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= Committee Meeting, 5 Jun 2014 = [[https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/fsm-ctte-20140605|Original meeting notes]] == Attending == * Adam B. * Andrew S. * Ben F. * Ben S. == Meeting checklist == 1. Sign on door 1. Name tags. 1. Clean-up when done * Lights * Power and computers reconnected * Chairs == Meet-up Agenda == === Action Item Status === 1. Update on tasks from last meeting (Thu 2014-05-01) * Ben S: Still to talk to large LibrePlanet group and contact admins about using their wiki * Ben F.: no response yet from Jon Lawrence of EFA, try contacting again for TPP talk at FSM meeting 1. Confirm details of upcoming meeting (Thu 2014-06-19) * Security protocols effectively limit meeting to finish before 20:30, so we should aim to finish by 20:00. === Meeting Structure === ==== Gnews: (duration: 0:45) ==== ===== Software Releases ===== * Firefox 30.0 * New Firefox Sync (incompatible with the old sync) * Google trying out End-to-End Email Encryption http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/making-end-to-end-encryption-easier-to.html * Can't import keyrings larger than around 128Kb. * No MIME support. * No option to encrypt to self by default. * DuckDuckGo redesign * Big new release, now includes Images and Videos search * Apple to support DuckDuckGo as a search provider in iOS. * Docker 1.0 - lightweight GNU/Linux containers (http://blog.docker.com/2014/06/its-here-docker-1-0/) * OpenRA 20140608 - now rips CDs under GNU/Linux correctly, performance improvements, gameplay tweaks (http://www.openra.net/) * Mesa 10.2 - supports some new OpenGL 4 extensions, software rasterizer supports OpenGL 3.3 (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTcwMDc) * id Software's original 'Softdisk' games released under the GPL-2 (https://github.com/FlatRockSoft/) * Code only. Requires original game assets. * OpenXcom 1.0 - a X-COM: UFO Defense engine (code only) reimplementation released under GPL-3 (http://openxcom.org/2014/06/openxcom-1-0/) * Watch Dogs for PC released, doesn't work for many people due to DRM and failing servers (http://kotaku.com/some-people-cant-play-watch-dogs-on-pc-right-now-1582176863) * Debian 6 LTS (https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140616) * MATE now fully in Debian unstable (https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/06/msg00041.html) ===== Campaigns ===== * Email Self-Defense https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/ * Reset the Net https://www.resetthenet.org/ (and Privacy Pack http://pack.resetthenet.org/?) ===== Other ===== * Where is RedPhone on F-Droid? "We don't distribute our apps on f-droid because we feel it's insecure" https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone/issues/143 * TrueCrypt * TrueCrypt Website Says To Switch To BitLocker (http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/05/28/2126249/truecrypt-website-says-to-switch-to-bitlocker) * The Sudden Policy Change In Truecrypt Explained (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/06/01/1922248/the-sudden-policy-change-in-truecrypt-explained) * A TrueCrypt secret warning identified (http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/17/0511216) * AWS continues to use it exclusively anyway. (http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/amazon-aws-continues-use-truecrypt-despite-projects-demise-244151) * EFF/FSF's Tor Challenge https://www.eff.org/torchallenge * Google and Facebook Can Be Legally Intercepted by GCHQ (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27887639, http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/17/1740215) * Intercepted, but data collected in this way "cannot be read, looked at or listened to" except in strictly limited circumstances. * NSA: Our systems are so complex we can’t stop them from deleting data wanted for lawsuit (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/06/09/nsa-our-systems-are-so-complex-we-cant-stop-them-from-deleting-data-wanted-for-lawsuit/) * Chinese gov’t(?) reveals Microsoft’s secret list of Android-killer patents (http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/chinese-govt-reveals-microsofts-secret-list-of-android-killer-patents/) * Netflix ditches Silverlight for HTML5 on Macs - uses EME in Safari on OS X Yosemite instead (http://techblog.netflix.com/2014/06/html5-video-in-safari-on-os-x-yosemite.html)\ * WikiLeaks: NSA Recording All Telephone Calls In Afghanistan (http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/05/23/1156258/wikileaks-nsa-recording-all-telephone-calls-in-afghanistan) * XBox One Ad Turns on Consoles (http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/13/2347254) * Eben Moglen: Privacy under attack: the NSA files revealed new threats to democracy (http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/27/-sp-privacy-under-attack-nsa-files-revealed-new-threats-democracy) === Meet a member: (duration: 0:30) === Les K. to continue on from last month ==== Main Presentation (approx. 20 mins) ==== Andrew Spiers : Datawrapper :use, benefits, alternatives ==== Other ==== * Secretary role for July 17th (see below) ==== Dinner ==== * Classic Curry * Andrew S. to investigate a potential on Lygon Street == Goals, Ideas and Suggestions == === Goals === * Keeping meet ups moving * make sure we can fit everything in * start and finish on time to make dinner/travel predictable === Ideas === * Meeting chair: schedule segments and time keeper * 2014-06-19: Ben F. * decide on an end time * start as soon as possible, don't wait around for people == Other == * Secretary role while Ben S. is away (June/July) * http://freesoftware.org.au/wiki/Secretary * 2014-06-19: Ben F. * 2014-07-17: TBD (delegate chosen by president, Adam)