Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one

Tourists on Tech's Toll Roads

https://puri.sm/posts/tourists-on-techs-toll-roads/

"We can’t accept being a tourist on tech's toll road, the future demands open highways accessible by everyone, where you can freely go where you want, how you want."

In response to the @nytimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/technology/apple-watch-is-a-private-road.html

#privacy #freedom #security

Alyssa Rosenzweig, former FSF intern and co-keynote speaker for LibrePlanet 2020, wrote a GNU/Linux program to exchange bluetooth signals using the Exposure Notifications protocol developed by Apple and Google for COVID-19: https://u.fsf.org/35c

Less hacks when driving an external screen with the #Librem5: you can see how the monitor picks up the video signal when the yellow led on the external screen turns to blue and the external mouse is detected when the cursor appears on #phosh's lock screen in the upper left corner (and yes, i need better video equipment):

A solution that requires students to surrender the security of their personal biometric information and give over video of their private spaces is no solution at all. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/08/proctoring-apps-subject-students-unnecessary-surveillance

OH LOOK! I found an actual comment in the code

//TODO: Rename $free_second_day to $free_standard
//These global variables weave in and out through files
//I don't feel confident I can rename them all.
//If someone else ends up having to deal with this.
//I'm so sorry.

By demanding encryption backdoors, Politicians are not asking us to choose between security and privacy. They are asking us to choose no security. Here's why: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk
We must fight encryption backdoors around the world. 💪 #privacy #HumanRight

The call for proposals for this year's EmacsConf is now open! Gather your thoughts on the joy of #Emacs and hit M-x submit by September 30th. https://u.fsf.org/353

Was the Librem 5 Dogwood Worth the Wait?

@gbryant reviews the latest hardware revision of the #librem5

https://lbry.tv/@TheLinuxGamer:f/lib-5-dogwood:b

The process of Degoogling is slow and tedious... yet so satisfying.

#degoogle #privacy #nobigdata

Is your school forcing you to use Zoom, Skype, or other proprietary videoconferencing software to learn or teach? We want to help you stand up for your rights! Sign and share our petition, and tell us about your school: https://u.fsf.org/34d

"Documents released also show that Google’s privacy policy was crafted in a way to allow applications that had location tracking turned off from using the location tracking information from another Google application that had location tracking on" #privacy https://www.azmirror.com/2020/08/24/unsealed-google-lawsuit-docs-show-its-own-engineers-were-confused-by-privacy-settings/

Surveillance isn’t normal, and it isn’t okay. Students are right to feel concerned and to want to speak up about their privacy. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/privacy-students

#PureOS for Creatives Part 1: Music Production with the #librem15

"In 2020, there is a free software equivalent for every mainstream commercial program on the market today."

https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-for-creatives-part-1-music-production-with-the-librem-15/

The first in a three-part series on PureOS for Creatives by our guest blogger, Tre Scranton

All the more reason to take control over your own location data and how it's shared, instead of hoping proprietary software funded by your data is operating in your best interests (it isn't): https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/secret-service-other-agencies-buy-access-to-mobile-phone-location-data/ #privacy

#Nitter is an AGPLv3 licensed #Twitter frontend with all the features of the default site -- but more importantly -- it returns all of the freedom that Twitter's nonfree JavaScript takes away from you. Try it out! https://nitter.net

Have you seen our new video in support of student #UserFreedom? Watch the University of Costumed Heroes and share our message to stand up for the rights of the younger generation. https://u.fsf.org/fsfheroes