We're ready for Microsoft Recall and the automatic screenshots it takes of everything on your desktop.

Signal Desktop on Windows now includes support for a new "Screen security" feature designed to block screenshots of your Signal chats.

https://signal.org/blog/signal-doesnt-recall/

Very nice video from @niccolove explaining all the recent controversy with Mozilla and Firefox.

As he explains, there was some exaggerated reaction about the change of ToS, but he also points out that Mozilla could have done a lot better on communicating the changes and handling this all debacle.

https://youtu.be/dDpKx-wvD_0

Remember to calm down once or twice a day for like 30 seconds

Obsidian is now free for work.

Starting today, the #Obsidian Commercial license is optional. Anyone can use Obsidian for work, for free. Explore the organizations that support Obsidian on our site.

https://obsidian.md/blog/free-for-work/

Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming. Here is our latest write-up about our progress:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/02/bringing-quote-posts-to-mastodon/

Coming soon: When you add a linked device (Desktop or iPad), bring your whole chat history + last 45 days of media. The transfer process is end-to-end encrypted & completely optional.

Don't want to leave the past behind? We leave you to your own devices.

https://signal.org/blog/a-synchronized-start-for-linked-devices/

I just gave a talk at the public library in my town. I was able to teach a bunch of people how to use a Password Manager and it was awesome.

:blobaww:

Created a list of some resources to find privacy-focused software. Hopefully it makes it easier to find what you are looking for. Mentioned in this newsletter: @alternativeto @european_alternatives @eff @privacyguides @techlore @switchingsoftware

#privacy #software #technology

https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/how-to-find-privacy-focused-software

I get so many sophisticated AI phising emails as a creator that to me AI has caused a net DECREASE in productivity & of course the scams create financial losses.

AI is always presented as a productivity & revenue booster for users, but I wonder whether it's not a net negative on the level of society

How Mozilla lost the Internet (& what's next)

Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-how-mozilla-lost-the-internet-whats-next

YouTube version coming later.

Can we please outlaw mandatory security questions from a pre-selected list that can be used to reset your password???

#Switch to #opensource solutions:

Windows: #Linux
Photoshop: #Gimp 3.0-rc
Illustrator: #Inkscape
PremierePro: #Kdenlive, #Shotcut
Office/Acrobat: #OnlyOffice, #LibreOffice
Maya: #Blender
Media: #VLC
Unity: #Godot
ToonBoom: #SynfigStudio, #Pencil2D
InDesign: #Scribus
Nuke: #Natron
Procreate: #Krita
After Effects: #Friction
Mathematica: #SageMath, #SymPy
MatLab: #GnuOctave
Audition: #Audacity
Autocad: #FreeCAD, #QCad
Ableton: #Ardour, #LMMS (daily build)
Lightroom: #DarkTable, #RawTherapee

#foss

Now, because of Google's no-opt-out policy on AI searches, every search uses ten times more power than they used to. Want to find out what movie Danny DeVito did with Arnold Schwarzenegger? Now, you have to weigh your curiosity against the health of the planet.
Don't Google that! It was Twins! Jeez, didn't you read the start of this post?

Honestly, this is a work of art.

Apple has long loved unlabeled chip performance charts, but this chart from the M4 iMac intro video claiming a faster chip can make you 1.7x more productive in Excel is incredible.

Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

We declined.

Sorry to break this to you folks, but the brasilian carrot cake is the superior carrot cake

I bet shutting down all the AI data centers would probably make being carbon neutral a lot easier.

Any Notion alternative that is open source but can also be accessed using a web browser instead of an app?

The #CosmicDesktop Alpha should be released in a few hours. I (and a lot of other creators and writers) have had the chance of getting an ISO in advance, so here is a first look at this new desktop from @system76

In short: this is a unique, and important project for the #Linux desktop, and a very solid foundation for the future:

https://youtu.be/YFr5E2C5ex8