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AI • Innovation • Privacy • EU Tech
Hey @vivaldi.com, are you aware of this Snap issue?
A month ago, I switched from @brave.com to @vivaldi.com to support European companies. Overall, I love the browser—it’s a great alternative for those looking to DeGoogle!
#ChooseEurope #GoEuropean
February 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A month ago, I switched from @brave.com to @vivaldi.com to support European companies. Overall, I love the browser—it’s a great alternative for those looking to DeGoogle!
#ChooseEurope #GoEuropean
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Next up: Undo send! ↩️

Stay tuned. 🔐♥️
February 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I decided to jailbreak my Kindle inspired by Doctorow’s piece on corporate power and product lock-in: pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/p...
Time to own what we buy. #JailbreakKindle
Pluralistic: “If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing” (08 Dec 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
"If buying isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing"
Amazon sells you Kindles and ebooks, but they don’t really belong to you. You can’t freely move or even read them on non-Amazon devices. That’s not ownership.
#JailbreakKindle
February 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Did you know 56% of EU cashless transactions flow through US-controlled networks? It might be about to change. #DigitalSovereignity
europeanbusinessmagazine.com/business/eur...
Europe's $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard
A 130-million-user payment system backed by 16 major banks just launched to challenge Visa/mastercard
europeanbusinessmagazine.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Glad to be transitioning to a Google-free digital life! #DeGoogle theintercept.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google Handed ICE Student Journalist’s Bank and Credit Card Numbers
Amandla Thomas-Johnson didn't know how much information ICE requested in a subpoena now. Google never gave him a chance to fight it.
theintercept.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Just made the switch from Google Authenticator to @ente.io Auth! 🔐 Now my 2FA backups are end-to-end encrypted and stored in EU data centers. Another step toward #DeGoogle and supporting privacy-focused, EU-hosted alternatives.
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I t looks like @eurosky.social is sending out its first invites! 🎉 A European-hosted, open social web identity that connects to the global and open social web using #ATProtocol.
Still on the waiting list, but excited to see this launch. Who else is in? 🇪🇺 #DigitalSovereignty
February 5, 2026 at 6:31 AM
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We have moved our ATProto handle to eurosky.social, and you can too! For European data storage, and to demonstrate how a decentralized, open social network looks like in practice. We are testing personal data server (PDS) transfer this week, sign up if you want in www.eurosky.tech/register #eurosky
February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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OpenAI just announced ads in ChatGPT.

They promise not to sell your data or let ads influence responses.

Sound familiar? 🤔

Here's why you should be skeptical 👇
tuta.com/blog/openai-...

#OpenAI #ChatGPT #BigTech #Advertisement
February 4, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product."
Big Tech’s "free" services come at a cost: your data and privacy. Today is #DigitalIndependenceDay! #DID is about reclaiming #DigitalSovereignty 🇪🇺 and protecting privacy.
February 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Hope you aren’t still using last week’s obsolete Gemini EXP-1114 as opposed to this week’s Gemini EXP-1121 that is significantly better and would likely improve the performance of your AI applications.

Its a mystery about why people think they can’t keep up with AI developments…
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Thought of the day: “AI is still not intelligent enough to manage human stupidity.” 🤪
November 21, 2024 at 8:29 PM