trivialblog Luca Saiu's blog https://blog.ageinghacker.net/feeds/atom.xml 2024-09-04T14:43:13Z Luca Saiu positron@gnu.org Luca Saiu https://blog.ageinghacker.net/posts/35/ 2024-01-02T19:47:00Z

August 2024 update: lack of endorsement This article used to endorse the services of a certain Russian language teacher and mention her by name, with permission. That person has now expressed the intention of making her course recordings “expire” trough some time limit which will make them unusable after a set date; the stated intent is motivating procrastinating students who hesitate too long before starting their study in earnest. Independently from the technical nature of their implementation and from whether the restrictions are possible to circumvent, anti-features are unacceptable and insulting. The teacher in question, now referred to here as ... [Read more]

August 2024 update: lack of endorsement This article used to endorse the services of a certain Russian language teacher and mention her by name, with permission. That person has now expressed the intention of making her course recordings “expire” trough some time limit which will make them unusable after a set date; the stated intent is motivating procrastinating students who hesitate too long before starting their study in earnest. Independently from the technical nature of their implementation and from whether the restrictions are possible to circumvent, anti-features are unacceptable and insulting. The teacher in question, now referred to here as ... [Read more] Luca Saiu https://blog.ageinghacker.net/posts/34/ 2023-08-07T03:05:00Z

During the last month and a half I have unfortunately mostly disappeared from GNU, having been busy and focused writing p≡p-mail-tool (https://codeberg.org/pEp/pEp-mail-tool), a new work project I have let overflow into my personal time as a beautiful little hack in which I believe. p≡p-mail-tool is of course free software. Motivation Freedom of speech and privacy are more and more threatened by governments and hostile corporations working against the public interest. In this season of death of liberty the minimum we can do to respond is making surveillance more difficult, by providing the general public with easy tools to use for ... [Read more]

During the last month and a half I have unfortunately mostly disappeared from GNU, having been busy and focused writing p≡p-mail-tool (https://codeberg.org/pEp/pEp-mail-tool), a new work project I have let overflow into my personal time as a beautiful little hack in which I believe. p≡p-mail-tool is of course free software. Motivation Freedom of speech and privacy are more and more threatened by governments and hostile corporations working against the public interest. In this season of death of liberty the minimum we can do to respond is making surveillance more difficult, by providing the general public with easy tools to use for ... [Read more] Luca Saiu https://blog.ageinghacker.net/posts/14/ 2013-08-05T23:05:00Z

A couple days ago Sylvain (<http://www.beuc.net>) asked me to proofread his transcription of the latest talk by Werner Koch (<http://werner.eifelkommune.de/>). That was an occasion for listening carefully to what Werner has to say about electronic communication privacy in the global police state. Following his speech while paying attention to the text was instructive for me and, I think, a good use of my time. Werner is very competent on the subject: he’s a security expert and, as you probably know, the main author of GPG (<http://gnupg.org>). [Werner Koch speaking] Werner speaking: a frame from the video, CC-BY-SA <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/>. I’ve known ... [Read more]

A couple days ago Sylvain (<http://www.beuc.net>) asked me to proofread his transcription of the latest talk by Werner Koch (<http://werner.eifelkommune.de/>). That was an occasion for listening carefully to what Werner has to say about electronic communication privacy in the global police state. Following his speech while paying attention to the text was instructive for me and, I think, a good use of my time. Werner is very competent on the subject: he’s a security expert and, as you probably know, the main author of GPG (<http://gnupg.org>). [Werner Koch speaking] Werner speaking: a frame from the video, CC-BY-SA <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/>. I’ve known ... [Read more]