Erik Albers
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Fortunately, getting killed by the CIA by means of predator drone strike is not everybody's threat model. For others - certain French judges for example - a real threat can be getting sanctioned by the US government and completely locked out of US services.
So yes, know your threat model when picking between #Signal and #Conversations_im.
Wouter Tebbens ⁂
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Welke gedeelde zorgen leven er bij o.a:
- Het HBO - DCC PO
- De Jonge Akademie (KNAW)
- De Universiteiten van Nederland
- @algosoc
- Het International Criminal Court
- @SURF
- en 14 Rectoren Magnifici in 2019⁉️
🕵🏽 Puik werk en veel perspectieven samengebracht door het Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau (HOP).
#opendesk #mijnbureau #nextcloud #opencloud #aanDeSlag
https://punt.avans.nl/2025/11/strafhof-dumpt-microsoft-kan-een-hogeschool-of-universiteit-dat-ook/
Welke gedeelde zorgen leven er bij o.a:
- Het HBO - DCC PO
- De Jonge Akademie (KNAW)
- De Universiteiten van Nederland
- @algosoc
- Het International Criminal Court
- @SURF
- en 14 Rectoren Magnifici in 2019⁉️
🕵🏽 Puik werk en veel perspectieven samengebracht door het Hoger Onderwijs Persbureau (HOP).
#opendesk #mijnbureau #nextcloud #opencloud #aanDeSlag
https://punt.avans.nl/2025/11/strafhof-dumpt-microsoft-kan-een-hogeschool-of-universiteit-dat-ook/
Ulrike Hahn
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Our CfP for #FOSDEM 2026 is now open: “Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure” 🌐🇪🇺
Together with the @SCS, our Devroom at @fosdem will bring together projects focused on public digital infrastructure: from sovereign cloud solutions to collaboration and office suites (e.g., #openDesk, #MijnBureau, #LaSuiteNumérique), as well as standards and best practices for interoperable, #OpenSource-based IT in the public sector.
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Our CfP for #FOSDEM 2026 is now open: “Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure” 🌐🇪🇺
Together with the @SCS, our Devroom at @fosdem will bring together projects focused on public digital infrastructure: from sovereign cloud solutions to collaboration and office suites (e.g., #openDesk, #MijnBureau, #LaSuiteNumérique), as well as standards and best practices for interoperable, #OpenSource-based IT in the public sector.
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Unser CfP zur #FOSDEM 2026 ist offen: „Building Europe’s Public Digital Infrastructure“ 🌐🇪🇺
Gemeinsam mit dem @SCS bringen wir in unserem Devroom auf der @fosdem Projekte rund um öffentliche digitale Infrastruktur zusammen: von souveränen Cloud-Lösungen über Kollaborations- und Office Suites (z. B. #openDesk, #MijnBureau, #LaSuiteNumérique) bis hin zu Standards und Best Practices für interoperable, #OpenSource-basierte IT-Infrastruktur im öffentlichen Sektor.
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You may think a digital world where we’re no longer dependent on Big Tech is unrealistic… but you don’t have to reinforce the convenient narrative that there are no alternatives. You don’t have to be bold, but don’t discourage the leaders, pioneers, and decision-makers who do want to value things like autonomy and ownership of their data with unnecessary fear or a sense of smallness.
#bigtech #nextcloud #opendesk #mijnbureau #laSuite #ZenDiS #surf #bzk
Wouter Tebbens ⁂
and 2 others
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The #ICC joins a growing list of EU-based institutions that has abandoned or is abandoning US-based FascTech and move towards EU-based open-source solutions instead.
The reason in this case isn’t only saved budget.
Karim Khan, chief prosecutor for the ICC, lost access to his Outlook mailbox in May 2025 after delivering the arrest warrant against Netanyahu - on top of getting his bank account frozen.
Imagine a world where UN officers for the highest criminal court can’t do their job because a single American company can coerce their decisions by simply cutting access to their digital lives.
The ICC is therefore switching from #Microsoft 365 to #OpenDesk, a FOSS solution mostly developed in Germany.
The fall of American Big Tech will happen one step at the time, one revoked license at the time, one lost user at the time.
After 15 years spent evangelizing that there’s no technology outside of their clouds, people are finally realizing that solutions are possible - and those solutions both save them money and restore their sovereignty and ownership over their digital lives. The same tipping points that led to their success can also lead to their demise.
There’s an eternal technological pendulum between centralization and decentralization that keeps swinging whenever the disadvantages of one end start outweighing the disadvantages of the other end. And it will keep swinging, no matter how big the American FascTech has become.
https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/digitaal/internationaal-strafhof-neemt-afscheid-van-microsoft-365
The #ICC joins a growing list of EU-based institutions that has abandoned or is abandoning US-based FascTech and move towards EU-based open-source solutions instead.
The reason in this case isn’t only saved budget.
Karim Khan, chief prosecutor for the ICC, lost access to his Outlook mailbox in May 2025 after delivering the arrest warrant against Netanyahu - on top of getting his bank account frozen.
Imagine a world where UN officers for the highest criminal court can’t do their job because a single American company can coerce their decisions by simply cutting access to their digital lives.
The ICC is therefore switching from #Microsoft 365 to #OpenDesk, a FOSS solution mostly developed in Germany.
The fall of American Big Tech will happen one step at the time, one revoked license at the time, one lost user at the time.
After 15 years spent evangelizing that there’s no technology outside of their clouds, people are finally realizing that solutions are possible - and those solutions both save them money and restore their sovereignty and ownership over their digital lives. The same tipping points that led to their success can also lead to their demise.
There’s an eternal technological pendulum between centralization and decentralization that keeps swinging whenever the disadvantages of one end start outweighing the disadvantages of the other end. And it will keep swinging, no matter how big the American FascTech has become.
https://www.binnenlandsbestuur.nl/digitaal/internationaal-strafhof-neemt-afscheid-van-microsoft-365
La Cour pénale internationale remplace Microsoft Office par la suite logicielle souveraine de l'UE OpenDesk, Le personnel de la CPI ne fait plus confiance à Microsoft ni aux autres logiciels américains
#GAFAM #Microsoft #Office #CPI #SouverainetéNumérique #OpenDesk
Debby ⁂📎🐧:disability_flag:
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電子信箱軟體選擇竟然會影響犯罪調查和國際關係？
美國政府和川普本人認為國際刑事法庭（ICC）針對美國及其盟友發起調查屬於「非法且毫無根據」行為，於是在 2025 年 2 月簽署行政命令，對 ICC 及首席檢察官 Karim Khan 祭出經濟、技術、旅行等制裁，甚至傳出疑似讓微軟封鎖了首席檢察官的電子信箱的傳聞，微軟官方雖否認這項傳聞，但這波制裁與傳聞，不只嚴重影響 ICC 的運作，也讓多個非營利組織因此避免與 ICC 合作和來往，以防止電子郵件受到封鎖和監控，造成諸多國際重要刑事調查因此受阻。
德國商報（Handelsblatt）報導提及，ICC 正研議汰換商用軟體，效仿歐盟推動的數位主權政策，改用 openDesk 等開源方案，避免雲端服務、軟體都依賴美國的廠商，並扶植在地技術廠商作為開源服務提供商。軟體和服務供應商的選擇，同時也牽動著公民權利和數位主權。若要避免數位基礎建設都掌握在他國企業，扶植在地廠商、軟體的公開透明都極其重要。
OCF 一直在推動公共程式（Public Money, Public Code），提倡使用公共款項的政府數位服務或系統開發，應採用能夠跨機關、產業和公眾共同使用、 檢視、並修正的公共程式碼。臺灣政府在「開放政府承諾事項 2025 - 2028」承諾將建立各機關執行公共程式指引，OCF 也會持續參與在這個過程，讓臺灣軟體產業誕生更多在地開源軟體服務商，打造更完整的產業鏈與多元的開源生態系夥伴。
#PMPC #公共程式 #Trump #ICC #karimkhan #opendesk
開放科技倡議頁面https://ocf.tw/p/opentech/
1. 健全開放原始碼軟體生態系
2. 促使政府落實「使用公共款應公開原始碼」（Public Money, Public Code，PMPC），實踐科技開放
3. 鼓勵各界取得 OpenChain 認證，降低法律風險
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您會關心這篇貼文，就是和我們一樣關心開放科技的推動，是開源社群的超級英雄
我們需要更多人關心數位資安、網路自由（言論自由、平台治理)，以及我們持續關注的開放資料與 AI 議題。歡迎訂閱 OCF 電子報，隨時取得最新消息。https://ocf.tw/subocf
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電子信箱軟體選擇竟然會影響犯罪調查和國際關係？
美國政府和川普本人認為國際刑事法庭（ICC）針對美國及其盟友發起調查屬於「非法且毫無根據」行為，於是在 2025 年 2 月簽署行政命令，對 ICC 及首席檢察官 Karim Khan 祭出經濟、技術、旅行等制裁，甚至傳出疑似讓微軟封鎖了首席檢察官的電子信箱的傳聞，微軟官方雖否認這項傳聞，但這波制裁與傳聞，不只嚴重影響 ICC 的運作，也讓多個非營利組織因此避免與 ICC 合作和來往，以防止電子郵件受到封鎖和監控，造成諸多國際重要刑事調查因此受阻。
德國商報（Handelsblatt）報導提及，ICC 正研議汰換商用軟體，效仿歐盟推動的數位主權政策，改用 openDesk 等開源方案，避免雲端服務、軟體都依賴美國的廠商，並扶植在地技術廠商作為開源服務提供商。軟體和服務供應商的選擇，同時也牽動著公民權利和數位主權。若要避免數位基礎建設都掌握在他國企業，扶植在地廠商、軟體的公開透明都極其重要。
OCF 一直在推動公共程式（Public Money, Public Code），提倡使用公共款項的政府數位服務或系統開發，應採用能夠跨機關、產業和公眾共同使用、 檢視、並修正的公共程式碼。臺灣政府在「開放政府承諾事項 2025 - 2028」承諾將建立各機關執行公共程式指引，OCF 也會持續參與在這個過程，讓臺灣軟體產業誕生更多在地開源軟體服務商，打造更完整的產業鏈與多元的開源生態系夥伴。
#PMPC #公共程式 #Trump #ICC #karimkhan #opendesk
開放科技倡議頁面https://ocf.tw/p/opentech/
1. 健全開放原始碼軟體生態系
2. 促使政府落實「使用公共款應公開原始碼」（Public Money, Public Code，PMPC），實踐科技開放
3. 鼓勵各界取得 OpenChain 認證，降低法律風險
—
您會關心這篇貼文，就是和我們一樣關心開放科技的推動，是開源社群的超級英雄
我們需要更多人關心數位資安、網路自由（言論自由、平台治理)，以及我們持續關注的開放資料與 AI 議題。歡迎訂閱 OCF 電子報，隨時取得最新消息。https://ocf.tw/subocf
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der.hans
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Update. "The International Criminal Court ( #ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from #MicrosoftOffice to #OpenDesk, a European [German] #OpenSource alternative."
https://www.euractiv.com/news/international-criminal-court-to-ditch-microsoft-office-for-european-open-source-alternative/
