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Swiss encrypted messenger Threema has been acquired by German firm Comitis Capital in a secondary buyout. 🔒

The move follows its 2020 sale to AFINUM and raises questions on how private equity ownership affects privacy-focused apps. 💭
Threema says its mission and team remain unchanged—for now. 🕊️

🔗 https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/16/another-private-equity-firm-acquires-threema/

#TechNews #Privacy #Encryption #DataProtection #Security #OpenSource #EU #UserRights #DigitalSovereignty #Technology #Cybersecurity #Swiss #Switzerland #Threema #Messenger

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Another private equity firm acquires Threema

Funded by private equity firm AFINUM Management since 2020, Threema has agreed to a secondary buyout from Comitis Capital.

knoppix

@knoppix95@mastodon.social · 7 hours ago

Swiss encrypted messenger Threema has been acquired by German firm Comitis Capital in a secondary buyout. 🔒

The move follows its 2020 sale to AFINUM and raises questions on how private equity ownership affects privacy-focused apps. 💭
Threema says its mission and team remain unchanged—for now. 🕊️

🔗 https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/01/16/another-private-equity-firm-acquires-threema/

#TechNews #Privacy #Encryption #DataProtection #Security #OpenSource #EU #UserRights #DigitalSovereignty #Technology #Cybersecurity #Swiss #Switzerland #Threema #Messenger

Privacy Guides

Another private equity firm acquires Threema

Funded by private equity firm AFINUM Management since 2020, Threema has agreed to a secondary buyout from Comitis Capital.

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Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe · yesterday

Free ride.
Fadeuer, #Graubünden #Switzerland
#Ski #Skitour #winter #mountain #snow

Foto. Berglandschaft mit einer Person in Skiausrüstung.

https://troet.cafe/tags/Graub%C3%BCnden

Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe · yesterday

Picture.
Fadeuer 2058 m, #Graubünden #Schweiz
#Mountain #Outdoors #Skitour #sky #alps

https://troet.cafe/tags/Graub%C3%BCnden

Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe replied · yesterday

Free ride.
Fadeuer, #Graubünden #Switzerland
#Ski #Skitour #winter #mountain #snow

https://troet.cafe/tags/Graub%C3%BCnden

Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe · 2 days ago

Wind up.
Furna, #Graubünden #Switzerland
#Postauto #Prättigau #morning #WindowSeat

Foto. Berglandschaft mit Schnee und tiefstehender Sonne.

https://troet.cafe/tags/Pr%C3%A4ttigau

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Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe replied · 2 days ago

Thanks for dropping us off.
Furna Hinterberg, #Graubünden #Switzerland
#Postauto #ÖPNV #Skitouring #SkiMo #alpine

Foto. Berglandschaft mit Schnee, im Vordergrund ein gelber Bus.

https://troet.cafe/tags/%C3%96PNV

https://troet.cafe/tags/Graub%C3%BCnden

Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe · 2 days ago

Wind up.
Furna, #Graubünden #Switzerland
#Postauto #Prättigau #morning #WindowSeat

https://troet.cafe/tags/Pr%C3%A4ttigau

https://troet.cafe/tags/Graub%C3%BCnden

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sonsti

@sonsti@swiss.social · 4 days ago

alte spuren - #foto #photography #shotoniphone #scape #landscape #eastcoastkin #schweiz #switzerland #mtb #imvorbeifahren #tree #baum #winter

Eine verschneite Landschaft mit einem gewundenen Pfad von Fußabdrücken, der zu einem sanften Hügel führt, mit einem einsamen Baum und einer Kulisse aus immergrünen Bäumen unter einem klaren blauen Himmel.

Sérac

@serac@troet.cafe · 4 days ago

Blur.
Domat/Ems, #Grischun #Switzerland
#FotoVorschlag #Bahn #RhB #train #night

Foto, verschwommen. Ein roter Zug, nachts.

sonsti

@sonsti@swiss.social · 4 days ago

alte spuren - #foto #photography #shotoniphone #scape #landscape #eastcoastkin #schweiz #switzerland #mtb #imvorbeifahren #tree #baum #winter

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@foss_events@fosstodon.org · last week

New on // foss.events: CERN PGDay by CERN, Swiss PostgreSQL Users Group on 06 February 2026, a #hybrid event happening in CERN, Council Chamber in #Meyrin, #Switzerland and #online on the Internet

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/02-06-cern-pgday.html

Follow the official account: @swisspug

Connect via official hashtag(s): #CERNPGDay

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

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CERN PGDay on // foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about CERN PGDay on // foss.events

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cynicalsecurity :cm_2:

@cynicalsecurity@bsd.network · last week

Paradoxically taken from a train, the EC14 from Milano Centrale to Zurich HB, my contribution to today's #SIlentsunday

#photography #iphone #Switzerland #Italy

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A photo of a railway goods yard, there is snow on the ground and empty rail tracks in the foreground. The sky is dotted with clouds and the Sun is making a pale appearance.

Classic Swiss winter landscape, the fields in the foreground are covered with snow and the mountains in the background have the slopes covered in snow with some evergreen trees enjoying the weather. They is blue but dotted with lots of white clouds and one top of a slope is illuminated by the Sun making it look like a spotlight is being shined on it.

A church in Como is in the foreground, in the distance the hills around Como with some houses dotting the slopes.
It is a beautifully sunny day and the sky is clear and blue. — A church in Como is in the foreground, in the distance the hills around Como with some houses dotting the slopes. It is a beautifully sunny day and the sky is clear and blue.

cynicalsecurity :cm_2:

@cynicalsecurity@bsd.network · last week

Paradoxically taken from a train, the EC14 from Milano Centrale to Zurich HB, my contribution to today's #SIlentsunday

#photography #iphone #Switzerland #Italy

3 media

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@foss_events@fosstodon.org · last week

New on // foss.events: OpenEduDay by CH Open on 25 April 2026 in #Bern, #Switzerland

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/04-25-openeduday.html

Connect via official hashtag(s): #OpenEduDay

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

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@ncoca@social.coop · 2 weeks ago

Wonder why this #Indonesia #fire, which I only just read about, didn't get nearly as much attention as the one that happened in #Switzerland a week later.

https://en.antaranews.com/news/397993/manado-retirement-home-fire-kills-16-victims-identification-ongoing

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Manado retirement home fire kills 16, victims' identification ongoing

A fire at a retirement home in Manado City, North Sulawesi, on Sunday (December 28) killed 16 occupants, and local police said the identification process was ...

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@foss_events@fosstodon.org · last week

New on // foss.events: CERN PGDay by CERN, Swiss PostgreSQL Users Group on 06 February 2026, a #hybrid event happening in CERN, Council Chamber in #Meyrin, #Switzerland and #online on the Internet

Find out more on
https://foss.events/2026/02-06-cern-pgday.html

Follow the official account: @swisspug

Connect via official hashtag(s): #CERNPGDay

#foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe

// foss.events

CERN PGDay on // foss.events

Everything in a nutshell about CERN PGDay on // foss.events

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Tomasz Susuł

@TomaszSusul@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

#SilentSunday

#winter #photography #photo #fotografie #photographie #fotografia #landscape #landscapephotography #Switzerland #nature

This serene winter landscape photograph features frost-covered trees emerging from dense ground fog along a rural path. The focal point is a majestic tree, fully laden with frost, with intricate white crystalline formations covering every branch and twig. This creates a delicate, lace-like appearance against the brilliant blue sky. The tree's structure is clearly visible through the hoarfrost, with its branching pattern extending gracefully upwards and outwards. A thick layer of white fog covers the lower part of the scene, creating a dreamlike atmosphere and partially obscuring the tree trunks and surrounding vegetation. Additional frost-covered trees flank both sides of the composition, with their white-coated branches visible through varying degrees of fog density.

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datum (n=1)

@datum@zeroes.ca · 2 weeks ago

Good news story!

Switzerland said "no" to Palantir after 7 years of Palantir lobbying
Journalists FOIA'd and published this
Now other nations are looking into the extraordinary pressure and whether it might not be prudent to let a USA-aligned corp handle citizens' most private data (medical, tax, residence, assets, etc).

we must have made them very nervous, since lawmakers in Germany and UK are questioning the contracts. It is possible that authorities are hesitating to sign new contracts. So we have triggered something that they are starting this PR campaign against us (I don't remember another media company being mentioned on their blog).

All of this thread https://infosec.exchange/@adfichter/115826298160548686 is encouraging! Now while the story is hot, it is a great time to email your local journos and ask if maybe your municipality, state/dept/province, or nation is being pressured to work with Palantir or other authoritarian-aligned corporations!

#GoodNews #news #Palantir #Switzerland

Nithin Coca నితిన్

@ncoca@social.coop · 2 weeks ago

Wonder why this #Indonesia #fire, which I only just read about, didn't get nearly as much attention as the one that happened in #Switzerland a week later.

https://en.antaranews.com/news/397993/manado-retirement-home-fire-kills-16-victims-identification-ongoing

Antara News

Manado retirement home fire kills 16, victims' identification ongoing

A fire at a retirement home in Manado City, North Sulawesi, on Sunday (December 28) killed 16 occupants, and local police said the identification process was ...