Funds privacy tech/open search @NGIZero@mastodon.xyz

"Your donations so far have allowed us to check numerous companies' source releases this year, each time getting us a bit closer to the goal of fully compliant releases of the GPLed software they use. " Denver Gingerich speaks about how our compliance work happens. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jan/09/publicGPL/

#askmastodon

I've been thinking that working on marketing for libre projects would be awesome!

Is there anyone on the fediverse I could talk to about getting a leg into that industry?

And I'm not talking about just drawings and illustrations but graphics, photoediting and videos, and finally ideas / marketing strategies.

I think I could be a great asset to projects out there.

Please share!

#linux #libre #foss #floss #opensource #libregames #mastoart #art #creative toots

This sort of thing is precisely why decentralized platforms, such as Mastodon, are so important. An ecosystem of federated services is much more resilient to government manipulation than a single commercial company.
https://thegrayzone.com/2020/01/12/us-pressure-social-media-censoring-suspending-venezuela-iran-syria/

Nearly 30 computer security and cryptography experts, including Roger Dingledine, Research Director and Co-Founder of the Tor Project, signed an open letter to the Indian government to reconsider plans that could weaken security and limit the use of strong encryption on internet.

Breaking encryption is not an answer. https://internetsociety.org/blog/2020/01/strong-encryption-is-central-to-good-security-indias-proposed-intermediary-rules-puts-it-at-risk/ #StrongInternet

Things I've forgot to mention at #fediverse36c3@#36c3:

Uhm, I do have a nice browser add-on for you if you use #Firefox and #Mastodon .
It just removes one nasty hurdle when interacting with “foreign” users/instances.

Would have been a good ad to mention it there… 😜

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation/?src=external-mastodon

NitroPad: Secure Laptop With Unique Tamper Detection https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2020/nitropad-secure-laptop-unique-tamper-detection

https://sha-mbles.github.io/

> We have computed the very first chosen-prefix collision for SHA-1. In a nutshell, this means a complete and practical break of the SHA-1 hash function, with dangerous practical implications if you are still using this hash function. To put it in another way: all attacks that are practical on MD5 are now also practical on SHA-1. Check our paper here for more details.

"Yesterday Marlinspike bashed decentralization. What he's missing is it's not about decentralization in the 90s sense. It's about making dominant platforms open again, where competing services can communicate with people on other networks, and competition can happen in an economy strongly based on network effect

Interoperability isn't a Swiss knife. But if it's applied to solve privacy and security problems that come with it, it'd be a visionary thing for the Internet"

https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10968-content_take-downs_who_cleans_the_internet

On the 6th February, we will start with our new format chaos colloquia. The first talk will be held by @reseauxsansfil@twitter.com about DNS privacy and security, on the 6th February. We will discuss problems in technologies like DoT, DoH and the problems of centralised services.

Pixelfed wouldn't be what it is today without the financial support from @NGIZero and people like you!

We are thrilled to be able to participate in the Next Generation Internet Initiative and look forward to pushing the fediverse forward!

For more info visit: https://nlnet.nl

#pixelfed

@Jelv @pixelfed @NGIZero Thanks! It will last me a year or two! Will be plenty of time to build a viral decentralized social media app not in the hands of corporations!

After many months of work, v0.10.7 will be released in the next hour!

- Stories
- Newsroom
- ComposeUI v4

And much more! #pixelfed

It feels like I'm living my dream and it's all thanks to you, the fediverse

You gave me a chance with pixelfed and I will never forget that

Thank you ❤️

On January 1, 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became effective:

https://www.cnet.com/news/ccpa-is-here-californias-privacy-law-gives-you-new-rights/

– CCPA applies to organizations that satisfy certain thresholds, and process personal data of residents of California (even if these organizations aren't located in the USA).
– CCPA differs from the European GDPR in some cases.
– Other US states may introduce similar privacy laws.

#ccpa #privacy #dataprotection #personaldata

The French government switched to Matrix, the German government evaluates free, open and federated messaging solutions, Nextcloud Talk became a great Slack replacement, public authorities in Germany consider a mass exodus from Twitter & Co after EuGH ruling, next stop Mastodon... Seems like we have both, the (political) momentum and the technology to make 2020 a great year for the free & open internet!
#Matrix #XMPP #Nextcloud #Mastodon #Germany #France

WATCH: Senior Researcher @Arcadian_O and Technology Lead @CJFWeatherhead talk at #36C3 on Menstruation Apps and the sharing of sensitive personal data with third parties
https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10693-no_body_s_business_but_mine_a_dive_into_menstruation_apps

Are you at #36c3 and interested to meet up with #deltachat developers and discuss the development status?

Come to our session tonight at 21:00 and join us :)

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2019/wiki/index.php/Session:Delta_Chat_Hands_On:_Development_Status_iOS,_Android,_%26_Desktop#_76cf6b64e154da634a1ef0262a7de6d5

Help us keep building great open source tools like Privacy Badger, Certbot, Let's Encrypt, HTTPS Everywhere, and more in 2020. Donate today and support a free and open Internet! https://eff.org/YEC19