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If I could turn back time,
if I could find a way,
I'd get back to the shell before vim ran, and you'd say:

If I could reach Esc,
I'd change my mode for you,
and you'd insert text, remove text like you used to do.

Tech companies and online platforms have other ways to address the rapid spread of disinformation, including addressing the algorithmic “megaphone” at the heart of the problem, and giving users control over their own feeds. eff.org/deeplinks/2019/05/cens

@geek Not sure, may need to contact support for that one.

@geek Yes, some of these things, eventually, may be configurable. We are starting by erring on the side of safety and "opt in", and as we can figure out ways to achieve that while allowing some of those options down the road, you might see some of that.

@geek The thought is that it makes it clear that social media posts are public and protects against accidental disclosure of things (through misconfiguration or other mistakes) that you thought were private (but are only pseudo-private without encryption) both from outsiders and also from us or anyone who would request your data.

Today we've updated the Librem One website with two important documents:

A short guide to staying safe online no matter what online service you are using. Like our policy document we've kept it short and to the point, with links to more detailed, independent resources if you'd like to learn more.

librem.one/stay-safe/

As well as a code of conduct that makes it clear we will respond to reports of harassment, for example on Librem Social, our opt-in social network.

librem.one/conduct/

This last week all Firefox addons were accidentally disabled due to issues in Mozilla certs. Many security measures out there require full, unrevokable trust in the vendor for them to work and this is a great example of the risks with that approach. Imagine if that ever happened with SecureBoot...

Uncle Ben said that with great power comes great responsibility, but he didn't explain that responsibility lags behind power a bit. There's a brief period where you can enjoy the rush of great power before the weight of great responsibility hits.

@af3 Soon. For now you can use the upstream Riot app.

This makes a lot of sense given MS's larger strategy with Azure. They need to get Linux devs off Macs and AWS and onto Windows and Azure. Github and Linux tools on Windows are the gateway. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/0

For those of you using Librem Chat on Android, the latest version (0.1.4) removes any code traces from trackers left behind in the upstream Riot codebase (we had disabled them before but the code itself was still there).

source.puri.sm/liberty/chat/an

@springbov@mastodon.technology @todd I write song parodies like this a few times a week at work for fun. This one I wrote a few months ago and I thought with the 500 char limit in Mastodon it would be fun to start posting some of them every so often.

If you have any requests let me know!

@kyle
They call me GNU thug
I got a license to debug
On the forbidden fruit
Known as pureboot
You don’t hear the curses
If you’ve got a special purpose
The crew, T-bone n’ Kyle
Watching the code compile

"Most people want to retain their privacy and freedom and most people are concerned about their digital footprint. Most people do not want to be tracked all the time from all devices."

puri.sm/posts/opt-in-no-ads-an

So much drama in the SPC
It's kinda hard being T-O-double-D
But, he, somehow, someway, keeps on comin' up with Librem hardware every single day

He's got coders in the chat room buildin' a phone
They ain't leavin' till 6 in the morn (PST)
Now we gonna pick a license for this. GNU's up, closed's down while you other developers code to this.

Rollin' down the street, writin' free code, licensed for GNU, laid back, with my mind on the Librem and the Librem on my mind.

About to record the next @linuxjournal podcast! Do you have a cool open source story to tell? Let me know!

@ConnyDuck Sorry for causing you so much trouble over the past few days. I assure you we didn't have malicious intent and it was just a oversight in the process of this launch.

Outside of the notices that are in the application now, are there any places that you feel are missing appropriate attribution?

For what it's worth, we elaborate on the reasoning behind doing a fork for Librem One client apps here: puri.sm/posts/how-purism-works

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