Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalautonomy, aggregated by home.social.
if only there was someone who warned about this pointedly to Labour several months ago... https://www.mainstreamlabour.org/blog/the-uk-must-break-off-the-chains-of-tech-dependency
(at least Onwurah is one of the most reasonable MPs around tech)
#Tech #Technology #DigitalSovereignty #DigitalAutonomy #Microsoft #Outlook #Teams
Ich finde es toll, dass es aufgrund digitaler Souveränität in #Europa heute überhaupt keine Ausfälle von E‑Mail- und Office-Produkten gab.
Da haben die Europäer in den vergangenen zwei Jahren richtig gute Entscheidungen getroffen und sich resilient aufgestellt. 🤪
LibreOffice actually works 365 days a year.
The outage has affected businesses and organisations across the world that use Microsoft products.
OpenAI said it was investigating a problem with Microsoft connectors in which new connections may be broken and tools were not working as expected. Anthropic said it had identified an issue with an upstream provider affecting its Microsoft 365 connector.
The Microsoft outage is a reminder of how much of our digital lives depends on a handful of corporations.
But alternatives exist, from open-source email to community-controlled collaboration tools.
🌱 Explore recommendations from the APC community: https://www.apc.org/en/news/how-get-away-big-tech-get-started-some-recommendations-our-community
Moving away from Big Tech is about reclaiming control over our digital futures.
📣 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗷𝗸𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗶𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝟭.𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗴𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
Steeds meer RUG-onderzoekers maken gebruik van de beveiligde 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 (𝗩𝗥𝗘) voor onderzoek met gevoelige data. In de VRE hebben ze de volledige controle over hun data en werkprocessen.
#Research #Data #AI #SensitiveData #DataSecurity #DigitalAutonomy
Suddenly I understand the lack of action by organisations in becoming more digitally independent. Or to use something else than #MS365.
If your organisation has achieved #DigitalAutonomy or #DigitalSovereignty from #BigTech you would be able to continue your work through the current ongoing major outage at Microsoft.
You'd completely miss out on the #Microsoft induced fun leisure time. 🤪