Hi everyone,
Minutes of Thursday 4 September 2014 meetup:
<http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Code_of_Conduct
News
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- HACIENDA surveillance program.
- Article: http://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-hackers-unmask-massive-hacienda-surveillance-pro...
- Western countries port-scanning the Internet to discover hidden
or vulnerable servers.
- TCP Stealth countermeasures have been implemented in Linux
kernel. Paper: https://gnunet.org/kirsch2014knock
- Email self-defense guide was updated for Enigmail v1.7.
- Link: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/
- Enigmail is a PGP plugin for Thunderbird.
See https://enigmail.net/home/index.php
- Australian Tax Office guidance on cryptocurrency (incl. Bitcoin)
- Regarded as assets, *not currency*.
- Various implications for individuals and businesses; read the
guidance if you deal in cryptocurrency.
- https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Gen/Tax-treatment-of-crypto-currencies-in-Aus...
- Software Freedom Day, Saturday 20th September
- Registered events in Melbourne, Hobart and Launceston.
- We should organise an event for next year!
- ProtonMail beta
- Request invite: https://protonmail.ch/invite
- Encrypted email service incorporated and hosted in Switzerland
- They *never* see email in the clear.
- Interop with other email providers via symmetric encryption;
passphrase must be shared with recipient out of band.
- In related developments, GMail has some sort of PGP support now,
and Darkmail initiative by Ladar Levinson (Lavabit) and
Zimmerman (PGP) seems to be coming along. Survey of secure
email services may a good topic for upcoming talk.
Talk
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Sean Chalmers entertained with a recounting of his journey from
first discovering free software, then using it, to actively
contributing back, and his parallel journey of gaining skills and
knowledge in his field, and apply and sharing these.
Slides: https://github.com/mankyKitty/fs-oss-journey.
EOF
Thanks to those who came along, and to Sean for speaking.
We already have an interesting talk lined up for next month; if you
have a topic you would like to present on please let me know. Also,
please let the list (and/or me) know if there are items you would
like to see covered in the news section.
Cheers,
Fraser
