keverets @keverets@librem.one

Turns out I've been "practicing social distancing" for years without even realizing it was a thing!
https://xkcd.com/2276/

Security scandal around #WhatsApp shows the need for decentralised #FreeSoftware messengers, #OpenStandards in communication, and digital sovereignty

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200228-01.html #publiccode #FreeYourAndroid

Not being on Facebook doesn't mean that you are free from their surveillance and tracking!
"We could all do with a little less Facebook in our lives"
Read our blog post and share your experience on our forum:
https://community.e.foundation/t/we-could-all-do-with-a-little-facebook-in-our-lives/12462

#nofacebookday #internationaldaywithoutfacebook

Collabora Office is here, and it brings the power LibreOffice to Android & iOS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/02/collabora-office-libreoffice-for-android-ios

#OpenSource #LibreOffice #Android

The Smithsonian announced today that they have released 2.8 million images into the public domain (CC0 license). In celebration of this I made a bot you can follow that will post one random image from the set every 8 hours:

@si

For more on the imageset, see here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-releases-28-million-images-public-domain-180974263/?no-cache

The dual boot option for the Cosmo was officially launched yesterday. The Debian distro seems to work, at least up to the point where I try to install anything. Or goes into suspend mode. I'll be able to see what this is capable of Real Soon Now. cc @mhoye

No one likes my novelty ringtone, an audio recording of a phone on vibrate sitting on a hard surface.
https://xkcd.com/2272/

To all Google UK users, time to switch to ecloud before your user data will be moved to U.S!
At ecloud you get a unique user ID with synced email, calendars, contacts and documents https://mashable.com/article/british-google-data-brexit/?europe=true

@mashable@gnusocial.de #privacy #GDPR #brexit

It's official - @mozilla@twitter.com is fully live on Matrix! http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/02/20/synchronous-messaging-were-live/ Helping get Mozilla going has been a lot of fun, and we'll see a lot of improvements to Riot's UX in the coming months based on their feedback (turns out they know quite a lot about FOSS usability :D)

Have questions about #badgers?
Learn all about how Privacy Badger eats third-party trackers for breakfast to protect your privacy when you browse the web: http://eff.org/pb

🔔 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