Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one

Illinois residents (and the rest of us) have a fundamental human right to the privacy of our personal biometric information. So Clearview should not collect our faceprints without our consent, as required by Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/clearviews-faceprinting-not-sheltered-biometric-privacy-litigation-first-amendment

The RIAA used the DMCA to take down youtube-dl even though youtube-dl doesn’t infringe on any RIAA copyrights. That's not how it's supposed to work. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/riaa-abuses-dmca-take-down-popular-tool-downloading-online-video

You can still pre-order the Librem 5 and save $50 - but this early bird pricing ends November 15th!

"The Librem 5 represents the opportunity for you to take back control and protect your private information, your digital life through free and open source software, open governance, and transparency."

https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

#privacy #freedom #security #librem5

Relax, folks. Take a deep breath. Whatever happens over the next few days or weeks, happens. Rest up. This circus begins again in about 36 months.

I just keep imagining the epic sword battle between Google Reader and Orkut... In the end the life force of all Google products end up feeding Search, the only immortal.

A key promise of the internet as an innovation was it would enable people to disseminate information & build platforms without needing corporations who can buy printing presses or satellites.

Ever since, corporate media has been trying to attack, now silence, this empowerment.

Glenn Greenwald

Announcing the Librem Mini V2

"The Librem Mini v2 in just about all respects matches the Mini v1 including the same base price. The big difference is that we can now offer a new, 10th gen i7-10510U Intel processor. "

https://puri.sm/posts/announcing-the-librem-mini-v2/

#privacy #security #freedom #LibremMini

Just made my first mobile payment with my bank app straight from the Librem 5 - via Anbox. The last reason to occasionally boot an Android phone just went poof! :) #librem5 #pureos #mobile #gnu #linux #anbox

The Free Software Conservancy @conservancy has asked Microsoft to resign from the RIAA over the recent takedown of youtube-dl, an important tool for free software users, as well as journalists: https://u.fsf.org/36p

Also, the gold standard for an authoritarian surveillance state. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/unchecked-smart-cities-are-surveillance-cities-what-we-need-are-smart-enough https://twitter.com/axios/status/1321908916654137344

Facebook is losing users in the US and Canada
https://www.engadget.com/facebook-q3-2020-earnings-204642328.html #facebook #libremsocial

it's amazing how many stories you can 'debunk' just by looking up the actual sources

Be suspicious when Facebook endorses changes to Section 230: weakening those legal protections could give Facebook more power over speech online, not less. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/congress-fails-ask-tech-ceos-hard-questions

In just a few weeks we will start shipping Librem 5 Evergreen!

You can still pre-order your #librem5 now and save $50 off - but be quick - early bird pricing ends soon!

https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/

#librem5 #privacy #security #freedom

The General Purpose Computer In Your Pocket

https://puri.sm/posts/the-general-purpose-computer-in-your-pocket/

"One of the neatest tricks Big Tech ever pulled was convincing people that phones weren’t general-purpose computers and should have different rules than laptops or desktops. These rules conveniently give the vendor more control so that you don’t own a smartphone so much as you rent it."

#privacy #software #freedom

French cartoonist and free software activist David Revoy @davidrevoy, who created our gorgeous 35th anniversary designs, has released his adorable Pepper & Carrot comics in print, in English! Read more at his blog: https://u.fsf.org/365

Youtube-dl is a legitimate tool with a world of a lawful uses. Demanding its removal from Github is a disappointing and counterproductive move by the RIAA. https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2020/10/2020-10-23-RIAA.md