Today's piece in the Mercury News:
Headline: New generation of tech firms urges stronger privacy laws
Reject Big Tech efforts to weaken California law and regulate us. Seriously.
By Purism CEO, @todd and Brave CEO, @BrendanEich
Why The Social Media Giants Could Be In Big Trouble
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/social-media-policy_ca_5d0e522ce4b07ae90d9df87e #privacy
What Hong Kong's Protestors Can Teach Us About the Future of Privacy
https://gizmodo.com/what-hong-kongs-protestors-can-teach-us-about-the-futur-1835715794 #privacy #libremone
We're looking at something new running on the Librem 5 Dev Kit every single day.
Day 3: Web Browser
Just released released phosh 0.0.3:
https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/tags/v0.0.3
Thanks for all the contributions!
Discover the new adaptive view switcher and adaptive preferences window from libhandy 0.0.10: https://bytesgnomeschozo.blogspot.com/2019/06/libhandy-0010.html
The skills and talent of the people I work with frequently amazes me. Like how our Design Director uses all free software tools to make our #LibremOne commercial: https://puri.sm/posts/see-your-junk-behind-the-scenes/
Check out how we made that "See Your Junk" video with free software only :
Stories like this one from @arstechnica are not unusual:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/06/google-confirms-2017-supply-chain-attack-that-sneaked-backdoor-on-android-devices/
That's why Purism takes the digital supply chain so seriously. Read about our efforts to protect the digital supply chain here:
https://puri.sm/posts/protecting-the-digital-supply-chain/
@david @todd @kyle Good illustration choice David! The ring represents that illusion of power that is abusing you. It makes you believe that by having it in your hands, you own it and you have power but it is just an illusion. Instead, this illusion has been made to dominate you. The wise doesn't fall in the trap. Such a beautiful metaphor from such an amazing movie.
I just wrote a post that talks about user empowerment and how that influences how @purism designs its products, from hardware to software to security to services to social: https://puri.sm/posts/with-purism-products-you-are-in-control/
"Nothing I found quite hit that sweet spot. ...but then a colleague suggested I look into Purism. I fell in love and bought a Librem 13. It's been so great."
What is more important: Freedom or Truth?
Here's my take:
LBRY: https://beta.lbry.tv/what-is-more-important-freedom-or-truth
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDOsLF9xqiU
iPhone Privacy Is Broken…and Apps Are to Blame - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iphone-privacy-is-brokenand-apps-are-to-blame-11559316401?mod=djemptech_t #privacy #libremone