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# Meeting notes, Thursday 2014-06-19 #

## Main Presentation ##

### Andrew Spiers: Datawrapper ###

* Create great looking graphs for your website.{: list-style-type="no-bullet"}

* [Main website](https://datawrapper.de/) (largely in German)
* [GitHub project page](https://github.com/datawrapper/datawrapper)
* [English installation documentation](https://github.com/datawrapper/datawrapper/wiki/Installing-Datawrapper)
* [License](https://github.com/datawrapper/datawrapper/blob/master/LICENSE)
* how it works
    * generated using a hosted PHP/MySQL app which you can host yourself
* how to use it
    * deploys as a stand-alone [JavaScript](JavaScript) graph that can be added to any page
* benefits
    * interactive
    * requires citation by default
    * looks great!

## Gnews links ##

### 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](http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/making-end-to-end-encryption-easier-to.html)
    * Can't import keyrings larger than around 128Kb. Import keys individually with something like:
        * ` for i in $(gpg --list-keys '@mycompany.com' | grep '^pub' | sed 's/^.*\/\([^\ ]*\).*/\1/') ; do gpg --armor --export-options no-export-attributes --export ${i} > ${i}.pub ; done `{: list-style-type="no-bullet"}
    * No MIME support.
    * No option to encrypt to self by default.
    * The build I compiled and used for testing (master, ed4a8aa0) can be downloaded here: [https://systemsaviour.com/downloads/misc/chromium-extensions/end-to-end/20140619/](https://systemsaviour.com/downloads/misc/chromium-extensions/end-to-end/20140619/)
* [DuckDuckGo](DuckDuckGo) redesign
    * Big new release, now includes Images and Videos search
    * Apple to support [DuckDuckGo](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/](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/](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](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/](https://github.com/FlatRockSoft/))
    * Code only. Requires original game assets.
* [OpenXcom](OpenXcom) 1.0 - a X-COM: UFO Defense engine (code only) reimplementation released under GPL-3 ([http://openxcom.org/2014/06/openxcom-1-0/](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](http://kotaku.com/some-people-cant-play-watch-dogs-on-pc-right-now-1582176863))
* Debian 6 LTS ([https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140616](https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140616))
* MATE now fully in Debian unstable ([https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/06/msg00041.html](https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2014/06/msg00041.html))

### Campaigns ###

* Email Self-Defense [https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/](https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/)
* Reset the Net [https://www.resetthenet.org/](https://www.resetthenet.org/) (and Privacy Pack [http://pack.resetthenet.org/?](http://pack.resetthenet.org/?))

### Other ###

* Where is [RedPhone](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](https://github.com/WhisperSystems/RedPhone/issues/143)
* [TrueCrypt](TrueCrypt)
    * [TrueCrypt](TrueCrypt) Website Says To Switch To [BitLocker](BitLocker) ([http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/05/28/2126249/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](http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/06/01/1922248/the-sudden-policy-change-in-truecrypt-explained))
    * A [TrueCrypt](TrueCrypt) secret warning identified ([http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/17/0511216](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](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](https://www.eff.org/torchallenge)
* Google and Facebook Can Be Legally Intercepted by GCHQ ([http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27887639](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27887639), [http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/17/1740215](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/](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/](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)\](http://techblog.netflix.com/2014/06/html5-video-in-safari-on-os-x-yosemite.html%29%5C)
* [WikiLeaks](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](http://news.slashdot.org/story/14/05/23/1156258/wikileaks-nsa-recording-all-telephone-calls-in-afghanistan))
* Another unexpected reason to value your privacy: Proprietary devices that are always watching and listening - XBox One Ad Turns on Consoles ([http://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/06/13/2347254](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](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/27/-sp-privacy-under-attack-nsa-files-revealed-new-threats-democracy)){: page-href="wiki:///meetingNotes/20140619"}