My talk for the @linuxfoundation Open Source Policy and Ecosystem Forum went well 🥳🥳

It was a scary one because a. Literally everyone in the room is an expert and b. It's my first time talking about the (lack of) #digitalsovereignty in the mobile ecosystem. The audience seemed very supportive.

Thanks everyone who provided input yesterday! 🫶

Edit: I don't have time to write a blogpost, but I've posted my slides here: https://cryptpad.fr/file/#/2/file/E7LJOumtTOEGAmGhiUyIPV9q/

#opensource #eupolicy

https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-policy-ecosystem-forum/program/schedule/

The discussion about Digital ID apps is muddied by people who hold the wrong belief that their 'degoogled' phone can run banking apps, so the Digital ID app must be able to do so too.

The wrong belief is that their /e/OS (etc.) phone is degoogled. microG downloads a proprietary blob (DroidGuard) that collects device information in a privileged process and sends it to Google to get a Play Integrity (Basic) attestation.

#EUpolicy #opensource #digitalsovereignty #NLwallet #TheNetherlands

TIL about Bridgy Fed and https://european.social during the excellent 'Strength through Diversity' panel at @publicspaces! 🔥

"Bridgy Fed is a decentralized social network bridge. It connects the fediverse, the web, and Bluesky." I'm really impressed with the coalition of open social web orgs working together!! 👏👏

https://fed.brid.gy/docs and https://european.social/

#pubconf2026 #eurosky #mastodon #openweb #eupolicy

On invitation of a member of the European Parliament I'm sitting in a room to discuss the @EUCommission's attempt to dismantle people's #GDPR / #privacy rights.

3 participants from civil society
1 academic
20 industry lobbyists

Of course corpos all want to weaken #consent and make sure people don't understand how their #PersonalData is being processed.

Edit: 3x civil society :)

#lobbying #democracy #EUpolicy

🇪🇺 Europa ist bei digitalen Schlüsseltechnologien zu über 80 % von Drittländern abhängig. Die EU-Kommission will das mit einem massiven Strategiepaket ändern: AI Act, Chips Act, Quantum Strategy, Data Act und mehr.
Was steckt wirklich dahinter? Mein neuer Blogpost gibt den Überblick ⬇️

https://forfoxes.ninja/europas-digitale-unabhangigkeit-die-eu-setzt-auf-tech-souveranitat/

#TechSouveränität #DigitalesEuropa #OpenSource #EUPolicy #AIAct #ChipsAct #Digitalisierung

⚠️ Edit: I'm happy to share that this news seems to have been disproven! Link: https://github.com/MinBZK/nl-wallet/issues/34 ⚠️

There are so many initiatives within the Dutch gov to choose ethical tech, and then you find out about this..

The NL Wallet, the Dutch gov version of the identification service that's being build by all EU member states, will only be available for citizens with a Google or Apple account 🤦‍♀️

#EUpolicy #opensource #digitalsovereignty #NLwallet #TheNetherlands

https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/nl-wallet-werkt-niet-zonder-amerikaanse-tech?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebuttonleden&share=G4nvC6vWSCbzwq8A%2B6mPAeOUUkMWKyz6RuWpwtIFbY9OlPelnCzqbZK8Vl8ww3U%3D

3/3 The planning system forgot to ask about the water. The Secretary of State conceded a "serious logical error" in January 2026 — EIA screening relied on mitigation measures that weren't secured in the consent.
The Environment Agency is being asked to regulate what is functionally a power station that applied for permission as a warehouse.
Full piece: https://haunted.lighthouse.co.im/articles/cloud-runs-on-water/

#EUPolicy #AI #Environment #DataCentres #DigitalSovereignty #WaterSecurity