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Laurie 🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him)

Can anyone reccomend a book or documentary that explains how companies like Google and Microsoft make money from surveillance of users? I understand some of the basics, but would really like a deep understanding. Preferably something aimed at laypeople, rather than people with a tech professional background. Thanks!
#FOSS #FLOSS #BigData #Libre

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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

@hypostase @billbennett The fundamental idea of the Fedi is that *it can be whatever I want it to be*, for anyone who takes that attitude because it's #libre. That's entirely not the case for anything proprietary. Therein lies the fundamental difference. Even the BDFL can have their project forked - we've seen it many times. The people always have power in the Libre world. They *never* do in the proprietary world.

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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

@billbennett @artnacrea How much do you know about F-Droid or Aurora, etc.? Here's a comprehensive list: github.com/offa/android-foss - not only are the instances of the stores curated, but the frameworks they're built on are #libre, too, allowing other people to leverage & improve them. It seems miraculous that the media doesn't get how huge that is. Growth via replication rather than inflation. In built diversity rather than a single point of failure (or corruption).

A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy. - offa/android-foss
GitHubGitHub - offa/android-foss: A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy.A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy. - offa/android-foss
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

@billbennett sure. I get it. My main concern, as a #libre advocate, is that even though you wouldn't have intended it, I suspect many people will get the 'Google=good and Open source=dodgy' message, which isn't ideal from my perspective. It needed an explicit statement: there's nothing inherently wrong with open source - the problem is unscrupulous vendors.

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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

Our monthly #Libre / #FOSS meeting is tomorrow (Tues 11/3) at 20:00 NZDT. You're welcome to join us! meeting.iridescent.nz (which will redirect you to our vid conf system). Drop in to ask questions or take part in the discussion and meet folks who know lots of useful stuff and are happy to share (you may well be one of them!)! All of us always learn something we didn't know...

meeting.iridescent.nzFOSS MeetupLearn using BigBlueButton, the trusted open-source web conferencing solution that enables seamless virtual collaboration and online learning experiences.
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Le Bottin des Jeux Linux

🕹️Title: GNU FreeDink
🦊️What's: A libre port of Dink Smallwood (1998, freed), a humorous adventure game with Dink, a pig farmer
🏡️dinknetwork.com/file/dink_smal
🐣️savannah.gnu.org/projects/free
🔖#LinuxGaming #ShareYourGames #Adventure
📦️#Libre #Arch #RPM #Deb
📖Our entry: lebottinlinux.vps.a-lec.org/LO

🥁️Update: 2.08
⚗️Hotfix 🐞️
📌️Changes: dinknetwork.com/forum.cgi?MID=
🦣️From: 🛜️ dinknetwork.com//rss.cgi

🏝️youtube.com/embed/aDHQ17Gf34c
🦝️youtube.com/embed/vd5yRmILT9Q
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💥️🎲️ youtube.com/embed/?list=PL8035
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🕶️ A bird's-eye view of the protagonist (Dink Smallwood) in front of a thatched hut, next to a duck. 📚️ A libre and multi-platform port of the game Dink Smallwood (released in 1998, then freed), an adventure and action game with a humorous theme, whose protagonist, Dink, is a pig farmer. Leaving his hometown to find his aunt and live a new life after his mother is a victim of fire, he hears of a sinister cult in the Darklands that threatens his kingdom, which convinces him to try to stop it. It is a complete and mature game (with soundtracks and translations), with an editor and many Mods (available in 2 versions: before / after 2006) developed by his fans.
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→ "La société est de moins en moins adaptée pour les gens comme moi", à 33 ans, Éléna raconte sa vie sans smartphone
france3-regions.francetvinfo.f

« [N]e pas avoir de smartphone, c’est s’offrir plus de liberté : "Je n’ai pas envie d’en être dépendante et d'être submergée par les groupes de conversations en ligne. Je ne veux pas me sentir obligée de répondre à quelqu’un dans la seconde. Je veux être libre." »

France 3 Centre-Val de Loire · "La société est de moins en moins adaptée pour les gens comme moi", à 33 ans, Éléna raconte sa vie sans smartpBy Marie Greco
#soci#smartphone#libert
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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿

Huh, imagine, gov't IT systems vastly over priced: rnz.co.nz/news/national/543767 and imagine - the soluion: "buy more off-the-shelf". 🤦 Why not pay local providers to build #libre / #FOSS solutions that can be used across gov'ts around the world?! We're not competing with other gov'ts! What if they did the same & most of our gov't IT systems came from other countries' libre efforts, supported by our *local* industry, not Trump's BigTech puppetmasters or minions, depending on your POV. Show leadership.

RNZ · ACC's botched IT project needed overseas expertise to helpBy Phil Pennington
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