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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