Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one

The @EUCommission "will set out a strategic approach to the open-source sector in the
European Union and present a review of the Commission’s 2020-2023 open-source software strategy, which will
outline the Commission’s plan for its own digital environment." We need to tell them to put #UserFreedom first! They are looking for feedback, submit it here:

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/16213-European-Open-Digital-Ecosystems_en

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #EuropeanCommission #EU #DigitalSovereignity #BigTech

As things ramp up in #Iran, I think it is important to keep all the relevant context in mind. I have no doubt that most protesters there have legitimate grievances and Iran's government can be violent and repressive. The Shah's son is cosying up to the #US. Now #Trump is threatening #military action. There is a long track record of the #US also supporting repression and violence in #Iran. And the vast majority of US-backed regime changes make things worse for the local populations.

I wonder if one goal of #AI companies is to replace #creative people since they have a long track record of being an effective part of #movements against #oligarchs.

I have sympathy for the protesters in Iran right now. At the same time, many are going around setting fires and destroying things. Any government would respond to that with repression. Isn't the destruction counterproductiive to the protestors' cause?

If you don't like #Trump's actions against #Venezuela, or #Putin's against #Ukraine, or #Canada's #TarSands, or #Sudan #Saudi #UAE #NigerDelta #IslamicState etc. follow the money. All of those are driven by #oil and #gas, and any money we pay for oil and gas support those conflicts and the states that back them. That means #plastic, your #car, your cheap flights, your oil/gas #heating, non-#organic farming, etc. etc. There are alternatives, we have a choice to not support any of this.

Looks like #Trump is officially now yet another #DeepState #Washington insider starting foreign wars and plotting coups. It should be interesting to see if the #AmericaFirst proponents still support him.

Being sucked into #monopoly enforcement against #gatekeepers around the world has given me direct insight into why #AntiTrust enforcement is so important economically: monopolists spend huge sums on PR to sell things that people do not want. Organizations like @fdroidorg can spend next to zero money and some hours of volunteer time to pop PR bubbles that surely cost many millions. The money is so concentrated that lots is thrown at even stupid ideas just because the monopolists want it that way.

#Google #Chromebook has a good reputation for #security. They let any user install a #Debian container where you can then install anything from Debian, even add Flathub or directly install downloaded .deb packages. All of this without anything like the #AndroidDeveloperVerification requirements.

https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-install-and-use-linux-apps-on-a-chromebook/

Just to be sure, I scanned all apps on @fdroidorg and found no apps that used the libs vulnerable to #ReactServer #CVE-2025-55182 aka #React2Shell.

I'm no #Javascript nor #React dev though, maybe it was silly to scan apps for server components? In any case, #FDroid's data collection is easy to scan via scripts, so better safe than sorry.

Looking for strict #HTTPS enforcement when using #Git in #Python code? I implemented it here: https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython/issues/2020

It should be easy to port to other languages since it is mostly using git config options.

#AgeVerification is a hot topic right now. Societies around the world are asking for it because of real harms to children. Shady companies use it as a way to gather more data, or to distract from their exploitation of vulnerable people.
But it does not have to be that way.
We can have real age verification without sacrificing #privacy. For example, #Phreeli uses #ZeroKnowledge payment verification. This same technique can be used for age verification https://www.phreeli.com/blog/DoubleBlindArmadillo