Leetaur @leetaur@librem.one

We've got a new podcast! Across six episodes, we dive deep into six problems plaguing the modern Internet, and ways that we can dig ourselves out. You can find episodes of How to Fix the Internet here, and everywhere you get podcasts. https://www.eff.org/how-to-fix-the-internet-podcast https://t.co/kAxN4VpLu2

The Free Software Foundation has published an "Ethical Tech Giving Guide" and suggest our #librem5 for their smartphone category!

https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v11/

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

#freedom #privacy #security

Librem 5 Visual Walkthrough

"With the Mass-produced Evergreen phone now starting to ship, we put together a video walkthrough of the launch software as well as an overview of the final hardware."

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-visual-walkthrough/

#librem5 #privacy #freedom

If you've watched our video on the takedown of youtube-dl, you know how important it is that Github has reversed course and reinstated the repository. This is a strong commitment to the rights of the developer community, and we hope it sets an example. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-reinstates-youtube-dl-after-riaas-abuse-dmca https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1324833472553209856

New lawsuit: Why do Android phones mysteriously exchange 260MB a month with Google via cellular data when they're not even in use?

Google on Thursday was sued for allegedly stealing Android users' cellular data allowances though unapproved, undisclosed transmissions to the web giant's servers.

The lawsuit, Taylor et al v. Google [PDF], was filed in a US federal district court in San Jose.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/14/google_android_data_allowance/

#DeleteGoogle #surveillancecapitalism

Surveillance isn’t normal–it’s spying. Schools that use surveillance technologies to track and monitor students are violating their privacy. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/privacy-students

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