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rriemann

@rriemann@chaos.social

PhD in Computer Science, MSc in Physics, and cosmopolitan from Berlin working on data protection at https://social.network.europa.eu/@EDPS; ex-@inria. Topics: EU GDPR Privacy Linux KDE Matrix OpenStreetMap OSM

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rriemann, to privacy
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Being watched "could limit your desire to take risks or exercise free speech. Over the long term these 'chilling effects' could 'cool down' society."

https://www.socialcooling.com/

Mehrad, to KDE
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One of the things that I truly miss in @kde is a modern and actively-maintained diff tool. Gnome/GTK has Meld which despite of ugly GTK style, is a very decent diff tool which also allows comparing "blank files" which user can copy-paste snippets from elsewhere. has kdiff3 and kompare, both of which feel and look dated and old-school.

https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3

rriemann,
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@Mehrad @kde Kate has a git diff integration. It only works for git projects.

rriemann,
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@daniel @cullmann If you cannot create yourself a bug report, could you please share some Infos here?

Which windows do you have? Can you see if Kate's RAM use increases over time? Does it depend on interacting with Kate or also happens when the app is open in the background only?

rriemann, to threads
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A loud part of the Fediverse (majority or not 🤷) is afraid of federation with . I disagree! For many organisations, this is a chance to escape the and improve compliance. They can have a data-protection friendly presence in the and still have followers who choose to have their accounts on platforms. I hope that (a) Instagram accounts get also access to Fediverse content (b) they implement moving servers. 😉

aral, to Bulgaria
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Hands up if you think public EU money being awarded by @NGIZero / @fsfe should be subject to a transparent process where we can see all internal discussions/comments/reasoning concerning funding decisions including who made them.

I detailed our last funding application myself here but it only tells half the story:

https://ar.al/2022/07/29/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain/

https://ar.al/2022/09/28/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-first-update-questions-and-answers/

https://ar.al/2022/10/20/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected/

rriemann,
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@aral @NGIZero @fsfe

I think the focus should be this degree of transparency in the public procurement of services from large-scale IT vendors . The spending is magnitudes higher.

rriemann, to Brussels
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Please ♻️ reshare widely!

The European Data Protection Board published a for a "Technology and Security
Officer" in

full text: https://edps.europa.eu/system/files/2024-02/vn_03-2024-edpb-ca_-technology-and-security-officer_en.pdf

@EDPS

rriemann, to Facebook
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While scanning some websites for data protection processing, I noticed that sets the to the .org top-level domain. 😲

This would normally mean that facebook can reuse the cookie across all websites using .org. Is that even allowed by browsers? Any experiences on this topic?

rriemann, to maps
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I publish today the free software (pre-release; MIT license) – a plugin for static websites for easy self-hosting of maps.

I proved to myself that privacy-friendly self-hosted (as opposed to in the cloud) for displaying locations on websites can be accomplished in a few days with minimal resources. In the future, I will consider this as my new baseline when looking at Art. 25 (data protection by design and by default).

Demo: https://blog.riemann.cc/projects/jekyll-maplibre/

rriemann, to random
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Share widely ♻️! Job Vacancy Notice with the @EU_Commission in Italy, Ispra 🇪🇺🇮🇹:

Sought 5 Project Officers – Scientific Research – Digital technologies and Cybersecurity Experts to work as scientific advisers for the enforcement team.

📆Apply until 15 January!

More info: https://europa.eu/!6vmmtm

aral, to random
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Those of you caught up debating the technical minutiae of federating with Threads are missing the forest for the trees.

This is about one thing: Affording social capital to/normalising/legitimising Meta/Facebook/surveillance capitalism (and thereby delegitimising those who oppose them).

Hey, if the author of Mastodon thinks Meta/Facebook/Instagram/surveillance capitalism is socially acceptable there must be something wrong with you if you don’t.

So thanks for that, Eugen.

(Yes, I’m livid.)

rriemann,
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@aral @davep

Do you assume that will reuse third-party Fediverse account data for e.g. surveillance? The and the Irish data protection authority asked Facebook to rely on consent as a legal basis. One can now wonder how free this consent is if you otherwise need to pay 100€ per year or so. However, Facebook has no good leverage to seek this consent from those third-party Fediverse users. Hence, should we rely on instead of limiting APIs?

rriemann,
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@shadowsminder @john380 @davep @aral

Consent must be informed and specific under . Any Fediverse server may use consent or legimate interest to display public Fediverse content on their server. However, it is not clear to me how consent for or legimate interest of repurposing data for behavior analysis/ads could be justified.

Every home server can also decide their API terms of use that Facebook would need to respect. (Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer)

rriemann,
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@davep @shadowsminder @john380 @aral

Individual blocking of by Fediverse users could be interpreted as withdrawal of consent and objection to processing on the basis of 's legitimate interest under .

For me, this is quite obvious. The last words have the courts if Facebook would have a different view. Facebook would need to make such processing transparent in their privacy notice.

aral, to mastodon
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Federating with a surveillance capitalist doesn’t make you a surveillance capitalist, it just means that surveillance capitalism isn’t a deal breaker for you.

rriemann,
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@aral Is sending an email to Gmail equivalent with federating with ?

rriemann,
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@aral So then someone should look into how some EU rules on gatekeepers and could be employed to establish again a level-playing field. I have not heard yet of any cases in that regard...

/cc @EC_Commissioner_Vestager

ankedb, to opensource German
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🎙Diese Woche in #DerADBPodcast #26 🎧

  1. fraktionslos im #Bundestag 😵‍💫
  2. Q&A mit "Digitalminister" #Wissing 🤓
  3. EU AI-Act 🤖
  4. Meine 2 Kl. Anfragen:
rriemann,
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Small inquiry of @ankedb on IT procurement of the @Bundesregierung. Despite agreement to invest in , still billions of EUR to large-scale vendors of proprietary software in budget planning.

Source (German): https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/20/096/2009641.pdf

Translations (EN, FR, IT, ES): https://riemann.cc/files/microsoft-bund-procurement

@fsfe @OSBA

rriemann, to random
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Share widely! ♻️

@EU_Commission @EC_DIGIT R1 is looking to recruit a temporary agent AD5/7 for the IT Portfolio officer position.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic team that coordinates and supports the digital transformation activities in DIGIT, also having a strategic, bird's-eye view and coordination role on the of the directorate’s IT landscape.
join

https://eu-careers.europa.eu/en/node/14330

rriemann, to cisco
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🧵 European Data Protection Supervisor decision on Cisco Webex: How it started

@Curia asked the EDPS for an authorisation of data transfers that occur in the use of (prior to US adequacy decision of the EC). @EDPS clarifies the scope on page 1 as follows:

"This Decision is NOT a general endorsement nor certification of data protection compliance of the videoconferencing services provided by any Cisco Webex entity."

Source: https://edps.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/2023-07-13-edps-cjeu-cisco-decision_en.pdf

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rriemann,
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@Curia @EDPS

writes online – as I understand in reference to this decision:

"Cisco’s data protection and privacy policies, standards, and related documentation (“BCR-C”) have been approved by the European data protection supervisory authorities. This approval demonstrates that Cisco’s Data Protection & Privacy program is aligned with EU requirements, including GDPR."

⚠️ Is this truthfully? Did I miss something?

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/trust-center/gdpr.html#~tab-data-transfer

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rriemann,
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@Curia @EDPS

How is going: The @EU_Commission @EC_DIGIT organises on Tuesday their conference on 15 years Open Source Observatory (OSOR). I understand they rely on and .

Their privacy notice refers to the Webex marketing page:

"Webex is approved by the EDPS as a fully data compliant tool as specified here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/trust-center/gdpr.html#~tab-data-transfer. "

⚠️ Did the EDPS ever say that? 👀 It's magic! 🦄

Source: https://osorturns15.eu/media/zwxm4om1/dgscic_digit_-osor-2023_privacy-statement.pdf

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rriemann,
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By the way: this is the event page: https://osorturns15.eu/

hamishcampbell, to foss
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The is no way to edit or remove questions. The is no way to talk to anyone... A normal "trust" fail, except this time it is a hardcoded due to the use of this CMS for the event. Before this we used with which worked well, then silos that worked after a fight each time to get chat turned on, now we are here , every tech event has pushed this "control" mess over the public. What are you guys in "control" going to do to stop this.

rriemann,
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@hamishcampbell @gvlx

Particify is the SaaS version of ARSnova FOSS https://gitlab.com/particify/dev/foss/ARSnova . Most people would use instead.

rriemann, to random
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New blog post: Is developing word processing software (like LibreOffice) hard?

What's your view?

https://blog.riemann.cc/digitalisation/2023/11/12/is-developing-word-processing-software-hard/

/cc @publicvoit @mbernhard

rriemann,
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@erAck @publicvoit @mbernhard

I agree. Just note that we do not migrate. We just pilot some use cases with some users.

rriemann,
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@erAck So do you recommend to have better no pilot then? By the way, I was looking for some tutorials that universities would offer students or webinars - in English language. I am grateful for any pointers in that regard.

Bro666, to kde
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Cool KDE Plasma Tip: Quickly access task manager apps with [Meta] + [number]

@kde's task manager usually lives in the panel located by default at the bottom of your desktop (see attached image).

Quickly open or display apps shown in the task manager by holding down the [Meta] (aka "Windows") key and hitting one of the number keys at the top of your keyboard.

Reach the first app on the left with [Meta] + [1], the second from the left with [Meta] + [2], etc.

@kde

rriemann,
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@Bro666 @mfraz74 @kde @kde Has been replaced by something else?

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