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  • Your Privacy Is Too Important to Leave to Big Tech

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    A leaked internal Meta document has revealed something that should make all of us uncomfortable. When launching facial recognition software for its smart glasses, Meta apparently noted that civil society groups would be too busy dealing with other political fires to push back hard. The implication is that Meta saw a window of reduced public…

  • The computer inside your computer: why it matters for digital sovereignty.

    The computer inside your computer: why it matters for digital sovereignty.

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    Europe is spending billions trying to keep its data out of American hands. But there’s a problem nobody’s talking about: it’s baked into the processor. There’s a conversation happening across Europe about digital sovereignty: about keeping data out of the reach of American tech giants and US law. Governments are funding alternatives. France has built…

  • We Choose Tuta

    We Choose Tuta

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    Although I am a long time Proton Mail user (and still am), the recent moves by the Swiss government to dramatically expand state surveillance powers (potentially requiring email providers to log metadata and decrypt user data on demand) have prompted a rethink. Not only is Tuta based in Germany (and are therefore not bound by…