PublicLewdness @publiclewdness@gameliberty.club

A #ThankGNU! to Adam Oberbeck, Andy Kopra, and Ayan Jaysan for helping the FSF to promote #FreeSoftware. To see a longer list of those who have helped us financially in our advocacy for #SoftwareFreedom and awareness, visit: https://u.fsf.org/45m

📢 Call for testers for ELevate! 📢

ELevate Testing upgrade paths:
🆕 AlmaLinux OS 9 to AlmaLinux 10.0 beta
🆕 CentOS Stream 9 to CentOS Stream 10

ELevateNG:
🆕 Upgrade path to AlmaLinux OS Kitten
🆕 leapp-repository upstream version 0.22.0

https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-01-elevate-updates/

RSVP to the #LibreLocal meetup in Le Blanc, France: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/FSF40/meetups #FSF40 #FreeSoftware

🔐 #OpenSSF is sponsoring #VulnCon 2025, happening April 7-10 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC!

Join the community! Virtual admission through April 4: https://www.first.org/conference/vulncon2025/

Assigning your copyright to the FSF helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Rongzhao Yan, Paolo De Santis, and Maximilian Küffner for assigning their copyright to the FSF! More at: https://u.fsf.org/463 #Emacs \#Wget #CopyrightAssignments

for this months updates, we are reworking our fingerprint setup entirely. the daemon (Biomd) is now written from scratch and no longer links against QT or libhybris.
while at it, i ended up writing a PAM module and a provider for #Fprintd which means all existing applications that use Fprintd will now work with our service.

one thing i wanted to experiment with was parallel PAM instances for stuff like sudo, so here is how far i got in about an hour

#furilabs #flx1 #LinuxMobile #furiphoneflx1

"Can I use the GPL for something other than software?" It's an interesting question. There's an answer on the #GPLFAQ page. Read it here: https://u.fsf.org/3x4

Get inspired by Nextcloud's success! 🌟 CEO Frank Karlitschek shares insights at #FOSSASIA Summit 2025 on building a sustainable #OpenSource company with 500k+ servers, team in 24 countries, and a vibrant community! 📈

#OpenSourceBusiness @Karlitschek

https://youtu.be/oiYKOyJKCfA

Does the #GPL require that source code of modified versions be posted to the public? "The GPL does not require you to release your modified version, or any part of it. You are free to [...]" Read the full answer at https://u.fsf.org/3kt

We still see people on social media recommending OpenOffice. Just be aware that it's no longer getting updates, and has multiple year-old unfixed security issues: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – To be safe, switch to one of the actively maintained successor projects (such as LibreOffice).

Interested in helping #FreeSoftware users find freedom-respecting programs by updating the Free Software Directory (FSD)? Please consider joining the FSD meeting this Friday on IRC. Read more at: https://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-04-04-irc #FreeSoftwareDirectory #FSF

AlmaLinux OS is your go-to replacement for CentOS—free, open-source, and RHEL-compatible!

Get the stability you need for enterprise environments. Download the free AlmaLinux Focus Guide today. 📥 https://mailchi.mp/admin-magazine.com/focusguide-almalinux

Books, like #FreeSoftware, are meant to be shared: https://u.fsf.org/460 #Amazon #DefectiveByDesign

🚨🇬🇧 LABOUR'S NEW BILL COULD TURN YOUR LICENSE PHOTO INTO A MUGSHOT

The CRIME & POLICING BILL 2025 is racing through Parliament. Backed by YVETTE COOPER, it gives police sweeping new powers, including access to 50M+ driver’s license photos for FACIAL RECOGNITION.

A MASS SURVEILLANCE reboot of a Conservative Party plan that was scrapped.

Clause 95 makes biometric tracking easier than ever with no real privacy guardrails.

https://reclaimthenet.org/crime-policing-bill-2025-uk-driver-license-facial-recognition-privacy

r2frida-5.9.8 is out! Major additions are:

🔹Support for hardware breakpoints and watchpoints (@as0ler)
🔹Adds the new :ies command to enumerate app entrypoints (@pancake)
👉 More details: https://github.com/nowsecure/r2frida/releases/tag/5.9.8

#frida #radare2 #r2frida #ios #android #reverseengineering

Come help us. We have a new Community Marketing Manager role open on the team! https://ats.rippling.com/framework/jobs/b170558f-f14d-4f9b-bbd9-bb7d6c8789d3

After decades of using the Bold GNU Head as its emblem, the #GNU Project has announced plans to change their mascot to the baby gnu: https://u.fsf.org/46h #FSF

Google just pulled the plug on open Android development.

No more public updates — everything's moving behind closed doors now.

Unless you’re Samsung or another big OEM, you're not getting the inside scoop.

They claim it’s to “simplify” things, but it feels more like Google grabbing more control.

Sure, it’s still "open source" — but only once Google has fully shaped the release.

https://reclaimthenet.org/google-shifts-android-development-internal-reduces-open-source-transparency

Australia’s age verification trial now has 51 orgs (including Google) testing ways to prove you're old enough online.

but here’s the catch:

Behind the child safety pitch is a quiet shift toward tying every move you make online to your real-world ID.

https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-digital-age-verification-trial-google-privacy-concerns