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New EU law could require iMessage and WhatsApp to work with other, smaller platforms – NOT using proprietary, but hopefully interoperable standards instead

2022-03-252022-03-25 Danie
whatsapp

It’s a great idea as WhatsApp, iMessage, and others are creating more and more fragmentation and walled gardens for users who have to install 10+ apps to message their friends elsewhere. But this why open […]

Blogbigtech, EU, interoperability, messaging, technology

EU Data Protection Board probes public sector use of cloud – Privacy: We’ve heard of it. Do you know where your data is?

2022-02-162022-02-16 Danie
EU

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has kicked off its first coordinated enforcement action, taking a long, hard look at the use of cloud-based services by the public sector. The EDPB is concerned that the […]

Blogcloudstorage, datasovereignty, EU, technology

EU ministers say life without Facebook is great, after Meta warned it may pull its services from Europe

2022-02-112022-02-11 Danie
eu ministers

“After being hacked, I’ve lived without Facebook and Twitter for four years, and life has been fantastic,” German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said at a press conference in Paris. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, […]

Blog#deletemeta, EU, privacy, socialnetworks, technology

European governments, wary of American public clouds, are turning toward Nextcloud private clouds for Infrastructure-as-a-Service clouds

2019-09-06 Danie

Just like their American counterparts, more than half of European businesses with over 1,000 employees now use a public cloud platform. But European governments aren’t so sure that they should trust their data on Amazon […]

Blogdatasovereignty, EU

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