Robin CMar 19
AnneH
@neil I think of digital sovereignty in terms of autonomy as opposed to subservience/victimhood/exploitation. So sovereignty need not have a geograhical aspect but one of rights and consent - using those tech resources & providers that are relatively more respectful of one's autonomy regardless of whether they are paid for or not. Viewed from this standpoint it allows choice by the vast majority of users who are not in a position to develop/host their own tech. Sovereignty means using tech, not being used by it.
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Show threadSamuelJohnsonMar 19

@annehargreaves @neil Very good. Exploitation & consent may cover much of it in practice but I'd add one factor very explicitly because most have now encountered it

Freedom from potential imposition of unilateral changes in terms and conditions.

I say potential because even harmless but non transparent changes are undesirable.

My Brother laser printer yesterday:

New firmware found: Install Y/N?

Nothing about it online. Consent without disclosure is an oxymoron.

Show threadAnneHMar 19
@samueljohnson @neil ha, yes. Respect for consumer!
Show threadjandiMar 19

@annehargreaves @neil Agree. Sovereignty might not be well defined or even be a misnomer, but oh boy digital coercion is as real as it gets, so no matter the term, ecology, sovereignty, dignity, transparency, the concept is still useful in a "traffic sign" way.

Edited to add: Or, as @Lana says right now, "voting DOES matter", here too: https://beige.party/@Lana/116254827240884565

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Voting DOES matter. Voting cannot entirely fix a broken system but if that broken system asks you to weigh in on how much even more broken you want it to become, you CAN still choose to tell it "no not that far please that's way way too broken" instead of effectively "Shit I don't care go hog fucking wild".

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