Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies.
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!
"Microsoft can't protect French data from US government access"
"The Senate hearing exposed tensions between sovereignty rhetoric and practical implementation. While French officials promote digital independence, procurement decisions consistently favor non-European solutions for critical infrastructure projects."
https://ppc.land/microsoft-cant-protect-french-data-from-us-government-access/
Where have we seen this before? Oh yes on our own university: https://opentech-auc.org/posts/2025-04-15-official-launch-of-nextcloud/
Big news for #OpenSource & #DigitalSovereignty!
We’re partnering with @xwiki to offer a strong, privacy-first alternative to #Atlassian ’s Jira & Confluence.
💡 OpenProject + XWiki = a powerful, fully open source stack for project & knowledge management, vendor-neutral and under your control.
🔗 https://www.openproject.org/blog/open-source-jira-confluence-alternative/
#FOSS#JiraAlternative#ConfluenceAlternative
Thanks TechRadar for the review:
‘Soverin is a simple and solid secure email service that does a good job of protecting your data and privacy.”
Soverin is designed for the new reality:
No ads, no tracking, no data mining, no lock-in
Hosted in the Netherlands, fully under EU jurisdiction
Bring your own domain and stay in control
Read the full review: https://www.techradar.com/pro/software-services/soverin-secure-email-review
#DigitalSovereignty #NIS2#GDPR#ISO27001#SecureEmail #PrivacyByDesign
My three reasons not to use Signal:
1. It only runs on Android/iOS, which I don't (want to) have. Even their desktop client needs an Android/iOS device!
2. It runs and depends on AWS. I.e. DJT could ask his buddy Jeff B. to switch it off. As #EU citizen, I prefer a local server.
3. They want a phone number to register. This makes multipe accounts for different purposes practically impossible.
Fortunately, there's #Jabber — since 1999!
Microsoft marketing: “Your data stays in Europe.”
Microsoft’s Legal Director (under oath, in French Parliament): “No, I cannot guarantee that.”
Still think Microsoft Teams is a sovereign solution?
Credit @ponceto91 for the meme
Europe is pushing for digital sovereignty 🇪🇺
XWiki and OpenProject are building an open source alternative to Confluence and Jira—aimed at reducing reliance on U.S. tech and giving users more control 🔐
Backed by public initiatives like ZenDiS, the project supports self-hosted, transparent collaboration tools.
https://news.itsfoss.com/europe-open-source-alternative-confluence/
#OpenSource#Privacy#DigitalSovereignty#FOSS#Linux#SelfHosted#Europe#EU#Collaboration#XWiki#OpenProject#FreeSoftware#US
The #US imposes 30% of #UStariffs to the #EuropeanUnion. According to Politico, the Commission is ready to retaliate. EU OS believes that a European response with Tariffs on US BigTech services (or all services that face trade deficits) would make so much more sense if the EU had alternatives for those in place. This is why #EU_OS, #EuroStack and #DigitalSovereignty is important. It offers more leverage.
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-hits-eu-with-sweeping-30-percent-tariffs/
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