New "Cyber Czar" - Internet Freedom Is Over
The CEOs of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon tried to shift the narrative about whether their companies are monopolies. But their statements don’t match reality. Read more here: https://protonmail.com/blog/tech-ceos-hearing/
Should you Block HTTP Cookies for Privacy? Or Not?
TikTok offers 3rd parties to audit their code to quiet #privacy concerns. Auditability, not just of TikTok w/ hand-picked regulators/experts, is critical for software we rely on. For real privacy and security, you want software w/ a #FOSS license. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/29/tiktok-privacy-antitrust-china/
Librem 5: Dogwood Thermals and Battery Life
https://puri.sm/posts/dogwood-thermals-and-battery-life/
"Dogwood comes with a 75% bigger battery than Chestnut...this comes out to around 60% more runtime."
Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
The Chinese Communist Party is using smartphone and vehicle location data, checkpoint logs, facial recognition technology, and video feeds from buses and drones to identify people “collocated” at covert religious meetings. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/china-turns-surveillance-state-on-religious-gatherings-22997 https://twitter.com/cnalive/status/1286013171048820743 #Catholic #Priest #China
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I'm excited to announce that our Librem 14 laptop will now feature BIOS and EC flash chip write protection via a dip switch on the motherboard: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-features-bios-and-ec-write-protection/
I discovered http://cardgames.io games work great on my #Librem5 as a Gnome Web local app with its own launcher icon. While I already had solitaire and other games, this adds games like cribbage that don't have a native Linux app.
Recently installed 'toot', a text-based Mastodon client. This will allow me to check Mastodon when I have not launched the GUI in Linux. https://toot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
We are continually disappointed by false promises of mobile convergence. My thoughts on why: real convergence means taking your desktop computer with you wherever you go. Fake convergence is the opposite: stretching a phone to fit a larger screen. #Librem5 https://puri.sm/posts/investing-in-real-convergence/
The next generation of the Purism Linux laptop is on its way
https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-next-generation-of-the-purism-linux-laptop-is-on-its-way/
"...for any user whose top requirements are security and free software, the new Librem 14 will make you happy."
Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/
We are thankful today for the 13th anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's motu proprio #SummorumPontificum - affirming that the traditional rites of the Church were never abrogated, ever available for sanctification of the faithful. Deo gratias! https://twitter.com/juventutemDC/status/1280371978415812609 #Catholic #Priest #Pope
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A Wildly Powerful, Privacy-Focused Linux Laptop Appears…
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/purism-librem-14-linux-laptop
"Suffice to say it's a beast based around a six-core Intel Core i7-10710U (1.10 GHz, 4.70 GHz turbo boost) processor."
Learn more about the all-new Librem 14: https://puri.sm/products/librem-14/
In honor of the @purism #Librem14 launch I wrote a personal post to share my perspective as someone who backed the original Librem 13 crowdfunding campaign and still use it daily: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-thoughts-from-a-librem-13-early-adopter/
At a moment when more Americans are speaking up about reforming police, a Senate panel is wrongly pushing forward with a proposal to let law enforcement control our online lives. Stop EARN IT. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-bill-before-it-breaks-encryption
Announcing the all-new Librem 14
https://puri.sm/products/librem-14
A powerful 14" laptop in a 13" footprint
- Core i7-10710U (Comet Lake) Processor, 6 cores & 12 threads
- Up to 32GB DDR4 memory
- Output 4K Video to two displays
More about the Librem 14: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-launches-librem-14-successor-to-security-focused-librem-13-product-line/
Echo Chambers are Awesome, Twitter is Stupid.
Catholic father of 10. Programmer by trade. I like reading, writing, running, geocaching, chess, spending time with my family.