Do We Tweet?

While May First/People Link has always advocated the use of Free and Open Source Software, we aren’t…

App Devs as Cyber Targets

First Look has broken news about a CIA program to target Apple’s XCode toolchain, that is required to develop native MacOS and iOS apps: https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/03/10/ispy-cia-campaign-steal-apples-secrets/ The result of the attack, if successful, is that the compiled binary you send to your end-users contains a backdoor, without the original source code or encryption you might use ever needing […]

25 years ago!

I know where a lot of you were 25 years ago. Happy 25th Anniversary to the best couple, and here is to 25 more.

My Prediction for 2015: “Delete This”

From today’s Boston Globe, my lighthearted prediction for 2015: DELETE THIS Thanks to an unshakable fear that their own gossip-laden e-mails (not to mention business strategies and classified documents) will be leaked to the world, the people of 2015 will finally decide that it may not be a good idea to have a copy of […]

More Analysis of Firechat’s Opportunistic Mesh Marketing

Re/code recently published an article on Firechat’s use in Hong Kong, mostly just repeating one of the app’s founders speech from a recent Silicon Valley area tech event. I am really tired of beating this horse, but I really couldn’t help myself, as the attempts to use the ongoing very real-life protests in Hong Kong as […]

Freitas Family in DC weekend

It was a great Freitas Family Weekend in DC, and thought this little video was appropriate for all the time we spent in the downtown area. Enjoy!