Paul Tötterman @ptman@librem.one

The EU Council is pushing for encryption backdoors to messenger apps such as WhatsApp and Signal to fight terrorism (German article): https://fm4.orf.at/stories/3008930/

Despite the fact that errors of investigation in Austrian authorities had made the attack possible in the first place and not a lack of digital surveillance powers. Politicians must start to understand that more surveillance will not lead to more security. That's why we fight any attempt for an encryption backdoor: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk/

Last Sunday the UK/US/CA/AU/NZ/IN/JP govts issued a statement asking tech companies to add backdoors into E2E encryption. This is a big deal: unfortunately *backdoors do not work*. Read about our alternative: combating abuse via decentralised reputation.🔒 https://matrix.org/blog/2020/10/19/combating-abuse-in-matrix-without-backdoors

All source code of abandoned software should be open sourced. Manufacturers should be forced to do so on the end of service date.

The copyright battles of Sherlock Holmes are an example of the overreach of the current copyright regime.

BIG NEWS: Huge welcome to @gitchat@twitter.com, who are entering Matrix!! Gitter is moving from @gitlab@twitter.com to @element_hq@twitter.com & building the ultimate Matrix bridge, showcasing how a large chat app can natively talk Matrix, while bringing Gitter goodness to Element! 🚀🌉🎉 https://matrix.org/blog/2020/09/30/welcoming-gitter-to-matrix

Can we please, please – PLEASE! not make the nonsensical US date format month/day/year the default in applications? 🤦‍♂️

PRE 👏 TTY 👏 PLEASE

And to all users of that format: it makes no sense, it's counter-intuitive, it makes collaboration frustrating, it introduces inconsistencies and errors... Just stop. Please. Use international standards.
(And don't get me started on your other units of weights, volumes and distances. Bloody hell.)

Boost if I'm right.

Got some GNU info manual you want to read but you don't like the info reader? Just pipe it to less:

info grub | less

That spits out the whole manual into the less pager so you can move around like manpages.

Try our app, it's exactly like our website down to the pixel except for how it accesses your contacts, location, microphone, pictures and camera and it's not always nagging you to try our app.

RT @element_hq@twitter.com

👊🇪🇺The Privacy Shield ruling makes decentralised communications all the more relevant; for governments and all organisations with EU operations. Check out analysis by our DPO @denisersalmeida@twitter.com and how @matrixdotorg@twitter.com and Element fit the picture! 🇪🇺 👊

https://element.io/blog/privacy-shield-judgement-points-to-a-decentralised-future/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1292808920042475522

Sharing web pages via screenshots, just as TBL intended.

Did you know that #GDPR allows sites not to announce the use of "essential" cookies? Meaning those your site uses for itself, to keep the user logged in for example.

So when Internet commerce started to slap those stupid "we use cookies" banners on every site they used the more generic word "cookies" to avoid saying outright that their sites use *ad trackers*.

Long story short, if you don't sell your user data, you don't have to present stupid disclaimers.

RT @element_hq@twitter.com

Welcome to Element! We’ve renamed @RiotChat@twitter.com, @NewVectorHQ@twitter.com and @ModularIM@twitter.com as Element and we’re ready to bring decentralised communication to the masses with @matrixdotorg@twitter.com!! Read all about it at https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element 🔥🌊💨🌎️💃🚀🍾

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/element_hq/status/1283291599846481921

RT @Siftedeu@twitter.com

Exclusive: Slack-rival Element wins largest ever collaborative software deal

The win points to the growing concern about privacy in communications around the world.

https://sifted.eu/articles/element-germany-deal/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Siftedeu/status/1283274135913795584

Can we resist the trend of every programming language gradually turning into the same meta-programming language as they all add from the global kitchen sink of language features please

Really excited to share the details of the academic Matrix research that Florian Jacob and team have been up to at KIT DSN - come learn all about how Matrix decomposes over at: https://matrix.org/blog/2020/06/16/matrix-decomposition-an-independent-academic-analysis-of-matrix-state-resolution 👀🤓👩🏾‍💻

Brilliant project that tidies up public domain ebooks.

Gutenberg and Internet Archive are wonderful resources, but the texts are poorly formatted for actual use, especially on ereaders.

This is a volunteer driven initiative to bring these texts up to date with modern standards and make them look as good as possible on the page.

https://standardebooks.org/

"Imagine if every WP site came with its own Matrix community? Imagine an excellent Matrix client available as a WordPress plugin for embedding realtime chat into your site?"

Love this partnership!

https://matrix.org/blog/2020/05/21/welcoming-automattic-to-matrix