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Re is this still alive?
by Mr Ryan Deslandes 24 Mar '19

24 Mar '19

Hi. This is a nice surprise. I signed up a month or two ago and had also forgotten this list existed. I'm interested in meeting up. -Ryan ________________________________ From: Free-software-bris <free-software-bris-bounces(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au> on behalf of free-software-bris-request(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au <free-software-bris-request(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2019 4:58:10 PM To: free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au Subject: Free-software-bris Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1 Send Free-software-bris mailing list submissions to free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to free-software-bris-request(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au You can reach the person managing the list at free-software-bris-owner(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Free-software-bris digest..." Today's Topics: 1. is this still alive? (St��phane Guillou) 2. Re: is this still alive? (Jookia) 3. Re: is this still alive? (Denys Digtiar) 4. Re: is this still alive? (Malcolm Haak) 5. Re: is this still alive? (Admin) 6. Re: is this still alive? (Dean) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:32:20 +1000 From: St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org> To: free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au Subject: [free-software-bris] is this still alive? Message-ID: <a1dac332-08d7-ae08-353f-7416d51db154(a)member.fsf.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Hi there! Is anyone still using this mailing list? Wouldn't mind meeting like-minded people in Brisbane! Cheers -- St��phane Guillou http://stragu.gitlab.io/ You can encrypt our communications by using OpenPGP. My public key 4E211060 is available on the keys.gnupg.net server. Other ways to interact with me are listed on my contact page: http://stragu.gitlab.io/contact/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:45:34 +1100 From: Jookia <166291(a)gmail.com> To: St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org> Cc: free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au Subject: Re: [free-software-bris] is this still alive? Message-ID: <20190214024534.GB2298(a)novena-choice-citizen-recovery.gateway> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 12:32:20PM +1000, St��phane Guillou wrote: > Hi there! > > Is anyone still using this mailing list? Wouldn't mind meeting like-minded > people in Brisbane! > > Cheers > > -- > St��phane Guillou > http://stragu.gitlab.io/ Hey, I'm still here though I'm in northern NSW and can visit brisbane. Anyone else? :) ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 12:50:49 +1000 From: Denys Digtiar <duemir(a)gmail.com> To: St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org> Cc: free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au Subject: Re: [free-software-bris] is this still alive? Message-ID: <CAO+CqDg9R_U353r0Wgnh1+T6peZYh3z14_pKNsUZvKu9G9U1zA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I don't remember when I subscribed but I haven't seen any messages for quite a while On Thu, 14 Feb 2019, 12:32 St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org wrote: > Hi there! > > Is anyone still using this mailing list? Wouldn't mind meeting > like-minded people in Brisbane! > > Cheers > > -- > St��phane Guillou > http://stragu.gitlab.io/ > > You can encrypt our communications by using OpenPGP. My public key > 4E211060 is available on the keys.gnupg.net server. > > Other ways to interact with me are listed on my contact page: > http://stragu.gitlab.io/contact/ > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-bris mailing list > Free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > > https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/pipermail/free-software-bris/attachment…> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:03:12 +1100 From: Malcolm Haak <insanemal(a)gmail.com> To: St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org> Cc: free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au Subject: Re: [free-software-bris] is this still alive? Message-ID: <CANyTPJqQJ59f5vWhk1n_RGOtKKZwiCx7OEsMuO9yO7+Cb3q2tg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I'm on here still. But I'm now in a different state. On Thu, 14 Feb. 2019, 13:32 St��phane Guillou < stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org wrote: > Hi there! > > Is anyone still using this mailing list? Wouldn't mind meeting > like-minded people in Brisbane! > > Cheers > > -- > St��phane Guillou > http://stragu.gitlab.io/ > > You can encrypt our communications by using OpenPGP. My public key > 4E211060 is available on the keys.gnupg.net server. > > Other ways to interact with me are listed on my contact page: > http://stragu.gitlab.io/contact/ > > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-bris mailing list > Free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > > https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/pipermail/free-software-bris/attachment…> ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:02:25 +0000 From: Admin <admin(a)binarysauce.com.au> To: St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org> Cc: "free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au" <free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au> Subject: Re: [free-software-bris] is this still alive? Message-ID: <1ieYbkCFUgua_Ay2HzLw7oYWtGxJw7SNKN6XMjwHTYCKuMuqqPyNnD_0rgYfryJfDcC1IhFGPMK5Vkw35rzcvKRffFFhCtWBqdj9tkKZuhc=(a)binarysauce.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi all, Yep, me too from Bris! It would be great to meet and catch up occasionally with some free software enthusiasts in Brisbane. I don't have a venue but it's hardly necessary for a group of three :) Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm up for anything really. Please tell me the hibernation is over. Cheers, Lee Tagg reply(a)binarysauce.com.au @binsrc:matrix.org �\�\�\�\�\�\�\ Original Message �\�\�\�\�\�\�\ On Thursday, February 14, 2019 12:32 PM, St��phane Guillou <stephane.guillou(a)member.fsf.org> wrote: > Hi there! > > Is anyone still using this mailing list? Wouldn't mind meeting > like-minded people in Brisbane! > > Cheers > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > St��phane Guillou > http://stragu.gitlab.io/ > > You can encrypt our communications by using OpenPGP. My public key 4E211060 is available on the keys.gnupg.net server. > > Other ways to interact with me are listed on my contact page: http://stragu.gitlab.io/contact/ > > Free-software-bris mailing list > Free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au > https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Wouldn't mind meeting > like-minded people in Brisbane! > > Cheers > I'm here too, but I don't think anyone is actively using this list as I had forgotten I was on it :) Cheers, Dean ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Free-software-bris mailing list Free-software-bris(a)lists.softwarefreedom.com.au https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… ------------------------------ End of Free-software-bris Digest, Vol 12, Issue 1 *************************************************

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Greetings Brisvegas Free software users
by Dean Shannon 11 Jun '16

11 Jun '16

Hi all, Is this list still active? or does anyone know of any other similar groups situated in brisbane? Cheers, Dean.

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Cryptoparty Brisbane; Wed 24/6
by Fraser Tweedale 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Hi all, Heads-up on Cryptoparty Brisbane which will be held next Wednesday 24th June, 6pm, at the Normanby Hotel, hosted by Thoughtworks. http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cryptoparty-brisbane-registration-17314654598 The Snowden revelations have shown that when it comes to government surveillance, no one is off-limits. We have also learned that some encryption tools still work. Encrypting gives you the choice of protecting not just your privacy and communications, but also your friends, colleagues, sources, clients, peers and family. At this training you will learn about VPNs, secure tools for your phone, as well as Tor, OTR, and the big one: PGP. Bring your phone and laptop. Registrations are only being used to track attendance levels against the capacity of our venue. Eventbrite will record your name. If that's a concern, feel free to register pseudonymously. Even if you are already doing all of the crypto things, I hope you will consider coming along to meet and assist other likeminded citizens. Cheers, Fraser P.S. my sincere apologies for a lack of organising meetups over recent months! Life is so hectic...

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CITIZENFOUR Brisbane screenings
by Fraser Tweedale 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

Hi all, CITIZENFOUR, Laura Poitras' documentary about Edward Snowden, opened at Dendy Portside last week. Not sure how long they will be showing it, but will update the list when I find out. Details: http://www.dendy.com.au/Movie/Citizenfour Regards, Fraser

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OpenBSD is coming to town
by David Gwynne 10 Feb '15

10 Feb '15

ola, The OpenBSD project has a hackathon being hosted by the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology at the University of Queensland in the next week or so. We (EAIT) have organised an evening where the developers will talk for a few minutes each about what theyve been working on over the course of the hackathon and answer any questions you have. The talks will be held in Hawken S201 at the St Lucia campus around 6pm on Wednesday the 11th. Anyone can attend, so feel free to come and bring anyone else who might be interested. There's some more words about it up at http://mild.embarrassm.net/s2k15/. Cheers, dlg

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Is there a meeting first Thursday Jan 2015?
by Weiwu Zhang 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

Newcomer. wiki says: > LibrePlanet Brisbane is a group focused on free software activism, > advocacy and education. We meet on the first Thursday of each month, at > The Edge, a facility of the State Library of Queensland in South Bris But it didn't say when. I guess meetings are announced seperately, so I waited a few weeks, and didn't receive announcement, hence I ask here. Best. -- My Column about Bitcoin: http://bitcoinblog.de/tag/zhangweiwuengl/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weiwu.z Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/+WeiwuZhang Trivial personal blog: http://a.colourful.land/author/zhangweiwu

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meeting minutes December 2014
by Fraser Tweedale 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

We had a record attendance last Thursday (December 11), so thanks to everyone who came along! Thanks also to Clinton for running the OSDC recap with me. Minutes below. Due to a travel-heavy couple of months, the next meeting will either be in late January (after linux.conf.au) or late February. Cheers, Fraser <<EOF News ---- Local news: * Linux Australia council elections * LA are stewards of linux.conf.au, pyconau, PHP conf au. * Nominations are needed and close on Wednesday 17th December. * http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/announce/2014-December/000192.html * OSDClub AGM * AGM was held on November 5th (during OSDC) * Subject to special resolution, OSDClub will wind up and donate assets to LA. * Minutes: https://securityprotected.net/lists/archives/announce.osdc.com.au/2014-Nove… Initiatives: * *Let's Encrypt* initiative * CA initiative and new "ACME" protocol for domain validation and certificate issuance * Partnership of Mozilla, Akamai (CDN), Cisco, EFF, IdenTrust * Launching in 2015; developer preview now. * https://letsencrypt.org/ * EFF announcement: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/certificate-authority-encrypt-entire-… * https://github.com/letsencrypt * copyleft.org * Ongoing public project of Software Freedom Conservancy and FSF * Comprehensive tutorial and guide to copyleft and GPL * http://copyleft.org/ * Announcement: http://www.fsf.org/news/software-freedom-conservancy-and-free-software-foun… * Matthew Garrett joins FSF board * http://www.fsf.org/news/matthew-garrett-joins-free-software-foundation-boar… * Librem 15: crowd-funded libre laptop * A Free and Open Source Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms * Crowdfunding campaign * High specs; looks pretty nice * NVIDIA GPU (Nouveau driver) * https://www.crowdsupply.com/purism/librem-laptop * Some non-free BIOS and firmware blobs * See also *Novena*, Bunnie's crowd-funded libre laptop * FSF commences review of High Priority Projects list * Announcement: http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-commences-review-of-high-priority-free-software… * We need your input! Send your suggestions of projects to hpp-feedback(a)gnu.org * Will publish a substantially revised list and an analysis before LibrePlanet 2015 * Current list: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/ Events: * SeaGL conference videos * Seattle GNU/Linux conference * Videos at http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHm0HuuKPWBglv-qPC8kkUw * Karen Sandler keynote, *Freedom in My Heart and Everywhere: Lessons from a Cyborg Lawyer* * Karen is co-host of the *Free as in Freedom* podcast, with Bradley Kuhn. http://faif.us/ * Lots of topics: security, programming, ops, civic/humanitarian projects and more. * GIS Day 2014 * Geographic Information Systems (GIS) event held at Queensland University of Technology on 19th November * Some presentations involved free software: * QGIS: https://qgis.org/en/site/ * FOSS4G: https://github.com/matthew-shaw/FOSS4G * OSGeo Foundation: http://www.osgeo.org/ * Program and slides: http://www.gisday.com.au/event/program/ (links to slides are among the speaker bios) * GovHack 2015 announced * Annual open data hackfest weekend; national event involving all levels of govt * New Zealand is on board for 2015! * Competition; prizes! * Save the dates: July 3-5 2015 * More info: http://www.govhack.org/ Releases: * GnuPG 2.1 released * Free OpenPGP implementation for email privacy * Enhancements: * elliptic curve (ECC) support * improved key generation dialog * revocation certs created by default * gpg-agent now used for all private key operations * more efficient key database * Full details: https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html * GNOME 3 now on FreeBSD * GNOME 3.14 has arrived in ports tree and official pkg(8) repos. * https://www.freshports.org/x11/gnome3/ * gNewSense 4 alpha 1 released * Fully free OS based on Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" * Announcement: https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2014-12/msg00000.html * Trisquel 7 released * Fully free GNU+Linux distro based on Ubuntu * Announcement: https://trisquel.info/en/trisquel-70-lts-belenos * Long Term Support (LTS) release Open Source Developers' Conference recap ---------------------------------------- * OSDC 2014 was held 4th - 7th November at Griffith University, Gold Coast. * Videos of presentations are available at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjmvm9iW5ERNaUcA5FlWbvg and http://mirror.linux.org.au/osdc/osdc2014/ * Five must-watch presentations for free software advocates (as decided by Fraser and Clinton) are, in no particular order: - *Code for America* by Lynn Fine (keynote) - Abstract: http://2014.osdc.com.au/news/third-keynote-speaker-lynn-fine - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7JCYmbiB7Q - *The State of Full Disk Encryption* by Hugh Davenport - Abstract: http://2014.osdc.com.au/presentation/1083-state-full-disk-encryption - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4mp_ejER9k - *At The Intersection* by Maia Sauren - Abstract: http://2014.osdc.com.au/presentation/945-intersection - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfMiCAKpB90 - *Embrace the Impact: Minimising your (insecure) online footprint* by Peter Mosmans - Abstract: http://2014.osdc.com.au/presentation/1250-embrace-impact-minimizing-your-in… - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5uWHw8coto - *Making Education run like Open Source* by William Billingsley - Abstract: http://2014.osdc.com.au/presentation/829-making-education-run-open-source - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SULsMJCNAYM EOF

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LibrePlanet Brisbane December meeting
by Fraser Tweedale 28 Nov '14

28 Nov '14

Hello freedom lovers! With the November meetup skipped due to collision with the Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC), and the usual "first-Thursday" slot on 4th December clashing with the annual Brisbane Tech Christmas Drinks event, let's convene on the Thursday 11th for our final meeting of the year. I expect it will be held at the usual time and place - 6pm at The Edge, but I will confirm this once the bay is booked. I will give a recap of OSDC and some of the interesting talks / projects / initiaives that were featured at the conference. As usual, please send news or other topics to be discussed at the meeting either here to the list, or to me directly. Cheers, Fraser

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November meetup ; CryptoParty at OSDC
by Fraser Tweedale 17 Oct '14

17 Oct '14

Hi everyone, In lieu of our regular monthly meetup, the timing of which coincides with the Open Source Developers' Conference (OSDC) being held at Griffith University on the Gold Coast, I am co-organising a CryptoParty (https://www.cryptoparty.in/) to be held on Tuesday 4 November from 6pm to 8pm. This is a great opportunity to follow up Andrew Roffey's privacy talk at our October meetup by getting your hands dirty with software that protects your privacy and communications. For more schedule and location details, head to http://2014.osdc.com.au/program. The event will include a PGP keysigning session. Please submit your key(s) in advance at https://frase.id.au/osdc2014. I will follow up with more details as they become available. In the mean time, please voice any questions you might have. Cheers, Fraser

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minutes of October meeting
by Fraser Tweedale 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hi everyone, Minutes of Thursday 2 October meetup: <<EOF Administration -------------- - We now have a group page on LibrePlanet wiki: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Brisbane. I will be updating it with details of past meetups. - Our usual meetup time for November clashes with OSDC. For November, will probably have some sort of meetup down on the Gold Coast during OSDC. Ideas welcome. News ---- - FSF endorses libreCMC router distro. - Announcement: http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adds-librecmc-to-endorsed-distros-list - libreCMC website: http://librecmc.org/ - Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification of ThinkPenguin WiFi router. - Announcement: https://www.fsf.org/news/thinkpenguin-wireless-router-now-fsf-certified-to-… - Runs libreCMC. - Third RYF-certified product by ThinkPenguin - FSF & Debian collaborate to improve h-node hardware compatability directory. - Announcement: http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-and-debian-join-forces-to-help-free-software-us… - FSF statement on new Apple products, services: https://fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-statement-on-the-new-iphone-a… - shellshock - Catastrophic remote execution vulnerability in GNU bash. - FSF statement: https://fsf.org/news/free-software-foundation-statement-on-the-gnu-bash-she… - GNOME 3.14 released - http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/09/gnome-3-14-released/ - Conferences: - OSDC 4-7 Nov Gold Coast: http://2014.osdc.com.au/ - Want to help out? v o l u n t e e r (at) o s d c (dot) c o m (dot) a u - linux.conf.au 12-16 Jan Auckland: http://linux.conf.au/ - LibrePlanet 2015 21-22 Mar Cambridge, MA: https://www.libreplanet.org/2015 - Theme: "Free Software Everywhere" - CfP closes 2/11: https://www.libreplanet.org/2015/call_for_sessions/ - Discussion on Matthew Garrett blog post "My free software will respect users or it will be bullshit" - http://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/32686.html Talk ---- Andrew Roffey gave a talk about free software and privacy. Slides at http://andrew.roffey.org/fs-privacy-final.pdf. Notes below. Disclosure: Roffey is board member of the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF); was not speaking as representative of APF. What is privacy? - A human right. - Freedom from intrusion and interference. Freedom to seclude oneself. - Information privacy; privacy and how it relates to information systems. - CCTV example - only an information privacy issue as of recently due to facial recog software. - Before 1990s, information privacy wasn't as much an issue. - Didn't collect massive data on people. - General life activities were more or less anonymous by default ∴ few information privacy issues. - Information privacy issues generally occur once info has been collected. - Note on anonymity: - Has been around a very long time; only recently being taken away. Why privacy is important: - Freedom of speech; chilling effect. - Social networks monitored by employers, govt, etc limits free expression. Threats to privacy: - Mass collection of data - Number plate recognition; all travel used to be more or less anonymous; now not so much. - ATMs, EFTPOS; all transactions used to be more or less anonymous; no longer so. - Collection of geolocation info from phones. - Individuals' *choice* to privacy is under threat. - Companies using personal/personally identifying info. - Social network "real name" policies (e.g. Facebook, Google+) - 3rd party cookies tracking your web usage. - "The Cloud" - Don't store your data on *your* computer, store it on *their* computer. - Gmail keyword scanning, ostensibly for more relevant ads but involves huge amounts of personal data collection. - Data subject to patriot act; US Govt can collect it without notification. - Snowden revelations: companies cooperate with NSA to give them access (or at least don't impede them). - Australian government "metadata" access. - Not content of comms, but everything else e.g. parties involved, durations, locations (physical or network), etc. - Mandatory data retention; all of this data being retained by ISPs for long duration should govt wish to access. - Skype - Microsoft hits server after previously unadvertised server address sent in msg. - They are reading your messages. - http://is.gd/7Qh773 - Ubuntu/Microsoft computer search bars - Sends content of "start menu" searches to Amazon/Microsoft - On by default (can be disabled) - Reveals personal information including. information about computer use habits to companies. - Mobile phone tracking - We know they're doing it in US - In Australia by law the capability must exist for emergency use (000/112 call) but we don't know if/how often it is being used by authorities. - Eavesdropping: http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029-6140191.html - E-reader/music/movie/entertainment store purchases. Free software and privacy: - Freedom 0: you can be in control of your computer. - Proprietary EULAs can add usage conditions and *permit* privacy invasions. - Freedom 1 (modification): malicious or questionable features can be removed, and privacy features can be added/improved. Bugs can be fixed. - Freedoms 2 and 3: Important that people can *share* programs with privacy-enhancing improvements. Why free software is important: - Legislation *can* help (or hinder) but is rarely cross-jurisdictional. - Laws can't keep up fast enough (even if law-makers are trying to protect citizen privacy). - Software can move a lot faster to improve user privacy and address issues. Some privacy-related free software: - Network - Tor (anonymity on internet). See also Tor browser bundle. - GNUnet - Web - GNU Icecat: blocks 3rd party cookies, pixel images/cookies, LibreJS built in (only runs free javascript) - Email - GnuPG (email encryption; parties known) - bitmessage (parties anonymous) - Chat - Tox (Skype replacement; FSF high priority project) - Payment - Bitcoin - Utilities - bleachbit and shred (data shredding/cleaning) - full disk encryption solutions - Federated social networks: - Look after your own data - Diaspora - Operating systems - Replicant; aims to be completely free distribution of Android - GNOME has a strong focus on privacy Related groups: - Free Software Foundation/GNU project - rms has announced that privacy and communications is a new focus for GNU. - Electronic Frontier Foundation and Electronic Frontiers Australia - no speciifc organisational committment to free software but a lot of common goals. Also interested in censorship, copyright, information policy, security etc. - Australian Privacy Foundation - Civil Liberties Australia EOF Thanks to everyone who came along - a new attendance record! Stay tuned for info about the November meeting. If you have something you'd like to present on or news or discussion topics you'd like covered at a future meeting, drop me a line. Cheers, Fraser

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