"One of the hopes for the early Internet was that this new technology could help ordinary people rebalance the scales of power. That potential still exists, and we see it in everything." - EFF's Executive Director Cindy Cohn https://twitter.com/EFF/status/1316910770253418502
Whether it's #bossware, #stalkerware, #DRM, or printer ink, we've got your back. As the @IETF's #RFC8890 says, "The Internet is for End-Users" (that's you!) https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/we-fight-users
Wow ProtonMail couldn't ship security updates for a whole month because Apple was blackmailing them into giving a cut of their subscription revenue https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/8/21506995/apple-forced-in-app-purchase-protonmail-ceo-wordpress-iap
Introducing: Fund Your App
Vote for the mobile phone apps you desire to see working on the #librem5 phone!
https://puri.sm/fund-your-app/
"Fund Your App is a great way to show how far we have come with the Librem 5 and PureOS, it also allows people to vote on what is our app development priority."
It's cool when someone from one of your almae matres does something notable:
University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
https://www.folio.ca/university-of-alberta-virologist-awarded-nobel-prize-in-physiology-or-medicine/
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."
The free software #GNU Taler payment system is now operational at Bern University! Read more: https://u.fsf.org/35h
Pay-by-Face Threatens Your Health and Your Privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/09/exposing-your-face-isnt-more-hygienic-way-pay
Let's get Mr. Chi Pig a spot on the Canada's walk of fame. Petition update · In The Meantime and In between Time · Change.org
https://www.change.org/p/canada-s-walk-of-fame-get-canadian-legend-chi-pig-on-canada-s-walk-of-fame/u/27756647?cs_tk=AlTrEwnHZ5aIQ2N4a18AAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvGyMHRk5w4beOK8xWjG43iw%3D&utm_campaign=534320c8051745cbb36801d95694f609&utm_content=initial_v0_4_0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_update&utm_term=cs
Freak, nerd, cranky misanthrope.