obi 🍍 @obi@qoto.org

Zoom acquired Keybase today.

Keybase helped me to identify a trend in the software industry: using a pretty UI to cover up the disruption of an open ecosystem with a closed, centralized replacement. Keybase seemed cool on the face of it - making encryption easier is a laudible goal, and PGP certainly could use the improvement. But, thanks to Keybase, now I ask different questions upfront.

Beware the Keybase formula:

1. Integrates with an existing, open ecosystem
2. May have open-source clients, but server is closed source and does not federate
3. Pretty UI and good marketing
4. VC funded

Are you ready to leave Gmail? Then check out Tutanota - the encrypted email service without Google Captcha or Googel Push. 😉👌👉 https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/open-source-email/ #LeaveGmail #PrivacyFirst

Re all the #stellar coins in your soon to be terminated keybase account, please remember that @torproject accepts donations too

https://donate.torproject.org/cryptocurrency

Forcing contract tracing apps upon the public may be the first wave of an all out war on privacy.

Consider avoiding all technology that real-time tracks & shares your location.

Saying ‘no’ is a superpower that we all share.

https://nypost.com/2020/05/04/coronavirus-contact-tracing-app-could-be-forced-on-all-uk-visitors/ (uses analytics)

If you want to fight back - Choose to be vocal about saying no. Discuss with friends & family in all social channels. Immediately contact your politician. Avoid supportive purchases.

#privacy #COVID19 #tech #ContactTracing

google flat curve. the US government doesnt want you to do it

@obi That's very neat. Spud powered no less!! 😜

Congrats to our friends in the @ubuntu@twitter.com community on their latest release! We’re super excited to build the next elementary OS on such an amazing foundation 😘

RT @ubuntu@twitter.com

It's here! Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is available for download 🎉 http://ubuntu.com/download #UbuntuLTS

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/1253378475295232003

the oill "tango" like anyone buys the crap
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Success! Now I'm able to capture screenshots to an SD card via the PCMCIA adapter. Much easier to find and read on most computers than a True-IDE CF card. Screenshots are just PostScript generated by the printing code, redirected to a file. GIMP can be used to add some anti-aliasing to make it clearer for the eyes.

Here's a pure 2 GHz signal.. #retrocomputing #electronics #amateurradio #hamradio

RT @naomibrockwell@twitter.com

Today for the first time, a video on my @LBRYio@twitter.com got more views than the same video on my YT channel.
Today I also reached 10k subs on LBRY, compared to 35k on YT.
& my latest video made almost $300 on LBRY, while on YT it was demonetized.
We're starting to have real alternatives.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/naomibrockwell/status/1253114148625547271

Zoom is the new open floor plan