Notices by Björn Schießle 🌍 🇪🇺 (bjoern@mastodon.social), page 22

@marcus
Ich habe mal gelesen, dass Pessimisten länger leben weil sie häufiger positiv überrascht werden während Optimisten häufig enttäuscht werden. Seitdem fühle ich mich in meiner Rolle ganz wohl... ;)

Cc:
@throgh @paulfree14 @mxmehl @majestyx

@marcus
Ich gebe dir Recht, dass die Bedingungen heute ganz anders sind. Deswegen habe ich auch wenig Optimismus, dass sich das von alleine reguliert. Die extrem starke Verzahnung von Hardware, Software und Diensten macht es so schwer wie noch nie zuvor alternativen zu entwickeln und durchzusetzen.

Cc: @throgh @paulfree14 @mxmehl @majestyx

@grmpyoldman I tried it some time ago. I like the idea, although there are also some drawbacks. (1) you can use your normal GPG key but you have to remove the password which is a no-go for me. (2) if you message people who doesn't use DeltaChat it can be quite disturbing if they get a lot of mails with always only 1-2 sentences.

@__h2__ unfortunately not, but I will be at FOSDEM. Maybe we can meet there?

@__h2__ I have one for quite some time already, but I never liked the UX. I had to put it on the exact right position and make sure not to move in order to make it work. This was always really hard with the yubikey on my keyring. Maybe I will retry if the Nitrokeys with usb-c are available.

@erAck I can completely understand it. For me it was also a long process until I decided to finally do it. At the end I thought this are quite good arguments. https://www.openkeychain.org/faq/#are-my-secret-keys-safe-on-my-mobile-device. Finally I come to the conclusion that as long as I'm not target the key is not notable less secure on my free Android than on my Laptop, if I'm target I have lost in both cases.

After freeing my Android from most of the proprietary stuff I felt comfortable enough to put my #GPG key on my phone. Finally being able to read & answer encrypted mail feels awesome. Thanks #k9mail and #OpenKeychain!

@hoergen sehe ich auch so. Eigentlich muss nach der Drohung jeder Staat dafür stimmen, will er nicht den Anschein erwecken von den USA gekauft zu sein, selbst wenn er davor aus eigenen Überlegungen evtl. dagegen gestimmt hätte. Von daher würde ich sagen ging das für die USA mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit nach hinten los.

@daggertooth @nolan I think it already happen. Just a few days I was pointed to http://www.southernfriedscience.com/announcing-oceansocial-us-a-mastodon-instance-for-marine-professionals/ a Mastodon instance for marine professionals. But i agree, that it would be good if even more non-technical people would join Mastodon.

@david_ross Thanks1 I already read about it and was in contact with some people behind it. Actually a lot of the things they are aiming at can already be done today. I have a privacy respecting mail provider and I sync all my calendars, contacts, files (incl. picture & video instant upload), notes, news, tasks,... with my Nextcloud.

Last weekend I found some time to free my Android. Feels so good and notably faster. #FreeYourAndroid #Android #CarbonROM #fdroid no- #Google services, sync to #Nextcloud instead, (almost) #FreeSoftware only, enhanced #privacy

Free Software doesn't necessarily lower costs but " gives you freedom of choice, and that is worth the price" - read how Free Software is used in Paris to gain more independence. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/open-source-makes-you-better #Paris #France #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #policy

@superpat Theming is super easy and can be done directly from the admin interface: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/12/admin_manual/configuration_server/theming.html

@grmpyoldman Ironically it is not more expensive than the train, often even cheaper and it allows me to travel back home on Sunday evening.

Flight and Hotel booked, see you at #FOSDEM 2018! 😃 #FOSDEM2018 #FSFE #Nextcloud