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1964 Antique MODEM Live Demo Circa 1964 Livermore Data Systems "Model A" Acoustic Coupler Modem, live demonstration. Q&A: http://www.phreakmonkey.com/2009/05/1964-livermore-data-systems-...

Due to various security and privacy concerns about the Zoom videoconferencing service, Toronto Free-Net recommends everyone investigate and teach themselves how to use free-software, open-source alternatives, like Jitsi Meet to host their video meetings.

Some volunteers at the Free-Net have been using the Jitsi desktop software for their own personal communications needs since it was called "SIP Communicator", and we have no reason to doubt Jitsi Meet.

(If you have any other suggestions for alternatives to Zoom that are not Jitsi Meet, please post them below. Free-Net will evaluate them and post a recommendation, if it can.)

Jitsi Meet Join a WebRTC video conference powered by the Jitsi Videobridge

In the Great Fire-Sale of your privacy, For-profit corporations are only on your side until they are not. These guys promised "never to sell your data"-- instead, they sold the whole company.

Toronto Free-Net is a not-for-profit corporation. We couldn't sell this company to someone even if we wanted to, because *you* own it.

The Canadian tech company that changed its mind about using your tax return to sell stuff | CBC Radio Just in time for RRSP season, changes to a popular piece of Canadian tax software means some customers might not like where or how their private data is being used.

FBCLID is a threat to your privacy. F.B. Purity stops it in its tracks.

On top of a well configured combination of Firefox, uBlock Origin, and Ghostery, Toronto Free-Net recommends installing F.B. Purity for those of you who wish to remain on Facebook.

(Toronto Free-Net has no relationship with Mozilla, uBlock Origin's author, Cliqz, or the author of F.B. Purity)

Hi folks,

We are making several security and scalability improvements.

One consequence that is visible to users: one can no longer get away with specifying "torfree.net" when trying to ssh or to telnet into a shell account, e.g. to use Pine to read mail. Ditto when trying to upload files via ftp. One must now use the shell server's official name: "shell.torfree.net".

The name "torfree.net" only points to our web server.

We created the name "shell.torfree.net" over a decade ago, in 2008, and we have consistently directed people to it ever since. But, inevitably, people discover shortcuts, such as "torfree.net", and get accustomed to using them. (We even fall into this trap ourselves.)

So, if you or someone you know is unable to connect with ssh, telnet, or ftp, check the domain name.

Thanks! :-)