France launches "LaSuite," an open-source office suite for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on foreign proprietary software. 🖥️
Built on Matrix/TChap, LiveKit/Visio, Grist, and Drive—all MIT-licensed for any organization to deploy. 🇪🇺

🔗 https://www.sinologic.net/en/2026-01/france-chooses-open-source-to-secure-european-sovereignty.html

#TechNews #OpenSource #France #French #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #Matrix #Privacy #EU #Security #Software #Linux #SelfHost #Government #Europe #Data #IT #PublicSector #Microsoft #Office #Tech #Cloud #LibreOffice

Discord faces backlash over age checks after data breach exposed 70,000 IDs

“This is how Discord dies”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/discord-faces-backlash-over-age-checks-after-data-breach-exposed-70000-ids/

#Discord #AgeVerification #IDverification #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #dystopia #security #technology #gaming #messaging #socialmedia

*Yes. Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.*

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remove-your-ring-camera-with-a-claw

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''We don’t point cameras at our friends. We don’t leer suspiciously at our neighbors. We don’t assail humanity with an accusatory spotlight. These things are not okay.''

#security #neighborhood #prison #trust #panopticon #cameras #buildsocietytogether

Hello? #FOSS community? Do we have an #OpenSource replacement for #SecurityCameras that doesn't require uploading any data to a corporation who can use that data against us? #Privacy #Security #Linux

🇫🇷 The French government is sending a message about digital independence by ditching Microsoft Teams and Zoom for its own platform, Visio. This move is not about a lack of features but a calculated push for digital sovereignty. By 2027, every government department in France will communicate via this sovereign stack, ensuring that sensitive data remains subject to European law. The shift addresses a growing concern that relying on foreign cloud giants creates a strategic vulnerability. France is opting for an open-source architecture built on Django and React, hosted on the domestic Outscale cloud. This infrastructure removes the risk of external service disruptions while fostering a local tech ecosystem.

🧠 The Visio platform integrates with Tchap, a secure messaging app based on the Matrix protocol.
⚡ French startup Pyannote provides the AI backbone for meeting transcripts and speaker identification.
🎓 The administration expects to save millions in annual licensing fees by using in-house software.
🔍 Data remains strictly within French jurisdiction to bypass foreign data access laws.

https://itsfoss.com/news/france-ditches-microsoft-teams-and-zoom/
#France #TechHistory #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #security #privacy #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity #FOSS

Microsoft is rolling out new Secure Boot certificates to supported PCs through Windows Update, replacing the certificates that were first released in 2011. If you're running Windows 11 or Windows 10 and paying for ESU, this should be an automatic update. If not, then you may not get some future boot-level security updates. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/02/10/refreshing-the-root-of-trust-industry-collaboration-on-secure-boot-certificate-updates/ #SecureBoot #Windows #Microsoft #Security

*Yes. Kill the Ring camera. Kill it dead.*

https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/remove-your-ring-camera-with-a-claw

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''We don’t point cameras at our friends. We don’t leer suspiciously at our neighbors. We don’t assail humanity with an accusatory spotlight. These things are not okay.''

#security #neighborhood #prison #trust #panopticon #cameras #buildsocietytogether

I like how people are recommending a bunch of FLOSS messengers now, its an opportunity to check out underrated projects like I just a few minutes ago learned about the FLOSS project Quiet (https://tryquiet.org) from a discord community trying to relocate.

The website says its all E2EE P2P with tor built in, channels like slack/discord, no email or phone number required. Unfortunately no quantum resistant encryption on the roadmap so I still would recommend SimpleX for general purpose instant messaging but Tor-by-default and P2P are genuine advantages over Simplex

If you found this post interesting you might also be interested in these decentralised encrypted messengers with various pros and cons compared to eachother:

Cwtch
https://cwtch.im
http://cwtchim3z2gdsyb27acfc26lup5aqbegjrjsqulzrnkuoalq5h4gmcid.onion/

Briar
https://briarproject.org/

Meshtastic
https://meshtastic.org/

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #Deniability #Meshtastic #Briar #Cwtch #SimpleX #Quiet #P2P #Tor #Slack #Discord

I like how people are recommending a bunch of FLOSS messengers now, its an opportunity to check out underrated projects like I just a few minutes ago learned about the FLOSS project Quiet (https://tryquiet.org) from a discord community trying to relocate.

The website says its all E2EE P2P with tor built in, channels like slack/discord, no email or phone number required. Unfortunately no quantum resistant encryption on the roadmap so I still would recommend SimpleX for general purpose instant messaging but Tor-by-default and P2P are genuine advantages over Simplex

If you found this post interesting you might also be interested in these decentralised encrypted messengers with various pros and cons compared to eachother:

Cwtch
https://cwtch.im
http://cwtchim3z2gdsyb27acfc26lup5aqbegjrjsqulzrnkuoalq5h4gmcid.onion/

Briar
https://briarproject.org/

Meshtastic
https://meshtastic.org/

#FLOSS #E2EE #PSA #Privacy #Security #Anonymity #Deniability #Meshtastic #Briar #Cwtch #SimpleX #Quiet #P2P #Tor #Slack #Discord

France launches "LaSuite," an open-source office suite for digital sovereignty, reducing reliance on foreign proprietary software. 🖥️
Built on Matrix/TChap, LiveKit/Visio, Grist, and Drive—all MIT-licensed for any organization to deploy. 🇪🇺

🔗 https://www.sinologic.net/en/2026-01/france-chooses-open-source-to-secure-european-sovereignty.html

#TechNews #OpenSource #France #French #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #Matrix #Privacy #EU #Security #Software #Linux #SelfHost #Government #Europe #Data #IT #PublicSector #Microsoft #Office #Tech #Cloud #LibreOffice

Safer Internet Day in a nutshell: Updates zeitnah installieren. Für jeden Dienst ein eigenes langes Zufallspasswort + 2FA / Passkeys. Links erst prüfen, dann klicken. Backups nicht vergessen. Weniger Apps, weniger Berechtigungen, weniger Datenspuren. Tracking und Werbung blockieren. Wo möglich Ende-zu-Ende nutzen. Stay safe! 🛡️

#SaferInternetDay #security #sicherheit

I'm not happy about the #enshitification of #Discord. I have a 'server' for my close friends and if this age verification shit fucks up something in March then it's deletion time and full migration to #Matrix. Hell I'll even pay for the hosting myself.

But I have this nagging feeling that some of my non-techy friends does not give a flying fuck about any #privacy or #security whatsoever so I fear it's gonna be a tough migration.

Safer Internet Day in a nutshell: Updates zeitnah installieren. Für jeden Dienst ein eigenes langes Zufallspasswort + 2FA / Passkeys. Links erst prüfen, dann klicken. Backups nicht vergessen. Weniger Apps, weniger Berechtigungen, weniger Datenspuren. Tracking und Werbung blockieren. Wo möglich Ende-zu-Ende nutzen. Stay safe! 🛡️

#SaferInternetDay #security #sicherheit