Privacy with Open Source Software

Get rid of the data collector and become your own digital hoster

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Complete Private Solution

Three installations are required to get a completely private solution for your digital life

BEGINNER

Desktop

Instead of Mac or Windows, which are not open source, it is recommended to switch to a Linux system

INTERMEDIATE

Server

To sync your important data such as contacts, calendars, photos, videos, documents

ADVANCED

Mobile

The smartphone is the biggest data-leak problem that should be stopped as soon as possible

• Android • Linux

Services

We’re hosting three services, a private messenger, private search engine and private git instance, everyone is welcome

Matrix

Matrix is an open standard for interoperable, decentralised, real-time communication over IP. It can be used to power Instant Messaging, VoIP/WebRTC signalling, Internet of Things communication – or anywhere you …

searX

searX is available at searx.pwoss.org. Why not just google or bing? Search engines like google or bing collect your search requests and create a profile about you to sell it …

Gitea

Gitea is ‘A painless self-hosted Git service’. See more at gitea.io We are hosting our own instance on git.pwoss.org. More explanations on our Wiki – Why Gitea?.

Wiki

Gollum is ‘a simple wiki system built on top of Git. A Gollum Wiki is simply a git repository of a specific nature’ See more at github.com/gollum/ Our Wiki …

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Hackers Using Google Analytics to Bypass Web Security and Steal Credit Cards

MANY WEBSITES USE GOOGLE ANALYTICS! It is all written in CAPITAL LETTERS, just to make it clear that there really are MANY! Test your websites, with FireFox and uMatrix …

News / PwOSS / Server

Monthly Server Update – June`20

It’ s quiet around PwOSS right now. I’m very busy with work and other things. Hopefully that will change soon. Anyway, just a few changes to keep your system up …

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Nostalgia – Command and Conquer goes Open Source

This is very exciting! The source code for Command and Conquer: Tiberian Dawn and Command and Conquer: Red Alert will be released with the new collection of Command and Conquer …

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Welcoming Automattic to Matrix!

Another investor has joined Matrix with almost $5M! Automattic are the creators of WordPress. Hi all, We’re very excited indeed to announce that Automattic, the creators of WordPress.com, …

News / PwOSS / Server

Monthly Server Update – May`20

Just a few little bits and bobs this month with the new v5 of Pi-hole and another version of Seafile. System update pikaur -Syu –noconfirm :: Replace libwbclient …

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What you need to know about contact tracing apps and privacy

Protonmail has published a simple explanation of the different protocols of contact tracing apps. Decentralized Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (DP-3T) and Temporary Contact Numbers (TCN) are the best solution so far. …

News / PwOSS

Cross-signing and End-to-end Encryption by Default is HERE!!!

Good evening 😉 Good news from Matrix! We have been waiting for this for a looooong time! Matrix has released a new version of Riot. It now contains end-2-end encryption …

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Hackers Breach LineageOS, Ghost, DigiCert Servers Using SaltStack Vulnerability

That’s SCHEISSE! I personally follow the National Vulnerability Database as a RSS feed but I missed that…! LineageOS LineageOS, a maker of an open-source operating system based on Android, …

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ProtonMail apps are now open source

This now includes the e-mail application for Android as well. It took ages until it was finally available as open source. But I still miss the option to use apps …

Apple / News

Zero-Day Warning: It’s Possible to Hack iPhones Just by Sending Emails

As you may already know, I have never owned an iPhone. So keep an eye on that in case you still need to use an iPhone. The default mailing …

News / PwOSS / Server

Monthly Server Update – April`20

A simple update this month! System update pikaur -Syu –noconfirm Warnings / pacnew files php.ini.pacnew & mirrorlist.pacnew Mirrorlist Just use the new mirror. sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.pacnew /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist and …

Android / Mobile / News / PwOSS

Ubuntu Touch on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (F,P,T,V)

Now, I finally took the time to publish some information about the Ubuntu Touch ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. I already mentioned it when I did the PinePhone …

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April Update: CE & FCC, Software Update and DIY Router?

Pine64 has published a new update/info about the UBports Community Edition and much more. Maybe one day I buy the Pinebook Pro and ROCKPro64 and some additional ‘gadgets’ (hopefully COVID19 …

News

7 Ways Hackers and Scammers Are Exploiting Coronavirus Panic

This could be interesting for some. So far I have not received / seen any scams. They had also a big scam in Germany: Deceptively similar address …

Android / News

Android phones will get the COVID-19 tracking updates via Google Play

Oh oh, that’s not good. Not even a chance not to install it! This could mean that you need to install the Google Play service updates. They might even force …

News

Google and Apple Plan to Turn Phones into COVID-19 Contact-Tracking Devices

You may have read it already. I think it’s a good idea, but I’ll never use it. Who knows what will happen to all that data after COVID-19. They’ll probably …

Linux / News

Arch News – 2020-04-14

The standard PwOSS installation (server & desktop) does not include the package, but maybe you installed it or at least as a dependency of other software? 2020-04-14 – Antonio …

Desktop / Linux / News / PwOSS / Server

Arch News – 2020-04-13

2020-04-13 – Jan Alexander Steffens The nss and lib32-nss packages prior to version 3.51.1-1 were missing a soname link each. This has been fixed in 3.51.1-1, so the upgrade will …

Linux / Mobile / News / PwOSS

PinePhone – “Community Edition: UBports” Limited Edition

UBports Edition pine64 and UBports announce the PinePhone UBports Community Edition. You can pre order it already from store.pine64.org. Check the UBports statement about the cooperation. Difference between Braveheart …

Linux / News / PwOSS / Server / Tutorials

Set up your own WireGuard server

As you may have noticed, Arch has updated to kernel version 5.6. Actually, it is now 5.6.2. This means that WireGuard is now included in the kernel. There are a …

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