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Oct 4, 2023 • 1h 7min

FLOSS Weekly 752: Stalkers Beware - Cooper Quintin on Personal Privacy and TOR University Challenge

Privacy expert Cooper Quintin discusses the dangers of constant personal privacy exposure, the stalkerware industry, decentralization of social media, the expanding data broker industry, encryption tools, and the need for privacy laws.
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Sep 27, 2023 • 1h 7min

FLOSS Weekly 751: The Phipps Certification - EFF, AlmaLinux, Vehicle Software and Privacy

Listen closely for The Phipps Certification, and you'll also get news about 3D printing, AlmaLinux, a big EFF win, spyware in new cars and other hot topics on a table surrounded by Simon Phipps, Jonathan Bennett, Shawn Powers, and Doc Searls. Carl Malamud's fight to make the law open to citizens through his non-profit Public Resource. How 3D printing is transforming open hardware through the sharing of designs Mozilla's report on modern vehicles collecting and sharing personal data. Using Pi-hole to block intrusive ad tracking and surveillance on home networks. Hosts: Doc Searls, Simon Phipps, Jonathan Bennett, and Shawn Powers Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT code SN100 bitwarden.com/twit
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Sep 20, 2023 • 1h 3min

FLOSS Weekly 750: AI: Just Make It Normal - IQXR, AI and Open Source

Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman talk with Michael "Hoff" Hoffman, Co-founder and CEO of IQXR, about differences between virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, challenges holding back widespread VR/AR, privacy concerns around augmented & virtual reality glasses, AI's role in spatial computing, and the mission to drive adoption of open standards and interoperability.
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Sep 13, 2023 • 1h 6min

FLOSS Weekly 749: That's In Chapter Three - Kyle Rankin, How To Write a Tech Book

Kyle Rankin, author of How to Write a Tech Book, shares insights on writing a tech book, including using LaTeX for formatting and pitching book ideas to tech publishers. He discusses the editing process, differences between self-publishing and working with traditional publishers, and the impact of the internet on tech book publishing.
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Sep 6, 2023 • 1h 9min

FLOSS Weekly 748: Show Me The ProofMode - Nathan Freitas, ProofMode

Nathan Freitas, founder of the Guardian Project, talks about ProofMode, a tool for turning digital artifacts into secure signed evidence. They discuss the future of open source and AI, privacy in journalism, Guardian Project's funding and plans, and the topics of surveillance, trust, and optimism.
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Aug 30, 2023 • 1h 9min

FLOSS Weekly 747: New, Hot, Big, and Doomed - Business Software License, OpenELA Initiative

Open source expert Doc Searls discusses the challenges faced by open source companies as they grow, including Red Hat's source code distribution changes and the formation of the Open Enterprise Linux Association. The podcast also covers the control exerted by companies over open source projects, the shift towards 'source available' licenses, concerns about AI-generated code, Apple's support for right-to-repair, and the issues with USB-C cables and McDonald's ice cream machines.
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Aug 23, 2023 • 60min

FLOSS Weekly 746: Don't Hesitate, Enculturate! - Claude Warren Jr, Open Source Culture

Claude Warren Jr., Open source culture historian, discusses the origins of open source culture, the importance of open source projects as insurance, InnerSource, business source licenses, funding models like Tidelift, challenges in determining the best model, cultural differences in software teams, sustaining projects, ethics of Protestware, and appropriate levels of protest in code.
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Aug 16, 2023 • 1h 8min

FLOSS Weekly 745: The Buffer Bloke - Dave Taht, Music Collab, Private AI

Dave Taht, renowned expert in improving internet performance, discusses music collaboration, privacy concerns in video conference calls, challenges of AI technology, and the importance of open-source software and secure firmware in devices like routers.
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Aug 9, 2023 • 1h 9min

FLOSS Weekly 744: A Chill Pirate Lawyer - Damien Riehl, Open Source and Legal Rights

What lawsuits become frivolous in a digital age that just entered its AI epoch? Attorney Damien Riehl knows and is making it all happen with a raft of projects he talks about with Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman on FLOSS Weekly. Hosts: Doc Searls and Katherine Druckman Guest: Damien Riehl Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/floss
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Aug 2, 2023 • 1h 5min

FLOSS Weekly 743: Data Is Surprisingly Exciting - Apache SeaTunnel, William Kwok

William Kwok speaks with Doc Searls and Shawn Powers about Apache SeaTunnel, an exciting and extremely useful open-source way to synchronize multiple databases. Hosts: Doc Searls and Shawn Powers Guest: William Kwok Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly Think your open source project should be on FLOSS Weekly? Email floss@twit.tv. Thanks to Lullabot's Jeff Robbins, web designer and musician, for our theme music. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

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