Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
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📣 Großartige News:
Die re:publica kommt nach Wien! 🇦🇹
Wir freuen uns riesig auf den Austausch zu digitaler Demokratie, Grundrechten & Netzpolitik – und darauf, zivilgesellschaftliche Perspektiven einzubringen. Wir sind seit vielen Jahren auf der re:publica in Berlin vertreten. Wien kann sehr von dieser Veranstaltung profitieren. CFP startet in Mai. #rp26
@glynmoody I knew that one day governments would see that jailbreaking should be a right. It is finally happening, but not in the way I expected it.
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You can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone, says Dutch defense chief - https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/jailbreak_an_f35/ now do trident submarines...
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People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:
* pay Google
* give government to with Google
* agree to Google terms and conditions
People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.
e.g. via F-Droid.
We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.
@jalefkowit Nice example! Also, for those who don't know it, there were luxury spas built around the natural springs in Bad Gastein around the idea that people should bath in the radioactive waters. By the 90s, it was a ghost town since almost no one believed that radon was healthy any more.
@ottok Nice to see some discussion about this, as a fellow DD. I would love to see the Debian way integrated into salsa.debian.org a lot more, e.g. use GitLab as the back end while maintaining a lot of the same interfaces, e.g. email interactions with bugs.debian.org. There has already been good work on improving the salsa/gbp workflow. DEP-18 sounds good too.
In @fdroidorg we actually fetch upstream source code using Git, then packaging in maintained in our GitLab.
@ottok @ubuntu I totally agree that people should pay for Free Software. I think the Debian LTS model is one good example, but it only covers specific cases. I worry that Ubuntu Pro's model will move security support to a paid model, which would harm the ecosystem since non-paying users would not get security support.
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I had an interesting discussion about software supply-chain security with @joshbressers in the Open Source Security podcast last week: https://opensourcesecurity.io/2025/2025-11-xz-debian-otto/
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The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!
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AI slop is so useful and desirable that Google and Microsoft have to spend shit ton of money to have "influencers" shill for it:
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/google-microsoft-pay-creators-500000-and-more-to-promote-ai.html
Remember when "influencers" were shilling for NFTs? That was fun and ended well for everyone involved, proving NFTs are actually useful. 🤡
@rewildingmag interesting idea. I'd love to see warmer city lights in general. Would it work if we just started reducing city lighting to reasonable levels instead of what we have now around the world: the endless increase with more and more added every year?
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"The initiative targets light pollution and seeks to reduce disruptions to nocturnal species, particularly bats, which are sensitive to urban light."
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Friendly reminder:
NO ONE needs AI slop and more AI data centres
EVERYBODY needs clean water, affordable energy, and a habitable planet
@webmink I sent you a message on Signal, thanks for the offer!
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If the project you work on is based on a standard or specification external to the project or should be a standard in your opinion, please complete the survey at the following link:
https://sovereigntechfund.limesurvey.net/999999
🗓 Deadline: 9 March 2026
Thank you for your time and for your contributions. 💜
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The Sovereign Tech Agency is exploring how to better support open source maintainers and contributors who are actively working on technology standards relevant to their open source infrastructure projects.
Open standards are foundational to a healthy open source ecosystem. They enable interoperability, enhance digital sovereignty, foster competition and innovation and ensure that critical digital infrastructure remains accessible and serves the public interest.
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@webmink Not currently, but I have in the past been funded by #OpenTechFund to work on #IETF things like #TLS #ECH. The stuff I was referring to is policy work, basically.
Just finished a 10 hour day doing volunteer work on #DigitalMarketsAct #AndroidDeveloperVerification and related #policy things. It is really important work, especially for #FOSS @fdroidorg and more. It is quite interesting, I only wish I could get paid to do it so I could engage more. The #EuropeanCommission and others would certainly welcome more input from people like me.
#Apple says the #EU #DigitalMarketsAct delays features by a couple months, and advises other governments not to follow the #DMA example.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgj9kjmvzzo
Perhaps. What is clear is that the DMA brings real gains in interoperability. For example, because of the DMA, #AirDrop now can work between #iOS and #Android
I think this same pressure also got Apple to implement #RCS to provide encrypted text messages between the #mobile #duopoly operating systems.
Also, in the UK the competition regulator is pushing Apple and Google to open up https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c626rng1v63o
So if the Epic vs. Google settlement is global, its basically moot in the UK since the CMA is already on Google to open up.
Joined Aug 2019
