...while independent studies show that the direct opposite is true. Zero malware was found in the open, transparent and free appstore F-Droid https://nsl.cs.waseda.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/submitted_wama2017.pdf

#UNICEF wants to invest in #FreeSoftware "The Fund provides investment-style funding for early-stage, #OpenSource technology solutions that address the most pressing challenges faced by children and young people", further "UNICEF requires that all code, content or hardware developed and tested be open source and be publicly available."... Great initiative! https://www.ungm.org/Public/Notice/82482

"we should be working not just to pay the bills, but to make sure we don’t create software that we will one day regret", I like the term #ethicalDebt, software engineers think a lot about technical debt when building software but we should not forget the ethical debt of what we build. https://thenewstack.io/tech-ethics-new-years-resolution-dont-build-software-you-will-regret/ #software #engineering #ethics

In January, the #EU is launching bug bounties on #FreeSoftware projects to increase the #security of the #Internet! https://juliareda.eu/2018/12/eu-fossa-bug-bounties #FOSSA

@gwmngilfen
@clacke @ralph

I agree as well, Stallman talks are great if you are interested in the philosophy and the social, ethical and political aspects of Free Software. But I'm not sure if you will find the right arguments to teach companies about the economic values of Free Software. Therefore I would rather look at talks from Simon Phipps and other: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xup0HOyQy8U

@bob
Remember what Stallman did ~30 years ago when proprietary software dominated, he didn't recommended abstinence he came up with a positive answer aka Free Software. We need to do the same with today's evolving technology (cloud, saas, IoT, whatever). Ignoring it will change nothing we have to get engaged and shape it in a freedom and privacy respecting way.

#Google removes #Kodi from search autocomplete in anti-piracy effort - the article state "But, while Kodi is legal software, it remains a space that enables piracy, akin to platforms like BitTorrent."... Yes, like any general purpose computer. 🙄 https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/29/17176894/google-removes-kodi-search-autocomplete-anti-piracy

@raucao
1) one is a black box where you have to trust the ownet the other one not, IMHO this makes a difference. 2) AFAIK that's much more than WhatsApp does: https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/ the last time I checks WhatsApp synced and stored the whole address book. 3) IMHO it makes a difference, first the meta data are different, see 2. Second whether you can combine it with all the online and offline information from facebook or not makes a difference as well.

You want to break with old habits? Getting used to use a new search engine, online translator, etc. can be really hard. I just learned about #LeechBlock, a nice #Firefox and #Chromium extension which allows you to block certain URLs or forward them. You can set up rules like "forward google.com to startpage.com" or "forward translate.google.com to deepl.com". Now every time your bad habit kicks in, your browser will remind you what you really want to do. 😀 http://www.proginosko.com/leechblock/

@marcus
Ohne den Talk gehört zu haben, hole ich noch nach, ist für mich "Post Privacy" das Unwort schlecht hin. Es bedeutet nämlich nicht das wir alle kein Privatsphäre mehr haben (was auch schlimm wäre), sondern das der normale Mensch keine Privatsphäre mehr hat (bzw. haben soll). Die Mächtigen in diesem ganzen System schützen ihre Privatsphäre sehr wohl und mit allen Mitteln die ihnen zur Verfügung stehen.

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@throgh

Barcelona migrates to Free Software. The plan is to start with the applications until the last remaining proprietary software is the operating system which will then be replaced by GNU/Linux. https://itsfoss.com/barcelona-open-source/ #pmpc

We have to be careful not to end up in a situation like about 16 years ago when websites were optimized for certain browsers. These days it is not #Microsoft Internet #Explorer but #Google #Chrome. Now it's the time to act if you care about a free and open web. Refuse to use Google Chrome! https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/4/16805216/google-chrome-only-sites-internet-explorer-6-web-standards