If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple websites without your permission, Privacy Badger can automatically block that advertiser from loading any more content in your browser. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
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
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
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:
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
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
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)
Getting tired of every "guix package -u" rebuilding icecat. Is there a way to tell it to use the prepackaged one and just grab whatever deps that needs?
This seems like a pretty big waste of CPU cycles & power.
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
The LG dishwasher is starting to leak. Ordered a new gasket (seems the seal going is the most common problem).
$36 plus shipping plus tax brings it to over $50 for a $2-$5 part.
At least it's possible for this model. The old oven died after 5 years and no parts were available at all.
Repairability is so much of an afterthought on home appliances.
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