Daniel Kulesz @kuleszdl@fosstodon.org

We think backdooring messenger apps is a bad idea. Just like it was in 1993...
https://nextcloud.com/blog/a-bad-idea-nextcloud-signs-public-letter-opposing-german-plan-to-force-decryption-of-chat/

June 2019 News Update! Must read for anyone interested in any of our upcoming #pinephone #pinebook #pinetab devices. 😊 https://www.pine64.org/2019/06/06/june-2019-news-pinephone-pinebook-pro-and-pinetab/

This (excellent) talk by @ceejbot really makes me wonder why I those of us who saw all of this coming weren't able to change the trajectory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO8hZlgK5zc

E.g., I wound up asking the uncomfortable trademark ownership question at the very first nodeconf and basically got booed out of the room. That sordid story eventually ends up at the (predictable) io.js fork and the healing thereafter via foundation (which I still doesn't own the trademark!: https://nodejs.org/static/documents/trademark-policy.pdf)

Alter Schwede. Das @c3voc ist schnell !!! <3 #GPN19

https://media.ccc.de/v/gpn19-112-moderne-kommandozeilen-werkzeuge-endgltigletzteversion-

New blog post: "Tech veganism" https://nolanlawson.com/2019/05/31/tech-veganism/

Wherein I try to understand what makes a "tech vegan" (i.e. someone who avoids closed-source software and big tech companies, i.e. probably you), and whether there are parallels with real veganism.

Hey @UCCS students: as you were walking to your classes, researchers were surreptitiously photographing you to train face recognition algorithms. https://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/uccs-secretly-photographed-students-to-advance-facial-recognition-technology/Content?oid=19664437

Well, isn't this incredibly ironic?? Wael Abbas, a human rights activist in Egypt, discusses the dangerous consequences of Twitter having removed his account, LITERALLY NEXT TO THE 'JOIN OUR TWITTER DISCUSSION' SCREEN. #SIF19

London police arrest man who covered face during public facial recognition trials https://boingboing.net/2019/05/15/london-police-arrest-man-who-c.html

The systemd service manager and init system is a fully-free piece of software, however it comes with many limitations and that compromise portability and other values that free software lovers typically gravitate toward. I encourage you to join the Devuan GNU/Linux's Init Freedom Campaign to support your preferred alternative to systemd. GNUPropaganda officially supports and endorses The GNU Shepherd which available on POSIX systems with guile.

https://www.devuan.org/os/init-freedom/

With love and freedom!

We are happy to announce the #beta release of #LimeSurvey 4!

To #download it, please check this link: https://www.limesurvey.org/development-release.

You can check the attached screenshots to get an idea about how LimeSurvey 4 will look like.

We also published a #blog post about the new #features that will be introduced in the new release: https://www.limesurvey.org/about-us/blog/2171-workshop-report-5-2019-what-s-up-with-limesurvey-4

#Forum post: https://www.limesurvey.org/forum/news/118366-limesurvey-4-beta-is-out

For any questions & issues, please do not hesitate to write us back. We are looking forward to hearing your inputs!

#FreeSoftware has a lot of potential in the developing world.

In rural India, 12 villages use #FreedomBox to host free digital services. Activists have re-purposed old computers into FreedomBoxes, mounted them on posts, and served entire villages with free wi-fi and digital services.

These rural #FreedomBox networks got covered in the Times of India.

READ: ‘Every old computer is a potential server that can bring Internet connectivity to an entire village’

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/every-old-computer-is-a-potential-server-that-can-bring-internet-connectivity-to-an-entire-village/articleshow/67833580.cms

#Pinebook Pro and #PinePhone May update.
In other news: new website; forum updates incoming and BTO is going away for good. Read on! https://www.pine64.org/2019/05/06/may-2019-news/

And with a newer mesa #sway now runs on the #pinephone