Gareth Kitchen 🏴 @gruff@mastodon.technology
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LineageOS | Welsh Independence | Trader | Privacy Enthusiast | Green
Joined Jul 2020
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The #onlineharms Bill heading to Parliament aims to undermine #encryption and risks overreaching into everyday communications in private messaging apps, says Heather Burns, ORG’s new policy manager. #privacy
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-harms-encryption-under-attack/
Sadly, only 4G for the moon, should have gone with Huawei. lol
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Using @Docker or other containers? Be sure to read our container security guide. { from the archives } #security #devops #containers https://developer.okta.com/blog/2019/07/18/container-security-a-developer-guide
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Did the UK learn from the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal? Or will the @ICOnews’s reluctance to enforce #dataprotection law hold us back? Our data & democracy officer @PascalCrowe investigates.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/bigger-than-cambridge-analytica/
So they already log every web site we visit for 12 months. They record every email you send. Now they want to listen to our conversations and messages by breaking encryption. Control is almost total.
Just love LineageOS my 5 year old S5 is now running Android 10 (Q) and its still zippy!
It must be about 70Gb odd of source. repo sync and brunch and it compiled first time.
Nice that Facebook uses data collected through the Onavo virtual private network (VPN) apps, to provide detailed competitive insights into the usage and engagement. I guess those VPN's are the 'free' ones in the Play store.
https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/house-antitrust-report-on-big-tech/b2ec22cf340e1af1/full.pdf
Most notable is the bipartisan support.
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The #Epic @fedilab @k9mail cases have reinforced our strong stance that we must control the distribution channels of #FLOSS and no longer depend on the #PlayStore
A major threat to the adoption of an alternative is that users expect updates to be automatic but #Google made that possible only for the #PlayStore
Code Lutin will invest on @fdroidorg to make software update possible on non-rooted #Android devices thus, allowing people to adopt #FreeSoftware
Track & Trace application written to full UK Government specification. Suitable for Local Authority track and trace teams.
Licence terms £12bn pa, unlimited use.
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Happy ten years of F-Droid 🎉!
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Apps targeting Android SDK 30 published by F-Droid cannot yet be installed on Android 11. This affects at least FairEmail, Netguard, OpenVPN and a few others.
You might want to hold up upgrading your device to Android 11 for a few weeks if you rely on any of these apps.
As a developer, you might want to hold up upgrading targetSDK to 30 for a bit.
The issue is tracked here, including a workaround for getting your data back from FairEmail in case you already fell into this trap.
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver/-/issues/827
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The results of our annual server poll are in! Our community has voted to expand the ProtonVPN network to Cyprus, the Philippines, and Thailand, among other countries. Thank you for helping us prioritize where we should acquire and provision new servers. Stay tuned for updates! https://protonvpn.com/blog/2020-vpn-poll-results/
This is why I bang on about privacy and personal data. :(
In Wales there is a remarkable piece of legislation called the Well-being of Future Generations act.
Since 2015 every Welsh Govt. body has been obliged to base its actions on the long term needs of people and the environment. Whether it's a new road or new houses, no matter what the immediate pressure might be, the policy makers have to think long term, proporitise sustainability and consult local people before every major decision.
https://www.futuregenerations.wales/about-us/future-generations-act/
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RT TheLawSociety: The independence of our legal system hinges on lawyers and judges *not being hindered or intimidated in carrying out their professional duties* and not being identified with their clients or their clients' causes. See our press release https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/contact-or-visit-us/press-office/press-releases/attacks-on-the-legal-profession-undermine-the-rule-of-law
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LineageOS | Welsh Independence | Trader | Privacy Enthusiast | Green
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