For decades now, the traditional telcos keep trying to find ways to get newer companies to pay them... whether it is dressed up as " #FairShare " or #NetworkFees or "dispute resolution" or whatever... in the end they are flawed ideas that are solutions trying to find problems (that don't exist). My @internetsociety colleague Carl Gahnberg writes about concerns with the European Commission's proposal for the #DigitalNetworksAct / #DNA ...
'Akkoordgaan met een cookie-pop-up komt soms neer op een data-superspread-event waarvan de gevolgen lastig zijn te overzien. Nieuwe AI-analysetechnieken en nieuwe neurotechnologieën doen daar nog een schepje bovenop.'
Datahandel is een belangrijke pijler van het verdienmodel van ‘gratis’ internet. Een hoge prijs, en dat moet anders: 'Nadenken over het toekomstige verdienmodel van het internet moet een prioriteit worden voor het nieuw te vormen kabinet.'
https://www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalisering/naar-een-menswaardige-digitale-technologie/verdienmodel-van-het-internet-moet-op-de-schop
#data #internet
'Akkoordgaan met een cookie-pop-up komt soms neer op een data-superspread-event waarvan de gevolgen lastig zijn te overzien. Nieuwe AI-analysetechnieken en nieuwe neurotechnologieën doen daar nog een schepje bovenop.'
Datahandel is een belangrijke pijler van het verdienmodel van ‘gratis’ internet. Een hoge prijs, en dat moet anders: 'Nadenken over het toekomstige verdienmodel van het internet moet een prioriteit worden voor het nieuw te vormen kabinet.'
https://www.rathenau.nl/nl/digitalisering/naar-een-menswaardige-digitale-technologie/verdienmodel-van-het-internet-moet-op-de-schop
#data #internet
Iranian authorities said 3,117 people were killed during protests that first erupted in late December, but activists said the actual toll was likely many times higher due to a crackdown suppressing the demonstrations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/22/world/iran-death-toll-protests/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #iran #middleeast #internet
Donnerstag: Staatstrojaner vor Verfassungsgericht, Satelliten-Internet Terawave
Staatliche Malware vor Gericht + Blue Origins Satelliten-Internet + Threads mit mehr Nutzern und Werbung + Datenschutz-Kritik an Charité-Datenbank + #heiseshow
#ChatGPT #Datenschutz #DigitalHealth #Digitalisierung #hoDaily #Internet #Journal #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Malware #MetaPlatforms #Netzausbau #Satellit #Threads #Überwachung #Werbebranche #news
Donnerstag: Staatstrojaner vor Verfassungsgericht, Satelliten-Internet Terawave
Staatliche Malware vor Gericht + Blue Origins Satelliten-Internet + Threads mit mehr Nutzern und Werbung + Datenschutz-Kritik an Charité-Datenbank + #heiseshow
#ChatGPT #Datenschutz #DigitalHealth #Digitalisierung #hoDaily #Internet #Journal #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Malware #MetaPlatforms #Netzausbau #Satellit #Threads #Überwachung #Werbebranche #news
Are you doing something interesting with #DNS #security, #DNSSEC, routing security, or other forms of #Internet security that you would like to share with the wider (DNS-related) technical community?
If so, consider submitting a proposal for the "DNSSEC and Security Workshop" that will be held at ICANN 85 in Mumbai in March 2026.
Deadline is January 30. Note that you do NOT have to be in Mumbai (I will not be) - you can present remotely.
Following on from this article 'Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology' (click and scroll up)…
To free ourselves from #GMail, #Yahoo, #Outlook, …
What independent UK-based / non-US email providers are people using?
For both personal and business email.
Your experiences…?
🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:
Exiting the Billionaire castle & Setapp Mobile is shutting down - https://creativerly.com/exiting-the-billionaire-castle/?ref=feedle.world
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Ads are coming to ChatGPT. News publishers with OpenAI deals won’t see a dime. - https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/ads-are-coming-to-chatgpt-news-publishers-with-openai-deals-wont-see-a-dime/?ref=feedle.world
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RE: https://mas.to/@therightarticle/115934375487991514
"There are signs that Europe is starting to take the need for greater digital independence more seriously. In the Swedish coastal city of Helsingborg, for example, a one-year project is testing how various public services would function in the scenario of a digital blackout.
Would elderly people still receive their medical prescriptions? Can social services continue to provide care and benefits to all the city’s residents?"
Following on from this article 'Europe wants to end its dangerous reliance on US internet technology' (click and scroll up)…
To free ourselves from #GMail, #Yahoo, #Outlook, …
What independent UK-based / non-US email providers are people using?
For both personal and business email.
Your experiences…?
"I'm in the process of setting up a WWW server that will blow the socks off your Mosaic viewer!"
I love that, yeah I pay over $100 a month for the #internet but so often its slower than dial up. I also love that while a basic site can't load, youtube can play me all the videos, exactly what everyone predicted from the end of #netneutrality
#enshittification
Hello, I created a new Website
URL: https://portal.thebigbonlinux.tn
Enjoy!
(I wanted to host #Loops but it requires #S3 which is unavailable in #Tunisia)
#Tech #Internet #OVH #Debian #BanisraeliContributors #Palworld #TheBigBonLinux #ClaudeAI
Hello, I created a new Website
URL: https://portal.thebigbonlinux.tn
Enjoy!
(I wanted to host #Loops but it requires #S3 which is unavailable in #Tunisia)
#Tech #Internet #OVH #Debian #BanisraeliContributors #Palworld #TheBigBonLinux #ClaudeAI
🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:
Excavating Blogger - https://www.thisdaysportion.com/posts/excavating-blogger/?ref=feedle.world
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⇾ The Lifeblood of the Web – Matthias Ott - https://marcthiele.com/links/the-lifeblood-of-the-web?ref=feedle.world
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→ A Website To End All Websites
https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
“The personal website is a staunch undying answer to everything the corporate and industrial #web has taken from us.”
“[U]n-spin yourself from the Five Apps of the Apocalypse and reclaim the Internet as a set of tools you use to build something you can own & be proud of […]”
→ A Website To End All Websites
https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
“The personal website is a staunch undying answer to everything the corporate and industrial #web has taken from us.”
“[U]n-spin yourself from the Five Apps of the Apocalypse and reclaim the Internet as a set of tools you use to build something you can own & be proud of […]”