Does the gift you're giving your loved ones respect their rights?

When picking a gift this year, we urge you to think carefully about the choice you're making. Is that smart assistant smart enough to respect your friend or family member's rights? Does that tablet really have their best interest in mind? Or does that shiny gadget come at a cost much higher than its price tag?

When we allow proprietary software created by Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, and countless other companies to handle our basic computing tasks, we put an enormous amount of power in their hands, power which they freely exploit. It's only through using free software, and devices running free software, that we can seize this power back.

Freedom is the gift that keeps on giving

Letting your loved ones know that you respect their privacy and freedom too much to cave in for the newest Apple or Google product is a great gift in itself, and one that you can feel good about.