Guardian Project @guardianproject@librem.one

Today I will spend hours in the @EUCommission's #DMA workshop with #Apple so you don't have to. It'll be painful, it'll be funny, it'll be hot! 😆

The workshop starts with Apple lawyers speaking time in which they are supposed to explain how they comply with the #DigitalMarketsAct. Instead, they waste everybody's time with marketing BS and pointless rants against the law (or as they say "the Commission's interpretation of the law").

What a waste.

https://eupolicy.social/@ilumium is posting lots of key info about the #DigitalMarketsAct Follow him for more!

#DMA #Apple #Alphabet #EC #EuropeanCommission

🚨 Time to Act! 🚨

With Budapest Pride just 2 days away, Hungary plans intrusive facial recognition to suppress peaceful assembly & enforce its anti-LGBTQ+ law.

We urge the @EUCommission to act NOW!

Fundamental rights are non-negotiable! 🏳️‍🌈

Read the Joint Open letter ➡️ https://epicenter.works/content/open-letter-of-47-digital-and-fundamental-rights-organizations-eu-commission-needs-to-defend-fundamental-rights-in-hungary

“The reality is also that money doesn’t solve all problems, unfortunately. It can create wrong incentives, it can increase stress and pressure, it can rip communities apart, it can do good in the short term but harm in the long term. We need to take all of these factors into account, if we want to channel support into our shared digital infrastructure, into #OpenSource communities.”

6/ #UNOpenSourceWeek

Purism- CNN Report

In a recent CNN report, skepticism surrounds the Trump Organization’s claim that its new “T1” smartphone is “Made in the USA.”

Experts, including Todd Weaver, CEO of Purism, challenged the claim, citing striking similarities between the T1 and a low-cost Chinese phone, the Revvl 7 Pro 5G, made by Wingtech, a Chinese manufacturer.

Weaver emphasized the logistical and technical difficulty of building a phone in the U.S.

Learn more at Purism:
https://puri.sm/posts/cnn-report-purism-is-the-only-known-u-s-phone-manufacturer/

Hello all! I'm at the #EC #DMA compliance workshop for #Apple. I'll be wrting some impressions while I'm here.

https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/events-poolpage/2025-apple-dma-compliance-workshop-2025-06-30_en

#DigitalMarketsAct #EU #EuropeanCommission

The #DMA can open doors for #FreeSoftware: alternative app stores, browsers, emulators, and much more!

But right now, gatekeepers are throwing up roadblocks.

We need your help to hold them accountable.

🛠️ Developers: have you requested interoperability under the #DMA?

Share your story by taking this survey 👉 https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/699938?lang=en

#SoftwareFreedom

⚠️ WATCH OUT! European Commission's questionnaire for public consultation on #DataRetention has some really tricky and misguiding questions! ⚠️

But don't worry - we'll be publishing an answering guide in early August to help you understand the questions and avoid the traps. Well in time for the September 12 deadline! 😌

Stay tuned for the guide! 🗺️

Are you a Free Software developer trying to access hardware or software features under Article 6 of the Digital Markets Act #DMA ? @fsfe would like to hear from you. Share your experience about how gatekeepers are handling your interoperability request with the Free Software Foundation Europe.

The FSFE’s Interoperability Survey aims to collect structured feedback from #FOSS developers about their experience requesting interoperability

Read more & link to the survey: https://fsfe.org/activities/deviceneutrality/interop-survey

We'd like to remind everyone that a self-hosted #chatmail relay is best shared in some wider than family circles. In crisis situations everbody does better when helping others.

A typical 1gb RAM chatmail relay VPS for 5-10 eur per month supports 50k+ daily users.

chatmail VPSes are stateless. You can wipe all disk state, reinstall and chatting will resume. Conversely, #deltachat does not keep or depend on any server state .Operators under pressure do not need to feel bad to hand over data.

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/

Remarkable investigation into Telegram by IStories (in Russian):
https://www.istories.media/stories/2025/06/10/kak-telegram-svyazan-s-fsb/

English version by OCCRP:
http://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/telegram-the-fsb-and-the-man-in-the-middle

tl;dr:

👉 Telegram uses a single company with ties to the Russian FSB as their sole infrastructure provider, globally.

👉 Combined with a cleartext device identifier Telegram's protocol requires to be prepended to all encrypted messages, this allows for global surveillance of Telegram users.

I am quoted in this story.

#Telegram #InfoSec #Privacy

California state agencies have standard privacy guardrails around data-sharing. But the cities and counties that collect some of your most personal info? Nope. Zip. Zero. A.B. 1337 would fix that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/californias-cities-and-counties-must-step-their-privacy-game-ab-1337-can-do

The rampant data sharing fueled by online tracking has serious consequences. Privacy Badger blocks online tracking to prevent your browsing data from being used against you. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/online-tracking-out-control-privacy-badger-can-help-you-fight-back

Industry Committee vote: Technology sovereignty is only possible with Free Software

The Industry committee of the European Parliament shows necessity and benefits of “open-source first” policy but report lacks concrete measures.

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250603-01.en.html

#SoftwareFreedom

Are you working on a free and open source project that contributes to the digital commons? Consider applying for NGI Zero funding. Our next deadline is June 1. If you can't make that, no worries, the next call opens right after.
We offer grants between 5 & 50k and grantees can also request practical support with licensing, security, accessibility, long-term sustainability, mentoring, UX testing, trouble shooting, packaging, internationalisation & more. https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250401-call.html
#FOSS #funding

#whatsapp has been feverishly copying #telegram features the last year. Both are now in a battle who enshittifies faster. Mr. Durov announced that #Telegram, sitting on the biggest cleartext data and metadata pile second only to #Meta, is to integrate "AI" the next days, see https://youtu.be/JBCY3ZE9Rz0?t=10048 ...

Let them fight. We stubbornly continue to focus on resilient private messaging for families, groups and communities, with end-to-encrypted #webxdc apps and decentralized agency at all levels.

We’ve signed an open letter to the European Commission expressing our concerns around continued attempts to undermine encryption.

We ask the Commission to reconsider ProtectEU, and acknowledge that encryption is a positive that improves security.

https://www.globalencryption.org/2025/05/joint-letter-on-the-european-internal-security-strategy-protecteu/

DeGoogling is possible, and it doesn't need to be difficult. 👏

Take a look at our in-depth guide of Google alternatives to learn how you can take back your privacy in 2025. ❤️🔒

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-leave-google-gmail

Have you already DeGoogled? If so, let us know your favorite Google-free apps.

#DeGoogle #GoogleAlternatives #PrivacyMatters