Hello

[helge.ramthun at secure.mailbox.org]

Hi everyone!

Good idea to start with a quick intro of everyone here - let me be next:

My name is Helge. I studied Mathematics (Analytical Number Theory, in case someone cares), worked with different companies providing software to Insurance companies and am currently employed at an insurance company, so by now I am an actuary.

I have been for a long time, at least since the Snowden revelations, been involved with privacy, as I see the lack thereof as a major danger to our societies. I do indeed have a degoogled smartphone, no whatsapp account and own my own router. Well, I suspect none of the above is very special in this mailing list, although usually people's eyes just go empty when you say stuff like that.

I see great potential in this project. To really make a difference it is crucial that users are provided control over their data while at the same time can maintain their lazy stance ("I don't care as long as everything is running, I just don't have the time."). 

What can I contribute? Probably not a whole lot of code, but I'm still willing to put my time into the project, which - if my dreams come true - will require all kinds of support. So let's say I'm willing to supply my brain, do as you like with it.

Next one up?

Helge

> Björn Balazs <b at lazs.de> hat am 08.07.2023 14:32 CEST geschrieben:
> 
>  
> Moin!
> 
> I am Björn, somewhere in the very late mid 40ies and living in Berlin. As I 
> kind of started our get2gether here, I wanted to introduce myself a little 
> bit.
> 
> At some point I was approved with a Diploma in Psychology, but I have been 
> working in IT basically all of my professional life. I started in the area of 
> Usability / User Experience (UX) / User research, but manly do project 
> management in a consultancy nowadays.
> 
> I am socialized in Free Software Communities. In the early 2000s I co-founded 
> an initiative that provided UX support for Free Software projects. I helped to 
> build up the visual design group in KDE and the user experience team for 
> LibreOffice. And many many more :)
> 
> Linux was my choice, because I always had a problem trusting binaries 
> delivered by companies that make insane profits. So the privacy problem is 
> driving my for a long time. I was very happy, when I found polypoly, because I 
> could stop activities I had started myself and support polypoly instead.
> 
> But now, I cannot accept that the right thing - users having control over 
> their own data - will die with polypoly. I am willing to spend a decent amount 
> of time on this project, because I am convinced we can do it. 
> 
> I really hope we can form a team here that is able to move things forward. And 
> I am curious to learn who you are ;)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Björn-- 
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