Notices by Funds privacy tech/open search (ngizero@mastodon.xyz)

Yesterday we again opened our bimonthly open call for privacy and trust enhancing tech (https://nlnet.nl/PET) and projects improving open search and discovery (https://nlnet.nl/discovery) using open source software and open hardware. Do apply before December 1st (or check out the work we are funding on for example @cryptpad, @delta, @nextcloud, @EteSync, @pixelfed and more! -> https://nlnet.nl/project/

End-to-end encryption protects your video chats from prying eyes & data leaks, which is even more important as we work and socialize remotely. Through the latest @NGIZero funding call NLnet supports new E2E encryption for the popular open source #JitsiMeet video chat solution, as well as a host of open source & open hardware projects like: peer-to-peer editing @libreoffice, live streaming in @pixelfed, automated vulnerability scanning for GNU Guix and much more -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200910-SelectedProjectsNGI2020-06.html

@titi @tuttle Hey! Of course we encourage you to apply (deadline is August 1st and applying should only take a little of your time). Currently we are open to project proposals for the NGI Zero Discovery & NGI Zero PET theme funds, so it would be good to check out these themes & requirements -> https://nlnet.nl/PET/and https://nlnet.nl/discovery/. If we come across specific funds for public/societal/educational tech, we will keep you posted!

Hi there! Are you an avid free software user or open source developer? NGI Zero is an R&D funding program for open source software & hardware to enhance online privacy and improve open search and discovery. Together with @fsfe, @APC, Radically Open Security, Translate House and many more we fund and support projects like @pixelfed, @delta, @cryptpad... Check it out here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroDiscovery.html and here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html or submit your own idea to make the internet a better place!

@delta developer Holger Krekel explains why #email-based messaging makes chat more accessible: "Other popular messaging apps are also designed around well-resourced people who have an online connection all the time (...) Most Cubans are economically barred from the Internet, it is expensive, due to US sanctions. Cubans can get an affordable mobile data plan for the intra-island network, and can use Delta Chat via their e-mail server" -> https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2020/06/18/whos-ngi-holger-krekel-with-delta-chat-bot/?

Instead of buying a computer, why not make one? Custom chip development is not accessible for designers, start-ups & creatives, because the tools to make these chips are (unnecessarily) expensive & restrictive. Chips4Makers (@Chips4Makers on birdsite) instead develops free and open source #NextGenerationInternet tooling (that can be audited for security & privacy benefits) so anyone can create their own chips. The first test chip is now made & ready for testing! -> https://chips4makers.io/blog/nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design.html#nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design

Online #privacy begins with trustworthy and encrypted #DNS. @NGIZero is proud to fund Open-Xchange developing privacy enhancing features for DNSdist and PowerDNS that encrypt the entire DNS-chain, from client, to caching-resolver, to authoritative nameserver -> https://www.open-xchange.com/about-ox/ox-blog/article/open-xchange-awarded-grant-to-further-develop-privacy-and-trust-enhancing-technologies/

ICANN Board Withholds Consent for a Change of Control of the Public Interest Registry (PIR). "Factors that were considered in determining reasonableness include, but are not limited to: A change from the fundamental public interest nature of PIR to an entity that is bound to serve the interests of its corporate stakeholders, and which has no meaningful plan to protect or serve the .ORG community. [...]" -> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-board-withholds-consent-for-a-change-of-control-of-the-public-interest-registry-pir

@paulakreuzer @switchingsoftware @cryptpad is encrypted, open source and features survey/polls where both the questions and results remain entirely under your control!

"A tiny backend bug at Let’s Encrypt almost broke millions of websites. A five-day scramble ensured it didn’t." Great recap of how Let's Encrypt managed to have 1.7 of 3 mln websites renew their certificate after a software bug -> https://www.wired.com/story/lets-encrypt-internet-calamity-that-wasnt/

@pixelfed Happy to help! Users of a #NextGenerationInternet need and deserve an image sharing platform they can trust with their personal pictures, where they can share memories without corporate surveillance.