keverets @keverets@librem.one

As the 'exotic animals in homemade aprons hosting baking shows' YouTube craze reached its peak in March 2020, Andrew Cuomo announced he was replacing the Statue of Liberty with a bronze pangolin in a chef's hat.
https://xkcd.com/2302/

YouTube: we can't pay until your channel earns at least $100.
Amazon Video: We've just transferred 1 cent to your bank account.

Huge updates this week in This Week in Matrix! Dendrite supports v5 rooms! Rust homeserver progress! SEVEN clients with news, including e2ee support in gomuks and a big Pattle update! #twim #matrix #decentralized https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/01/this-week-in-matrix-2020-05-01

RT @RiotChat@twitter.com

RIGHT! We have FINAL(?!) release candidates for cross-signing & E2EE-by-default on Riot Web (http://riot.im/staging) Desktop (http://packages.riot.im/nightly) iOS (https://testflight.apple.com/join/lCeTuDKM) & Android (https://buildkite.com/organizations/matrix-dot-org/pipelines/riotx-android/builds/2548/jobs/e13cfc7c-d399-4be8-a6cf-631690e30d41/artifacts/c15e7e4b-47a5-4451-810f-52c6af937ef0) Please test over the weekend and then we should be good to go!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RiotChat/status/1256275701923295233

A #PeerTube instance full of conference talks? Don't let me know about it, because I'll be trapped inside and never get out.

conf.tube/

Conversations with audio and video calls has been released. In restricted networks conversations will use dismails server to proxy the encrypted traffic. Please report any issues.

Thank you Daniel, thank you Holger and everyone involved!

New /e/-smartphone in stock: /e/-Galaxy S8!
Available for purchase now, in two colors.
Certified without #COVIDー19 contact tracing software.
https://e.foundation/product/e-os-galaxy-s8-refurbished/

#android #privacy #mydataisMYdata

Announcing airbreak, a toolkit to jailbreak inexpensive CPAP machines to turn them into emergency #COVID19 ventilators by unlocking all operational modes and allowing custom software extensions. https://airbreak.dev/

RT @lrvick@twitter.com

Signal is likely getting burned by their centralized approach exactly as I have predicted for years.

We need -decentralized- e2e encrypted chat servers so there is no central party to strongarm.

@matrixdotorg@twitter.com can be self hosted as a Tor hidden service.

https://uk.pcmag.com/security-5/125569/messaging-app-signal-threatens-to-dump-us-market-if-anti-encryption-bill-passes

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lrvick/status/1248337479377260544

For those who didn't know: Google knows the geolocation of each Android smartphone user, in real time.

Use /e/ OS ! https://e.foundation
#ungoogled #Android #privacy
#mydataisMYdata

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/1585896587-google-to-report-on-trends-in-users-mobility-to-help-gov-ts-tackle-coronavirus

Zoom: lifeline and privacy risk. If you're looking for an alternative, try Jitsi Meet. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2020/03/25/zooms-a-lifeline-during-covid-19-this-is-why-its-also-a-privacy-risk/

An analysis of the Zoom #privacy policy and all that's wrong with it:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whereby-vs-zoom-transparency-opacity-respect-privacy-manuela/
In short: better don't use this for anything sensitive and don't make other people install the Zoom app - ever.

Many proprietary software companies are currently using the extended homeoffice situation of many employees to offer lock-in solutions gratis or even labelling them as "free". But take care to build on Free Software. Else your solution today might turn into a burden tomorrow:

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200330-01.html

RT @mapillary
🗺️ Better maps are needed in the fight against Covid-19
🏥 By improving hospital data in @openstreetmap@twitter.com you have an immediate impact
🎥 Here's a quick video showing you how to get it done

Did you know that Mozilla is collecting a public domain dataset of annotated speech? This will help develop open source voice-controlled programs. The Common Voice project still needs volunteers both to donate their voice, and to validate other people's recordings.

#CommonVoice

I just validated a bunch of recordings (English and German) and am happy to report that there are now quite a few female speakers donating.

Announcing Debian Social https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/03/msg00008.html

@z428 Funny you should ask :) - we use BigBlueButton & Jitsi Meet, Rocket.Chat, NextCloud + OnlyOffice, and Mailcow - I just wrote this up for people's reference : ) - https://tech.oeru.org/working-home

Notice: http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/03/18/notice/

I feel like reminding people that we've just passed the 1 year anniversary of a Fox News host telling the world he doesn't wash his hands because germs don't exist since he can't see them.

https://www.indy100.com/article/pete-hegseth-germs-wash-hands-fox-news-friends-jedediah-bila-8773971

For the past 18 months or so, I've had the privilege of participating in a pilot of Rocket.Chat by GC - Government Canada. Their IT folk are taking their Digital Nations ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_9 ) ambitions seriously... Interestingly, their thousands of users *prefer* Rocket.Chat over Slack & MSFT Teams.