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Backdoors into your router, no matter the country of origin, are worrisome. We need fully free software running on all of them: https://u.fsf.org/4az #FCC #RouterFreedom #FreeSoftware

A usual workday for us?
Today our wonderful colleague @dario is in the #EU parliament talking to policymakers and ensuring that #RouterFreedom will be secured for all #european users 🇪🇺

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🚀 March Newsletter 🚀

Our March newsletter brings you the energy of 22 I Love Free Software Day ❤️ celebrations across Europe, the Norwegian release of Ada & Zangemann, updates on the #CRA and #RouterFreedom and two fresh Software Freedom Podcast episodes.

https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202603.en.html

Do you know what #RouterFreedom is?

It is the right of users to choose and operate their own routers, modems, and other equipment used for internet connection.

It is important for user autonomy, competition, and privacy as it enables users to run #FreeSoftware operating systems on their routers and modems.

https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/index.en.html

#DeviceNeutrality

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116167647998287725

Turns out Dutch ISP Odido scans and reports the devices on your network via their provided router. At least we have #RouterFreedom in the Netherlands so anyone can install a router (modem) they trust. Learn more at https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/routers.html

Great to see this resource about #RouterFreedom in Romania https://routerfreedom.ro/ (thanks @llas for info).

⚠️ We also submitted our position on #RouterFreedom to the @EUCommission’s consultation on the #DNA

💻 Read it here: https://download.fsfe.org/policy/routers/FSFE_DNA_feedback.pdf

Do not forget to share and participate (you can use our submission for inspiration 😉)

👉 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14709-Digital-Networks-Act

Digital Networks Act: the FSFE calls for strong and consistent protection of Router Freedom!

For more than a decade, the :fsfe: Free Software Foundation Europe has worked to protect #RouterFreedom in Europe. The European Union is about to reform the telecom sector with the proposed #DigitalNetworksAct.

We call for a clear and harmonised approach that upholds this freedom across all Member States.

https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260218-01.en.html

Your whole internet traffic, encryption, backups, communication, shopping, writings, business interaction, and so on are transferred through your router. If your router is not free, your digital freedom is likely to be compromised.

💥 Check out our #RouterFreedom tech wiki, which collects information on how to use a different modem or router from your internet provider.

https://docs.fsfe.org/en/teams/router-freedom-tech-wiki

#DeviceNeutrality #SoftwareFreedom

@slimbook This is a great signal for #RouterFreedom and #SelfHosting.

Rock’n’roll @dario on #RouterFreedom at #SFSCON2025!

#SFSCON #DeviceNeutrality #SoftwareFreedom #FSFE #FreeSoftware

Have you realized that all your Internet traffic, encryption, backups, communications, shopping, writing, business interactions, and so on, go through your router?

😟 Is your router free? If not, your digital freedom could be compromised.

✅ The good news: #RouterFreedom is secured by EU laws.
❌ The not so good ones: Router Freedom is still not a full reality in most of the EU countries.

https://fsfe.org/activities/routers/routers.en.html

#FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom

@kirschner @fsfe #routerfreedom free as in polluting the environment

Saw this on my way back from work at @fsfe . seems some people think #routerfreedom means you can through your router on the street... 😉

Italian Linux Society ha partecipato alla consultazione #AGCOM 2025, per la libera scelta anche per le connessioni in fibra ottica!
#RouterFreedom

Massima diffusione! 🙏
https://www.ils.org/2025/5/consultazione-agcom-modem-fibra-libero/

#RouterFreedom for Italian Internet users - https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250331-01.en.html

🌼 Spring is here, and so is our monthly newsletter!

We want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your continued support and generous donations. 🚀

In this issue, we bring you the latest updates on the DMA, a special podcast episode on #RouterFreedom highlights from our talks at @clt_news exciting Ada news, and much more.

Read it here: https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202504.en.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

Chiediamo libertà di scelta del router per gli utenti Internet italiani!

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250331-01.it.html

L'AGCOM deciderà se limitare o consolidare la Libertà del Router nel Paese.

La FSFE si è impegnata attivamente in una coalizione di organizzazioni, sollecitando l'autorità a dare priorità alla protezione dei consumatori e a garantire il diritto degli utenti di utilizzare i propri router/modem nelle reti in fibra.

#RouterFreedom #SoftwareFreedom

The FSFE demands Router Freedom for Italian Internet users!

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250331-01.en.html

The Italian regulator AGCOM will decide whether to limit or consolidate #RouterFreedom in the country

The FSFE has actively engaged in a coalition of organisations urging the authority to prioritize consumer protection and the rights of end-users to use their own routers/modems in fiber networks

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

💥 New episode of our "Policy and EU" series on the Software Freedom Podcast

Have you ever connected to the internet using your personal router? We recently secured a major victory for Router Freedom in Germany! 🎉

In Episode 32, @annabonnie, @lexelas and @llas dive into the significance of #RouterFreedom
# and our ongoing efforts to defend your right to choose your internet devices.

🎧 Listen now: https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-32.en.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

#AGCOM vuole portare il “modem (completamente) libero” anche nella fibra ottica #RouterFreedom
https://www.dday.it/redazione/52085/agcom-vuole-portare-il-modem-completamente-libero-anche-nella-fibra-ottica-al-via-la-consultazione

Good news for #RouterFreedom and #NetNeutrality

The Italian regulator AGCOM has opened a consultation on the determination of the location of the termination point. This will define whether end-users can use their own routers and modems to connect to the internet.

https://www.agcom.it/provvedimenti/delibera-31-25-cons

Last October, we called to start a regulatory process to protect consumer rights and ensure router freedom in Italy.

More: https://fsfe.org/news/2024/news-20241016-01.en.html

We will contribute to the consultation, stay tuned!

I've wanted to flash freedom onto a FritzBox!7530 router, namely #OpenWRT. To do that, I need to run a TFTP server on my machine (e.g., a laptop). Tried with `tftpd-hpa` first, then `dnsmasq`, and finally it worked with `atftpd`. #TFTP is hard.

#SoftwareFreedom #RouterFreedom

The 🇧🇪 Belgian telecom regulator #BIPT formally introduced #RouterFreedom! 📶

The decision encompasses all network types including fiber (FTTx) and the decision sets a deadline of 12 months for becoming compliant.

The FSFE acknowledges this decision as a major win for consumer rights, and will monitor further implementation.

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231113-02.html

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware #DeviceNeutrality

@louisderrac @gael
Isn't #Fairphone a European company?

Why are they (shop.fairphone.com) going through Cloud(G)lare?? It looks like they are trading Google surveillance for Cloud(G)lare. :/

That aside, is the firmware for #Fairphone modem/#radio fully FOSS, yet

#clOUdGlAre #massSurveillance #routerFreedom #modemFreedom #EU #europeanCommission #gatekeeperLegislation

Articles laud a particular team at a #dotCon for finding vulnerabilities in a #modem.

The funny thing is the #vulnerability appears to be in the #firmware and not the modem per se. The firmware is likely #propietary, so this is *not* not the great success story for the dotCon as the #securityTheatre-hungry talking heads may suggest.

Modems will be safer when they are fully #FOSS

#routerFreedom #modemFreedom #RCE #gooGlE #remoteCodeExecution

Open question. Is #routerFreedom possible in Australia?

Has anyone in #Australia been able to run the #NBN (NationalBroadbandNetwork) through devices they own outright, while also using #FOSS firmware such as #OpenWRT.

If so we'd love to know your experience.

How long have you been running it? Is it difficult to maintain? Etc.

#VDSL #modems #modemFreedom @fsfe @nicorikken

As a contribution to a consultation organised by the European telecom regulator, #BEREC, the FSFE calls for increasing the level of #digital #sustainability in the telecommunications sector by safeguarding #device #neutrality and establishing the #RightToInstall any software on any device: https://fsfe.org/news/2022/news-20220510-01.html

#RouterFreedom

Before 21 November 2019 17:00 CET, give feedback about EU guidelines for #RouterFreedom! #BEREC is running a #PublicConsultation defining whether your router will belong to you or to your ISP. Please participate now! https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191120-01.html

RT @[email protected]

Less than 24 hours left to provide your feedback on the EU guidelines for #RouterFreedom! #BEREC is running a #PublicConsultation defining whether your router will belong to you or to your ISP. Please participate now, it's easy!

See the #FSFE's response: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191120-01.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/fsfe/status/1197207010464468992

Make sure to make yourself heard when regulators decide whether your router belongs to you - or to your internet service provider 😱

The @fsfe shared their response to the current #BEREC draft, so it's easier for you to write your own statement. But hurry, only 22 hours left!

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20191120-01.html

#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #policy #PublicConsultation #RouterFreedom #network