Here's another example of the lack of digital sovereignty in our public health system. A survey about a recent experience at the local hospital's A+E department.

Not only is this survey system clearly not being run by the boffins at Te Whatu Ora, it's not even being served from a subdomain of tewhatuora.govt.nz. But from forms.office.com, a domain controlled by the original US technofeudalists, BorgSoft.

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#DigitalSovereignty #PublicServices #TeWhatuOra

@harold

Signal is trustworthy, IMHO, but it has fundamental drawbacks for me:

1. It depends on AWS and Google #bigTech infrastructure. As #EU citizen, I prefer EU based services or even #selfHosting.

2. Even their desktop client requires to have Google Android or Apple iOS, which I don't have nor want.

3. They ask for a phone number to register. I don't like that.

Fortunately, all that has been solved 1999 with the introduction of #Jabber, the #fediverse of chat 🙂

#digitalSovereignty #XMPP

This comic 👆 by @span jensorensen sums it up perfectly when it comes to decisions for or against certain social media networks. Let's do better!

Our #SocialMediaMatrix helps communications managers weigh up the options:
https://social-media-matrix.king-consult.de/index-en.html

#SocialMedia#responsibility#Fediverse#Instagram#Meta#X#Twitter#Threads#Facebook#TikTok#WissKomm #Bundestag#DigitalSovereignty#Demokratie #TagderDemokratie #DemocracyDay#SciComm#Science#Communication

@harold

Signal is trustworthy, IMHO, but it has fundamental drawbacks for me:

1. It depends on AWS and Google #bigTech infrastructure. As #EU citizen, I prefer EU based services or even #selfHosting.

2. Even their desktop client requires to have Google Android or Apple iOS, which I don't have nor want.

3. They ask for a phone number to register. I don't like that.

Fortunately, all that has been solved 1999 with the introduction of #Jabber, the #fediverse of chat 🙂

#digitalSovereignty #XMPP

Unbelievable: Dutch #messenging app Zivver, used for confidential communications in the Dutch legal system and health care system, sold to American company Kiteworks, where former Israeli spies have key rolls...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/strategische-blunder-vertrouwelijke-data-van-1bdae

#privacy #freedom #democracy#DigitalSovereignty#BuyEuropean#Eurostack

@span gael @span murena @span e_mydata

This comic 👆 by @span jensorensen sums it up perfectly when it comes to decisions for or against certain social media networks. Let's do better!

Our #SocialMediaMatrix helps communications managers weigh up the options:
https://social-media-matrix.king-consult.de/index-en.html

#SocialMedia#responsibility#Fediverse#Instagram#Meta#X#Twitter#Threads#Facebook#TikTok#WissKomm #Bundestag#DigitalSovereignty#Demokratie #TagderDemokratie #DemocracyDay#SciComm#Science#Communication

Mailbox reimagined: Your secure digital workplace from Europe! 🚀

https://mailbox.org becomes mailbox – with a completely renewed suite for email, calendar, contacts, office, video calls and drive. After intensive testing, we've united everything in one intuitive solution with the highest privacy standards.

Learn more: https://mailbox.org/en/news/mailbox-becomes-the-digitally-sovereign-workplace/

#mailbox#DigitalSovereignty#Relaunch#EuropeanTech

Unbelievable: Dutch #messenging app Zivver, used for confidential communications in the Dutch legal system and health care system, sold to American company Kiteworks, where former Israeli spies have key rolls...

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/strategische-blunder-vertrouwelijke-data-van-1bdae

#privacy #freedom #democracy#DigitalSovereignty#BuyEuropean#Eurostack

@span gael @span murena @span e_mydata

While this might change in the future, so far, most #socialCredit is entirely voluntary.

"Try leaving Google's ecosystem or abandoning your LinkedIn network." Yes, did so. So what? Zero cost.

Personally, I don't have a #smartphone that spies on me (i.e. neither Android nor iOS), and no accounts on LinkedIn, Uber, Instagram, Amazon, or Airbnb.

The only #socialScore I depend on are the likes and boosts in the #fediverse 🙂

#GAFAM#bigTech#digitalAutonomy#digitalSovereignty

Today, I had the pleasure of meeting @HennaVirkkunen , the #EU Commission Vice President in charge of Tech Sovereignty, #Security & #Democracy, at the invitation of the Austrian Chancellery and Digital State Secretary Alexander Pröll, at their summit on 🇪🇺 #digitalsovereignty

Together with @c3wien, @WikimediaAT, @epicenter_works & @dpgalliance we are calling for open protocols & #interoperability to be strengthened when building public digital infrastructure ✨

#Fedidiplomacy
#Fediforum

Today, I had the pleasure of meeting @HennaVirkkunen , the #EU Commission Vice President in charge of Tech Sovereignty, #Security & #Democracy, at the invitation of the Austrian Chancellery and Digital State Secretary Alexander Pröll, at their summit on 🇪🇺 #digitalsovereignty

Together with @c3wien, @WikimediaAT, @epicenter_works & @dpgalliance we are calling for open protocols & #interoperability to be strengthened when building public digital infrastructure ✨

#Fedidiplomacy
#Fediforum

I wish someone would create an alternative to TOR — one that’s not under the jurisdiction of the United States.

#DigitalSovereignty #Tor#Privacy#Security

Mailbox reimagined: Your secure digital workplace from Europe! 🚀

https://mailbox.org becomes mailbox – with a completely renewed suite for email, calendar, contacts, office, video calls and drive. After intensive testing, we've united everything in one intuitive solution with the highest privacy standards.

Learn more: https://mailbox.org/en/news/mailbox-becomes-the-digitally-sovereign-workplace/

#mailbox#DigitalSovereignty#Relaunch#EuropeanTech

Looking to leave GitHub?

Try Codeberg — it's Git, but based in Germany (Europe), without all of Microsoft's nonsense. They're also on the Fediverse: @Codeberg.

But wait — it gets better!

Codeberg is open source, and you can even host your own instance. The software is called Forgejo, built by the same folks behind Codeberg, and they're on the Fediverse too: @forgejo.

#GitHub#GitLab#Git#FOSS#OpenSource#DigitalSovereignty#Microsoft