Michael Downey 🇺🇳 @downey@floss.social

The impact of COVID on Jitsi development in two charts. Details in https://cauldron.io/project/4100?from_date=2018-04-22&to_date=2021-04-22&tab=overview @jitsinews

Moxie is a jerk, but sometimes Moxie channels being a jerk into useful activity.

https://signal.org/blog/cellebrite-vulnerabilities/

Molly de Blanc and I wrote a Declaration of #DigitalAutonomy, outlining the Principles of Digital Autonomy. We'd love to hear your thoughts: https://techautonomy.org/

https://amifloced.org/ thank you Electronic Frontiers Foundation. @EFF

Software freedom contributors are human. We all make mistakes, often very publicly. It's tricky to write a public apology for those mistakes.

This blog post by @sagesharp will help you avoid common pitfalls and craft an effective apology: https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2021/apr/20/how-to-apologize/

Google Chrome is now officially adware.

Anti-virus programs should start tagging it as such.

#FLoC #GoogleChrome #SurveillanceCapitalism

Delete Chrome. Now.

Google is using its exceptionally powerful position to make *the browser itself* analyze your browsing behavior and serve that on a plate in the form of "cohorts" to anyone interested.

They are transforming Chrome into a "browsing-history-passport" - right now.

If you care about your intellectual freedom even a little bit, you must put Chrome out of your life as soon as possible. Support others doing the same.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/google-testing-its-controversial-new-ad-targeting-tech-millions-browsers-heres

#DeleteChrome

Looks like I don't really need @EFF 's HTTPS Everywhere add on anymore as Firefox has added HTTPS-only mode ( for new enough releases ) and also blocks mix content

I had been wondering if it's still providing me any functionality

If you still want the rulesets, HE is moving to a lookup service from DuckDuckGo (sounds privacy problematic) by the end of 2021

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/04/https-everywhere-now-uses-duckduckgos-smarter-encryption

Thanks to @resist1984 for commenting on the ruleset change as I'd overlooked the announcement

RT @matrixdotorg@twitter.com

Gitter is now bridged natively to Matrix! As such we will soon retire the previous bridge in favour of the new. Learn more at https://matrix.org/blog/2021/04/15/old-gitter-bridge-end-of-life-2021-04-21-to-be-replaced-with-native-bridge

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/matrixdotorg/status/1382988032236789763

Reflections on Proprietary Software - @lightweight : https://davelane.nz/reflections-proprietary-software

Please help me find a resource detailing privacy issues with Google Chrome in one place other than www.GNU.org's one. Do you know one? I need to write an article which is easy to read to beginners related to that, especially, I am looking for the reasons and the proofs not the alternatives. Thank you, All!

Friends: @fsf @fsfe @fsfi @Framasoft @ChatonsOrg @torproject @tails_live @switchingsoftware @privacytools and all | Tags: #chrome #google #privacy #freesoftware

Today we're kicking off the #GNU Assembly!

https://gnu.tools

This is a new umbrella for GNU people seeking transparent decision-making and built around consensus. It's the result of a decade of struggle to make #GNU inclusive, transparent, and community-driven.

#GNU contributors: consider joining!

#FreeSoftware activists: help us spread the word!

Slackware Lives! Upcoming Slackware 15.0 Beta is Out. Download and Test Now. #linux #opensource #slackware
https://www.debugpoint.com/2021/04/slackware-15-0-beta/

"The #GNU #Mailman Steering Committee condemns the reinstatement of Richard M. Stallman (#RMS) to the Board of the Free Software Foundation
(#FSF)"

Further more, they are actively exploring ways on how to become independent from the FSF and the GNU Project:

"We do not want our project associated with such a person, nor to provide economic resources to organizations that promote him to leadership positions."

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/message/IVWZVRR3MQWLRLYPXOFQ5Y6CFFGHQXPC/

"Put away your torches and your pitchforks and instead grab your scalpels, because we have some cancer to excise from the FSF and that cancer is the board of directors."

https://anonymoushash.vmbrasseur.com/2021/04/13/future-of-free-software-and-fsf

#fsf #foss