James House-Lantto (He/Him)Jan 12

https://youtu.be/Fshsk8MCAf4?si=Y82RJ-2N2yKnkMr3

An open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet built to protect user privacy. Now Samourai Wallet co-founder Keonne Rodriguez is headed to prison.

Prosecutors argue that promoting privacy tools shows criminal intent. If developers can be jailed for writing code, open source and digital privacy are in danger. — watch the full interview.

#OpenSource #Privacy #FreeSpeech #PrivacyMatters #DigitalPrivacy #CodeIsSpeech #CivilLiberties #HumanRights #PrivacyIsARight

He Built a Privacy Tool. Now He’s Going to Prison.

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Show threadCory DoctorowAug 2, 2023

Let me start by saying: I don't think it should be illegal for programmers to design and release these tools. #CodeIsSpeech, and we can't understand how this stuff works if we can't study it.

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Show threadMatt "msw" WilsonFeb 25, 2023

But, at the moment, I think the reality is that the systems we are talking about do not pose the same kind of societal risks as, say, encryption software did back when its public distribution was prohibited by USA regulation.

Are there risks of harms? Yes, absolutely. Do we need to hold back making things truly open source? No, I (personally speaking) don't think so.

#CodeIsSpeech
https://www.eff.org/cases/bernstein-v-us-dept-justice

Bernstein v. US Department of Justice

EFF established that computer code is speech and shielded the developers of privacy-protecting software from government censorship. In 1995, researcher Dan Bernstein planned to distribute an encryption program he had written that could help prevent strangers from snooping on online communications, discovering passwords, and stealing credit card numbers. But draconian federal laws restricted the publication of his program, treating privacy protection as a potential threat to national security. EFF successfully sued the government on behalf of Bernstein, and a federal court affirmed, for the first time, that software code deserves First Amendment protection.

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[G.R.K.]🌈🏳️‍⚧️Ⓐ💣¡NoPasarán!May 12, 2022

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So we have sold out of the PEI print beds. Should we restock?

#ctrlpew #pei #magnetic #printbed #buildplate #ender #3dprint #3dprinting #codeisspeech #cantstopthesignal

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“So we have sold out of the PEI print beds. Should we restock? #ctrlpew #pei #magnetic #printbed #buildplate #ender #3dprint #3dprinting #codeisspeech #cantstopthesignal”

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Dave LevyNov 3, 2020

The EFF report on the RIAA's takedown of youtube-dl at Github using clause 1201 of the DMCA which criminalises code which breaks usage protection measures. I hope they look to bringing a 1st Amendment case, as #codeisspeech.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/github-youtube-dl-takedown-isnt-just-problem-american-law

The Github youtube-dl Takedown Isn't Just a Problem of American Law

The video downloading utility youtube-dl, like other large open source projects, accepts contributions from all around the globe. It is used practically wherever there's an Internet connection. It's especially shocking, therefore, when what looks like a domestic legal spat–involving a take-down...

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The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature https://boingboing.net/2018/10/01/code-is-text.html #interactivefiction #twistylittlemazes #computerscience #literarytheory #codeisspeech #inform #Post
The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature

The heroic age of text adventure games was dominated by Zork and Zorkalikes, many from the games studio Infocom; the text adventures’ fortunes sagged when improvements in computer graphics lo…

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