#Sweden's public sector says goodbye to #BigTech

https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/swedens-public-sector-says-goodbye-to-big-tech

#privacy #cybersecurity #Tele2Collaborate #Matrix #Element #politics

Sweden's public sector says goodbye to Big Tech

Tele2 Collaborate is a new secure collaboration hub

^{Chiara Castro (TechRadar pro)}

Let's use @protonprivacy and @Tutanota products.
Encryption is the single best hope against surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/house-section-702-vote/

#security #cybersecurity #infosec #nationalsecurity #nsa #fbi #section702 #privacy #government #surveillance #e2ee #tech #proton #protonmail #tuta #tutanota #bigtech #degoogle

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

Genuine question. How many more times does #BigTech censorship have to take place against journalists before you start writing on your own websites and directing people to your #RSS feed instead of relying on your social media traffic? There's thousands of places that will host your own website for you, for a price. I list a few below! No, it's not free, but how many times does this have to happen to you? https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/kansas-reflector-meta-facebook-column-censored

And here, I list a bunch of places that will host your own website for you!

https://robertkingett.com/links/

#Journalism

Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see

Read the Kansas Reflector's piece about Facebook's climate change ad policy

^{Marisa Kabas (The Handbasket)}

Apple's response to its ~$2 billion fine is telling.

It's the same mentality Apple shows with the #DMA.

This must be the start of the #EU's crackdown on #BigTech. 💪

Here's why we're in revolt against #Apple's malicious compliance with the DMA
➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-malicious-compliance

We had a great talk with XMTP_Labs last week 🎙️
https://blog.xmtp.com/tuta/

We love seeing more companies embrace #privacy & join the fight against #bigtech & government #surveillance. ✊🔒

Here's to making the #web a better place #together! 🥂

Apple is showing flagrant disregard for the EU #DigitalMarketsAct. 🇪🇺

Their reluctant allowance of third-party app stores, #sideloading, & alternative payments is nothing more than an act of #malicious compliance by #apple 🍎

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/apple-eu-dma-malicious-compliance
#monopoly #BigTech

2024 is the year to drop Big Tech for good. Let's start with #gmail !

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/how-to-delete-gmail-account

#NewYearsResolution #BigTech #opensource

#DigitalColonialism #AlgorithmicBias #BigTech -

Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back

Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry

"Large technology companies like Meta, Amazon, and Alphabet have unprecedented access to our daily lives, collecting information when we check our email, count our steps, shop online, and commute to and from work. Current events are concerning—both the changing owners (and names) of billion-dollar tech companies and regulatory concerns about artificial intelligence underscore the sweeping nature of Big Tech’s surveillance and the influence such companies hold over the people who use their apps and platforms.

As trusted tech experts Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry show in this eye-opening and convincing book, this vast accumulation of data is not the accidental stockpile of a fast-growing industry. Just as nations stole territories for ill-gotten minerals and crops, wealth, and dominance, tech companies steal personal data important to our lives. It’s only within the framework of colonialism, Mejias and Couldry argue, that we can comprehend the full scope of this heist.

Like the land grabs of the past, today’s data grab converts our data into raw material for the generation of corporate profit against our own interests. Like historical colonialism, today’s tech corporations have engineered an extractive form of doing business that builds a new social and economic order, leads to job precarity, and degrades the environment. These methods deepen global inequality, consolidating corporate wealth in the Global North and engineering discriminatory algorithms. Promising convenience, connection, and scientific progress, tech companies enrich themselves by encouraging us to relinquish details about our personal interactions, our taste in movies or music, and even our health and medical records. Do we have any other choice?"

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo216184200.html

Data Grab

A compelling argument that the extractive practices of today’s tech giants are the continuation of colonialism—and a crucial guide to collective resistance.

^{University of Chicago Press}

🎊 Looking for a sweet way to celebrate #dataprivacyday? 🎉

Why not try dropping #BigTech in favor of a more private #email provider. 😎

We've got you covered with a full comparison so you can have your #privacy cake and eat it too! 💪🔒
👉https://tuta.com/blog/best-free-email-accounts

The American Dialect Society has announced that its 2023 Word of the Year is "Entshittification". 💩

The decline in quality of service and content from #google and #amazon is plain to see, but this doesn't need to be the future of the internet. 🤖

You can help make the web a better place by choosing free and open source alternatives to #BigTech! ✊
👉 https://tuta.com/open-source

1. Read this:

“Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot.”

https://github.blog/2023-11-08-universe-2023-copilot-transforms-github-into-the-ai-powered-developer-platform/

2. Go here:

https://codeberg.org/

#git #gitHub #codeberg #enshittification #BigTech #cooperative #dev

Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform - The GitHub Blog

GitHub is announcing general availability of GitHub Copilot Chat and previews of the new GitHub Copilot Enterprise offering, new AI-powered security features, and the GitHub Copilot Partner Program.

^{Thomas Dohmke (The GitHub Blog)}

Google is taking pay-to-play to the next level. Recent court testimony shows that Google paid $21 Billion USD to remain the Internet's dominant search engine. 😱

💪 Fight back against Big Tech's monopoly by switching to a more private search engine today! 👇
https://tutanota.com/blog/google-search-monopoly

#privacy #encryption #google #monopoly #bigtech

Google Pays $21 Billion for Search Monopoly: How "Free" Tech Markets Repress Free Speech and Hurt All of US

Your data is worth billions, time to take it back and break the Google monopoly on search!

^Tutanota

Norwegen greift durch – aufgrund anhaltender Verstöße gegen EU-Recht durch #Meta hat das Land ein dreimonatiges Verbot für personalisierte Werbung auf Facebook und Instagram erlassen. Das Verbot ist ein bedeutender Schritt, um besser zu verstehen und zu kontrollieren, wie Big Tech unsere persönlichen Daten nutzt. Hier könnt ihr mehr dazu erfahren: https://netzpolitik.org/2023/datenschutz-norwegen-verbietet-personalisierte-werbung-auf-facebook-und-instagram/#netzpolitik-pw

#datenschutz #bigtech #facebook #instagram

Datenschutz: Norwegen verbietet personalisierte Werbung auf Facebook und Instagram – netzpolitik.org

Der norwegischen Datenschutzaufsicht ist der Geduldsfaden gerissen. Weil Meta anhaltend EU-Recht verletzt, untersagt die Behörde dem Werbekonzern das Ausspielen personalisierter Werbung – vorerst für drei Monate.

^{netzpolitik.org}

“The fact that large platforms are adopting ActivityPub is not only validation of the movement towards decentralized social media, but a path forward for people locked into these platforms to switch to better providers. Which in turn, puts pressure on such platforms to provide better, less exploitative services. This is a clear victory for our cause, hopefully one of many to come.”

Famous last words.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/07/what-to-know-about-threads/

#mastodon #fediverse #threads #BigTech #SiliconValley #zeroSumGame

#Meta is having a very bad year. The latest decision (issued by the #CJEU yesterday in Meta Platforms Inc, et al., v. Bundeskartellamt, C-C252/21) adds to their woes, but more importantly, I anticipate it will force us all to re-evaluate #processing, #lawful bases, special category data, and #inferences derived from that data.

In my article, I explore the case in detail, as well as some hypotheses on the impact of this decision broadly to #BigTech, with examples.

But I'm curious to hear your thoughts and observations. Am I being a Cassandra? Overly pessimistic? Completely overthinking this? What implications am I missing?

I'll note here (even though I didn't mention it in the article) that this may also portend the effective death of the One Stop Shop mechanism, which is already on shaky ground after the whole spat between the #DPC and other regulators. Who needs Ireland if competition authorities can also raise issues under the GDPR?

CJEU case: https://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document_print.jsf?mode=DOC&pageIndex=0&docid=275125&part=1&doclang=FR&text=&dir=&occ=first&cid=62013

Substack: https://careylening.substack.com/p/metas-wakeup-call-and-big-techs-new

Meta's Wakeup Call, and Big Tech's New Reality?

I unpack the far-reaching Impact of the CJEU's landmark ruling in Meta Platforms v Bundeskartellant and what it means for Big Tech, consent, and inferred data.

^{Carey Lening (Chronicles of the Constantly Curious)}

"Poor" #BigTech will have to comply with the #DMA, despite their intense lobbying. 😭

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/dma-balancing-act