Gharbeia, Ⓐ

Amazed by how much a proprietary messaging app such as #WhatsApp has proliferated both the public and private sectors in a hardly-developing country such as #Egypt to the extent of its APIs being embedded in CRMs and workflows of all sorts.

A government so obsessed with "national security" should have adopted, invested in, and actively promoted an open alternative.

More so when it is known to have been exploited by #Israeli intelligence:
https://blog.paulbiggar.com/meta-and-lavender/

#DigitalSovereignty

Meta and Lavender

A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group [1] as a suspected militant [2]. Where are they getting this data? Is WhatsApp sharing it? Lavender is Israel's system of "pre-crime" [3] - they use AI to

Paul Biggar
Aug 5, 2024 at 8:54pmTusky
Show threadGharbeia, ⒶOct 18, 2025
On a related note:
https://chaos.social/@c3voc_releases/115390504638085367
c3voc releases (@[email protected])

The Role of the Matrix Protocol within Germany’s Sovereign and Secure Health Messenger Solution – A Loyal Player Embracing the Evolution of Secure Architectures has been released on media.ccc.de and YouTube #matrixconf2025 #Healthcare #AlanTuring #matrixconf2025eng https://media.ccc.de/v/matrix-conf-2025-82674-the-role-of-the-matrix-protocol-within-germany-s-sovereign-and-secure-health-messenger-solution-a-loyal-player-embracing-the-evolution-of-secure-architectures

chaos.social
Show threadAsem AlaaAug 13, 2024
@gharbeia NGOs and independent media in egypt need to pay attention to this, long time ago!
Show threadAsem AlaaJan 6, 2025

@gharbeia
"Reclaiming Digital Sovereignty"
This policy paper is so intertwined with the issue of IDF capitalising on Meta products to generate target banks in Gaza and Lebanon.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/publications/2024/dec/reclaiming-digital-sovereignty

It merits running a hybrid workshop in Egypt involving journalists, tech leaders, MPs, NGOs.

Reclaiming digital sovereignty

Authored by Cecilia Rikap, Cédric Durand, Paolo Gerbaudo, Paris Marx and Edemilson Paraná

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Show threadGharbeia, ⒶJan 6, 2025

@asem_alaa Thanks for bringing this to my attention. This is very interesting indeed.

As for a workshop with stakeholders in Egypt, I'm not sure there's any possibility to affect public policy now, but it is never a bad idea to bring such issues to the attention of the civil society and the few active politicians, in preparation for the next window of opportunity for change.

@Moeltaher

Show threadAsem AlaaJan 6, 2025
@gharbeia @Moeltaher exactly, for the next window...
building connections and interest groups from now will pay off when the time comes..
Show threadGharbeia, ⒶJan 7, 2025

@asem_alaa @Moeltaher

I finally managed to get @[email protected] bridged from Bluesky, which is not the same as his blog, also bridged from the web @[email protected]

Hopefully, he can now follow this discussion, as I think @Masaar are the most qualified to tackle this.