Sean O'Brien @diggity@mastodon.social

So @emacsen and I recorded our first episode of @librelounge with a guest last night. I'm not going to spoiler which guest but it's a heck of a first guest! I'm excited for the upcoming episode.

@Gorio @61 @philippemargery @diggity @Purism Most modern #Jabber (#XMPP) clients support OMEMO: end-to-end encryption. I've been using it as my main chat network for 6 months now with e2e, works perfectly!

Check out this interview with our friends Sean O'Brien (@diggity) and Laurin Weissinger of @privacylab!

These gentleman bring hands-on hardware hacking to Yale Law School. And sometimes, they even use #FreedomBox in the classroom.

Learn more about their unique work here:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/securing-institutions-we-rely-grassroots-case-study

Sean O'Brien (@diggity) and Laurin Weissinger of @privacylab were interviewed by @eff.

They use, inspect, and hack on #Free and #OpenSource software in the classroom at Yale Law School.

Read this article to learn more about their work and how we have been involved:

"Securing The Institutions We Rely On: A Grassroots Case Study"
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/12/securing-institutions-we-rely-grassroots-case-study

#Art #MastoArt

I’m so grateful for MastoArt, when I first came on the Masto scene and started trying to learn about the Fediverse it was the first instance to really welcome me. It’s the first Art spot I’ve been on where who you are is just as valued as the art you produce. We’re not brands here, we’re friends, mentors, students and fans. Our fandom isn’t based on consumption and gatekeeping, it’s a federated opensource community of art, literature, knowledge & support❤️

@cwebber There are far fewer well-funded culture projects in general than there are software projects. Adding free to the equation doesn't reverse that fundamental balance.

@diggity has a great post on why buying a Librem laptop is a great idea! check it out - https://wp.puri.sm/posts/2018-black-friday-deals/

For reasons I won't go into here, my daughter's Digital Technologies teacher asked for "a screenshot of her operating system." We sent him that, but since it doesn't explain much, we also included a link to the PureOS website. I'm expecting confusion to reign ...

I’ll be on WION (Indian TV) in ten minutes to comment on Facebook’s patent for identifying and targeting families using facial recognition.

(In a nutshell: it’s their business model. Of course they’re going to. There’s nothing surprising about this whatsoever. What I’m surprised about is that we keep getting surprised about a company doing exactly what its financial statements state it does to make money.)

@Gorio @philippemargery @diggity @Purism @maxeddy

One last observation, as it occurred to me that some vendors may seek to exploit consumers very legitimate concerns about mass surveillance: if you are dealing with a loss of trust between people and government
an appropriate response cannot be primarily technological. It must necessarily be social and political.

@diggity

Conversations will offer to set you up with Daniel's own server (conversations.im) by default, or you can use your own.

This is no different than setting up a new email address though and people manage to do that every time.

Obviously, it's also as good an excuse as any for supporting the great job the #FSF do.

@philippemargery @Purism @maxeddy

@diggity @Purism That's awesome. I really need to finish getting my synapse server + bridges up.

@diggity @Purism

I love everything you do!
It is a dream come true with the #Librem 5!