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Policy guy @edri, working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads.

Digital security trainer, cyclist, lover of the outdoors. Formerly writing for Golem.de.

#DSA #DMA #TrackingFreeAds #Surveillance #Decentralisation #Policy #Privacy #DataProtection #Cycling

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ilumium , to Privacy
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Holy shit, I thought I knew how evil the industry was but here we are:

Two-thirds of European websites just ignore your choice and track you anyways, researchers from found. 🤯

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23winter-prepub-107-bouhoula.pdf

EU_Commission , to Random stuff
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Today, we have opened five non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act.

It concerns:
🔹Alphabet’s rules on steering in Google Play
🔹Alphabet’s self-preferencing in Google Search
🔹Apple’s rules on steering in the App Store
🔹Apple's choice screen for Safari
🔹Meta’s ‘pay or consent model’

More info: https://europa.eu/!4NF6bV

ilumium ,
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Having attended most of last week's compliance workshops in person, I was already convinced that the EU Commission would have no choice but to investigate if it doesn't want to lose all credibility for the ; the gatekeeper's circumvention attempts are just too blatant to ignore.

I wasn't sure they would act so swiftly though, so thank you @EU_Commission ! 👏

ilumium , to Random stuff
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🎉 The folks at @algorithmwatch and have made a formal data access request to the 🇩🇪 under the new .

They seek to obtain access to internal data to check whether and how the company is making sure its not-so-intelligent isn't bullshitting around in dangerous ways.

Kudos to @olivermarsh and for leading this work!

https://algorithmwatch.org/en/dsa-platform-data-request-2024/

ajsadauskas , to Fuck Cars
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What can you get to within a 15-minute walk of your house?

A recent YouGov survey asked Americans what they think they should be able to get to within a 15-minute walk of their house.

Of these choices, I can currently walk to all of them from my apartment, aside from a university (no biggie, I'm not currently studying, although there is a Tafe within walking distance), a hospital, and a sports arena.

How many can you get to with a 15 minute walk from your house?

@fuck_cars

ilumium ,
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@ajsadauskas @fuck_cars In a Brussels suburb we've got all of those things within max 15min walking except a gas station, a sports arena and a movie theatre.

ilumium , to Privacy
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Oh look the dude who told you is dead and takes all your personal stuff for his profit wants a whole lot of privacy for himself (again). 😵

https://www.wired.com/story/mark-zuckerberg-inside-hawaii-compound/

kuketzblog , to Firefox German
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Frage an alle, die als Browser verwenden. Welche Einstellungen habt ihr ggf. angepasst, um Darstellungsprobleme auf Webseiten zu vermeiden?

ilumium ,
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@kuketzblog Gar keine, 's Standardeinstellungen laufen gut bei mir im täglichen Betrieb. Hab lediglich noch Add-ons wie @invidious, -O-Matic und @torproject's dazu installiert.

ilumium , to Random stuff
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Probably the most important and mindblowing scrolling I have done in years:

"Wealth shown to scale" by

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

ankedb , to Random stuff German
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🎙Diese Woche in 🎧

  1. fraktionslos im 😵‍💫
  2. Q&A mit "Digitalminister" 🤓
  3. EU AI-Act 🤖
  4. Meine 2 Kl. Anfragen:
ilumium ,
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🇩🇪 German gov: We cannot use because it is veeery expensive to train people to use it while everybody knows how to use .

Also German gov: Let's pay 24 million EUR for training to , on top of the 1.2 billion EUR for their software licenses. 🤷‍♂️

@rriemann @ankedb @Bundesregierung @fsfe @OSBA

tagesschau , to Random stuff German
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Ungarn knüpft Zustimmung zu Ukraine-Hilfen an Freigabe der EU-Gelder

Ungarns Regierungschef Orban will weiteren EU-Hilfen für die Ukraine erst zustimmen, wenn auch die verbliebenen eingefrorenen Mittel für sein Land freigegeben werden. Er verlange "nicht die Hälfte, nicht ein Viertel, sondern alles".

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/ungarn-ukraine-eu-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

ilumium ,
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@tagesschau Zeit für Artikel 7 werte Damen und Herren und alle dazwischen und außerhalb.

ilumium , to Random stuff
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Here is what the could enable if no checks and data collection limits are put in place:

--> "Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/12/private-uk-health-data-donated-medical-research-shared-insurance-companies

Because of:

  • Unclear legal bases for processing sensitive records
  • A data maximisation policy in the law
  • Ambiguous data categories and definitions
  • No requirement or right for patients

Tutanota , to Random stuff
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Tutanota is now Tuta! 🥳

All of the features you have come to know and love, now with a sleek new domain name. 😎

Threats to your privacy won't be going away, but neither are we. 💪

Learn more and create your new Tuta account here 👇
https://tutanota.com/blog/tutanota-is-now-tuta

ilumium ,
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@Tutanota I was always amazed by how one can build a cool email service with such a small team. Congrats for the name change !

ilumium , to Random stuff German
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@tagesschau Und da läuft die Presse blindlings in den nächsten Goldenen Käfig rein.

Es ist ja fast schon .

ilumium , to Random stuff
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As long as keep on regurgitating this bullshit about "highly relevant ads" we will never be free of .

(Screenshot from newsletter)

Looking at you: So-called behavioral advertising is a business model common to Big Tech, which allows advertisers and publishers to display highly relevant ads and personalized marketing messages to users based on their web browsing. Meta had argued that the authority’s decision was. disproportionate, impossible to meet and in violation of other laws, but the court rejected the claims.
ALT
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    • ilumium , to Random stuff
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    Car maker "admits in their policy to collecting (...) activity, diagnosis data, and data (...). They say they can share and sell ’ “preferences, characteristics, trends, , , , , , and ” to data , , and other third parties."

    "All new cars today are privacy nightmares on wheels."

    Via @mozilla
    https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

    ilumium , to Firefox
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    Today is a good day to run away as far as you can from the browser (and anything else from really).

    https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/27/google_web_environment_integrity

    Chrome -> @mozilla

    Search -> @Mojeek @StartpageSearch or

    Gmail -> @protonmail or @mailbox_org

    Maps -> @organicmaps or

    Android -> @murena's or @linegeos

    Play Store -> @fdroidorg

    And for full-blown liberty: @yunohost :)

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