Your whole internet traffic, encryption, backups, communication, shopping, writings, business interaction, and so on are transferred through your router. If your router is not free, your digital freedom is likely to be compromised.
💥 Check out our #RouterFreedom tech wiki, which collects information on how to use a different modem or router from your internet provider.
Rock’n’roll @dario on #RouterFreedom at #SFSCON2025!
#SFSCON #DeviceNeutrality #SoftwareFreedom #FSFE #FreeSoftware
Rock’n’roll @dario on #RouterFreedom at #SFSCON2025!
#SFSCON #DeviceNeutrality #SoftwareFreedom #FSFE #FreeSoftware
Have you realized that all your Internet traffic, encryption, backups, communications, shopping, writing, business interactions, and so on, go through your router?
😟 Is your router free? If not, your digital freedom could be compromised.
✅ The good news: #RouterFreedom is secured by EU laws.
❌ The not so good ones: Router Freedom is still not a full reality in most of the EU countries.
Good news for #RouterFreedom and #NetNeutrality
The Italian regulator AGCOM has opened a consultation on the determination of the location of the termination point. This will define whether end-users can use their own routers and modems to connect to the internet.
https://www.agcom.it/provvedimenti/delibera-31-25-cons
Last October, we called to start a regulatory process to protect consumer rights and ensure router freedom in Italy.
More: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241016-01.en.html
We will contribute to the consultation, stay tuned!
#RouterFreedom is the longest policy/legal project I have been working so far. While the @fsfe started in Germany way back in 2013, I joined later the party in Feb. 2019 to cover the efforts at EU level after the 2018 reform of EU telecommunications law.
Having Router Freedom confirmed after almost 6 years in Germany is a great achievement, also in a personal level. I am very grateful to a LOT of people helping us with technical, legal, policy and community management advises. The effort paid off!
In special a big shout out to @mxmehl, @lexelas and @kirschner who have been great fellows in this path.
Now we look to a broader picture. #DeviceNeutrality, #DMA, #satellite networks are posing new challenges for #NetNeutrality and the right of end-users to choose their own equipment for internet connection.
