"The German government has launched a new Open Source software project called openDesk, which aims to reduce the country’s dependency on proprietary software vendors and support transparency and interoperability.
openDesk is a collection of #OpenSource software modules that are important for day-to-day work in the public sector, such as text creation, file collaboration, project management, email, calendar and messaging."
Now, from May 18, 2024, we, European citizens, are left with no public access to European institutions, since all their communications will go through US-based private companies that the #EU fined repeatedly for breaking the European Law.
What kind of political power is that? Submitting #GDPR protected citizens to the global surveillance of NSA through USA's "National Security Exception to GDPR"?
You know who will never mine your private communications to train an LLM?
Better yet, you know whose words you don't need to trust, because you aren't obligated to use any particular server? And the software is open source? And regularly audited by security researchers?
Matrix.
It's not perfect, but no tool is. It's a matter of what trade offs you're willing to accept. Just sayin' ¯_(ツ)_/¯
So I got a Raspberry Pi 4 for Christmas and I think I’m going to use it to go #SelfHosted with certain services and educate myself on #DigitalSovereignty. Do any mastonauts have resource recommendations for me? Complete linux/networking noob here.
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He recibido un #RaspberryPi 4 por navidad y estoy pensando en usarlo para aprender sobre #AutoHospedaje y #SoberaníaDigital. ¿Algún mastonauta con recomendaciones de recursos con los que aprender? Novato absoluto en linux y redes informáticas.
How will EU law affect your digital business? A lot!
At T3CON23 legal expert Neil Peretz unpacked the future of digital laws in the EU and what they mean for open source: “The real winner, if you heighten barriers for open source, is Big Tech.” He looked at six acts, from Cyber Resilience to Digital Services.
#Nextcloud continues to grow. We are looking for people in all areas. Do you want to join my #PreSales / #SalesEngineering team? With customers all over the world we are also hiring worldwide and aim for diverse teams on all levels. Work #remote or join one of our #offices, you decide.
📅 Mark your calender for 26 & 27 of September 2023
📍 The event is in Teatro Echegaray in Málaga.
The topic is on #DigitalCitizenSovereignty, which is precisely what we're concerned about. #DigitalSovereignty is necessary at a state level. But at an individual level, we need many of the same protections.
Take action and join our Swiss local group initiative to ask our public administrations to be also present here (in federated social networks) https://fedigov.eu/
To me #DigitalSovereignty is about the empowerment of the individual to be informed and in control on the use of data concerning that individual using #OpenSource and #OpenStandards.
To others it is about some weird form of data patriotism based on „us versus THEM“. I remember those arguments from the times of „we must create national clouds“.
This typically resulted in a grab for taxpayers money that got distributed with no real results. Let’s not go there again.
Uncover the keys to #DigitalSovereignty! Our latest blog delves into the world of open source solutions and their role in ensuring autonomy over your digital assets. Don't miss out! 🚀