Nic Brits @NicBrits@mastodon.technology

Because of Apple's privacy labels we recently had to revisit the Mojeek App.

Instead of just filling out the “Data You Collect” portion with a blank and considering the job done, we took this opportunity to give it an update: https://blog.mojeek.com/2021/05/mojeek-app-improvements.html

Librem 5 News Summary: March 2021

"We continued to ship Librem 5s throughout March all according to plan and also continue to hunt down CPUs"

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-news-summary-march-2021/

#librem5 #privacy #freedom

The General Purpose Computer In Your Pocket

"What makes the Librem 5 special is that it reclaims the full potential of what phones should have been all along: a general-purpose computer in your pocket under your control."

https://puri.sm/posts/the-general-purpose-computer-in-your-pocket/

#freedom #convergence #privacy

The modern web is terrible - the small web is better. Gemini will save us all! https://share.tube/videos/watch/6f1e8d45-15ac-4eed-b19a-dc31a9791d6b

Your Phone Is Your Castle

"If your home is your physical castle, your phone is your digital castle. More than any other computer, your phone has become the most personal of personal computers and holds the most sensitive digital property a person has..."

https://puri.sm/posts/your-phone-is-your-castle/

#privacy #freedom #security

Happy Friday! We are once again enjoying a day of putting together the infrastructure that will help us build a bigger and better index.

As before, partial results will be available until this work is done. Please bear with us.

App Showcase: Weather

"The Librem 5 is designed to protect your privacy, and include a privacy-respecting Weather app. When opened this retrieves weather data from the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and only them."

https://puri.sm/posts/app-showcase-weather/

#privacy #librem5 #freedom

With phoc being a phone compositor and touchscreen being a primary input device, mouse pointer handling has been a bit neglected - but it's going to change soon! Fixing some pointer-related bugs and adding quality of life improvements in #phoc :) #librem5 #mobile #gnome #gnu #linux #phosh @purism

I Love You For Your Personality

"If you are as excited about the Librem 5 as I am, you will want to show it to all your non-techie friends and family..."

https://puri.sm/posts/i-love-you-for-your-personality/

Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#privacy #freedom #librem5

Maybe the best place to post photos on the Fediverse is PixelFed.

✅ PixelFed is the Fediverse's alternative to Instagram, with a similar interface and features. You can find out more at https://www.pixelfed.org and there's a list of instances to join at https://beta.joinpixelfed.org

It doesn't matter which instance you join, people on other PixelFed or Mastodon instances can follow you because Fediverse instances talk to each other.

#PixelFed #Fediverse #FediTips #Instagram #Alternatives

The Free Software Foundation has published an "Ethical Tech Giving Guide" and suggest our #librem5 for their smartphone category!

https://www.fsf.org/givingguide/v11/

More about the Librem 5: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#freedom #privacy #security

Avoid "Advertiser ID" with the Librem 5

https://puri.sm/posts/avoid-advertiser-id-with-the-librem-5/

"Apple and Google profess to care about the privacy rights of their customers, but their operating systems tell a different story. iOS and Android both allow for pervasive tracking of users through Advertiser IDs."

#privacy #security #librem5