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Great article by Dr. Andrew Jackson @ UCD refuting the Stripe co-founder's recent op-ed in the Irish Times.

On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse” elajucd.com/2025/11/21/on-envi…


On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”

Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
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Silly #Poll: where are you along the #neckbeard pipeline?

(Note: the neckbeard is metaphorical. No actual facial hair required)

Also, please remember #DanesLaw: no matter how carefully someone attempts to construct a poll, the very first comment will usually expose a glaring oversight. That's just how it goes.

  • Windows is fine (5%, 28 votes)
  • MacOS, 'cuz life's too short for all that mess. (14%, 76 votes)
  • Linux, because it's faster, and my games run great (19%, 105 votes)
  • I'm a Linux command line jockey!! (35%, 187 votes)
  • FreeBSD all the way! LONG LIVE UNIX (9%, 51 votes)
  • OpenBSD! Security go BRRR! (6%, 36 votes)
  • Of *course* it runs NetBSD! (2%, 11 votes)
  • Haiku!! It's so beautiful!! (3%, 19 votes)
  • Ha, I'm still running Workbench/Aros!! (0%, 4 votes)
  • I wrote my own OS. I'm on a mission from G-d. (2%, 12 votes)
529 voters. Poll end: 1 month ago

#poll #neckbeard #daneslaw

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BassRPI 16 QPR1 (Bass ARM) Desktop PC - FOSS - RPI5, RPI500, RPI500+

This release is targeting the Desktop UI and uses SmartDock along with many of the configs that Google included in the AOSP 16 source, along with a few FOSS app stores and MicroG.

github.com/Bliss-Bass/bass-rpi…

Bass OS 16 Desktop UI, showing the app menu and Settings open as a floating window
Bass OS 16 Desktop UI, showing Settings opened as a floating window

Release BassRPI-16-DesktopPC-qpr1-foss-202511252026-rpi5-rc1 · Bliss-Bass/bass-rpi

BassRPI 16 QPR1 (Bass ARM) Desktop PC - FOSS - RPI5, RPI500, RPI500+ Android 16 QPR1 for your RPI device that comes in a number of different flavors (Tablet UI, Desktop UI, Kiosk UI, etc) This proj...
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I understand why, but the abysmal state of accessibility on Wayland means that a part of the open source community that depends - and I don't mean "uses for work" I mean "depends on to be able to use the machine at all" - are getting hung out to dry.

Somehow the free software community chose enterprise-infosec management-by-checklist over human centered usability and I'm worried we're going to be paying for that choice for a generation.

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Attached: 1 image #Plasma is going all #Wayland After nearly three decades of KDE desktop environments running on #X11, the future KDE Plasma 6.8 release (due early 2027) will be Wayland-exclusive.
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Hotel, rant

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I'm trying claude.ai for the first time. I already miss ChatGPT's interface. ChatGPT uses level 6 headings for each side of the conversation, so I can quickly jump to the latest response or review what I wrote and then skip down to the response. It tells me when it's generating, and when it's done. Claude has neither feature. But it's supposed to be better for coding, so here I am.

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SFC just launched our biggest match challenge! Can we raise $211,927 before January 15? (Those last days overlap with the Vizio trial!) I'm excited to find out.

sfconservancy.org/sustainer/

And this link takes you right to our Year in Review:

sfconservancy.org/sustainer/#Y…

Support Conservancy!

Software freedom is critical to many of today’s most pressing social issues, but it’s only effective when FOSS is for everyone. Support Conservancy today to help make that happen!
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Jiří Eischmann

@monk @pemensik yeah, I think saving app data to Google Drive isn't really acceptable for someone who uses GrapheneOS because then why to use GrapheneOS in the first place? So I'm glad GOS provides a solution to that.

The migration story on Android may be better than 5-10 years ago, but it is still light years behind iOS, or even desktop Linux where the process is much less manual than on Android. And it's deliberate. Google could have come up with something similar, but they chose not to because their interest is to sell cloud services.

@Petr Menšík @Alexander Sosedkin

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Hey @simon I believe you would be interested in this? Pretty sure you were the one talking about how foobar doesn't have good audiobook-style speed controls... So @Bri managed to wrap speedy, a Google fork of sonic adding a nonlinear mode, into a foobar DSP! github.com/masonasons/FooSpeed…

GitHub - masonasons/FooSpeedy: foobar2000 DSP component using Google's Speedy algorithm for audio speed/pitch manipulation

foobar2000 DSP component using Google's Speedy algorithm for audio speed/pitch manipulation - masonasons/FooSpeedy
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@Simon Jaeger

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MIS QUERIDOS COMPAS ETHPANYOLES

¿saben de alguien que trabaje en la Real Academia Española o que conozca a alguien que trabaje en RAE.ES?

he encontrado un error monstruoso en una de sus páginas más importantes, la de las conjugaciones:

Modelos de conjugación verbal rae.es/modelos-de-conjugacion-…

y estoy viendo el error replicado al través de sitios que la usan como recurso o punto de referencia.

es como si quién editó la página no fuera hispanoparlante.

#España #RAE #español

Modelos de conjugación verbal

Real Academia Española
#espana #espanol #rae

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Tak vám musím říct, že moje řidičská kariéra nejspíš právě dostala trhlinu, kterou už tahle firma nezalepí.
Minulý měsíc jsem bral extra směny za odpadlíky, snažil jsem se pomoct kde to šlo a BAF, dnes payslip, kde mě firma podělala skoro o £500.
Zítra to prý prověří a samozřejmě dají do pořádku. To znamená ve výplatě v lednu. Takže místo plánování dárků budu nasraný jak četník celé svátky.
Stálo mě to 2 hodiny procházení záznamů z tachografu, a pekelného nasraní.
Upřímně, teď bych s chutí rád prošel záznamy za rok zpět, protože tam zaručeně taky byla nějaká kulišárna, ale nemám na to mentálně kapacitu, protože bych asi vraždil

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My new microphone and other audio essencials now are ordered from Thonmann! (thanks to @jonathan859 and Gemini for recommendations)
Essencially, the entire thing started by me, who was spamming poor Jonathan with minutes of audio messages on Whats App about how I had no idea what to get myself for Christmas.
Then I thought about my setup. My computer itself is up to date. As are my headphones and my keyboard. But then I realized that my good old Fifine k690 'already' is 3 and a half years old, and I thought that I could do much better with my audio interface.
Back then I bought it primarly for Teamtalk and didn't make usage of the mono mode. However, as the years passed and use Discord more and more i realized how cool mono actually is, and unfortunately, the Fifine is not so great with that. ("Besides", I thought, "2025 I basically upgraded everything I own, so why not sort out the last piece of the old setup too?")
So, I bought myself the Shure SM58 LC, the Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen Millenium MA-2050 and the sssnake SM6BK
For those amongst you bwho aren't audio nerds (I'll include myself):
* Shure SM58 LC: The actual microphone (the lc at the end means that this is the version without the 'switch' (what said switch is I didn't figure out either))
* Focusrite Scarlett Solo 4th Gen: This is the actual audio interface. For those who might be wondering why I need that, this is essencially the part which transforms the analog signal into a digital one a computer can perceive.
* Millenium MA-2050: This is the microphone arm - so my microphone doesn't stand on the desk but hangs in front my face.
* The sssnake SM6BK: This is just an XLR-cable to connect the microphone with the previous element.
The total amount I paid is roughly €256. I am very excited when it arrives, and how it will be. I probably won't be making an unboxing or something, but I will gladly tell you about my experience.
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Complaining about Christmas music

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#chatmail does secure email federation that works. Using lean "relay" servers that enforce metadata-minimized end-to-end encryption.

There is a new little tool that checks whether two relays are interacting well for messaging, and how fast. You need a terminal window and be able to execute:

pip install cmping

you can then run for example:

cmping mailchat.pl nine.testrun.org

to perform a "ping" test for e2ee-messaging. Also see chatmail.at/relays

github.com/chatmail/cmping/

screenshot of a command installable with "pip install cmping". (venv) hpk@gamma:~$ cmping mailchat.pl nine.testrun.org # using accounts_dir at: /home/hpk/.cache/cmping CMPING mailchat.pl(jscsiirgr@mailchat.pl) -> nine.testrun.org(76yzfhcig@nine 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=0 time=899.98ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=1 time=537.55ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=2 time=583.42ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=11 time=555.63ms ... 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=12 time=560.16ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=13 time=543.74ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=14 time=641.86ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=15 time=649.15ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=25 time=553.25ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=26 time=583.68ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=27 time=641.81ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=28 time=650.70ms 64 bytes ME -> mailchat.pl -> nine.testrun.org -> ME seq=29 time=558.98ms --- jscsiirgr@mailchat.pl -> 76yzfhcig@nine.testrun.org statistics --- 30 transmitted, 30 received, 0.00% loss rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 537.554/596.469/899.980/71.002 ms

Chatmail: Relays

Chatmail provides FOSS infrastructure for interoperable, secure, speedy and reliable end-to-end encrypted messaging. Check out clients as Arcane Chat, Bots or Delta Chat today!
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ANDREQ 🇷🇺

Ok.. I love DC, here I have no problems with it, but why (without going into technical details, implementation).... On my phone, pure Lineage OS without Google services, without anything! Notifications are received on Telegram and WhatsApp, but there are always difficulties in Deltachat. Why! Just explain to me (maybe not even to me, in simple terms... for those who are very far from programming) why is there no simple implementation?! What's in the way?!

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#France #administratif
À savoir : Si vous devez fournir un justificatif d'identité, vous pouvez utiliser ce site officiel du gouvernement français.
Il vous génère un justificatif d'identité à usage unique, en précisant le destinataire et la durée de validité. Cela évite de donner une copie de sa carte d'identité et en conséquence de moins risquer d'usurpations d'identité.
france-identite.gouv.fr/justif…

justificatif d’identité à usage unique

Le justificatif d’identité à usage unique, remplacez vos photocopies de titre d’identité par un document sécurisé pour éviter les fraudes
Programme France identité numérique (France Identité)
#france #administratif
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Can anyone with Docker experience help us figure out what's causing our builds to fail? It was working a few months ago, and without any config changes it's now consistently failing.

Latest: github.com/writefreely/writefr…

#HelpWanted #Docker #WriteFreely #WriteFreelyDev


Merge pull request #1504 from writefreely/fix-customize-log · writefreely/writefreely@4b09f7c

A clean, Markdown-based publishing platform made for writers. Write together and build a community. - Merge pull request #1504 from writefreely/fix-customize-log · writefreely/writefreely@4b09f7c
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#writefreely #docker #helpwanted #writefreelydev

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Here is my Ukraine peace proposal:

1. Putin is sent to The Hague.
2. Russian soldiers leave Ukraine including Crimea.
3. Russia returns all kidnapped Ukrainian children.
4. Russia releases all Ukrainian prisoners.
5. Russia pays damages for everything their war has destroyed.
6. Russia pays damages to Ukrainian families who have lost family members.
7. Russia pays damages to every person who has been tortured, abducted or otherwise criminally mistreated.
8. Ukraine becomes a member of the EU.

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Very much sinicism ahead:

Re last boost about FS accounts:

[1]> Thank you for your patience and for continuing to share your concerns. We are listening, and we will get better.

I highly doubt it. Corpos rarely get better.

> Over time, accounts will enable more personalization, better reliability, and improved access to new features—including AI-assisted capabilities.

JAWS in educational settings on open computers do *not* need personalizing. Also where's that HIPAA and FERPA compliance? We need that for all this AI AI AI.

> But we should have explained this earlier. That is our oversight, and we apologize.

Lol corporate appologies mean nothing. Absolutely nothing.

> Some third-party AI integrations cannot legally be used by minors. Age verification ensures we comply with regional laws and provide the correct experience for all users.

And if we've turned off those AI features through the command line installer switches? No age verification needed.

> We should have explained more clearly that your information is not used for marketing unless you explicitly opt in.

For now. Later on they'll want that data.

> User Details for Adults (18+)

And here we go.

> Understand real-world workflows for people who are blind or low-vision

Dude surveys exist. They work quite well. Blind and low vision adults are, generally, capable of filling them out. They don't need to slow down an already unnecisary sign-up form.

> Allocate engineering effort responsibly

Oh they're already feeling the loss of top engineers.

> Phone Number

My number is, no. Besides I'm sure FS and their private equity bosses sell all this to data brokers. I mean that's what private equity wants, more money from their investments.

> We intentionally collect less information from young users to protect their privacy.

I wish companies cared as much about everyone else as they do kids.

Ooo lookie, infosec!

> Stored in AWS data centers with industry-standard protections

Industry standard isn't good enough. Shit gets hacked all the time.

> Encrypted in transit and at rest

Okay that sounds a tad bit better. But if it's at rest it can be decrypted.

> We have heard your feedback clearly, and we are making improvements.

Yeah every corporate says they've heard our feedback. So they should stop parroting that line and just lead with actions.

> Most fields currently required will become optional

Okay, over the next few weeks. We'll see.

> Only age confirmation and basic contact information will remain mandatory

Sure. Gotta get that phone number.

> Age verification will change to a simple “Over 18?” confirmation

Okay that's rather good I guess.

> Users under 18 will still be able to use the products but will have certain AI features disabled

So if you want no AI, just say you're under 18.

> Our Commitment to You Moving Forward

Bahahaha now this is straight up bullshit. FS is commited to making fucking money and nothing else. At all.

> The purpose of accounts is to make the products better—not to make your experience more difficult.
We recognize we did not communicate this well enough, and we apologize for any frustration or confusion this caused.

See, they aren't backtracking on making every single individual user create an account. Oh no. They just wish they'd gotten control of the narrative around it before everyone else started looking at just how little info NVDA collects. Fucking assholes.

> Going forward, we are committed to:

Controlling the narrative earlier and more completely so our reputation doesn't take any more hits. Lol. Oh and going on podcasts to soothe the blinkyDink community.

> Working hand-in-hand with the community as we improve the software

They'll be on Double Tap soon enough.

Where I work, we have workstations where people use computers. There are lots and lots of people using each computer. Many of them, at first, don't even know how to type. Let that sink in. They cannot type. So how the actual crap are they going to make an account when they can't type? And no we ain't doing it for each and every student, and then showing them how to log out of their account and hoping they do that each day. Ain't gonna happen. Oh also HIPAA and FERPA compliance is pretty important where I work.

Meanwhile NVDA barely collects any information at all. Because NVDA is a screen reader. Also the AI Content Describer NVDA addon can use local, or even on-site AI models so no personal info leaves the workplace. Also NVDA is free. Also the on-site AI is free. Also the Gemma 27B model is fairly good at describing images. Also on-device or on-site AI doesn't require any account. Also none of this requires a subscription. Don't be stuck between JAWS. Get out before you get eaten. Unless you own a business yourself, in which case they'll probably treat you well, for now.

[1] vispero.com/resources/account-…


Vispero Account Update | What’s Changing & Why

Learn why account information is requested, how it’s used, and what changes are coming to simplify Vispero’s registration process for JAWS, ZoomText, and Fusion.
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Just for the archives, and to follow up on my recent post, it does seem to be possible to have two nvda remote sessions running on one instance of NVDA. I've got, before saying anything else, to thank @jonathan859 for the idea. It's amazing in its ease of use, and I am deeply grateful to him for suggesting it. I wanted to control two NVDA remote servers from one client. In other words, one laptop controlling two desktops, desktop 1 and desktop 2. I have NVDA 2025.3 running both the TeleNVDA add-on and the remote access that is built into NVDA. I have seen no issue in running both, the add-on updated fine and, of course, remote access just requires the checkbox to be checked. It is easy enough to get both to work. Just connect to desktop1 with the "remote" submenu in the NVDA tools menu or use alt+nvda+pageUp. Again, connect to desktop2 with alt+nvda+r, or through the "remote access" submenu of the tools menu. To control desktop1, hit f11. To control desktop2, go back to the controller and hit alt+nvda+tab. I am sure the keyboard control works well, but I still have to spend some time testing how the incoming text works when both controlled machines and the controller are trying to talk at the same time. It looks like it works well, too, at least I can't make it fail, but I'd like a few weeks to be sure. The annoying thing for me, and this is nothing to do with TeleNVDA, I think, is that I can't keep the computer connected through the remote access menu, the one built into NVDA, muted. I can mute it, but whenever I go to it with nvda+alt+tab, I get "unmuted". As I said, this has nothing to do with using two connections, it's just NVDA not allowing me to have keyboard control without speech output. Also, and this is even more of a specialized use case, it is possible to use one controller as a bridge to others. Connect to desktop1 via TeleNVDA, then have desktop1 connect to desktop2 via built-in remote access. As I said, this is usually not of any use, but can be needed when one computer is connected to two networks and can become a bridge between them. Again, thanks to @jonathan859 for the idea.
@Jonathan

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According to an email I just received from my utility company, "our app offers more."

More what?

Heartaches? Headaches? Exploitation? Bad news? Chances of winning the lottery? Unprecedented good fortune, the likes of which has never been seen before?

What are we comparing it to?
Chain saws? Lawnmowers? Music production workstations?

So many questions...

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Alright, it is time for a huge announcement, something that I've been wanting to get out there for a really long time, but decided to keep quiet about until it was fully prepped up and ready for showtime.
Friends, I am happy to announce my first app release as an indie developer!
Introducing Paylino, a simple yet powerful, fully accessible bill scanning and splitting app, available to download on iOS starting today.

Split bills in seconds — fast, easy, accurate.

Paylino is the iOS receipt scanner built for sharing. Snap a restaurant check, a shared grocery receipt, or any group expense. Paylino instantly detects line items, taxes, and totals, then lets you split everything fairly — down to the cent.

Start in a tap:
Snap the receipt → auto-detect → assign items → choose tip → done.

How it works

1. Snap or choose a receipt
Take a photo right in the app. Smart edge detection helps you line it up perfectly. Or import a photo from your library.

2. Capture everything automatically
Our specialized AI recognizes the merchant, currency, items, and taxes/extra fees. Everything is clearly organized and fully editable.

3. Split fairly with friends
Add names, tap who had what, and (optionally) select a tip percentage. Paylino calculates the total and each person’s share automatically.

4. Keep every receipt
Your scanned receipts are saved in the app and synced with iCloud, so you can pull them up anytime.

For those of us who are blind / visually impaired, Paylino makes it super simple to scan receipts, and then check item prices and totals in a consistent, unified format that can be super quickly navigated with VoiceOver. I personally am really bad when it comes to lining up my iPhone camera for a good shot, so hopefully the fact that I've been getting excellent results consistently is a good indication that it should work great for others as well.
If you've been reading this far and it's sparked your interest, I invite you to download Paylino from the App Store and give it a spin!

apps.apple.com/app/paylino/id6…

Note: since Paylino uses server-powered AI models for bill image analysis, using the app requires a paid subscription, the cheapest one is available at €0.99 / month, which enables 5 scan credits per month.
Any thoughts, comments and feedback is super super deeply appreciated!
#iOS #iOSDev #IndieDev


Paylino App - App Store

Download Paylino by Subsspot GmbH on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Paylino.
App Store
#ios #indiedev #iosdev

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🇩🇪Irreführende Schlagzeilen: Die #Chatkontrolle ist nicht tot, sie wird privatisiert! 🚨

EU-Länder heute für:
🔍 Anlasslose Massenüberwachung
🆔 Ausweispflicht für alle (Ende der Anonymität)
🚫 Digitalen Hausarrest für Teens

Der Kampf geht weiter!

patrick-breyer.de/faktencheck-…

Eine Europakarte auf schwarzem Hintergrund mit dem Titel „Stop #ChatControl“. Die Länder sind farblich markiert: Rot für Befürworter (die Mehrheit, inkl. Deutschland und Frankreich), Grün für Gegner oder Enthaltungen (Niederlande, Polen, Tschechien, Italien). Detaillierte Beschreibung: Die Grafik zeigt eine Landkarte von Europa vor schwarzem Hintergrund. Oben steht in weißer Schrift „STOP #CHATCONTROL!“ und darunter die Frage „IS YOUR GOVERNMENT OPPOSING IT YET?“ (Ist deine Regierung schon dagegen?). Eine Legende auf der linken Seite erklärt die Farbkodierung der Länder: Grün (Opposing / Neutral): Länder, die das Vorhaben ablehnen oder sich neutral verhalten. Auf der Karte sind dies: Niederlande (NL), Polen (PL), Tschechien (CZ) und Italien (IT). Rot (In Favour): Länder, die das Vorhaben unterstützen. Dies betrifft die große Mehrheit der abgebildeten Staaten, darunter Deutschland (DE).

Faktencheck: EU-Ratsbeschluss zur Chatkontrolle ist keine Lösung, sondern Freibrief für anlasslose Massenüberwachung und Bedrohung des Rechts auf anonyme Kommunikation

Entgegen den heutigen Schlagzeilen, denen zufolge die EU von der Chatkontrolle abgerückt sei, haben die EU-Botschafter heute in einer knappen Abstimmung den Weg für eine dauerhafte Massenüberwachung privater Nachrichten geebnet. Dr.
Patrick Breyer
#Chatkontrolle
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Patrick Breyer

🇪🇺Misleading headlines: #ChatControl is not dead, it is being privatized! 🚨

EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens

The fight continues! 👇 patrick-breyer.de/en/reality-c…

A map of Europe on a black background with the title "Stop #ChatControl!". Countries are color-coded: Red for supporters (the majority, including Germany and France), Green for opponents or abstentions (Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy). Text asks: "Is your government opposing it yet?"

Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously

Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance.
Patrick Breyer
#chatcontrol
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