Currently testing our new #chatmail server.

WE LOVE IT!

Thanks @delta
It's so simple!

A new project is underway and Chatmail (DeltaChat) will probably be part of it (still testing).

Coming from Matrix, it is a blessing that these options are finally available (see picture)!

A great example for #DigitalSovereignty done right is the French city of @echirolles that not only signs declarations but also uses #FOSS in practice, like #ZorinOS, @bigbluebutton, @libreoffice, @nextcloud and @peertube.

European cities, take note.

Especially those that are members of this coalition: https://citiesfordigitalrights.org/cities

Information about the UK #cybersecurity Bill coming out today:

Missing:

* Protections for encryption
* Explicit discussion of #digitalsovereignty and the need to transition to #opensource #foss
* Safeguards against future self inflicted cybersecurity disasters through hiding vulnerabilities leading to incidents like WannaCry

@openrightsgroup will be making the case for these changes

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cyber-security-and-resilience-bill-policy-statement/cyber-security-and-resilience-bill-policy-statement

#DigitalSovereignty my ass

"Germany plans to use #surveillance software from #Palantir countrywide."

https://www.derstandard.at/consent/tcf/story/3000000262763/deutschland-will-spitzel-software-von-palantir-flaechendeckend-einsetzen

"On March 18, politicians in the Netherlands House of Representatives passed eight motions asking the government to reduce reliance on US tech companies and move to European alternatives. Days before, more than 100 organizations signed an open letter to European officials calling for the continent to become “more technologically independent” and saying the status quo creates “security and reliability risks.”

Two European-based cloud service companies, Exoscale and Elastx, tell WIRED they have seen an uptick in potential customers looking to abandon US cloud providers over the last two weeks—with some already starting to make the jump. Multiple technology advisers say they are having widespread discussions about what it would take to uproot services, data, and systems.

“We have more demand from across Europe,” says Mathias Nöbauer, the CEO of Swiss-based hosting provider Exoscale, adding there has been an increase in new customers seeking to move away from cloud giants. “Some customers were very explicit,” Nöbauer says. “Especially customers from Denmark being very explicit that they want to move away from US hyperscalers because of the US administration and what they said about Greenland.”"

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-us-cloud-services-europe/

@xwiki SAS joins the list of companies that endorse the UN Open Source Principles!
We're pleased to share that the United Nations has switched from Google Forms to CryptPad forms for collecting endorsements on the UN Open Source Principles.

Thanks to all who advocated for this change!

On the rocky road to making open source the standard!

To endorse the UN Open Source Principles : https://lnkd.in/ejc9uFqxprinciples
#UN #OpenSource #Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #CryptPad #XWiki #foss #news

Given global developments, European businesses and individuals face a choice: continue relying on US technologies or gain greater data control and sovereignty.

We are happy that @mailbox_org has been listed as a leading European alternative by european-alternatives.eu.

Discover the benefits of our email solution: https://european-alternatives.eu/category/email-providers

From May 2025, Host Europe will migrate all e-mail accounts to Microsoft 365.

As a US provider, Microsoft is subject to the CLOUD Act – a risk for data protection and GDPR compliance. Businesses face an expensive vendor lock-in.

European alternatives such as @mailbox_org offer secure, GDPR-compliant solutions with data storage in Germany.

Secure your digital sovereignty now! More in the blog: https://mailbox.org/en/post/host-europe-e-mail-migration-from-data-sovereignty-to-us-vendor-lock-in

Haben wir eigentlich irgendwo eine Plattform, die ehrenamtliches Engagement von kompetenten, IT-affinen Menschen in dieser ganzen Digital Souveränitäts-Angelegenheit vermittelt?

Here is a collectively curated list of non-US-based alternatives to popular services, because it is time to prioritise our privacy, security, and digital sovereignty. Anyone know of others like this?

Contributions of new services entries is welcome.

Non-U.S. Alternatives List
https://github.com/anitwek/alternatives-to-us?tab=readme-ov-file

#privacy #security and #digitalsovereignty.

Informative video about venture capital and #OSS. Nice idea to low taxes for OSS companies.

https://media.fsfe.org/w/cf8a9f84-a472-4de4-86f5-c95f4b420bcb

#digitalsovereignty
#ossForPublicSector

First successful CI pipeline running on my self-hosted #Forgejo Actions runner against a repo that I just migrated to @Codeberg. Almost a seamless transition,

The post-#GitHub future is now!

C'est magnifique, pourquoi ne pas faire la même chose au Québec et Canada?

Toute une suite de logiciels open-source sur des serveurs au pays pour remplacer les outils courants de Microsoft (office, Teams), Zoom, Google Docs/Workspace, etc...

Tout cela mis à disposition à l'ensemble des fonctionnaires, puis éventuellement à toute la population.

J'adore !

#foss #opensource #souverainetenumerique #digitalsovereignty #france #allemagne #paysbas #canada #quebec

https://www.frandroid.com/culture-tech/web/2549907_voici-la-solution-francaise-publique-pour-vous-faire-oublier-google-docs-gmail-et-meet

Gnome 48 also brings so many improvements to Gnome Mobile.
Scrolling is just as smooth as it's on Android.
OSK and Touch text selection are better now.
And the cameras have started working on #Oneplus6
Overall, it's getting to where it is starting to feel like a real alternative ️.

My dream of crawling away from the clutches of Big-Tech gets closer.

Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options, says Dutch parliament

“The motions were submitted and all passed yesterday during a discussion in the Netherlands’ House of Representatives on concerns about government data being shipped overseas. While varied, they all center on the theme of calling on the government t ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/time-to-ditch-us-tech-for-homegrown-options-says-dutch-parliament/

With the Big Tech oligarchs taking more and more power, the time has come to reflect and mobilise more people into action.

Here's my article about that: https://freeknowledge.eu/bigtech-transition-to-sovereignty

Joining the #European #propaganda team. Here you go: a short guide on how to become a digitally sovereign European citizen.

"Companies spanning areas including cloud, telecoms, defence, along with several regional business and startup associations, have put their names to the letter — which was sent to the Commission on Sunday — urging the bloc to switch its tech strategy onto a quasi-war footing by committing to support “sovereign digital infrastructure.”

The plan pushes for reducing reliance on foreign-owned Big Tech by actively fostering development of a so-called “Euro stack.” The European digital infrastructure pitch is not coming out of thin air — a Euro Stack paper written by, among others, the competition economist Cristina Caffarra was published in January fleshing out the strategy in some detail.

There has also been, over the last half year or so, a smattering of conference chatter turning over the potential for enterprising Europeans to seize a geopolitically fraught moment to press the case for the EU to adopt a digital industrial strategy that’s squarely focused on favoring local innovation."

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/16/european-tech-industry-coalition-calls-for-radical-action-on-digital-sovereignty-starting-with-buying-local/