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Problems we are having with #Signal:
* It is and will remain centralized (clear strategy of *not* federating servers)
* It requires strong identifiers/selectors (phone#) to use
* Author disallows distribution by anyone but Google, although free/libre
* It keeps pushing away verification of fingerprint in interface
* It relies on Google+Amazon infrastructure
* Its funding is shady (OTF = Radio Free Asia = USG)

= clearly unethical choices, unjustifiable by accessibility or technological reasons.

Doom was released 25 years ago today. It was about 2.39 MB, the size of an average webpage today. News sites average closer to 8 MB.

Please shotgun the javascript demons and make more efficient & accessible websites.

#Signal throws the middle finger up at #Australia's anti #encryption bill. Good luck trying to get blood from a stone they say 😂 #infosec #security #privacy
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/signal-to-australia-good-luck-with-that-crypto-ban/

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Black Friday deals on ALL KDE SOFTWARE! 100% OFF! (also tomorrow, and the day after that, and the next day, and the next one after that too, and ...)

https://www.kde.org/applications/

Smuggling extreme ideas like #Article13 into the EU #CopyrightDirective has produced an incoherent mess, and leaks show just how hard it is to fix them https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/leaks-show-europes-attempts-fix-copyright-directive-are-failing

"Government of France has confirmed it is in the process of deploying a huge private #federation of #Matrix homeservers spanning the whole government, and developing a fork of #Riot.im for use as their official secure communications client! The goal is to replace usage of #WhatsApp or #Telegram for official purposes."

https://matrix.org/blog/2018/04/26/matrix-and-riot-confirmed-as-the-basis-for-frances-secure-instant-messenger-app/

#decentralization #privacy #secure #securecomms

Whoa, Ubuntu 18.04 is getting 10 years of LTS support.

That's a shots fired to Red Hat.

Reminder: Privacy is a basic human right.

We believe everyone should have private access to an open web where they can express themselves, share information, and learn without being tracked, surveilled, or censored. https://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights

We just made a testing release for version 3.3 and are looking for feedback 😋 !

The release includes a revamp of the admin install page, an update of the metronome configuration, security improvements and important bugfixes ✨ !

Please checkout this post for more info ✌️

https://forum.yunohost.org/t/yunohost-3-3-testing-call-for-feedback/6197

FRI NOV 16 NOON - 2PM ET: Digital Self-Defense Workshop 🤓 We'll use tricks from Snowden's toolkit to stay private. Come learn about @torproject #Signal #Wire @Purism @matrix @freedomboxfndn @fdroidorg @exodus @better #gnupg and more!

I don't need an #OS, I have #emacs.

Original technology..

TOTAL WAR games going cheap on Humble this weekend (affiliate link): https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/total-war-franchise-weekend/?partner=gamingonlinux

New one take #Video shot on my lunch break.

#Thinkpad Alternatives

https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/70234b9e-d13f-401b-b981-b6064be5d397

Getting there. #FrankenPi #Raspberrypi