Notices by Hubert Chathi (hubert@social.uhoreg.ca), page 16

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Synapse release candidate for you! 1.4.0rc1 is a whopper and contains a huge body of work to improve data privacy. Check it out if you would like to help us test, but check the upgrade notes first. github.com/matrix-org/synapse/…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: We have an AMA coming up on /r/privacy on Friday 16:30 UK (GMT+1) to discuss all things Matrix - particularly the conclusions to all the privacy work outlined in matrix.org/blog/2019/06/30/tig…. Thanks to the mods for the invite! Be there or be 🔲. www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comme…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: GSoC report 3 of 4 is available! Thank you Alexey Andreyev, who has been making end-to-end encryption available in Qt-based clients via libQuotient - read his report: matrix.org/blog/2019/09/20/qt-… #gsoc #e2ee #encryption #matrix

♲ @freedomboxfndn@mastodon.social: NEWS: The "FreedomBox for Communities" e-book has been published to Wikibooks!

This e-book teaches readers how to build a community-wide implementation of #FreedomBox. It was written by the same people who installed FreedomBoxes in rural India.

Details: freedomboxfoundation.org/news/…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: RT @RiotChat@twitter.com

We're gearing up to implement all new UX for E2E encryption, including cross-signing (yay!!!), trust-on-first-use, E2E search, and then at last E2E-by-default! We're also making the leap to @figmadesign@twitter.com for our UI/UX work, which is proving incredibly fun :D Here's a sneak peek...

🐦🔗: twitter.com/RiotChat/status/11…

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: Happy Friday? It definitely is! Check out This Week in Matrix, it's got all the latest news about #matrix and #decentralisation, and features a great video chat about progress and plans for bridging with Slack, IRC and more matrix.org/blog/2019/09/20/thi… PLUS new server ranking table!

♲ @matrix@mastodon.matrix.org: How was your week? This Week in Matrix we're celebrating being included in Mozilla's shortlist of IM systems, looking forward to improved Slack bridging (1.0 incoming!) and MORE! Go read: matrix.org/blog/2019/09/13/thi…

♲ @torproject@mastodon.social: Today is National Whistleblower Day in the US.

We're proud the Tor network is the backbone of other tools like SecureDrop, GlobaLeaks, & Méxicoleaks that allow whistleblowers to communicate with less risk. blog.torproject.org/italian-an… #OnionizeTheWeb

♲ @kde@mastodon.technology: Plasma reaches amazing places! Take the Large Hadron Collider's smaller sibling: the ALBA synchrotron.

Sergi Blanch-Torné, Controls Software Engineer, explains how ALBA provides insight into biology, nanotechnology, and more using KDE's software:

dot.kde.org/2019/07/19/powered…

♲ @Bubu@chaos.social: PSA: Free Speech doesn't mean everyone has to give you a platform. Moderating content isn't #censorship. The current discussion around #FDroid and gab has nothing to do with free speech at all.

If you want to distribute an app that no one else wants to host make your own repo.
If you have an opinion that isn't welcome anywhere else make your own blog.

♲ @debian@fosstodon.org: Debian 10 buster has been released! bits.debian.org/2019/07/buster…

♲ @debian@fosstodon.org: Save the date! We plan to release Debian 10 Buster on 2019-07-06 lists.debian.org/debian-devel-…

♲ @freedomboxfndn@mastodon.social: Matrix version 1.0 has been released! We think Matrix is already so good that you could host it on a home server and use it to replace Whatsapp.

We even made a video tutorial!

📺 VIDEO: "FreedomBox Tutorial: Setting Up a Chat Server with Matrix and Riot"
peertube.mastodon.host/videos/…