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The ACLU and EFF's victory over causeless searches of phones and laptops at the US border is a great step in the fight for digital freedom.Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional
BOSTON—In a major victory for privacy rights at the border, a federal court in Boston ruled today that suspicionless searches of travelers’ electronic devices by federal agents at airports and other U.S. ports of entry are unconstitutional. The ruling came in a lawsuit, Alasaad v. McAleenan, filed...www.eff.org
A good opportunity to highlight the decentralization of the protocol :)
There are so many easy ways to setup a synapse server nowadays, from your managed setup: https://modular.im
Over the official Ansible playbook:
https://github.com/spantaleev/matrix-docker-ansible-deploy
To my very personal (undocumented) playbook:
https://git.shivering-isles.com/shivering-isles/infrastructure/tree/master/roles/matrix
Definitely worth looking into that.
#matrix #federation #selfhosting
http://matrix.org homeserver is still suffering badly from IO problems. we’re trying to accelerate the migration to the new datacentre. sorry for the outage :(
New Matrix-Alertmanager release out! Version 0.1.0 brings HTML formatted messages and all dependencies updated. Thanks to contributors "daniego" and "Lyr" 💪
#matrix #prometheusjaywink / Matrix Alertmanager
A bot to receive Alertmanager webhook events and forward them to chosen rooms.git.feneas.org
Netflix #DRM finds yet another way to limit your choices: older Samsung and Panasonic "smart" televisions and Roku devices will no longer work with the Netflix app. We weren't kidding when we said that DRM makes software and devices defective by design.Netflix halts supporting Samsung and other televisions from 2010 and 2011
Samsung issued a warning that TV owners of a 2010 and 2011 model that staring December no longer be able to use the Netflix application. The support is stopped. This also applies to certain Roku media...www.guru3d.com
PSA: We've been made aware of attempts to scan for private Matrix servers and join rooms from their room directories. ***Please make sure your room directory and rooms are locked down if you run a private server** - for more details see: https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/09/avoiding-unwelcome-visitors-on-private-matrix-servers. Please pass it on
Attention Matrix developers: Matrix Client Server API r0.6.0 and Identity Service API r0.3.0 is out. These mainly incorporate the MSCs which went into the privacy/GDPR related work over the last few months - https://matrix.org/blog/2019/11/08/client-server-r-0-6-0-and-identity-service-r-0-3-0-releases has the gory details :)
We did it! We came together as a community and met our fundraising goal to defend software freedom from patent litigation.
💙
Next up comes the hard part - winning this lawsuit and setting precedent. Stay tuned for updates as we progress forward
https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund
RT @[email protected]
On embauche aussi en français! Jetez un œil sur le mur de @[email protected] http://lemur.lafrenchtech-rennes.fr/2019/10/28/matrix-org-et-riot-im-recherchent-des-developpeurs-android-ios-et-devops/ et rejoignez nous pour developper @[email protected] sur le protocole @[email protected] ! #opensource #decentralisé #powertotheuser
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NewVectorHQ/status/1188859206092410880
Debian Donates to Support @GNOME Patent Defense https://bits.debian.org/2019/10/debian-donates-support-gnome-patent-defense.html
Get the latest news from This Week in Matrix! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/10/26/this-week-in-matrix-2019-10-26 - it's time to dig out your 3DS and start chatting, because the miitrix client is out now! #decentralisation #3ds #twim #matrix
Rise and shine #MozFest, we're here at Ravensbourne University, 6th floor in the #decentralisation space! Come and chat to us - here's Brendan setting up our demo, and taking time to review the many bridges we support! #mozfest19
At #rdc19 @[email protected] is holding forth on the latest and greatest Matrix updates!
The Debian Project stands with the @GNOME Foundation in defense against patent trolls https://bits.debian.org/2019/10/gnome-foundation-defense-patent-troll.html
Further IO problems on the http://matrix.org homeserver; we're in the process of migrating to more reliable hardware over the coming days. Apologies for the outages :(
Hey everyone! Some really good news: The good people at Vector IM are adding many accessibility features to the @matrix client Riot.im. It is much more usable now than it used to be a year or so ago, both on the web and on iOS. #a11y #RiotIM #matrixdotorg
