Podcast die iedereen zou moeten luisteren: @bert_hubert legt in klare taal uit hoe Trump onze digitale diensten uit kan zetten, hoe we daar verandering in kunnen brengen met Europese clouddiensten en waarom dat moeilijk is. https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/de-technoloog/10568644/we-bouwen-ons-eigen-cloudbedrijf-in-tijden-van-trump #Podcast #DigitaleSoevereiniteit #NoCloud #Europa #DeTechnoloog
@ph00lt0 @nicorikken @bert_hubert I watched the whole video. The shipping of the Librem5 was indeed delayed often. But, all people I personally know who ordered one, got one in the end, including myself. Yes, after a long wait.
Regarding concern about #Signal: I use indeed Signal desktop on my Librem 5. Unfortunately Signal does not support #Linux as primary device, but you cannot blame #Purism for that.
@janvlug @ph00lt0 @nicorikken @bert_hubert
The main issue is the lack of a standardized Webview on #Linux. #KDE has #QtWebengine, #GNOME has #WebkitGTK and they are not "just #Chromium".
#Electron ships a stripped down and rarely updated version of Chromium, which is pretty horrendous, for RAM etc.
At least for #FOSS apps it should be possible to convert them to webview apps somehow, but for that we first need one.
@Rhababerbarbar @ph00lt0 @nicorikken @bert_hubert I moved also a bit more to @matrix, because of its decentralized nature and more choice in clients.
#Fractal works pretty well on the #Librem5: https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Fractal
@janvlug @ph00lt0 @nicorikken @bert_hubert @matrix
There is #Flare for #Signal but Signal blocks stuff pretty hard and captchas dont work so...
@janvlug @nicorikken @bert_hubert well yeah but you now run a overpriced phone with cheap mostly Chinese hardware with little to no security. The phone does not even support secure communication. It is unreasonable to expect signal to focus on such a small user group. Especially when you can just install GrapheneOS on a pixel device and have a decently secured phone without Google.
@ph00lt0 @nicorikken @bert_hubert
The #Librem5 is a full #Linux phone. #Phosh looks very similar to my #GNOME desktop. I can ssh into the Librem 5 without any issues. It is designed to give me full control and #freedom. Like any #FOSS product. I appreciate that daily, and I can accept some inconvenience to have software freedom. That is of course a personal choice. Keep in mind that #Purism only earns money when selling the phone. Not by spying on you and profiling you.
@ph00lt0 @nicorikken @bert_hubert
The #Librem5 is as secure as any #Linux system. Actually more secure because of the hardware kill switches for wifi, mobile data, camera, microphone and sensors.
I can use nearly all Linux apps. There are many secure options for communication. Like Signal and Matrix clients.
Many Linux apps are adaptive these days. See for example:
@janvlug @nicorikken @bert_hubert i am sorry but this not quite correct. A phone comes with quite some different attack factors because of the ability to call and use mobile data, GPS, etc.
Pixel phone are much different in on hardware aspect aswell and have proven to be better protected than other phones against all kinds of spyware and data extraction tools.
I believe the librem5 is a fun device to hack around with but I would refrain from using that for private or senstive commuication.