Hacker News with Generative AI: Freedom

Who Does That Server Serve? (2010) (gnu.org)
On the Internet, proprietary software isn't the only way to lose your computing freedom. Service as a Software Substitute, or SaaSS, is another way to give someone else power over your computing.

Software, Freedom, Internet, Open Source

43 points by redbell 16 days ago | 24 comments

Protecting Router Freedom in Europe [pdf] (fsfe.org)

Europe, Freedom, Security, Networking, Policy

9 points by paulcarroty 116 days ago | 0 comments

Freenet: A decentralized alternative to world wide web (freenet.org)
The centralization of the internet poses a fundamental threat to individual freedom.

Decentralization, Internet, Freedom, Privacy, Technology

179 points by udev4096 118 days ago | 99 comments

GNU.org was down (gnu.org)
GNU is the only operating system developed specifically to give its users freedom. What is GNU, and what freedom is at stake?

GNU, Operating Systems, Freedom, Software

8 points by auscompgeek 145 days ago | 2 comments

The Drift Toward Unfreedom (politico.eu)

Politics, Freedom, Europe

7 points by mdp2021 172 days ago | 7 comments

Where at least I know I'm free (world.hey.com)

Freedom, Personal Growth, Self-Discovery

10 points by Tomte 188 days ago | 2 comments

An archeological revolution transforms our image of human freedoms Essays (aeon.co)

Archaeology, History, Human Rights, Freedom, Philosophy

5 points by rbanffy 232 days ago | 0 comments

Julian Assange Leaves Court 'Free Man,' Ending 14-Year Drama (bloomberg.com)