Author: chris

Co-hosts: Johnson & Chris: Linux systemd Affected by Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, No Patches Yet :: VLC passes 3 billion downloads, will get AirPlay support and improved VR features soon :: AT&T, Dish, Comcast all raising cable TV rates to counter cord-cutting :: Amazon Dash Buttons…

GIMP Developers Outline Plan For 2019, VLC 3.0.5 Released with Improved YouTube, HDR & BluRay Support, Mozilla Thunderbird Outlines Plans For 2019: Addressing UI Lags, Performance Issues; Improved 3rd-Party Email Integration, Encryption Usability, Texas indicts founder of Defense Distribution and 3D printed gun advocate Cody…

Johnson’s Back! Debian’s Anti-Harassment Team Is Removing A Package Over Its Name, Linux 4.20 released, Courts Want “Something More” Than an IP-Address to Catch Pirates, CopyleftConf 2019, New York wants to make you submit your social media history before purchasing a gun, India Wants Tech Platforms To…

Chris hosts all alone! Ranks of Crypto Users Swelled in 2018 Even as Bitcoin Tumbled, EU Members Approve Upload Filters for “Terrorist Content”, Activists to Deliver 4 Million Anti ‘Article 13’ Signatures to EU Parliament, Project Veritas case: Judge Patti B. Saris rules Americans can…

Michael Hampton in, Johnson out, F-Words in Linux Kernel Code Replaced with “Hug”?, DHS looking into tracking Monero and Zcash transactions, Australia Passes Anti-Encryption Laws, Bitmain, Roger Ver, Kraken Sued as Bitcoin Cash Nightmare Continues, The 5G mobile browser problem no-one is talking about ,…

Free Software Messiah Richard Stallman: We Can Do Better Than Bitcoin, Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers, Google, Facebook, VPNs, and Others Risk Huge Fines Under Proposed Law, Justice Department indicts two Iranians over SamSam ransomware attacks, Bitcoin plunges again. Now the only currency worse…

Johnson out… nobody in? hmm, we’ll have fix that for next week, Square Enix pulls three games from Belgium after loot box ban, lbry.io demo, Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage ‘we are not robots’ protests, Boston Police Has a Secret Point System That Turns…

Johnson out, Michael Hampton in, Bitcoin plummets under $6,000 to a new low for the year after months of stability, Islamic Countries Challenge USD ‘Sanctioning Tool’ With Planned Common Cryptocurrency, PlayStation begins collecting amusement tax from Chicago users , UK chancellor announces 2% ‘digital services…

Johnson out, Bob Call in, AT&T to Terminate First Customers Over Piracy Accusations, No More Linux on Apple’s New Devices?, Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Hands Fifth ‘Good Faith’ Win To FBI’s Invalid Playpen Warrant, FCC leaders say we need a ‘national mission’ to fix rural…

IBM to acquire Red Hat, Fedora 29 Officially Released With Arguably The Best Fedora Workstation Release Yet, Grover Norquist to NH: Online Sales Taxes Are Just the Beginning http://www.freedomdecrypted.com/public_html/shows/2018-11-03.mp4