Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one

censoring the world's largest and most popular repository of scholarly research is as or more unconscionable as anything else that happened today

(and to think we nearly missed this among everything else!)

Right now approximately 3 people control the ability of you and several billion other people to communicate.

This is possibly the most threatening thing to ever happen to democracy.

There is a coup happening.

It's being executed by Google, Facebook, and Twitter.

They believe they should decide for the entire world that we are allowed to say to one another.

Found it

"Fund Your App" has received more than 5,000 app votes!

The current Top 5 apps are:

1. Firefox
2. Battery Life
3. Pure Maps
4. Signal
5. Calendar

Help fund the apps you desire: puri.sm/fund-your-app/

#librem5 #privacy #freedom #security

#SolarWinds wrote a blog post a in 2019 about how #FLOSS is dangerous because anyone can push malicious code to FLOSS projects:
https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/Geek-Speak-Blogs/The-Pros-and-Cons-of-Open-source-Tools/ba-p/478665

The irony could not be sweeter.

#InfoSec #IronySec #SupplyChainAttacks

/via @cguess

A reprise of my #librem5 benchmark to add the #pinephone

My October toots about it for context:
1) https://social.librem.one/@someunexpectedsparks/104989138328111860
2) https://social.librem.one/@someunexpectedsparks/104989155078072644
3) https://social.librem.one/@someunexpectedsparks/104989174678396616

tl;dr – this is based on the build times of a C++ project I’m puttering around with

No real news. The L5 is about twice as fast as the pinephone in this case. Neither is actually fast. My desktop’s best time is 2.3 seconds compared to the L5’s 36

The Future of Software Supply Chain Security

"All indications are that software supply chain security will be the biggest issue for the security industry in 2021."

https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-software-supply-chain-security/

#security #software #freedom

App Showcase: Backups

"Déjà Dup is the recommended way to backup your data on all Librem hardware. It allows you to schedule backups or restore past backups."

https://puri.sm/posts/backups/

#librem5 #privacy #freedom

RT @eff: Mass surveillance is subtle coercion that alters our behavior, quiets our voices, and chills resistance. We must end it. https://t…

The #librem5 wishing the #pinephone a merry Christmas and a happy GNU year, by SMS from the command-line. 😃 PureOS and @postmarketOS both running #phosh. The script on the Librem 5 is using mmcli commands to send SMS messages. #UserFreedom #mobile #gnu #linux #freesoftware @purism #gnomeonmobile

With phoc being a phone compositor and touchscreen being a primary input device, mouse pointer handling has been a bit neglected - but it's going to change soon! Fixing some pointer-related bugs and adding quality of life improvements in #phoc :) #librem5 #mobile #gnome #gnu #linux #phosh @purism

The inconvenient truth is that there is no such thing as a backdoor that only lets the good guys in. The EU's resolution on encryption, released yesterday, could result in a net decrease of everyone's privacy and security: https://protonmail.com/blog/eu-attack-on-encryption/

I Love You For Your Personality

"If you are as excited about the Librem 5 as I am, you will want to show it to all your non-techie friends and family..."

https://puri.sm/posts/i-love-you-for-your-personality/

Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#privacy #freedom #librem5

What if I told you there is no legal significance to calling an online service a "platform"? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/12/publisher-or-platform-it-doesnt-matter

"You're WRONG about Linux phones."
https://youtu.be/z29aJCTn-mY #purism #librem5

Avoid "Advertiser ID" with the Librem 5

https://puri.sm/posts/avoid-advertiser-id-with-the-librem-5/

"Apple and Google profess to care about the privacy rights of their customers, but their operating systems tell a different story. iOS and Android both allow for pervasive tracking of users through Advertiser IDs."

#privacy #security #librem5