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Paul Theuer

I find it difficult to grasp how dangerous the reliance on huge #corporations and #proprietarysoftware is until I hear something like this:

apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s
The chief prosecutor of the #ICC (International Criminal Court) has lost access to his #Microsoft email account due to a #Trump ruling.

#opensource is the most reliable way of setting up critical #technology and, personally, I am finally convinced to #switchtolinux from #Windows.

A general view of the exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)
#trumpregime#goopensource#technews
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cuNha

@wikipedia has a nice comparison of #SearchEngines listed in tables. 🔍

"The first table lists the company behind the engine, volume and ad support and identifies the nature of the software being used as #FreeSoftware or #ProprietarySoftware. The second and third table lists internet #privacy aspects along with other technical parameters, such as whether the engine provides personalization (alternatively viewed as a filter bubble)."

#OpenSource #internetsovereignty

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparis

en.wikipedia.orgComparison of search engines - Wikipedia
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this.ven

And if you realize the dependency of #PublicServices on #BigTech's opaque #ProprietarySoftware with unfixed #SecurityIssues it's no news that the 🇬🇧 #UKGoverment falls victim to #Ransomware by ransomlook.io/group/Snatch

However, this incident clearly shows that ⌛ #TimeIsUp and putting people's data at risk can no longer be accepted. If I was a #UK citizen, I would advice the #CISO and #DataProtectionOfficer to start taking #CyberSecurity seriously.

I appreciate the current discussion in the 🇩🇪 German #DatenschutzKonferenz about fines against the public sector. If this is the only way to make #ITSecurity a matter for the bosses, then this is a logical consequence to cope with neglected measures in the #Digitization.

Screenshot of the Snatch group ransomware message that reads: UK government More information in our telegram channel https://t.me/snatch_team Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the UK Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, former Prime Minister of the UK Richard Moore, the Chief of MI6, the UK Secret Intelligence Service Felicity Oswald OBE, Interim Chief Executive Officer Sir Mark Peter Rowley QPM, head of London police
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Daltux 🐈‍⬛

🪟 A amada com pressa para desligar tudo há um tempão para poder sair, mas não é dona do próprio computador muahaha 😹
A Mico-soft que é proprietária da máquina. Não é a toa que damos esse nome a esse tipo de software.

The loved one has been in a hurry to turn everything off for a long time so she can go out, but she doesn't own her own computer hahaha 😹
Mico-soft is the proprietary of the machine.

fsf.org/windows/

Um laptop com uma tela do Mico-soft Windows impedindo seu desligamento: Não desligue ou desconecte a máquina. Instalando atualização 1 de 1.
#Windows#softwareProprietário#ProprietarySoftware
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