Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one

There are serious problems with platforms’ moderation practices, but the problem isn’t liberals silencing conservatives. The problem is the powerful silencing the powerless. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/online-content-policy-modernization-act-unconstitutional-mess

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- #privacy as a service
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Software Development Progress July and August 2020

https://puri.sm/posts/software-development-progress-july-and-august-2020/

"Software development progress for the Librem 5. This time for July and August 2020"

#privacy #security #librem5 #software

@purism #torch/#flashlight support coming to #phosh and the #Librem5:

Next Presidential Debate To Be Held On Rocket That Is Then Launched Into The Sun https://buff.ly/2ELlcrW https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1311387928413822976 #Comedy #debate

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Desktop and Phone Convergence

https://puri.sm/posts/desktop-and-phone-convergence/

"The #librem5 is more than a phone, it’s a full desktop computer in your pocket designed to be just as mobile as you are."

#privacy #security #freedom

Librem 5 phone + USB keyboard + USB touchpad + Bluetooth speaker + HDMI screen + Firefox + YouTube video

The next generation of wearables will be a privacy minefield
https://www.engadget.com/next-generation-wearables-privacy-191237188.html #privacy #security

Adventures of porting postmarketOS to the Librem 5

"I’ve been longing to drop the shackles of Android ever since I made the decision to stop using my Nokia N900. Nokia had given up on Linux phones, and it was clear that there would be no further security patches for my favorite smartphone of all time. "

https://puri.sm/posts/adventures-of-porting-postmarketos-to-the-librem-5/

Guest post by @craftyguy

#privacy #freedom #security

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