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FOSS Force 2026 Independence Drive
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Updated Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 11 pm EDT.
Next update Sunday, March 29 at 11 pm EDT.
The cloud czars gorged on free software, starved the projects that sustain it, and are shocked the open source commons is starting to break.
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Cohn, who helped lead a landmark crypto case and shape EFF’s agenda for decades, will hand leadership of the group to Nicole Ozer this summer.
A deterministic password manager that generates, rather than stores, your logins — and makes versioning old passwords surprisingly handy.
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At Amsterdam's SecurityCon Europe, the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF adds new members and showcases progress on SLSA, Gemara, and AI security.