The extent to which core linux projects are laying the groundwork for age verification is very concerning.
I understand why some believe they are compelled to do so, and why others feel that it may be better to implement the most minimal conforming implementation in the hopes of fending off something worse.
But the line must be drawn such that no threat can obligate an OS to collect/store personal information - without that freedom, we face an uphill fight to protect general purpose computing.
Repurposing idled and semiconstructed datacenters for indoor hydroponics is solarpunk as fuck.
Actions speak louder than words.
I am unable to install EU Login app in my phone because I use LineageOS and not the Google Spy Android.
Thus, I cannot use the double factor authentication, mandatory from the 25-02-2026 on unless I tell Google.
A frontal attack to our #privacy.
Stupid, no?
🧐 Google’s plan would mean that all personal data of #FreeSoftware app developers on Android would end up with #Google, even apps distributed outside the Play Store, by forcing developers to register and hand over ID.
❌️ It raises barriers for small and volunteer projects, like @fdroidorg, and increases the risk of surveillance, censorship, and arbitrary bans against privacy‑protecting and critical apps.
What’s being presented as a “technical streamlining” is, in reality, a covert dismantling of Europe’s strongest digital safeguards.
In its current form, the Digital Omnibus would:
🔴 weaken ePrivacy rules ➡️ more tracking
🔴 undermine the AI Act ➡️ less oversight
🔴 hollow out the GDPR ➡️ companies mark their own homework
🔴 shift power from people ➡️ to tech & state actors
KEEP THE EMAILS. KEEP THE CALLS. KEEP THE LETTERS.
KEEP THE PETITIONS GOING. WE ARE ALMOST 200.000 K IN. TWO DAYS AGO WE DIDNT EVEN HAD 5K.
EVERYONE CAN SIGN:
https://weact.campact.de/petitions/chatkontrolle-stoppen
ITALIAN PETITION:
https://citizengo.org/it/ot/16379-Rifiuta-il-Chat-Control--Basta-spionaggio-UE-sui-tuoi-messaggi
Die EU-Kommission will Messenger-Dienste wie WhatsApp und Signal zwingen, alle privaten Nachrichten und Fotos in Echtzeit zu scannen. Angeblich zum Kinderschutz. In Wahrheit bedeutet die Chatkontrolle das Ende von verschlüsselter Kommunikation. Über 700 Wissenschaftler*innen aus der ganzen Welt warnen vor dem Vorschlag [1]. Wir alle verlieren an Sicherheit. Mit der Chatkontrolle gibt es keine vertrauliche Kommunikation mehr. Jede private Nachricht an Freund*innen, jedes Familienfoto, jedes...
Patrick Breyer
Sarah Jamie Lewis
mhoye
Javier de la Cueva
Free Software Foundation Europe
EDRi
shadowwwind
The Calyx Institute
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