Jasper Vinkenvleugel

@[email protected]
15 Followers
395 Following
33 Posts

(Open) software and (progressive) politics.

BSc. in Electrical Engineering, MSc. in Embedded Systems from the University of Twente. Currently: Rijks I-Trainee, advisory board of DWARS, GroenLinkse Jongeren.

Also at @[email protected].

PronounsHe/Him
LanguagesEN, NL
LocationThe Hague
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Jasper Vinkenvleugel7h ago
Dear Microsoft: if I have to “fix an issue” by pressing one button that does not have any side-effects… why bother showing the button at all?
Jasper Vinkenvleugel12h ago
Astrid12h ago
En verder heb ik (nog steeds) een enorme hekel aan de VVD.
Jasper Vinkenvleugel12h ago
What even is privacy, anyway? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/08/starmer-tech-firms-ultimatum-block-explicit-images-children-phones
Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM

The Guardian
Jasper Vinkenvleugel23h ago
Ah, the inevitable dead of my 5th generation iPad mini.
https://mastodon.social/@verge/116716260865867392
Jasper Vinkenvleugel1d ago
Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅1d ago

https://www.heise.de/en/news/EU-Parliament-Compromise-reached-for-digital-euro-11320315.html

"Technologically, the digital currency is to be directly linked to the EUDI Wallet to make handling as simple and secure as possible"

Reminder: The EUDI wallet is not sovereign and has, in it's current form, a dependency on Google Play Integrity. It will not be possible for a citizen to buy a sandwich with a phone unless that phone is approved by a foreign company (Google/Apple) until that dependency is removed.

EU Parliament: Compromise reached for digital euro

EU Parliament negotiators pave the way for the digital euro – including offline proximity mode and capped merchant fees.

heise online
Jasper Vinkenvleugel2d ago
I turned on automatic post deletion for posts older than one year on https://mastodon.social/@jvnknvlgl. Feels a bit weird to see over 900 posts since 2022 disappear in a few minutes, but I guess we can't really afford to ignore our digital hygiene these days.
Show threadJasper Vinkenvleugel4d ago
Other than that: so far so good.
Jasper Vinkenvleugel4d ago
So far there are just two things I'm missing on GoToSocial: no link previews like Mastodon, and the fact that you can't federate with Threads. Though the latter might actually be more of a feature than a problem.
Jasper Vinkenvleugel4d ago
Second attempt at running a GoToSocial instance, this time with a split-domain setup. Once again this is initially for experimentation, I might migrate at a later point!