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openSUSE Linux<p>What happens when cloud providers are “literally an ocean away”? Explore this grassroots <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> journey of deploying distributed compute in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mauritius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mauritius</span></a> from this <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oSC25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oSC25</span></a> talk. Low-cost, high-resilience, and built for local needs with <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/K3s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>K3s</span></a> and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/3C4mAuK3FzY?si=jKdtyAZ8g-B9qeMc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/3C4mAuK3FzY?si=jKdtyA</span><span class="invisible">Z8g-B9qeMc</span></a></p>
Collabora Office<p>Secure collaboration in healthcare, without compromise. </p><p>Discover how InDryve deployed Collabora Online at Papua New Guinea’s largest hospital — enabling real-time editing, secure data access, and 99.9% uptime across departments. </p><p>🔗 Read the full case study: <a href="https://www.collaboraonline.com/case-studies/indryve-port-moresby/?utm_campaign=Case_Study&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_content=Indryve" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">collaboraonline.com/case-studi</span><span class="invisible">es/indryve-port-moresby/?utm_campaign=Case_Study&amp;utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=Mastodon&amp;utm_content=Indryve</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CollaboraOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollaboraOnline</span></a></p>
Death by Lambda<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@kim_harding" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kim_harding</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nextcloud</span></a></span> <br>Well, I wasn't going to bring that up (yet). </p><p>I was going to say it doesn't feel like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalSovereignty</span></a> with no control over the authentication backend in my issue request though</p>
EU OS<p>Thanks to our network of supporters, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> benefits from early access to a study from the Commission <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EC_DIGIT</span></a></span> on the in-house use of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on the workspace. It is from 2005 and was revealed through an request for access to documents. Stay tuned and follow <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU_OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU_OS</span></a> as we will publish the report on <a href="https://eu-os.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eu-os.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> in the next days and analyse which aspects apply still in 2025.</p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/endof10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endof10</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DeutschlandStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeutschlandStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroStack</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a></p>
Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO<p>Following a <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/FreedomOfInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfInformation</span></a> request, I can reveal that in 2005 — almost two decades ago — the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuropeanCommission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanCommission</span></a> trialled the deployment of an Open Source stack (<a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> desktops with <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a>) and that trial was mostly successful.</p><p>Here is the Commission's report on that trial 🔗 ⬇️ <br><a href="https://jmaris.me/OSS_at_EU.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jmaris.me/OSS_at_EU.pdf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p>
Open Source Conference LU<p>Preparation for the first <a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> Conference in <a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/tags/Luxembourg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luxembourg</span></a> is proceeding very well.<br>We already have many talks submissions from local and international institutions and organisations which will tell us how they are implementing and/or developing Open Source software to improve their <a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/tags/resiliency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resiliency</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> and improve their position in relation to <a href="https://mastodon.opencloud.lu/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://conference.opensource.lu/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">conference.opensource.lu/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The CfP is still open it you want to contribute: <a href="https://pretalx.com/open-source-conference-2025/cfp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pretalx.com/open-source-confer</span><span class="invisible">ence-2025/cfp</span></a></p>
Bjorn Beijnon 🇪🇺<p>Excited to share that I’m nominated for position 7 on <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@voltnederland" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voltnederland</span></a></span> 's draft candidate list for the upcoming 🇳🇱 elections!</p><p>In Parliament I want to work for:<br>📚 Fair funding for all levels of education<br>🖥 Digital sovereignty &amp; public online services<br>👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 Legal multi-parenthood for all families</p><p>Members decide the final list on 30 Aug. Let’s go! ⚡</p><p>Find all candidates here: <a href="https://voltnederland.org/mensen/advieslijst-kandidaten-tweede-kamerverkiezingen-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voltnederland.org/mensen/advie</span><span class="invisible">slijst-kandidaten-tweede-kamerverkiezingen-2025</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Volt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Volt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/DutchPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DutchPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MultiParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultiParenthood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/Elections2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/NL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NL</span></a>#PublicValues</p>
Leander Lindahl<p>European search index for those of us using Qwant and Ecosia. We've been hearing about this for some time. Seems it's now a reality. Nice... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwan</span><span class="invisible">t-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/</span></a></p>
Nextcloud 📱☁️💻<p>We're putting Microsoft's "Digital Principles for Europe" to the test. 🔥</p><p>Can they really guarantee <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> for Europe?</p><p>We dive into news articles, transparency reports, and other <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> announcements to find out!</p><p>👉 <a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/microsoft-sovereign-cloud-for-europe-how-real-are-its-digital-principles-for-europe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nextcloud.com/blog/microsoft-s</span><span class="invisible">overeign-cloud-for-europe-how-real-are-its-digital-principles-for-europe/</span></a></p>
Nextcloud 📱☁️💻<p>How <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/DigitallyIndependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitallyIndependent</span></a> are small organizations in your country? </p><p>Our <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> Index compares the use of dozens self-hosted collaboration tools across countries.🌐</p><p>And not all countries do so well! </p><p>Explore the map and report:<br><a href="https://nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sovereignty-index-how-countries-compare-in-digital-independence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nextcloud.com/blog/digital-sov</span><span class="invisible">ereignty-index-how-countries-compare-in-digital-independence/</span></a></p>
Iznogoud<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://follow.ethanmarcotte.com/@beep" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>beep</span></a></span> OMG what is this 'Embrace or get out" mania, it's everywhere these days!</p><p>Long lost are the days of adoption strategies and incentives.</p><p>After they fired all the marketing and go to market strategists, the only brain cell remaining was the "my way or the highway" one!?</p><p>Move everything to the cloud? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whocouldhaveseenthatcoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whocouldhaveseenthatcoming</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopolypower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolypower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Yesterday I was on Radio-Canada’s Le 15-18 to talk about getting off US tech and why Canada needs to get serious about digital sovereignty. I think I’m slowly getting better at speaking about these issues in French :)</p><p><a href="https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-15-18/segments/rattrapage/2143842/peut-on-se-sevrer-geants-americains-techentrevue-avec-paris-marx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/prem</span><span class="invisible">iere/emissions/le-15-18/segments/rattrapage/2143842/peut-on-se-sevrer-geants-americains-techentrevue-avec-paris-marx</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ustech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ustech</span></a></p>
XWiki SAS<p>🚀 Startups, you don’t need to lock yourself into Big Tech from day one.</p><p>Our new guide rounds up open-source alternatives to Confluence, Jira, Google Docs, Gmail, and more. All with the flexibility, privacy, and control your team actually needs.</p><p>✨ Featuring XWiki, CryptPad, OpenProject, Matomo, ERPNext, and others.</p><p>Read it here. 👉 <a href="https://xwiki.com/en/Blog/open-source-business-software/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xwiki.com/en/Blog/open-source-</span><span class="invisible">business-software/</span></a><br><a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/XWiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XWiki</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/CryptPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptPad</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://social.xwiki.com/tags/techStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techStack</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>"The challenge is not simply to build a “Dutch cloud” or “European <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a>” as nationalistic alternatives, but to develop alternative visions for the role of computing in society that prioritize people over profit maximization," writes <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://someone.elses.computer/@C__CS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>C__CS</span></a></span> in this excellent critique of Europe's <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> debate and the so-called <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuroStack</span></a>.<br> <a href="https://www.techpolicy.press/clouds-over-public-infrastructure-rethinking-internet-governance-in-the-hyperscaler-era/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techpolicy.press/clouds-over-p</span><span class="invisible">ublic-infrastructure-rethinking-internet-governance-in-the-hyperscaler-era/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalfreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalfreedom</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>
Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:<p>I feel like I'm getting my geek/nerd vibes back. I created the Cute Homelab, installed RHEL 10, created my own Certificate Authority so I can use certbot in my homelab and now I can create s/mime certificates for signed/encrypted eMail. That's quite some <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> and <a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/tags/SelfHost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHost</span></a> realised in just a few weeks :) And it's all documented in my gists [1] and on my blog [2] so you can join too! Now a nice cuppa and off to bed!</p><p>1/2</p><p>[1] <a href="https://codeberg.org/jwildeboer/gists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">codeberg.org/jwildeboer/gists</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>[2] <a href="https://jan.wildeboer.net" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jan.wildeboer.net</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Anonymous Panda<p>Ukraine proves that responsible military AI isn’t just feasible: it’s urgent.<br>Governing AI under fire demands bold policies, agile legal frameworks, and moral clarity.<br>If a democracy at war can embed ethics-by-design, what's the excuse for the rest?</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AIgovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIgovernance</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ResponsibleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResponsibleAI</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/MilitaryAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryAI</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/WarfareEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarfareEthics</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/DualUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DualUse</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AutonomousWeapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousWeapons</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/EthicsByDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicsByDesign</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AIinConflict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIinConflict</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/LawfulAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawfulAI</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/HUDERIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HUDERIA</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/TechDiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechDiplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/GlobalAIStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalAIStandards</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/COBRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COBRA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/governing-ai-under-fire-in-ukraine/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecairoreview.com/essays/gove</span><span class="invisible">rning-ai-under-fire-in-ukraine/</span></a></p>
tarakiyee<p>Europe has a unicorn obsession, and frankly it needs to stop. 🦄 </p><p>The EU is pouring €43 billion through the CHIPS act into creating "European champions," but we're missing the bigger picture: why are we treating essential tech infrastructure as private property instead of public commons?</p><p>We need a different approach. One that serves public benefit over private extraction. Read my thoughts here: <a href="https://tarakiyee.com/the-hardware-innovation-monopoly-problem-why-europe-should-stop-chasing-unicorns/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tarakiyee.com/the-hardware-inn</span><span class="invisible">ovation-monopoly-problem-why-europe-should-stop-chasing-unicorns/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OpenHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenHardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PublicInterestTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterestTech</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>About the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SharePoint</span></a> breach (which for example hit the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dutch</span></a> public prosecutor office):</p><p>"This wasn’t just a technical failure; it was a cultural one. The big tech model rewards scale and uniformity, but in doing so, it sacrifices resilience and diversity."</p><p><a href="https://puri.sm/posts/sharepoint-zero-day-breach-hits-hundreds-of-companies-affecting-thousands-of-users-why-pureos-and-linux-servers-are-a-safer-alternative/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">puri.sm/posts/sharepoint-zero-</span><span class="invisible">day-breach-hits-hundreds-of-companies-affecting-thousands-of-users-why-pureos-and-linux-servers-are-a-safer-alternative/</span></a></p><p>"We need to move beyond the illusion of convenience and embrace a model that values sovereignty, separation, and control."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Purism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Purism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PureOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PureOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a></p>
Jan Vlug<p>This is why you should not use <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> (or any other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hypercapitalistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hypercapitalistic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a>) services:</p><p><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-bans-libreoffice-developers-account-without-warning-rejects-appeal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">neowin.net/news/microsoft-bans</span><span class="invisible">-libreoffice-developers-account-without-warning-rejects-appeal/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vendorlockin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vendorlockin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/powerabuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powerabuse</span></a></p>
mailbox.org<p>Microsoft's Chief Legal Officer confirmed: no guarantee EU data won't be transferred to US authorities. The CLOUD Act forces compliance regardless of GDPR.</p><p>This highlights why digital sovereignty matters. At mailbox.org, your data stays in Germany, protected by strict data protection laws. No CLOUD Act conflicts. No vendor lock-in.</p><p>True digital independence starts with your email choice.</p><p><a href="https://www.heise.de/en/news/Not-sovereign-Microsoft-cannot-guarantee-the-security-of-EU-data-10494789.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/en/news/Not-sovereign</span><span class="invisible">-Microsoft-cannot-guarantee-the-security-of-EU-data-10494789.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.mailbox.org/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://social.mailbox.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://social.mailbox.org/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://social.mailbox.org/tags/MadeInGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MadeInGermany</span></a></p>