We are excited to announce our first keynote @sebchan!

https://2023.everythingopen.au/news/keynote-seb-chan/

#EverythingOpen #OpenSource #OpenData #OpenGLAM #OpenTechnology #OpenScience

Proposing terminology for a pattern I've seen for at least ten years.

"De-inventing": when an entity (usually a large corporation) brings about the abandonment of a significant common (often lightweight) interoperable technology, protocol, or framework, replacing it with something proprietary, isolated, and often heavyweight. Often done as a means of enclosing the commons.

First example that comes to mind is Google killing XMPP.

#OpenSource #OSS #OpenTechnology

London friends! State of Open Con (SOOCon 2023) is looking for volunteers to support their February 6-8 event. Your ticket’s free, and I heard you’ll be "well-fed and watered". You can volunteer for just a portion of the event too - I call an opportunity when I see one: https://stateofopencon.com/volunteer/ #opentechnology

So this little conference I'm running called Everything Open has just opened calls for sessions, volunteers and we are also providing financial assistance. more details are available here: https://2023.everythingopen.au/news/everything-open-all-at-once/ #opensource #opentechnology #openGLAM #openhardware #openaccess #opendata We would love to see your talks submitted ❤️ also boosts are ok! :boost_ok:

Introducing Everything Open, the grassroots open technologies conference covering Linux, open source software, open hardware, open data and the communities around them. We look forward to welcoming everyone to Naarm (Melbourne), Australia in March 2023.

#everythingopen #opensource #opentechnology

https://2023.everythingopen.au/news/announcing-everything-open/

Can someone ELI5 a good, practical reason why banking apps will refuse to work on a liberated phone, as if having the phone backdoored by Google from factory and sealed to be That Way was somehow lotsa safer than setting up a trustable Android / AOSP spin of your choice and setting the privacy programs you need?

Are the banks' official statements "we only trust your phone if Google can spy on it"?

#softwaresecurity #privacy #digitalindependence #aosp #android #smartphone #opentechnology

RT @LugWolves@twitter.com

For this fortnight's #Linux, #OpenTechnology and #FreeCulture #social #meetup, we're getting our grill on at the Grill House in Chapel Ash, #Wolverhampton :

http://wolveslug.org.uk/event/190925-grill-house/

#BetterTogether #OpenSource #OpenTech #LUG #LinuxUserGroup #NotJustAboutLinux

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LugWolves/status/1174987850401685504