📰 "For years, the EU has taken a leading role in creating standards that protect our rights online. But the winds have now shifted. […] A corporate-backed wave of weakening digital rules is underway that threatens all of our rights - on and offline."

👉 https://www.techpolicy.press/why-civil-society-is-sounding-the-alarm-on-the-eus-omnibus-rollback/

"Qualcomm-owned #Arduino quietly pushed a sweeping rewrite of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and the changes mark a clear break from the open-hardware ethos that built the platform."

(source: Adafruit https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adafruit_opensource-privacy-techpolicy-activity-7396903362237054976-r14H)

Oh boy, that was fast! Somehow we need to find more future-proof models for open-source hardware. Letting the market do its thing is showing its true colors once again. Pure evil! 👿

#opensource #hardware #fablab #makerspace #electronics

Red Squirrel

With snow falling at home, I headed to the red squirrel woodland hide, where more had already settled.

This male helped me create some new Christmas card images!

Magical.

Email me if you'd like to book a day at this woodland.

#redsquirrel #snow #scotland

Tomorrow, the European Commission will show whom they are representing. Us? Or big tech and slop machine makers?

@EUCommission , who is it going to be? The people with votes are waiting for your decision.

Either way, the leaked Digital Omnibus proposal should cause serious alarm. It is a sad reminder that we cannot rely on politicians to always make the the right choices when it comes to protecting our privacy.
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#DigitalOmnibus #GDPR #privacy #DataProtection