TechZerker @techzerker@librem.one

PSA: please stay clear of r/pinephone. The subreddit is ran in bad faith and for nefarious reasons. Full statement in the provided link: https://reddit.com/r/PINE64official/comments/fxcipk/psa_refrain_from_using_rpinephone/

Coworker: "This SFTP connection isn't working."
Me: "What's the server name?"
Coworker: "ftps.servername.com"
Me: "That's an FTPS server, not an SFTP server."
Coworker: "Can we request an alternate SFTP server?"
Me: "Sure, good luck with that."
Me: Sets status to away, goes to lunch.

Yep, that mood is still there.

A deep dive on filter bubbles from @risj_oxford: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/truth-behind-filter-bubbles-bursting-some-myths

Since our private search engine doesn't keep your search history, our search results don't suffer from this harmful effect.

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1247521259468066816

What would you use a Librem Mini for 🤔 How about a powerful, #private and #secure media center 💡 https://puri.sm/posts/a-mini-media-center/

Find out more about the #LibremMini https://puri.sm/products/librem-mini/

RT @killyourfm@twitter.com

A recent post at @omgubuntu@twitter.com got some flak because a couple Ubuntu flavors didn't have screenshots included.

Yet again this is where I preach the value of marketing, even simple things like having good assets for press. Yes, it matters.

This is the site owner's response:

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/killyourfm/status/1247043105632792576

Finally received my PINEPHONE "Brave Heart" today. Can't wait to install Manjaro on it :-) #pinephone #manjaro @PINE64 @ManjaroARM

COVID-19 has caused many classrooms to go online, but don't drop your guard regarding privacy.

"Within education, we need stronger systemic guardrails in place to protect against exploitative practices of tech companies vying for lucrative contracts."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/03/20/schooling-rapidly-moves-online-across-country-concerns-rise-about-student-data-privacy/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1246796483107659778

More than 5.2 million guests may have had their information compromised in Marriott's second major data breach in 16 months: https://www.wired.com/story/marriott-hacked-yes-again-2020/

There has been an 838% increase in the number of data breaches in the US between 2005 and 2019. Here's what to do if you were the victim of a data breach: https://protonvpn.com/blog/if-data-was-hacked/

What if you could replace a broken phone screen, by yourself, in under 5 minutes? Fairphone 3 is the only smartphone in the world to be awarded a perfect 10 out of 10 repairability score by iFixit. 🛠️ 🌍 Available now 👉 : https://frphn.co/nvI6X

The Gamer Cat
https://thegamercat.com

We, alongside a network of advocates, have launched an online resource centre to track and explain worldwide Covid-19 measures - you can find it here: https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/fighting-global-covid-19-power-grab

Anyone with updates can contact us at: info@privacyinternational.org.

Refactored.
Refinished.
Renewed.
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Released soon! #pixelfed

An analysis of the Zoom #privacy policy and all that's wrong with it:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whereby-vs-zoom-transparency-opacity-respect-privacy-manuela/
In short: better don't use this for anything sensitive and don't make other people install the Zoom app - ever.

have time for this
#study #heavypaint

False Knees
http://falseknees.com/

A Non-Techie's Introduction to SSH and SCP https://opensourcemusings.com/a-non-techies-introduction-to-ssh-and-scp

letting people use nano: lawful good
installing vim: neutral good
forcing people to use vi: chaotic evil

#Kdenlive Beta is out with huge performance improvements, many cool new features, lots of bug fixes and usability improvements. Go test it!

https://files.kde.org/kdenlive/unstable/kdenlive-20.04-beta1-x86_64.appimage.mirrorlist

#artwithopensource #video #videoediting

The first #WriteFreely v0.12.0 release candidate is out now, and everyone is now up-to-date!

There are a ton of great new features, but for Teams users in particular, your organization can now log into your instance via Slack.

See more of what's new in the latest release notes:
https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/releases/tag/v0.12.0rc1

#WriteFreely v0.12 is just about ready! This upcoming version includes #ActivityPub mentions, OAuth support, and plenty of small improvements.

For anyone interested in helping us test out this new version, we've just put out a release candidate for you to try today, and would love your feedback!

https://github.com/writeas/writefreely/releases/tag/v0.12.0rc1