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ICYMI: We just had our August 2021 Community Update!

We announced the PineNote: a high-end e-ink device powered by the same SoC as the Quartz64.

We also went into detail on upcoming hardware and software updates for PinePhone, Pinebook Pro, and Pinetime.

Read now: pine64.org/2021/08/15/introduc

Humanity as a whole is really good at finding solutions, but a terrible at root cause analysis, so we often would end-up remediating symptoms rather than solving problem. Private companies are quick to come up with new product and keep progress running at a stunning pace, but they can't solve the problems as their focus will be on symptoms that are on the surface, because those are visible to their shareholders, which put company and directors under high pressure.

@metalune@fosstodon.org as long as developers will do a good job, historically growth in hardware was driven by "laziness" of software development teams, or in reality by unwillingness of software companies to spend any time of development life cycle for performance optimization of their software.

Here is a demo of Visual Voicemail working on Mobian!

At the beginning of the century we as a society accepted that internet is our future and now it has become irreplaceable. Today coffee makers, dishwashers and other devices from our home are connected to the Internet, so it's time for Zero Trust. Government already realized importance of this concept hard way, time to take embrace it on a personal level. info.summit7systems.com/blog/t

"The Federal Trade Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to pursue policies that will make it easier for people to repair their own things." vice.com/en/article/k78xbn/ftc

What are the alternatives to the walled garden of big tech? Have your own castle where you and your rights are respected. Read why Purism is built with security, privacy and freedom in mind 🌎 puri.sm/posts/defending-agains

“In 1972, scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a bold prediction. By developing a scientific model that considered the way that humans and the planet interact with each other, the researchers determined that society was heading toward collapse by the mid-21st century, driven largely by the forces of growing population and capital over-exploiting limited planetary resources…Turns out, we're right on schedule”

Read: inkl.com/a/MqxAAaUnVxn

Watch: ind.ie/excuse-me/

When you put decision making authority on AI you will get environment optimized for robots not humans. Would you like to live in such environment?

@danslerush yes just like Amazon with AWS, MS working hard on Azure offering and indeed probably makes lots of money off of Linux. So they probably trying to steer things to improve their bottom line in projects they sponsoring. However as long as project stays open source people can collectively say "NO" for example VSCodium is a clone of VSCode without analytics piece from MS. It's a lot of work to survive in this world but I am positive that it is possible.

@danslerush I would disagree about computers, you could build it using parts knowing each component and then install open source OS, that way you won't touch big tech. There is very limited path in doing something like that with phones.

While it is possible to achieve Internet Sovereignty from a big tech providers, you are still at the mercy of your infrastructure, at one day guys with "shovels" may start dinging and accidentally cut cables, so you need multiple providers with different cables so that when one is cut you can utilize second one.

The Runner: Why you should try self-hosting and de-Google your life?

Big American tech companies know way too much about us and are too intertwined with our personal lives, but they don’t have to be. Read more below!
runnermag.ca/2021/06/why-you-s

Twitter rolling out Twitter Blue feature, so now people will pay Twitter for sale of their profiles to advertisers just to get access to so called paid features. On the other side of the spectrum is Mastodon totally open source and free from advertisers. Now we can say that even if you pay for something you can still be a product.

Interesting story from Wired. What can we all learn from it: 2FA is only as strong as you original method, practicing good password hygiene is the only way to protect your account. Even if it is personal, change your passwords often at least 90 days, use software to keep track of all passwords and creation dates and never rely solely on 2FA even if it is physical key. wired.com/story/the-full-story

Onion routing turns 25 this month. 🎂

You’re invited to celebrate this moment with us to talk about the beginnings of onion routing & how this idea became Tor.

🗓️ Mark your calendar: Wed., May 26, 18:00 UTC / 14:00 Eastern / 11:00 Pacific
📺 youtu.be/-wbivkG8TcU

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