The EU cannot yet provide a robust digital ecosystem that allows people to manage their finances independently from American platforms. Your access to your own money shouldn't depend on Silicon Valley. Neither should your email, searches, or social media. However, banking is the area in which we would first notice.

Europe has lost nearly half of its bank branches since 2008. [1] We've gone digital. This means that access to our money depends on Apple, Google, or Microsoft. That's not digital sovereignty. It's digital colonialism.

#Banking #EU #Google #Apple #Microsoft #DigitalSovereignty

"If Trump wants to steal Greenland, he doesn't need tanks or missiles. He can just tell Microsoft and Oracle to brick the entire Danish state and all of its key firms, blocking their access to their email archives, files, databases, and other key administrative tools. If Denmark still holds out, Trump can brick all their tractors, smart speakers, and phones. [...]"

https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/digital-subjugation/#greenlands-next

#trump #eu #europe #sovereignty #digitalsovereignty #politic #usa

Von Windows auf Linux wechseln?

Wer dabei Hilfe braucht, ist beim Chaostreff im „Langen August“ in der Dortmund am 3. Mai genau richtig!

📅 [Dortmund] Wechselparty – Fragen, Antworten und betreutes Wechseln
🕚 03.05.2026 - 15:00 Uhr
➡️ https://termine.di.day/events/52dc6bf0-cdd6-4913-aa6a-03df17b5a8b4
🏠 22 Braunschweiger Straße
44145 Dortmund (nähe Nordmarkt)

#digitalindependenceday #langeraugust #dortmund #chaostreffDortmund #opensource #linux #digitalsovereignty #nordstadt

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/116349264915663173

On a scale from 1 (really bad) to 10 (really good), how likely bad is it? I haven't used it since 1997.

Again, no OS wars. I'm just curious and am asking those more experienced with Microsoft Windows.

#Windows #Microsoft #DigitalSovereignty

LibreOffice Drives Europe’s Open Source Shift: A Growing Push for Digital Sovereignty | Linux Journal https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/libreoffice-drives-europes-open-source-shift-growing-push-digital-sovereignty

#LibreOffice #OpenSource #FOSS #Linux #DigitalSovereignty

Pluralistic: EU ready to cave to Trump on tech (04 Apr 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/04/digital-subjugation/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@pojntfx/116345677794218793

The cynical take is that the current furore about #digitalsovereignty focuses on cloud and office software procurement by the public sector only because there exist some European providers that could gain market share.

Mobile-linked identity and payments is super essential for vast numbers of Europeans, but since there is hardly any competitor to the US duopoly, everybody just keeps quiet as if it's a non-issue.

This is non-sensical. Mobile sovereignty should be at the very top of the agenda.

Turris Launches the Omnia NG Wired 10 Gbps Router

The #Turris #Omnia NG Wired - a rack-mountable model offering 10 Gbps connectivity runs the Turris OS operating system based on #OpenWrt / #Linux. The device is intended for businesses, institutions, and demanding users seeking a powerful and sustainable network foundation while supporting European technologies, #opensource, and #digitalsovereignty

https://www.techpowerup.com/347881/turris-launches-the-omnia-ng-wired-10-gbps-router

#Networking #Security #FreeSoftware