Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over #government ID.
More than thirteen years in, and I am still as excited about building this browser as I was on day one. Maybe more. That excitement comes from a genuine belief…
Google's proposed workaround for sideloading unverified apps requires 9 steps, a mandatory 24-hour waiting period, and is delivered through Google Play Services, not the Android OS. Google can modify or remove it at any time without user consent.
POV: You want to #DeGoogle your life but are unsure whether #BigTech alternatives have all the features..
Well you're in luck.
At Tuta, we do not only end-to-end encrypt your emails and inbox, but we also have all your favorite features like email templates, undo send, schedule send and more! 🎉🔥
Email templates can play a vital role in marketing and business as they offer a quick and nice way to save you loads of time from composing each email from the start.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No #login, no form, no #permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
This morning, representatives from Meta, TikTok, Snap, Google and Microsoft are lobbying Ireland's members of parliament at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality on the topic of "Safety and Well-being of Children Online" [sic].
You can watch along with this Boring Circus at the link below (select Committee Room 2), or watch back later:
There’s something ominous about the speed with which the entire world has marched to require identification on platforms and, as I expected, begin the process of banning anonymous VPNs.
Die Tagespresse hat Palantir ein FAQ gewidmet – und es ist zum Lachen (und Weinen), weil es so nah an der Realität ist: Benannt nach Saurons allsehendem Auge, verdient der Konzern Milliarden an Steuergeldern, ohne je einer Wahl oder parlamentarischen Kontrolle ausgesetzt zu sein. Und wer einmal drin ist, kommt nicht mehr raus – die eigenen Ermittlungsdaten sind dann für immer im Palantir-Ökosystem. Satire als Aufklärung. Leider notwendiger denn je. 👇
¡Ah! pero China... China repite las mismas dinámicas que Estados Unidos en cuanto al desarrollo de sus propios modelos comerciales de IA generativa. Y no, acá no aplica el refrán del ladrón con los 100 años de perdón. Hablamos de gigantes tecnológicos lucrando a costa de nuestros datos y obras.
Los actuales modelos comerciales de IA generativa han sido desarrollados vulnerando el Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (RGPD) y la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual (LPI). Jamás hubo un pedido de consentimiento por parte de las empresas tecnológicas. Por eso hablamos de ROBO DE DATOS.
Er sieht fünf zentrale Punkte, um eine bessere digitale Welt zu entwickeln: 1. Freiheit für Outlinks 2. offene Standards für Plattform Content 3. Wirtschaftliche Trennung von Übertragungsweg und Inhalt 4. Obergrenze von 30 Prozent Marktanteil 5. Verbot der Monetarisierung strafbarer Inhalte.
Jetzt spricht @martinandree auf der #2mr über die Gefahren von Big Tech und Populisten. Dabei nimmt er das Argument der "Meinungsfreiheit" auseinander.
“Right now there is someone firing up ChatGPT because it’s cheap. Right now there is someone writing a prompt in Claude because it brings him closer to his co-workers. Right now there is someone walking a co-worker through his agentic workflow, in the same way we attempted to impress one another by blowing smoke rings. Right now there is someone parking a Cybertruck on your street, believing that leaving his divorce where everyone can see it is somehow impressive. We have always been good at ignoring the warnings that came with the pack.”
While the company promised end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp, allegations suggest it may have allowed not only employees, but even third-party contractors to access user messages. ✉️
As a US lawsuit questions Meta’s privacy claims, legal experts say a gap between what a platform claims and how it operates could amount to material misrepresentation
