Thoughts on this?
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Calling all teachers! LibreOffice is a great choice for schools and education – it's free and open source, compatible with Microsoft Office, and you don't have to worry about license fees, subscriptions or software audits. Learn more: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/03/24/libreoffice-a-great-choice-for-schools-and-education/
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Software directories like http://opensource.builders list alternatives to proprietary tools and often sort by the projects' GitHub star count. Starring our GitHub repository (https://github.com/xwiki-labs/cryptpad) is an easy way to help increase CryptPad's visibility.
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: face surveillance is not a responsible solution to a public health emergency. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/face-surveillance-not-solution-covid-19-crisis
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hold the fuck on. you're saying that google, the advertising company that pioneered the current wave of extracting as much "harmless" data from everyone as possible in order to more effectively market toothpaste to people based on racial profiling, and exists solely due to profits from said advertising... doesn't value my privacy
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Research on the coronavirus needs to move quickly, which is why we are calling for open access. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/embracing-open-science-medical-crisis-0
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"ratcheting up surveillance to combat the pandemic now could permanently open the doors to more invasive forms of snooping later. It is a lesson Americans learned after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001..." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html
.onion: https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2020/03/23/technology/coronavirus-surveillance-tracking-privacy.html
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Tell Congress that we deserve to keep our private conversations out of the hands of Attorney General William Barr and the rest of law enforcement. Tell them to reject the EARN IT Act. https://act.eff.org/action/protect-our-speech-and-security-online-reject-the-graham-blumenthal-bill
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Uploaded my article on the origins of surveillance to hackernoon.
https://hackernoon.com/the-origins-of-surveillance-881x3yco
Also go follow @freddy for no reason...
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Uploaded my article on the origins of surveillance to hackernoon.
https://hackernoon.com/the-origins-of-surveillance-881x3yco
Lets see how much traffic this toot gets...
@freddy is a new account I've created. Probably won't post much on it. Just wanted to try out Purism's service after all the "hype" had died down.
I just uploaded my article on why privacy matters to HackerNoon.
https://hackernoon.com/privacy-matters-even-if-you-have-nothing-to-hide-0p3g32qi
Bitcoins price halved due to Corona.
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@|Everybody: Please don't forget that the mentally unstable are currently a high-risk group too.
#SocialDistancing is good to #FlattenTheCurve, but it can exacerbate mental issues and might even increase the suicide rate.
Be there for those who need it!
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Today, make an effort to talk to at least one new person to let them know why maintaining good #privacy practices is important for you.
Warmly invite them to alternatives to ad and algorithm heavy websites.
Be kind. Be gracious to their feedback. Their reluctance may run deep after years of corporate and algorithmic manipulation.
These small steps to create a community help us all be more private and informationally secure.
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Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. To prove that Tutanota is free from any backdoor, the entire client code is published as open source. Let's fight against mass surveillance! ✊
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-backdoor-is-a-security-risk/
#privacy #dataprotection #datasecurity #security #encryption #surveillance #backdoors
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Whoa, this is awesome resource 😯 A curated list of technologies by the Humane Tech Community.
“This list focuses on (mostly open-source) projects that are directly related to humane tech topics.”
https://github.com/humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech/blob/master/README.md
Learn more: https://community.humanetech.com/t/be-a-builder-help-improve-wellbeing-freedom-and-society/3322
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