keverets @keverets@librem.one

Hey, so this is super cool.

Google has been collecting call and messaging data about who you talk to or send text messages to for years. There's no opt-out, no notifcation in their TOS they're doing this, and you can't see the results of that collection in Google Takeout.

https://www.scss.tcd.ie/doug.leith/privacyofdialerandsmsapps.pdf

In our latest newsletter 📰
- Murena T2e📱 is now available for order in the EU🇪🇺 and the USA 🇺🇸
- Our team has been hard at work to improve compatibility with Android apps! 💪

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https://e.foundation/leaving-apple-improved-compatibility-with-android-apps/

Lego Racers (1999)

GMR Magazine - April 2004
https://archive.org/details/GMRMagazine/GMR_15_Apr_2004/page/n19/mode/2up

Sigh. Upgrade yer kernels.

https://dirtypipe.cm4all.com

If you are a developer who has posted on public mailing lists, watch out for spearphishing replies to your posts https://guardianproject.info/2022/02/23/spearphishing-for-developers/

This level of tracking of shoppers, even if it's to streamline checkout, is creepy. #privacy https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/technology/whole-foods-amazon-automation.html?smid=tw-share

PC Magazine - December 2001
https://books.google.com/books?id=MX5kFKbFM7EC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA146#v=twopage&q&f=false

I wonder what the internet would look like if the leading search engine prioritized indicators of stability and credibility rather than indicators of recency

RT @wc_helmets@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/wc_helmets/status/1460116205990252546

The Revenge of the Hot Water Bottle
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2022/01/the-revenge-of-the-hot-water-bottle.html

Wow, after 25 years of Unix experience, I learned that you can filter output in #less.

Press ampersand (&) and enter a regex to show only lines matching the regex.

Press ampersand (&) and then exclamation mark (!) to apply an inverse filter.

F-Droid is an alternative app store for Android phones which only carries privacy-friendly free open source software. You can follow at:

➡️ @fdroidorg

Their site is https://f-droid.org

Google has made it a bit difficult to install F-Droid on a Google Android device. However, once it's been installed F-Droid is very easy to use.

Here's a guide for how to install it:

https://switching.software/use/f-droid

#FDroid #Android #FreeSoftware #ILoveFS #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #OpenSource #Smartphones #Apps

The wonderful #XMPP-client #dino now supports audio/video calls between two or more people! Especially now many of us are stuck at home, we need a way to collaborate & socialize in a privacy-friendly way. Dino uses the XMPP-protocol for decentralized communication and with an intuitive user interface, helps you reach out to friends, family and co-workers, both for larger groups with a server in the middle as well as private groups directly peer-to-peer -> https://dino.im/blog/2022/02/dino-0.3-release/

I also like Aral's "Three Lws of Personal Devices", which have always seemed self-evident to me but apparently aren't

https://ar.al/2021/12/18/the-three-laws-of-personal-devices/

Dino 0.3 is released and supports video calls and conferences! 🥳

You can call a friend or a group of people. Calls are e2e-encrypted, peer-to-peer and compatible with other XMPP applications.

Release blog post: https://dino.im/blog/2022/02/dino-0.3-release/

Check out the new #streaming service #Resonate! It is a co-op owned by the artists and listeners – no VC money! It is still young and does not have #Spotify's massive catalog … but I love it!

I strongly encourage you to check out their About page to get a compact explanation of how it works: https://resonate.is/about/

Oh, and everything is #OpenSource and they have spent a lot of effort fostering a constructive community – it is a #coop after all.

What are you waiting for, sign up today (€10)!

This is a haiku.
It really is a haiku.
Double pinky swear.

#haiku

You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon. All links count as 23 characters no matter how long they really are.

Also, links on Mastodon stay in the form you wrote them. This is much better for privacy than Twitter.

Twitter quietly changes all posted links to go via Twitter's domain t.co so they can track people. This doesn't happen on Mastodon or the Fediverse.

You can see this hidden conversion in Twitter by hovering your mouse over a link there, the link appears to show a normal address but Firefox and other browsers will indicate the true t.co address in the bottom left corner of the screen. If you try this same check on Mastodon or the Fediverse, you will see your links stay just as you wrote them.

#MastoTips #FediTips #Mastodon #Fediverse #Privacy #Twitter #LinkShorteners