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"After the first read-through of the white-paper, I noticed in the section "the-libra-currency-and-reserve" and others parts of the white paper that Libra doesn't respect some of the basics of an Open (Libre) and Free Monetary System."

"EPIC Files Complaint with FTC about Employment Screening Firm HireVue Today, EPIC filed a complaint with the FTC alleging that recruiting company HireVue has committed unfair and deceptive practices in violation of the FTC Act. EPIC charged that HireVue falsely denies it uses facial recognition. EPIC also said the company failed to comply with baseline standards for AI decision-making, such as the OECD AI Principles and the Universal Guidelines for AI. The company purports to evaluate a job applicant's qualifications based upon their appearance by means of an opaque, proprietary algorithm. EPIC has brought many similar consumer privacy complaints to the FTC, including a complaint on Facebook's facial recognition practices that contributed to the FTC's 2019 settlement with Facebook. Last year EPIC also asked the FTC to investigate the Universal Tennis Rating system, a secret technique for scoring high school athletes"

"We build desirable, open source, privacy-enabled smartphone operating systems.".

Alternative email provider. Proposes a free tier, and paying additional tiers. Free tier doesn't compromise on security. Supports IMAP and custom domains (for paying tiers). Easy tool to import AND export your emails, to migrate to a new provider. Also developping calendar, contacts, drive, and VPN. They have been Open Source (even Free, license MIT) since day 1.

Audited independently, passed in July 2021 https://protonmail.com/blog/security-audit/

Deputy Chairman of The Document Foundation (Libreoffice). involved in the Taiwanese open source community since 1993, and since 2015 he is the President of the Software Liberty Association Taiwan (SLAT)

Manifeste avec 10 points-clés : services, responsabilisation, standards... Nous exigeons que les organisations assument, indépendamment de leur forme juridique et de leurs sources financières, la responsabilité de leurs produits, services et processus numériques. Ceux-ci doivent avant tout répondre aux besoins des individus et ne pas exploiter leurs faiblesses psychologiques, sociales ou économiques. L'utilisation d'algorithmes et le traitement des données doivent être transparents et conformes aux principes de l'État de droit.