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mikegerwitz

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Free software hacker and user freedom activist with a focus on privacy and security; assistant GNUisance and member of the GNU Advisory Committee.

https://mikegerwitz.com/

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Privacy and security are more important than ever during a time of pervasive surveillance by governments and organizations:

https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/the-surreptitious-assault-on-privacy-security-and-freedom/

https://mikegerwitz.com/talks/sapsf.pdf

Consider that web pages download and execute arbitrary (usually non-free) software, without your knowledge or permission:

https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/collection/restore-online-freedom/

Your browser effectively clicks "Download and Run" for you. Would you do the same if prompted?

  1. GHCQ’s “Exceptional Access”, E2EE, Decentralization, and Reproducible Builds (mikegerwitz.com)
    1 points 0
  2. History of the GNU Project (gnu.org)
    2 points 0
  3. Gitlab, Gitorious, and Free Software (2015) (about.gitlab.com)
    1 points 0
  4. Wayback Machine now requires JavaScript (wayback.archive.org)
    3 points 0
  5. NY Proposed Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Service Companies [pdf] (dfs.ny.gov)
    5 points 0
  6. Free Software Foundation FY2015 Annnual Report [pdf] (static.fsf.org)
    3 points 0
  7. CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography Doesn't Exist (schneier.com)
    19 points 0
  8. GNU/kWindows (mikegerwitz.com)
    57 points 77
  9. Richard Stallman Braved a Winter Storm Last Night to March Against DRM (motherboard.vice.com)
    1 points 1
  10. French parliament votes to penalise smartphone makers over encryption (theguardian.com)
    2 points 0
  11. Company tracked 16,000 Iowa caucus-goers via their phones (fusion.net)
    2 points 0
  12. FSF announces fundraising support for GNU Guix (fsf.org)
    1 points 0
  13. Donald Trump wants to ban the internet (independent.co.uk)
    2 points 0
  14. Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynical Pattern (eff.org)
    18 points 0
  15. Smartwatch Spies What You Type on a Keyboard (news.softpedia.com)
    1 points 0
  16. How the CIA Might Target Apple's XCode (schneier.com)
    52 points 13
  17. FSF condemns partnership between Mozilla and Adobe to support DRM (fsf.org)
    459 points 288
  18. Support the FSF during their winter fundraiser (u.fsf.org)
    1 points 0
  19. Polynesian people used binary numbers 600 years ago (nature.com)
    3 points 0
  20. Revived SOPA Proposal To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony (secure.huffingtonpost.com)
    1 points -1
  21. Apple patents tech that lets government disable iPhone video, camera and wi-fi (boingboing.net)
    42 points 29
  22. Ending Secret Law Act (S.1130) (govtrack.us)
    4 points 3
  23. Stallman, Assange and Snowden (Photograph) (twitpic.com)
    14 points 0
  24. National Uproar: A Comprehensive Overview of the NSA Leaks and Revelations (mikegerwitz.com)
    2 points 0
  25. Who Does Skype Let Spy? (schneier.com)
    117 points 69