PineTime Smart Watch @PINE64 ... https://github.com/lupyuen/blockly-mynewt-rust

Smart = hackable

Curious about the history behind the launch of Snikket? Have a read of the latest Prosody blog post: https://blog.prosody.im/introducing-snikket/

Would be cool if #lineageos shows the patch level before booting into the ROM... Does the current nightly already include this month's android patches?

Thinking of buying a Ring? Here’s what to consider before you purchase one. Already own a Ring? Here are some tips for being a considerate neighbor.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/what-know-you-buy-or-install-your-amazon-ring-camera

Trying to move instances has made me realize how communication is controlled by fediverse instance admins, not users, to the users's detriment.

This is frustrating as picking an instance that some admins start to disagree with means that communication is cut off between users without them having a say.

Currently octodon.social and mastodon.technology block my main instance.

Email had its problems, but it is rare for admins there to decide who you can & can't email wholesale.

Counterpoint to "Humans are space orcs", Humans are adorable

Did you know that /e/OS users can enjoy @only_office fully integrated in our @Nextclouders instance at https://e cloud.global?
And this works flawlessly on mobile.
No more @google docs!

#mobile #OS #unGoogled #Android
#FOSS

We conducted a new technical analysis on the Ring doorbell app for Android. Ring is handing over customer data including names, private IP addresses, mobile network carriers, and persistent identifiers to third-party trackers.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers

BREAKING: We’ve confirmed that the Ring doorbell app on Android covertly shares personally identifiable information on its users with third-party companies, including Facebook.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers

The tools are maturing... enabling products built entirely on privacy-oriented decentralized platforms.

Iotex is a user-first home camera alternative to Nest, Ring, Wyze.

Built with decentralized identity and IPFS.

https://medium.com/iotex/how-we-built-the-worlds-first-truly-private-home-security-camera-4c4f97eb4b27

Thx @jennwrites@twitter.com for spotting!

These are baseless accusations of "cybercrimes."

The charges are “an obvious attempt to attack a free press in retaliation for the revelations we reported about Minister Moro and the Bolsonaro government.” - Glenn Greenwald

https://nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/americas/glenn-greenwald-brazil-cybercrimes.html
.onion: https://nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2020/01/21/world/americas/glenn-greenwald-brazil-cybercrimes.html

Things which your project could use which immediately make me stop being interested in touching it at all:

- Google groups
- Bazaar
- LaunchPad
- SourceForge
- Slack

Don't use those things, thanks.

The idea that I am constantly under video surveillance at the store, walking on the sidewalk, going to school, driving or working:

(Choose the one that most applies.)

@kyle mastercard sells realtime transaction data: https://www.mastercardservices.com/en/data-analytics

There was some way to opt out per card, but you need to look that up.

Dear IETF: Are you fucking kidding me?
To get an RFC .txt file I must allow Cloudflare and Google tracking?

Are you serious? This is wrong on all OSI layers!