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Linux Action News 134
December 01, 2019
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We share Mozilla's concerns over Contract for the Web, and try out Kali Linux's new tricks.
Also, our thoughts on the new Alexa Voice service coming to low-end IoT devices, and much more.
Links:
- Contract for the Web officially launched — Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard it from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity
- Tim Berners-Lee launches Google and Facebook-backed plan to fix the web
- Mozilla and the Contract for the Web
- State of Mozilla 2018: Annual Report — This report details how Mozilla operates and includes details from our financial reports for 2018.
- Mozilla: Be Smart. Shop Safe. — How creepy is that smart speaker, that fitness tracker, those wireless headphones? We created this guide to help you shop for safe, secure connected products.
- Minimum Security Guidelines Explained — These three organizations proposed five minimum guidelines that companies making connected devices should reasonably be expected to satisfy.
- Introducing Alexa Voice Service Integration for AWS IoT Core, a cost-effective Alexa Voice on any type of connected device — VS for AWS IoT enables Alexa Built-in functionality on MCUs like ARM Cortex ‘M’ class with <1MB embedded RAM by offloading memory and compute tasks to a virtual Alexa Built-in device in the cloud
- Kali Linux 2019.4 released with Xfce by default — We are incredibly excited to announce our fourth and final release of 2019, Kali Linux 2019.4, which is available immediately for download.