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Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Thursday, 04-Apr-2019 20:31:38 EDT 
Mike Gerwitz
@alextee The EFF does a lot of good work that I do support them for, and I am an EFF member. But as a free software activist, I don't always agree with their stance on software or use of certain terminology. -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Wednesday, 03-Apr-2019 21:45:05 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
EFF applauds WhatsApp fixing a group chat bug:https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/fixed-whatsapp-rolls-out-group-privacy-settings I get it, a lot of people use WhatsApp. But this doesn't deserve applause---WhatsApp deserves condemnation. It is a proprietary, centralized service. There are better ways to go about your communication with others where you don't have to put… -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Tuesday, 02-Apr-2019 11:02:34 EDT 
Free Software Foundation
New job opening at the FSF! We're seeking a new Campaigns Manager to plan and execute how to achieve our campaign goals. If you're passionate about free software and have relevant experience, apply today! https://u.fsf.org/2sc -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Friday, 29-Mar-2019 23:00:49 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
GNU Guix Blog, "Connecting reproducible deployment to a long-term source code archive":
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Danny O'B (mala)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2019 16:40:16 EDT 
Danny O'B
A bunch of Swedish MEPs pressed the wrong button in the Copyright Directive vote, defeating the chance to vote to delete #article13 and #article11.
Well, that’s quite the mandate to fuck with millions of Internet users.
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Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 23:05:10 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
@davehunt The most recent accessibility-related talk I can remember at LibrePlanet is by Chris Hofstader in 2017:
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Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 22:37:37 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
@davehunt The Guix talk was actually @dthompson, but we're both young guys and may sound a little bit alike. :) I don't think we've spoken before, but my first LibrePlanet was four years ago and I don't recall all of the people that I've exchanged pleasantries with. I'd love to chat with you sooner, certainly. I feel I should clarify my talk suggestion: I'm not FSF staff … -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 22:19:28 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
@mala Re: The LibrePlanet panel you were on about Australia's terrible decryption law: I asked the first questions just before rms. I had about an hour's worth of questions but had to give others a turn. I did talk to Isa a little bit after specifically about concerns with Tor, but wasn't able to find you free. That panel made a lot of people very uncomfortable. ;) In par… -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 21:57:36 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
@davehunt Your GNU Social bio says you are blind, so I think I know who you are, assuming you've been at more than one LibrePlanet. If that's the case, I've seen how effortlessly you seem to use your computer and I've been really curious to talk to you about how you do your computing, what challenges you face, what we as a free software community are doing well, and what … -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 21:21:51 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
Both slide PDF and source code are now online for my #LibrePlanet2019 talk "Computational Symbiosis: Methods That Meld Mind and Machine":
https://mikegerwitz.com/talks#cs4m
This year, I tried to commit much more frequently than in past years (see Git history) to demonstrate how I use Org mode to track the progress of sections of my talk and outline the work I need to do. I'll write about it some time. -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 14:37:53 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
@mnw Oh and when accessing my password database remotely over SSH, e.g. at a hotel, I use Tor for additional privacy (`torify ssh`); I posted about that a couple of days ago. -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 14:36:26 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
@mnw Thanks for the feedback. I keep a master copy on a server hosted at my house. This also makes it easy to share a password database with my wife (encrypted with both my key and a key I generated for her). But I just have her open it with Emacs over SSH, which decrypts it automatically. Obviously there are more risks associated with that, but it's easy for her to manag… -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 12:44:48 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
As an errata of sorts to my #LibrePlanet2019 talk---I think I said "GNU/Linux running on the proprietary Windows kernel", when Linux isn't involved---it's GNU/kWindows. Microsoft wrote a compatibility layer that translates Linux syscalls, so programs compiled _for_ GNU/Linux run atop of the Windows kernel. See http://status.hackerposse.com/url/18486 for more information. … -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Monday, 25-Mar-2019 00:05:50 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
It was a pleasure meeting everyone again at #LibrePlanet2019. I hope to see you all again next year! -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2019 19:21:16 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
Congratulations to Deb Nicholson and Open Street Map as recipients of the free software awards! -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 23-Mar-2019 07:50:55 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
Since I'm on hotel Wifi, a reminder to travelers: consider using a VPN or Tor. I use the latter, both for my web browsing and for SSH to my home server, for privacy reasons. It's not just about data collection on guests by the hotel or network operator---some networks, like my hotel, aren't even encrypted, so any non-encrypted traffic can be sniffed. There's a lot of meta… -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2019 21:45:17 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
#LibrePlanet is quickly approaching!
My flight unfortunately arrives later than I'd like on Friday, so I'll do my best to make it to the office party at the FSF...maybe I'll get there in time to greet people as they're walking out... -
Free Software Foundation (fsf)'s status on Friday, 15-Mar-2019 11:30:50 EDT
Free Software Foundation
The exhibit hall at #LibrePlanet 2019 is going to be loaded with interesting free software projects and businesses: CivicActions, GNOME, Purism, Technoethical, Tor, and more. Register for LibrePlanet today: https://u.fsf.org/lp19regmb -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Thursday, 10-May-2018 20:54:29 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
http://status.hackerposse.com/url/17377 This is very disappointing to see. The screenshot shows "You're ready to go!", followed by "You can use 'Software' to install apps like these:". The apps they list, in left-right top-down order, are: VLC (free), Skype (non-free), Spotify (non-free), Slack (non-free), Discord (non-free), Corebird (free), Mailspring (free), GIMP (free… -
Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jul-2017 02:02:56 EDT
Mike Gerwitz
Just two days before the #DayAgainstDRM, the #W3C approves DRM for the Web (EME) without even a commitment to defend security researchers:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/07/amid-unprecedented-controversy-w3c-greenlights-drm-web
https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/25959
Watch for an appeal.
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