Mastodawn

Nextcloud CEO on #digitalsovereignity in #Europe:
To what degree is this translating into action, with organizations migrating away from US cloud providers? “The interest is gigantic."
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4184628/nextcloud-ceo-open-source-moves-from-a-nerdy-audience-to-the-geopolitical-stage.html

Nextcloud CEO: Open source moves from 'a nerdy audience' to the geopolitical stage

Frank Karlitschek, head of the German software vendor, talked about the company’s decision to help develop the Euro-Office app suite as an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and others.

Computerworld

chris 🔓 Digital Sovereignty Jun 7

Can we live without Big Tech? A test by two journalists at Swissinfo

🔬 Trapped in the ecosystem(s)

💡 leaving Big Tech is difficult

👉 Hint (unfortunately not included in article): there are options 😀
https://di.day/en/digital-switch-recipes

⚠️=> Do NOT underestimate the efforts!

🪜Take one step at a time, ask for help, hire a consultant!
You will not get rid of dependencies accumulated over the years in a single wash-up!

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-ai/can-switzerland-live-without-big-tech-we-put-it-to-the-test/91437762

@swissinfo_bot @decio

#digitalsovereignity #di_day #change

Digital Switch Recipes — Digital Independence Day

On the first Sunday of each month we organise Digital Independence Day. This is when we reclaim our digital freedom and switch to democracy-friendly digital alternatives.

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Fossman Jun 4

@FusionPartyAus Hmm.. first I've seen a political party post about this! Do you guys support a gradual transition to #FreeSoftware / #OpenSource / #gnuLinux in Australian public and education sector?

Also, curious if any of you happen to be daily driving #Linux on either PC or phone?

Thanks.

#FLOunder #Australia #privacy #digitalsovereignity #Linux #LinuxAustralia

arihak Jun 3

Starting from the top, #EU implements #digitalsovereignity
--- #Qwant will replace #Google as default search engine on European Parliament computers,” officials told lawmakers in an email. The change is being made “in line with the Parliament's commitment to digital sovereignty and the protection of users' personal data.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-parliament-ditches-google-for-french-search-engine/

European Parliament ditches Google for French search firm over privacy concerns

The switch lands as EU officials prepare a broader push to wean off US tech.

POLITICO

Martin Holland May 30

As I've said, I want to make a version of my "My Tech"-site, but this time not for country of Origin, but Open vs. Closed Source.
But before I start, I need two emojis for both. Any ideas? I really think the emojis are important and they should be easily recognizable. What can I use for #OpenSource and what for #ClosedSource?

#DigitalSovereignity

https://fingolas.eu/MyTech/

My Tech Origin

Find out where your software comes from — and share it.

artfulrobot May 29

So #euroOffice was created to avoid US tech like #microslop because, well, there is no #privacy with US companies and countries need #digitalSovereignity. But it's based on #onlyOffice which, I thought, was distrusted for it's Russian links? I guess it's open source so someone will have assessed the code they forked for security... Right...?

Cambionn May 26

Best news of #today, and probably of the recent period. Our government is blocking the sale of the hoster of #DigiD after all!

All our fighting to keep the data of milions of #Dutch citizen outside of foreign hands has paid of. Time to party 🥳🎉🎉🎉 .

https://berthub.eu/tkconv/document.html?nummer=2026D24647

#privacy #netherlands #thenetherlands #digitalsovereignity #sovereignity #digitaleAutonomie #digitaleSoevereiniteit #good #goodnews

Besluit investeringstoetsing Solvinity

Informatie- en communicatietechnologie (ICT) Besluit investeringstoetsing Solvinity

sigi714 May 24

American cloud providers are proving why we need to leave american cloud providers #digitalsovereignity https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/116622751211244647

Kees van der Leun (@[email protected])

Microsoft - a preferred supplier of Dutch government - and Meta shared names of civil servants and scientists involved in European regulation on tech companies with the Trump regime. Scandalous and intimidating, as one of them Claes de Vreese, says. https://nos.nl/l/2615391

mastodon.energy

Adel Wadl May 19

Important contribution by #HateAid to #rp26, reminding us how civil society needs robust #EUAlternatives in tech, finance and social media to maintain their independence.

#Europe needs to stay united, apply its the tools like the #DSA consistently. The adversities we face indicate to me that we are on the right path!

https://re-publica.com/en/node/10749

#digitalsovereignity