The Netherlands dumps Trump!
🇳🇱🙌🏻🇳🇱

The same week where Canada dumps Trump and chooses Sweden to deliver it's AWACS planes, the Netherlands blocks American acquisition of their key IT provider Solvinity, citing the need to protect public interest.

Had the deal gone through, a company from Trump's America would have controlled the main online authentication app used by the Dutch to file taxes, etc.

https://www.politico.eu/article/netherlands-blocks-us-takeover-vital-digital-supplier/

You don't build sovereignty by kissing the ring!

The US ambassador told the EU to back off its own cloud and semiconductor laws or risk the trade deal.

Calling it “protectionism” doesn’t make it less of a shakedown.

That’s not diplomacy.
This is blackmail!

When will the European Commission finally stand up for Europe?

We need to free ourselves from the dependency while we still have a powerful internal market that US companies are very interested in!

It is L0pht day, again.

In 1998 a group of hackers announced they could take down the internet in 30 mins.

Some things have changed since then. But a lot definitely hasn't. Just check e.g Shodan.

What HAS changed, is the pace at which we went from vulnerability disclosure, to exploitation in the wild.

We went from years, to months, to days, to hours *on average*.

I think infosec is going to take on a whole new shape in the next decade. The era of ignoring is past.

#CyberSecurity #infosec

this video fucking kills me

#humor #meme #video

Someone posted this but with no alttext. I couldn't find anyone else who's already posted it to boost, so am re-posting it. From the far right march in London yesterday. From, of course, Led By Donkeys.

Edit - Tricia also posted it yesterday! https://mastodon.scot/@TriciaB/116586009943155391

Air to Ground Message:

WE HAVE A PASSENGER WATCHING PORN W/ VOLUME OUT LOUD

Area: Killeen, TX, USA
Type: Boeing 737-800
A: #aed986511fb
F: #f6c48b058a6

#acars #vdlm2

Another big win for Nigel Farage. Brexit didn’t exactly restore the British empire (to put it mildly), so how he still manages to get so many votes is beyond me…

This cartoon is from way back in 2014, but as with so many cartoons these days, I can simply recycle it.

#UK #NigelFarage #ExtremeRight

Starting today, USB-C is the mandatory charging standard for all laptops sold in the EU.

We are putting an end to cable clutter and unnecessary costs for citizens.

One cable, any brand, less electronic waste.

We are delivering a simpler, more sustainable digital future for Europe.

More: https://link.europa.eu/QDMFTh