#digital-independence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digital-independence, aggregated by home.social.
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Personal Vault #004 – Tunnelling
Work on Personal Vault had to pause for a while because I needed to work in a coal mine.
...wait. Wrong dream.
But tunnels were involved.
I wanted to host the new Personal Vault landing page directly from my shiny "new" server. Then I discovered my ISP uses CGNAT, meaning I couldn't simply expose it to the internet.
Their solution? "We can sell you a static IP..."
Tempting.
But relying on my ISP for remote access didn't feel right. So I dug a tunnel instead.
Using Cloudflare Tunnel (at least for now), I connected my little HP server to the internet without opening any ports on my router.
For someone who didn't even know this technology existed a few days ago, it was quite the adventure. But it worked.
Tonight, https://pv-hq.com is being served from my own server.
One more step towards Digital Independence.
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**Personal Vault #000 – Why I'm Building This**
Our digital lives have grown enormously over the last decade.
We stream films and TV shows instead of buying DVDs. We store years of photos and videos in the cloud. Our important documents, backups and memories increasingly live on someone else's servers.
There's nothing inherently wrong with that. Most of these services are excellent.
But over time I've found myself relying on more and more of them.
One streaming service doesn't have the film I want, so I subscribe to another. My phone fills up, so I buy more cloud storage. My documents end up in a different place again. Before long, my digital life is scattered across multiple subscriptions, each with its own monthly fee and its own rules.
The thing that concerns me most isn't the cost.
It's dependence.
Cloud providers change prices. Storage allowances change. Products get discontinued. Features disappear. And when you "buy" a digital film, you usually don't own it in the traditional sense—you've bought a license that can disappear if agreements change (or George Lucas decides the colors looked better twenty years later). Personally, I think we should stop calling that a purchase and start calling it what it really is: a long-term rental.
That made me ask a simple question:
**What if my digital life lived on hardware that I own?**
What started as an idea for a simple media server has already grown into something much bigger.
**Personal Vault** is my attempt to build a single home for my movies, photos, videos, documents, software, books and anything else that's important to me and my family.
I'm not trying to replace every cloud service or convince anyone else to do the same.
I simply want my data to belong to me, not to any one provider.
This account is going to document that journey—the successes, the mistakes, and everything I learn along the way.
Let's see where it leads.
#PersonalVault #SelfHosting #Linux #Docker #OpenSource #HomeLab
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Mein erstes Geld via Wero bekommen. Der Zahlende brauchte wirklich nur meine Mobilnummer angeben. Das ist ja einfach! 😊
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Mein erstes Geld via Wero bekommen. Der Zahlende brauchte wirklich nur meine Mobilnummer angeben. Das ist ja einfach! 😊
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Du willst mehr Kontrolle über deine Technik? Dann komm zu den #DIDAYS2026! Vom 2.–4. Oktober gibt es im Kultur Palast Harburg viele Vorträge und Workshops. Du lernst freie Messenger, Office-Programme und sichere Clouds kennen. Der Eintritt ist kostenlos. Mehr Infos: https://didays.de
#DigitalIndependenceDays
#DigitalIndependence #DIDAY #DIDay #CCC #WauHollandStiftung #OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität #Harburg #EinfacheSprache -
Du willst mehr Kontrolle über deine Technik? Dann komm zu den #DIDAYS2026! Vom 2.–4. Oktober gibt es im Kultur Palast Harburg viele Vorträge und Workshops. Du lernst freie Messenger, Office-Programme und sichere Clouds kennen. Der Eintritt ist kostenlos. Mehr Infos: https://didays.de
#DigitalIndependenceDays
#DigitalIndependence #DIDAY #DIDay #CCC #WauHollandStiftung #OpenSource #DigitaleSouveränität #Harburg #EinfacheSprache -
🇪🇺 L'indipendenza digitale parte dalle nostre scelte.
Software libero, codice verificabile e pubblico e tecnologie europee significano più controllo, più trasparenza e meno dipendenza dalle Big Tech.
Ecco perché NextRed ha creato:
🐀 NextRedOS - Simple. Secure. European.😬C'è anche NextRed al Digital Independence Day di Bolzano, il 13 e 14 novembre! Ci vediamo lì!
#NextRed #NextRedOS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #DigitalIndependence
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🇪🇺 L'indipendenza digitale parte dalle nostre scelte.
Software libero, codice verificabile e pubblico e tecnologie europee significano più controllo, più trasparenza e meno dipendenza dalle Big Tech.
Ecco perché NextRed ha creato:
🐀 NextRedOS - Simple. Secure. European.😬C'è anche NextRed al Digital Independence Day di Bolzano, il 13 e 14 novembre! Ci vediamo lì!
#NextRed #NextRedOS #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #DigitalIndependence
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FENS 2026 - the only file format the organisers accepted was pptx. I offered html, pdf, url - did not get far. In the end I gave a chalk talk (there was no chalk). Not good for #DigitalIndependence
"The Document Foundation, creators of #LibreOffice and promoters of the OpenDocument format (ODF), has argued that OOXML is excessively complex and unnecessarily convoluted. According to the foundation, this discourages interoperability and contributes to user dependence on Microsoft software." wiki
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FENS 2026 - the only file format the organisers accepted was pptx. I offered html, pdf, url - did not get far. In the end I gave a chalk talk (there was no chalk). Not good for #DigitalIndependence
"The Document Foundation, creators of #LibreOffice and promoters of the OpenDocument format (ODF), has argued that OOXML is excessively complex and unnecessarily convoluted. According to the foundation, this discourages interoperability and contributes to user dependence on Microsoft software." wiki
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not a supporter of ArcaneChat yet??? you can not only watch but also be part of the change! ✨
no amount is too small!
💜 join our contributors 👉 https://arcanechat.me/#contribute
#ArcaneChat #freedom #privacy #security #encryption #autonomy #digitalindependence #opensource #decentralization #europe #european
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not a supporter of ArcaneChat yet??? you can not only watch but also be part of the change! ✨
no amount is too small!
💜 join our contributors 👉 https://arcanechat.me/#contribute
#ArcaneChat #freedom #privacy #security #encryption #autonomy #digitalindependence #opensource #decentralization #europe #european
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ForkMesh was registered 06/14 — just 3 weeks ago — and we’re already building in public: local-first distributed Git hosting, community mirrors, signed issues/patch PRs, encrypted repo rooms, and resilience beyond any single platform.
We think we’ve found our home on Mastodon. Thanks for helping shape it 💜
#ForkMesh #Mastodon #Fediverse #BuildInPublic #OpenSource #FOSS #Git #GitHosting #DistributedGit #LocalFirst #P2P #SelfHosting #DevTools #IndieDev #DigitalIndependence #DecentralizedWeb
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ForkMesh was registered 06/14 — just 3 weeks ago — and we’re already building in public: local-first distributed Git hosting, community mirrors, signed issues/patch PRs, encrypted repo rooms, and resilience beyond any single platform.
We think we’ve found our home on Mastodon. Thanks for helping shape it 💜
#ForkMesh #Mastodon #Fediverse #BuildInPublic #OpenSource #FOSS #Git #GitHosting #DistributedGit #LocalFirst #P2P #SelfHosting #DevTools #IndieDev #DigitalIndependence #DecentralizedWeb
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Happy #July4th 🇺🇸
Independence isn’t just political — it’s digital too.
ForkMesh helps developers stay independent by making Git hosting more community-owned, resilient, and less dependent on any single platform.
Own your code. Mirror what matters. Keep building, even when centralized systems fail.
Join the mesh: forkmesh.com
#ForkMesh #BuildInPublic #OpenSource #Git #GitHosting #DigitalIndependence #IndieDev #FOSS #SelfHosting #LocalFirst #DevTools #DecentralizedWeb
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#Trump: Wenn Digitalsteuer, dann 100 Prozent höhere Zölle #FckBigUSTech #DigitalIndependence https://www.heise.de/news/Trump-Wenn-Digitalsteuer-dann-100-Prozent-hoehere-Zoelle-11346834.html
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#Trump: Wenn Digitalsteuer, dann 100 Prozent höhere Zölle #FckBigUSTech #DigitalIndependence https://www.heise.de/news/Trump-Wenn-Digitalsteuer-dann-100-Prozent-hoehere-Zoelle-11346834.html
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Mit der Webseite https://werotracker.eu könnt ihr nachschauen, welche Banken und Onlineshops Wero unterstützen. Sehr hilfreich und gleichzeitig sehr traurig, da es noch sehr übersichtlich ist.
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new ArcaneChat channel for you:
Street Art Utopia - We declare the world as our canvas!
Website: streetartutopia.com
Mastodon: @streetartutopiahere is the invite link 👇️
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=MgHEG7vN3vvZdX3fA38ATHwk&j=BuL4xJ-tKn7MUeFq4CXK04m6&s=k58srCpWmRoJvvshCf2Icg7j&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Street+Art+Utopia#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #photography #artist #art #streetart #streetartutopia #android #openSource #email #graffiti #activism
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new ArcaneChat channel for you:
Street Art Utopia - We declare the world as our canvas!
Website: streetartutopia.com
Mastodon: @streetartutopiahere is the invite link 👇️
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=MgHEG7vN3vvZdX3fA38ATHwk&j=BuL4xJ-tKn7MUeFq4CXK04m6&s=k58srCpWmRoJvvshCf2Icg7j&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Street+Art+Utopia#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #photography #artist #art #streetart #streetartutopia #android #openSource #email #graffiti #activism
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🔮ArcaneChat Spoilers✨
for the next version of #ArcaneChat the message input bar got redesigned!
now it looks more modern, similar to #Telegram & #WhatsApp 's, and more in line with #Android 's edge-to-edge design
💜 if you like ArcaneChat and what we do, please consider making a donation, no amount is too small!
https://arcanechat.me/#contribute#ArcaneChatSpoilers #privacy #encryption #security #decentralization #opensource #e2ee #european #europe #autonomy #digitalindependence #family #chatapp
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🔮ArcaneChat Spoilers✨
for the next version of #ArcaneChat the message input bar got redesigned!
now it looks more modern, similar to #Telegram & #WhatsApp 's, and more in line with #Android 's edge-to-edge design
💜 if you like ArcaneChat and what we do, please consider making a donation, no amount is too small!
https://arcanechat.me/#contribute#ArcaneChatSpoilers #privacy #encryption #security #decentralization #opensource #e2ee #european #europe #autonomy #digitalindependence #family #chatapp
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Ahem.
If you'd prefer search results without the AI slop, https://lantern.co.im is open to all -- SearXNG, self-hosted, no tracking, Isle of Man jurisdiction. #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosted #NoAI -
Ahem.
If you'd prefer search results without the AI slop, https://lantern.co.im is open to all -- SearXNG, self-hosted, no tracking, Isle of Man jurisdiction. #DigitalIndependence #SelfHosted #NoAI -
Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and #decentralized private messenger
Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!
Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted
Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you
#digitalindependence #privacy #security #family #encryption #autonomy #european #openSource #europe #diday #decentralization
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Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and #decentralized private messenger
Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!
Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted
Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you
#digitalindependence #privacy #security #family #encryption #autonomy #european #openSource #europe #diday #decentralization
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new ArcaneChat channel for you:
Buni - Buni is a dark comic about an optimistic bunny with terrible luck.
Artist: Ryan
Website: https://www.bunicomic.comhere is the invite link 👇
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=Y3pDrb-vc-TBru-KS5H0F_25&j=7d-o0B4hvWwxianajAFyvfXm&s=Q0lLQSPxZn495mdZ7G_zoQqM&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Buni#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #buni #comics #comic #meme #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #webcomic #email #channels #channel
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new ArcaneChat channel for you:
Buni - Buni is a dark comic about an optimistic bunny with terrible luck.
Artist: Ryan
Website: https://www.bunicomic.comhere is the invite link 👇
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=Y3pDrb-vc-TBru-KS5H0F_25&j=7d-o0B4hvWwxianajAFyvfXm&s=Q0lLQSPxZn495mdZ7G_zoQqM&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Buni#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #buni #comics #comic #meme #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #webcomic #email #channels #channel
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woah!! it is hot... just like this new ArcaneChat channel:
Twonks: a funny, offbeat webcomic series combining rude and twisted humor with a cast of cute but ultimately stupid characters.
you can join via this invite link:
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=F7hsuSLrI6-oOt2vYtZyHni8&j=ouhN66ogZdpwhHhxtiHYHo7N&s=WKRB0o4bjlUWQamUwag9nt9G&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Twonks#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #twonks #comics #comic #meme #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #webcomic #email
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woah!! it is hot... just like this new ArcaneChat channel:
Twonks: a funny, offbeat webcomic series combining rude and twisted humor with a cast of cute but ultimately stupid characters.
you can join via this invite link:
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=F7hsuSLrI6-oOt2vYtZyHni8&j=ouhN66ogZdpwhHhxtiHYHo7N&s=WKRB0o4bjlUWQamUwag9nt9G&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Twonks#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #twonks #comics #comic #meme #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #webcomic #email
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LIFE HACK: you can pin as many chats as you want in #ArcaneChat
no need for anyone to micro-control such little aspects of your life in a centralized server...
live the way you want to live, there is no limit ✨
#signal #decentralization #privacy #encryption #autonomy #digitalindependence
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LIFE HACK: you can pin as many chats as you want in #ArcaneChat
no need for anyone to micro-control such little aspects of your life in a centralized server...
live the way you want to live, there is no limit ✨
#signal #decentralization #privacy #encryption #autonomy #digitalindependence
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#instagram is currently down, time to pester your friends with recommendations to switch to #fediverse
https://downdetector.com/status/instagram/
#mastodon #federation #meta #digitalindependence #autonomy #diday
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#instagram is currently down, time to pester your friends with recommendations to switch to #fediverse
https://downdetector.com/status/instagram/
#mastodon #federation #meta #digitalindependence #autonomy #diday
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Meet #ArcaneChat: a secure and decentralized private messenger
Anonymous: No phone number or any data required for registration!
Private: All your conversations and pictures are end-to-end encrypted, only visible by the chat members
Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link can talk to you
It is magic! ✨
#digitalindependence #privacy #security #family #encryption #autonomy #european #openSource #europe #decentralization
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Meet #ArcaneChat: a secure and decentralized private messenger
Anonymous: No phone number or any data required for registration!
Private: All your conversations and pictures are end-to-end encrypted, only visible by the chat members
Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link can talk to you
It is magic! ✨
#digitalindependence #privacy #security #family #encryption #autonomy #european #openSource #europe #decentralization
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Without altering the system that harbors Big Tech, the European Union will never reach digital independence. All it will achieve is a new ecosystem of irresponsible companies and harmful technologies, but with European addresses.
Meaningful change will not happen from the "top". Our current politicians are apparently incapable of thinking outside their capitalist boxes.
Any change must come from us, or nothing will change at all!
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Without altering the system that harbors Big Tech, the European Union will never reach digital independence. All it will achieve is a new ecosystem of irresponsible companies and harmful technologies, but with European addresses.
Meaningful change will not happen from the "top". Our current politicians are apparently incapable of thinking outside their capitalist boxes.
Any change must come from us, or nothing will change at all!
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ICYMI: From the AOF Studio The Sovereign Archive: De-centralising the Narrative https://www.artoffaceless.com/the-sovereign-archive-de-centralising-the-narrative/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Decentralization #SelfHosted #OpenWeb #DigitalIndependence #ContentOwnership
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Kinners et is suweit! #switchtolinux
Nach langem suchen und viel anschauen hab ich jetzt die 2TB Platte gelöscht und schaffe Platz um #linux zu installieren.
Es ist für den dicken Rechner jetzt #zorin_os geworden. Ich bin gespannt! #fckmicrosoft #digitalindependence #foss
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Kinners et is suweit! #switchtolinux
Nach langem suchen und viel anschauen hab ich jetzt die 2TB Platte gelöscht und schaffe Platz um #linux zu installieren.
Es ist für den dicken Rechner jetzt #zorin_os geworden. Ich bin gespannt! #fckmicrosoft #digitalindependence #foss
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WHERE OTHERS LOSE CONTROL – WE STAY IN THE LOOP.
At Infinito.Nexus, we believe that AI should never replace human judgment. We are the captains. AI is our navigator. While others hand over responsibility to black-box systems, we stay in control. We design the architecture, review the code, verify every deployment, and make the decisions that shape the future of the systems we build. AI is one of the most powerful tools ever created. But it remains a tool. We are the engineers, architects, and craftsmen who use it to build sovereign digital infrastructure faster, more reliably, and at a scale that was impossible only a few years ago. […]https://blog.infinito.nexus/blog/2026/06/16/where-others-lose-control-we-stay-in-the-loop/
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The fact that #Anthropic had to take down #Fable5 for users outside of the US by order of the US government shows how critical it is today to rely on US services
Imagine they'd do the same with #WhatsApp, you will not be able to talk to your #family and friends anymore
This should be a wake-up call for everyone to rely on your own server infrastructure, running with #OpenSource #software
#autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #decentralization #selfhosting #ArcaneChat #android #ai
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The fact that #Anthropic had to take down #Fable5 for users outside of the US by order of the US government shows how critical it is today to rely on US services
Imagine they'd do the same with #WhatsApp, you will not be able to talk to your #family and friends anymore
This should be a wake-up call for everyone to rely on your own server infrastructure, running with #OpenSource #software
#autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #decentralization #selfhosting #ArcaneChat #android #ai
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Wer hätte gedacht, dass #digitalindependence so schnell wieder so aktuell wird?
Spoiler: Ich.
Als wär's abgesprochen: am Tag nach unserem Podiumsgespräch auf den Fokustagen des @boersenverein (mit Anna Härle und @bjoernsta ) wird die Nutzung eines aktuellen KI-Modells eingeschränkt.
Trotzdem positiv: Die Fokustage waren inspirierend. Hervorzuheben der Live Podcast von Florian Keck und Barbara Busses Future Positivity Impuls.
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Switching from #WhatsApp / #Telegram to #Signal, or other centralized chat apps, is not a solution if you really care about #privacy, #resilience and #autonomy / #digitalindependence
all of them are centralized services and depend on phone numbers, which makes them super easy to censor, the best services are the one that don't require any personal data at all to register, like ArcaneChat
Keep the family safe 💜✨
#decentralization #European #Europe #diday #encryption #family #chatting #android
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Zwischenstand der eigenen #DigitalIndependence:
✅ Bilder: NAS (+ wenige Google)
✅ E-Mail: 🇩🇪 (GMX, schon immer)
✅ Dateien: Dropbox/TresorIt -> 🇩🇪 (Nextcloud)
✅ Kalender: Google -> 🇩🇪 (Nextcloud)
✅ Kontakte: Google -> 🇩🇪 (Nextcloud)
✅ Notizen: Evernote -> 🇩🇪 (Joplin via Nextcloud)
✅ AI: 🏠 NAS + alle bekannten Modelle (anonym)
TODO: Location History -
Wir starten den heutigen #DiDay mit der Installation einer Linuxdistribution. Wann kommt ihr vorbei?
Der #digitalindependence findet jeden ersten Sonntag im Monat in der Zeit von 16 bis 18 Uhr statt. Unser #Hackerspace befindet in der Sibyllastr. 9, 45137 Essen. #c3e
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"Usability gewinnt halt immer" ist auch nur eine beschönigende Form von "Mir ist egal, was mit meinen Daten passiert, solange ich keinen zusätzlichen Klick machen muss."
Die Bereitschaft, Privatsphäre & Selbstbestimmung gegen maximale Bequemlichkeit einzutauschen, nimmt zunehmend erschreckende Ausmasse an. 🤯
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Sammelt jemand da draussen eigentlich all die europäischen Entscheide gegen #BigTech der USA?
- Dänemark und Frankreich setzen auf Linux
- Schleswig Holstein setzt komplett auf Open-Source-Office
- die EU-Kommission setzt auf Mastodon anstatt Twitter
- Bayern entscheidet gegen Microsoft Office
...Darf gerne mit Kommentar erweitert werden.
#followerpower #pleaseboost #fckBigTech #DIDay #DigitalIndependence
