We’ve awarded a €180M tender for sovereign cloud to four European providers.

This enables EU institutions, bodies, offices & agencies (Union entities) to procure sovereign cloud services.

Scaling the use of EU cloud is key to strengthening Europe’s digital sovereignty.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_833

Last month, the EU Council wanted to push through voluntary scanning. But they failed! 🎉

However, the trilogue discussions on Chat Control 2.0 start this Thursday. But #ChatControl is a Trojan Horse for citizens and businesses in Europe. Interestingly, not everyone should be monitored:

❌ Government

❌ Military

✅ YOU

Make sure your country opposes Chat Control! Learn why: 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

OpenSSL 4.0 is out, PQC support is now live

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/releases/tag/openssl-4.0.0

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@Paul_Taylor/116393432979937863

Google and Microsoft - the global email service duopoly - block other services in the name of "fighting spam".

I get it. Spam is a perpetual arms race. But the opaqueness of Google and Microsoft's practices and decades-long predatory self-dealing mean no one trusts them to apply even their own rules.

Email still works interoperably. Just about. Getting off US duopolies and monopolies is vital for the future of the internet. So in that way, digital sovereignty is vital to save the internet.