Matthias Kirschner on FSFE's Open Source Journey

11/19/23 • 67 min

Techlore Talks Interview: Matthias Kirschner, president of the Free Software Foundation Europe. Welcoming Matthias on Techlore Talks to discuss the FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) and how they are empowering the future of free & open source software!

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introductions

01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave

06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?

07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run them the way he does?

16:42 What browsers surprised Arthur throughout his testing?

18:58 How do his tests work on a technical level? How are sites tracking us?

23:26 PrivacyTests being objective data instead of using recommendations

28:24 Conflict of Interest with Brave

29:50 Will privacytests.org scan browser telemetry someday?

31:18 The privacytests.org contributors

32:02 Which browsers does Arthur use in his life?

33:18 Arthur's experience at Tor & Mozilla

38:18 Which browsers Arthur is excited for in the future

40:38 Why should people care about Chrome's privacy?

44:04 Thoughts on Apple Dropping WebKit & Introducing Web Apps

46:24 Final Words

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Check out his book for an amazing way to spread FOSS to people around you: Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream

About Matthias: Profile

Matthias Mastodon: Mastodon

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introductions

01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave

06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?

07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run them the way he does?

16:42 What browsers surprised Arthur throughout his testing?

18:58 How do his tests work on a technical level? How are sites tracking us?

23:26 PrivacyTests being objective data instead of using recommendations

28:24 Conflict of Interest with Brave

29:50 Will privacytests.org scan browser telemetry someday?

31:18 The privacytests.org contributors

32:02 Which browsers does Arthur use in his life?

33:18 Arthur's experience at Tor & Mozilla

38:18 Which browsers Arthur is excited for in the future

40:38 Why should people care about Chrome's privacy?

44:04 Thoughts on Apple Dropping WebKit & Introducing Web Apps

46:24 Final Words

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Links:

Thank you to Tuta for being the first ever Techlore Gold Video Sponsor, check out their open source, privacy-respecting email service on their site: Tuta

Check out his book for an amazing way to spread FOSS to people around you: Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream

About Matthias: Profile

Matthias Mastodon: Mastodon

Techlore Talks:

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RSS Feed

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:04 Apple RCS, E2EE, security, and more!

05:08 Signal usernames and other signal discussions

09:04 Final iMessage chats & contact key verification

11:54 Accusations against Tuta

18:16 Sending love to the brilliant people behind services

19:28 Hidden Signal features

22:06 WhatsApp competing with messengers