Elon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people.
#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. Some are rallying against it to distract from their exploitation of vulnerable people.
I 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
"The Dutch government has quietly removed #Google #tracking tools from job listings for its intelligence services over concerns that the data would expose aspirant spies to U.S. #surveillance," according to POLITICO.
"The intervention would put an end to Google’s processing of the data of job seekers interested in applying to #spy service jobs, after members of parliament in The Hague raised security concerns." 💥
15 years fly by like last week, when you're the package manager for #Android, but you feel the technical debt more and more.
What to do? Rip it out and start over? Improve bit by bit? RiiR?
Find out how #FDroid prepares for the next 15 here: https://f-droid.org/2025/11/24/an-experiment-in-automated-building-from-source-15-years-later.html
Big news! 🚨 More countries opt for #OpenSource to protect their digital sovereignty.
The Austrian Ministry for Economic Affairs migrates away from Microsoft 365 to a Nextcloud and LibreOffice solution. 💪
Read the story in @FOSSForce recent article:
If you are interested in becoming the strategic engine behind the EDIC’s long-term sustainability, in taking on a role that is both entrepreneurial and public-facing, and in working closely with international stakeholders, this is a unique opportunity to contribute to a European alliance that centers the public interest in the digital common.
Learn more about the role: https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/digital-commons-edic-director
Applications must be submitted before Monday, 1 December 2025.
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Help shape Europe’s Digital Commons — Open position for EDIC Director (F/M/X)
Last week, the European Commission announced the creation of the EDIC Digital Commons, a new initiative to support open, interoperable digital commons and strengthen digital sovereignty for 450 million Europeans.
The consortium is now hiring a Director to join the founding team and take the #EDICDigitalCommons into its next phase.
https://www.sovereign.tech/jobs/digital-commons-edic-director
#Google trips over its own words, when they sell you #Android it's the best computing device in the world that does everything. After you bought it Google doesn't let you do anything *you* want to.
#Sideload is a made-up term. Putting software on your computer is simply called “installing”, regardless of whether that computer is in your pocket or on your desk.
What Do You Talk About When You Talk About Sideloading?
What does Google?
Here's #FDroid: https://f-droid.org/2025/10/28/sideloading.html
🏛️ We have just arrived at @Curia!
💼 Today, our lawyer, Dr. Martin Husovec, will explain to the court why #DMA #interoperability should apply to #Apple in full extent!
👀 Stay tuned for updates! And if you need a quick recap of what's at stake for #FreeSoftware in this case, have a read here: https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20251015-01.en.html
Dear tech media, could we please stop using GrapheneOS as the judge on what's secure? I respect very much what GrapheneOS has built, but their stance that free software is not important to security is very short sighted. They literally are willing to call binary blobs secure because someone told them they are? They have no other standard to go on, since they can't inspect them.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/fsf_librphone_vs_proprietary_binary_blog/
When we say #OpenSource, we mean business. That's why ALL Tuta apps are published on @fdroidorg
While Google & Apple monitor all push notifications, your data is safe when choosing Tuta Mail. 🔒
➡️ Learn why Tuta Mail is the only email provider app on F-Droid: https://tuta.com/blog/open-source-email-fdroid
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