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Guy (guy)'s status on Monday, 25-Jul-2016 11:47:35 CEST Guy There is only one feature you will find with free software that isn't present with proprietary alternatives: The possibility of reading, altering and redistributing the source code. The biggest "sell" for these open features is audit-able security. If your boss sees no value in those possibilities, you're screwed I'm afraid.
In terms of general features there is nothing that free software can provide that closed software cannot.
In the same way - a dictatorship can function (superficially) in exactly the same way as a democracy. Trains run on time, children go to school etc. The only thing missing is freedom. To some people freedom holds no value, when the superficiality of an apparently functioning society is in place. -
Guy (guy)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Nov-2015 18:02:45 CET Guy Join the #uk government's new #doublethink : Weaker encryption makes for stronger security! Remember kids - weakness is strength. #cretins #ripa #tories #Orwellian -
Guy (guy)'s status on Monday, 01-Jun-2015 12:04:10 CEST Guy McAffee "#security firm" slings mud at #Tor and #floss in general.
#Anonymity and use of #free-software imply #criminal behavior in their propaganda.
http://techrights.org/2015/05/31/mcafee-on-tor/
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Guy (guy)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2015 18:47:46 CEST Guy I like !gnusocial more than #diaspora. I'm not sure exactly why. It somehow seems more focussed and responsive. Somehow lighter in weight. I have nothing specific against diaspora, mind ... -
Guy (guy)'s status on Thursday, 21-May-2015 17:55:17 CEST Guy #Logjam is a new #attack against the #Diffie-Hellman key-exchange protocol used in #TLS
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/05/the_logjam_and_.html
Check your servers here: https://weakdh.org/sysadmin.html
#schneier #security #ssl #https #vpn #vulnerability #weakdh