Its been fun being a part of "Army of Awesomeness". I have been helping Mozilla FireFox users with the problems they were facing. Thanks to all those who supported and guided me, specially Haider Sajjab my Mentor.

Hard work finally paid off. I have been Mozillian for about a year. Gathered up the courage to give CLT Exam, I passed that exam and now i am Officially a Club Lead in COMSATS LAHORE after Haider Sajjad (my predecessor). Being a Part of Mozilla is fun. Its net Neutrality and open web makes me crave to work for Mozilla. I am proud to be a Mozillian.

The U.S. Congress will soon decide whether to reauthorize one of the government’s most notorious mass surveillance programs. On June 1st, three sections of the PATRIOT Act are set to expire, giving us a rare opportunity to push for reforms that will protect our privacy while also keeping us safe.
One of the provisions up for review, Section 215, has been used by the National Security Agency (NSA) to collect all call records of nearly everyone in the United States. For every call you make, the details of who you called, when you called, and for how long the call lasted — an incredibly detailed map of your private life — are all indiscriminately gathered by the NSA on an ongoing, daily basis.
Today, Mozilla is launching a campaign to enable our community to send a clear message to Congress: rein in the NSA and stop mass surveillance.
We believe keeping us safe shouldn’t have to cost us our privacy. That’s why we’re pushing for Congress to significantly reform these parts of the PATRIOT Act. Take action now!
Mozilla’s Position on Surveillance Reform
Mozilla is launching this campaign because our mission calls us to do so. The fourth principle of Mozilla’s Manifesto states: “Individuals’ security and privacy on the Internet are fundamental and must not be treated as optional.” There’s a long list of reforms and regulations we think are needed to improve user security, privacy, and trust — things like closing government backdoors, ensuring strong encryption, putting in place stronger oversight and accountability, and improving preventative security practices. Today, we have an opportunity to begin the long road toward reform by pushing Congress to rein in one of the worst abuses of the NSA. More specifically, we want Congress to adopt:

1. A strict ban on bulk collection activities under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act, as well as Section 214 Pen Register/Trap and Trace authorities;
2. Sufficient transparency reporting in order to be able to tell if bulk or mass surveillance is occurring (this could include a blend of corporate transparency reporting, government transparency reporting, and declassification of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions);
3. No new data retention mandates; and
4. No new secret surveillance authorities, powers, or programs.

It’s been nearly two years since the Snowden revelations began, and yet Congress has not passed any meaningful reform of the NSA’s sweeping, untargeted collection of our private information. Click here to join us in demanding that Congress rein in these mass surveillance programs.

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Firefox OS goes after first-time smartphone users with sub-$40 model in India

What comes to mind when we talk about an extremely budget-priced smartphone? Something like the Nokia Lumia 530? Maybe the Motorola Moto E? Aggressively low prices can be key to adoption in markets where smartphones are still making inroads upon the populace, as we see in recently industrialized nations like India. There, you might pay the equivalent of $145 for that Lumia 530 or $120 for that Moto E – cheaper than many phones, sure, but can’t we do a little better? Firefox phones are still trying to establish their niche in the market, and largely they’ve been coming in at the very bottom of the pricing range. This week India’s getting one that outdoes even some of the most affordable models we’ve come across in the past, selling for under $40.

The Spice Fire One Mi – FX 1 isn’t much to write home about spec-wise: the phone has just a 3.5-inch HVGA display, 1GHz SoC, and 1.3MP main camera – the front-facer is an even lower-res 0.3MP. The fact that we haven’t heard anything about storage or RAM can’t be good signs, and there’s not even any 3G data – the phone maxes-out at EDGE.

“Well that’s just useless,” you argue. For the established smartphone user, perhaps, but consider who this phone is for: someone who may want basic news, social sites, and maybe email – not for LTE-crazed, Modern-Combat-playing, HD-Netflix-watching types. It’s got dual-SIM support, which is a big deal in nations like India, and a sticker price that comes out to just about $38, with no contract to speak of, is just too hard to ignore.

Will Firefox OS offer every feature a user could dream of? Of course not. But if the low-priced hardware it attracts can help turn a non-smartphone user into someone curious to check out this world for the first time, that still sounds like a win in our book.

Source: fonearena

Via: Into Mobile