Hans-Christoph Steiner @eighthave@librem.one
Joined Aug 2019
Riding on the Slovak national railways, I'm fascinated by the choice of an Australian accent for their English announcements. It makes my head spin a bit being in this very European context with an official Aussie telling us the local information 😉
Judge #Donato does a #UX review of #GooglePlay in #EpicVGoogle 😂
That is highly entertaining to read. Let's see if #Google actually follows the direct orders from the judge. They are so lawyered up paid for with those sweet sweet #monopoly #profits, I imagine they'll still fight.
For me, there is still a big open question: should @fdroidorg add itself to Google Play? On one hand, we don't support anything proprietary, on the other, it makes it easy to install safely
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"The land is just part of life. It’s a relative – something you celebrate and honour. You build a relationship to the landscape within your day-to-day practice.
"Capitalism and colonialism have interrupted those things. Within my art practice, I’m trying to seek them out."
#rewildingartsprize #art #rewilding @davidsuzukifdn
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-sculptor-digging-up-the-politics-of-lawns/
As far as #nature is concerned, a lawn is a desert. A ploughed field is a desert. Pavement is a desert. Europe has converted its landscape from forests, marshlands and lush greenery to ploughed fields, pavement, lawns, etc. So it is really no wonder that #Europe is now heating up and drying up so fast. We are forcing the #climate to become a #desert.
I really love to see #rewilding taking hold in big ways and in small. We can stop killing #nature where we live. It doesn't need to something we travel to see. It can be part of daily life in #urban environments
It works in even smaller than a #suburban garden. Songbirds, crickets and butterflies have come back to my bit of central #Vienna because we planted native plants in tree pits and window boxes. I pick #wild strawberries from my window in my 4th floor apartment😋
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Are you an expert? Know one? Maybe you want to wreak havoc or fix things from inside the machine?
Either way, #DigitalCommons #EDIC is asking for communities to step up and lend a hand.
Get reading or forward it: https://digital-commons-edic.eu/news/2026-07-01-advisory-board-call-for-experts/
I can imagine a #dystopian #climate movie where the #rain disappears and everything dries up in a epic #drought, then the only rain that ever comes is gianormous thunderstorms that only drop big hailstorms, further destroying the beleaguered plant life. Oh wait, that's reality right now in Vienna!
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Fair use is not a loophole in copyright. It is a core principle that helps creativity, education, and culture thrive. ⚖️📖
In RECLAIMING FAIR USE, copyright scholars Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi explain how understanding copyright's balance make it easier for creators, educators, librarians, and researchers to confidently use their rights. ✍️🏛️
In conversation with Dave Hansen on the Future Knowledge #podcast.
🎧 Listen & subscribe:
https://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/reclaiming-fair-use
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Do you know how to spot covert automated license plate readers (ALPRs)? Here's what to look out for if you're on the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/how-identify-automated-license-plate-readers-us-mexico-border
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We urge the @EUCommission to scrutinise Apple's announcement closely and reject it as non-compliant with the #DMA.
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These concerns were already raised in a complaint to the European Commission filed by @Freiheitsrechte and @article19, which the FSFE contributed to.
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A new fee waiver could help some not-for-profit projects, and we welcome that. But it changes nothing about notarization, developer accounts, or entry thresholds. For #FreeSoftware, this is not the substantial shift the #DMA should deliver, and we have been highlighting this in our latest report.
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On top of that, every developer still needs an Apple Developer Account just to distribute software at all, no matter the channel.
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Entry barriers for developers stay high: despite a waiver for not for profit projects, to open an alternative marketplace you need financial guarantees worth up to €1 million, or must already reach 1 million first annual installs. Small projects rarely meet either bar.
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The biggest issue: #notarization. Every app must pass Apple's automatic and human review before it can run on iOS, even when distributed outside the App Store, via an alternative marketplace or a website.
No channel escapes Apple's gatekeeping.
Once notarized, Apple encrypts the binary. Nobody can run, inspect, or share that software freely. This makes it impossible to distribute #FreeSoftware apps, as the freedoms cannot be guaranteed.
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#Apple has announced new terms for alternative app distribution in the EU (18 August 2026). The reduction of fees is welcome, but the core problems for smaller developers and #FreeSoftware remain there.
🧵A thread on why we're still concerned about #DMA compliance.🧵
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The #DigitalCommons #EDIC is forming an advisory board and is looking for experts to join it.
Nominations are due Sept 7th!
https://digital-commons-edic.eu/news/2026-07-01-advisory-board-call-for-experts/
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@fedops @ParadeGrotesque I hadn't heard about the French gov mandating Linux workstations for all their Ministries, that's great news!
The Dutch, French and German workspace teams were already working together on a Linux OS within the EDIC's 100 day challenges, but I don't think a choice for a distro has been made yet. 🇪🇺
I'm super impressed with how proactive the French are. Good work @numerique_gouv 👏
A practical way to break #Android #hardware #attestation https://blog.quarkslab.com/bypassing-android-hardware-attestation.html
The "trusted device" debate reminds me of the late 90s debate whether its possible to #trust the #network. Its now clear that good security requires not trusting the network.
From where I sit, the "trusted device" debate is the same. Big companies are lazy and pretend the device can be trusted while companies pushing #DRM and other anti-democratic, anti-user functionality want #finance and #government as allies
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‼️⚖️ The #US Supreme Court has declared all independent authorities unconsitutional – effectively blowing up the EU-US deal on data transfers.
👉Click the link below for noyb's full assessment of the situation, and prepare for a #Schrems III case!
🔗 https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-just-blew-eu-us-data-transfers
Joined Aug 2019
