elgregor @elgregor@librem.one

FT reports the US is ending cooperation with Europe on countering disinformation from Russia, China and Iran. The outlet also warns Ukraine faces a looming shortage of air defense systems due to US delivery delays, as Russian strikes intensify.

In Yarova, Donetsk region, a Russian airstrike hit civilians standing in line to receive pensions. At least 20 people were killed.

The European Commission has issued a survey on the Governance and Sustainability of Critical Open Source Software.

The survey hopes to identify "pathways for collective efforts" and make "actionable recommendations for public administrations".

It's a relatively short survey, takes max 15 minutes & provides lots of opportunities to rate FOSS as 'very important' 😛

https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/FOSSEPS_Governance_and_Sustainability_Survey

#FOSS #governance #NGI #NGI0

🇬🇧Public pressure works: Belgium, Finland & Czechia will NOT approve the #ChatControl mass surveillance law in October. But other governments whose vote is crucial are still on the fence. Urge them to protect our digital privacy and encryption now: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#WhatYouCanDo

Microsoft Word in Windows will now save new documents to the cloud by default, starting with Windows 11 version 2509. Similar changes are planned for Excel and PowerPoint https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/8/microsoft-word-will-soon-start-auto-saving-your-documents-to-the-cloud-by-default/

On this podcast, I explain the EU's #ChatControl plan: mandatory scanning of ALL private messages. This is unprecedented in a democracy. The only other country with a similar system is China—and they use it for political control. #StopScanningMe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L933xDcSS3o

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#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

1/3 🕵🏽 Looking for updates on the highly criticised and controversial #CSARegulation #ChatControl

Three years on, the law is still at an impasse in the Council of EU member states 🚫

🇵🇱 Poland tried a new approach to build a bridge between the two camps – but ultimately failed because the countries supporting #MassSurveillance and breaking #encryption refused to meaningfully engage 🙅🏽‍♀️

Read our blog to learn more about the Polish approach and the future of #ChatControl ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/16-countries-burned-polands-bridges-on-the-csa-regulation-what-now/

We hacked Gemini CLI, Vertex AI, Assistant, and other AI systems by embedding prompts into images that are not visible to users.

When these systems auto-downscale images, the hidden prompts emerge from previously invisible pixel patterns. https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/21/weaponizing-image-scaling-against-production-ai-systems/

Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russian forces are executing captured Ukrainian soldiers, quoting orders to “zero out” those who surrender. This is further evidence of a systematic policy of war crimes encouraged by the Russian command. Previously similar conversations between commanders in Russia's 155th brigade were intercepted.

Google Tightens Android Sideloading—At What Cost to Digital Freedom?

Google has begun blocking sideloaded Android apps in Singapore, citing security concerns over apps requesting sensitive permissions like SMS and accessibility services.

Read more at Purism: https://puri.sm/posts/google-restricts-android-sideloading-what-it-means-for-user-autonomy-and-the-future-of-mobile-freedom/

Zachęcam do zajrzenia, zwłaszcza jeśli jesteś użytkownikiem Windows 10.

W razie potrzeby służę pomocą 🙂

https://endof10.org/pl/

#endof10 #linux

Prezes UODO zwraca uwagę że charakter pisma w sytuacji, gdy można go powiązać z określoną osobą fizyczną, stanowi danę osobową. Administratorzy powinni za każdym razem zwracać uwagę czy w publikowanym dokumencie nie ma informacji, które pozwalają na chociażby pośrednią identyfikację danej osoby.
👉 https://www.uodo.gov.pl/pl/138/3810

🇬🇧On the very first day of its EU Council Presidency, Denmark presented a text proposal on #chatcontrol - content not disclosed, but Denmark is a radical supporter. https://www.parlament.gv.at/gegenstand/XXVIII/EU/26877

Planned adoption: October 14.

I updated my briefing: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/

Sometimes, I receive questions which leave both me, and the person asking, bamboozled.

> Your website loads so quickly! What CDN do you use?

There is no CDN. It is just really small and simple, mostly text.

> Sure, but is that Cloudflare, or...?

None. It is a tiny website, just a few kilobytes per page, on a tiny server, at my home, connected to the Internet via my ISP, Andrews & Arnold.

> But are you / they in the cloud?

No. The webserver is in Newbruy, in my garage.

> Neil, pease can you pass my questions to your technical person? I don't think you understand, your website cannot be in your home. It must be in the cloud or have a CDN.

*Neil puts on glasses and false nose and moustache*

Save future videogames from planned obsolescence!

There is an initiative asking the EU to regulate or at least clarify video games being made inaccessible remotely by publishers.

The initiative is on an official channel provided by the EU itself, if it reaches one million signatures the European Commission will have to look into the matter and provide a response, there is still a month until 31 July.

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

#stopdestroyinggames
#stopkillinggames #retrogaming #gaming

The European Commission must once and for all abandon the ghost of data retention that’s been haunting EU policy discussions for decades, and shift its focus to rights respecting alternatives. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eff-european-commission-dont-resurrect-illegal-data-retention-mandates

you are a fucking EMAIL CLIENT you can't say that shit

🇧🇪 Belgian appeals court rules #TCF's #consent framework that enables 80% of the internet's #SurveillanceAds is illegal.

What a fantastic win for the complainants (@edri members) @panoptykon, @bitsoffreedom, and #ICCL !

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/

#TrackingFreeAds #RTB #tracking #GDPR

Polska, kraj z...

Formularz dopisania do listy wyborców nie działa, nie podaje przyczyny, po prostu wygaszony guzik.

Dlaczego? Bo nie pozwalam na tracking google i recaptcha od Google nie działa.

Czyli jak nie wyślę danych do Google to się nie zarejestruję w spisie wyborców.

https://ewybory.msz.gov.pl/nowa-rejestracja

CC: @Watchdog_Polska @icd