KevinTheBA @kevintheba@librem.one

Join Electronic Frontier Alliance member @STOPSpyingNY in a week of online action for surveillance transparency in NYC. https://twitter.com/STOPSpyingNY/statuses/1141768541621932032

Using Gmail confidential mode is neither secure nor private. As long as Google can read your emails, its privacy promises will always be disingenuous. Here’s why Gmail’s confidential mode isn’t actually confidential: https://protonmail.com/blog/gmail-confidential-mode-security-privacy/

Getting an education shouldn't cost students their right to privacy. https://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/8603-smells-like-teen-surveillance

#FreedomBox can help protect your data from being mined on the internet. But what happens when your data is mined in the physical world?

"Most of our concerns about privacy [can] feel theoretical at times. But there is nothing theoretical about Bluetooth beacon technology that follows you into retail stores [and] tracks your movement down to the meter."

Read the latest from Michael Kwet:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/14/opinion/bluetooth-wireless-tracking-privacy.html

ProtonMail also encrypts messages at rest, which prevents us from being able to decrypt your inbox. This provides both better privacy and security as your unencrypted messages can't be shared with third parties nor stolen from us: https://protonmail.com/blog/zero-access-encryption/

In this year's Who Has Your Back? censorship report, @Reddit, @GitHub and @apple came out on top. If they can achieve this level of transparency and accountability, it’s reasonable to expect other companies to also meet that standard. https://www.eff.org/wp/who-has-your-back-2019

Encrypted communication is necessary to fight mass surveillance and to protect freedom of speech. 😎
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/chinese-cyberattack-hits-telegram-app-during-hong-kong-protest-n1017491
Here's why everyone should switch to encrypted emails: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/quit-gmail-free-encrypted-email

L10n strings for 3.1.0, Round 1

#Jolla is getting ready for the #SailfishOS 3.1.0 release.
This time (Round 1 of 2) there are about 210 strings to be translated depending on the language. Jolla kindly asks the community to help with translations until Saturday, 15th June.

Announcement on TJC: https://together.jolla.com/question/207646/official-announcement-l10n-strings-for-310-round-1/?sort=votes&page=1

#Jolla is looking for new sailors for the following positions: Product Management Lead, UI Developer, Middleware Developer, Visual Designer

Visit their website for more information and apply now! https://jolla.com/careers/ #SailfishOS

Free has never been free: Data mining, advertisements, data breaches. It's time to demand change to keep our emails safe! 💪😃
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/webmail-good-bad-secure

Five years ago, we've launched Tutanota to stop illegal mass surveillance. Since then, we've achieved a lot: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/encrypted-email/ 😃🎉😍
#fast ✅
#beautiful ✅
#secure✅
#GoogleFree✅

Google's ad-based business model destroys our right to privacy: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/05/30/google-just-gave-2-billion-chrome-users-a-reason-to-switch-to-firefox
#QuitGoogle by checking out these privacy-friendly alternatives: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-to-leave-google-gmail/
#Fight4Privacy #NoAds 💪😃

"We find ourselves tied down to Apple, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft for our e-mail, social networking, calendering -- you name it. It doesn't have to be that way...What the #FreedomBox brings to the table is the power to let almost anyone run their own server without being a Linux expert."

READ: "Put the internet back under your control with the FreedomBox"

https://www.zdnet.com/article/put-the-internet-back-under-your-control-with-the-freedombox/

Go and submit your talk proposal, book travel ✈ hotel 🏨 and get a ticket for the #nextcloud conference!
https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-conference-2019-call-for-papers/

Give Ubuntu a bold new look with Qogir https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/06/install-qogir-theme-ubuntu #linux

If you think the reason Internet companies voraciously snarf up your data is because their services are free, allow @techdirt to introduce you to the telcos:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190609/00461242361/if-you-think-reason-internet-companies-snarf-up-your-data-is-because-their-services-are-free-allow-me-to-introduce-you-to-telcos.shtml

Traveling internationally this summer? Consider this advice from EFF's @scopesetic: "minimize the data on your device, and strongly encrypt the data still on your device." More from @TheParallax: https://the-parallax.com/2019/06/12/what-to-do-customs-social-media/

Apple's new 'Single Sign-On' feature "protects you from all sorts of scary third parties, but does not necessarily protect you from the company offering it — in this case, Apple," says EFF's Gennie Gebhart https://time.com/5604295/sign-in-with-apple/

The Senate is considering a draft bill that would wipe out the Alice decision and open the door to patent trolls. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/06/it-should-be-clear-now-messing-patent-laws-section-101-bad-idea

If you are leaving the U.S. for a trip this summer, take precautions before you travel. https://the-parallax.com/2019/06/12/what-to-do-customs-social-media