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EuroAlternative is a curated collection of the best European alternatives to big tech companies.
Keep your data in Europe, support local innovation, simplify business operations. Our directory connects you with EU-based digital service providers.
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Keep your data in Europe, support local innovation, simplify business operations. Our directory connects you with EU-based digital service providers.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
EuroAlternative is a curated collection of the best European alternatives to big tech companies.
Keep your data in Europe, support local innovation, simplify business operations. Our directory connects you with EU-based digital service providers.
→ euroalternative.co
Keep your data in Europe, support local innovation, simplify business operations. Our directory connects you with EU-based digital service providers.
→ euroalternative.co
Is it wise for a national broadcaster like Yle to rely on Google for its backup infrastructure? While the servers are in Finland, the platform remains American. We need to discuss the risks of technological dependence on US-based corporations. #DigitalSovereignty #Yle #EU #Finland #Europe
January 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Is it wise for a national broadcaster like Yle to rely on Google for its backup infrastructure? While the servers are in Finland, the platform remains American. We need to discuss the risks of technological dependence on US-based corporations. #DigitalSovereignty #Yle #EU #Finland #Europe
Tested the #Lidl #ScanGo #app feature. Really nice and smooth. Scanning worked well, and payment was quick and easy. There's only one pain point left: it forces you to queue. That would be technically trivial to solve by allowing #checkout in the app.
www.lidl.fi/c/scan-go/s1...
www.lidl.fi/c/scan-go/s1...
Scan & Go
www.lidl.fi
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Tested the #Lidl #ScanGo #app feature. Really nice and smooth. Scanning worked well, and payment was quick and easy. There's only one pain point left: it forces you to queue. That would be technically trivial to solve by allowing #checkout in the app.
www.lidl.fi/c/scan-go/s1...
www.lidl.fi/c/scan-go/s1...
#Contabo leaving cloud-init files with cleartext passwords and admin credentials on a production server is a massive security failure. Coupled with sloppy artifacts like c:\etc\motd - pleroma.envs.net/notice/B1lwm... - #security #privacy #vps #sysadmin
Sami Lehtinen (@[email protected])
Critical Security Oversight in Contabo Provisioning Attention#Sysadmin and #InfoSec community: I have observed a significant security flaw in Contabo’s server provisioning process. Post-deployment,...
pleroma.envs.net
December 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#dnskv Service is being shutting down, domain is not renewed. If anyone wants to continue running this service. I can provide source code + transfer the domain. But after checking access log (daily hit counters of updates / access (excluding cache)) I decided to shut it down.
December 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#dnskv Service is being shutting down, domain is not renewed. If anyone wants to continue running this service. I can provide source code + transfer the domain. But after checking access log (daily hit counters of updates / access (excluding cache)) I decided to shut it down.
I'm shocked: it seems that Btrfs NoCOW can provide weak data integrity and lead to corruption, especially when combined with fallocate. Even if NoCOW sounds like a good idea for certain files, it can be a recipe for unexpected data corruption. #linux #sysadmin #btrfs #corruption #fallocate #nocow
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I'm shocked: it seems that Btrfs NoCOW can provide weak data integrity and lead to corruption, especially when combined with fallocate. Even if NoCOW sounds like a good idea for certain files, it can be a recipe for unexpected data corruption. #linux #sysadmin #btrfs #corruption #fallocate #nocow
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So, what did we achieve for 🇪🇺's cloud situation in 2025? It is now crystal clear our governments can't continue to run on 🇺🇸 clouds. Yet even now, neither buyers or sellers of cloud tech in 🇪🇺 sense the urgency. Below I elaborate & discuss an unorthodox way out of this mess: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
The European Cloud Situation at the end of 2025 - Bert Hubert
As the year draws to an end now is a good time to review where we are with Europe’s cloud situation, and what has been achieved. One thing is certain, a lot has happened, and also quite a lot has beco...
berthub.eu
December 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
So, what did we achieve for 🇪🇺's cloud situation in 2025? It is now crystal clear our governments can't continue to run on 🇺🇸 clouds. Yet even now, neither buyers or sellers of cloud tech in 🇪🇺 sense the urgency. Below I elaborate & discuss an unorthodox way out of this mess: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
You.com service is bad: support tickets, personal experiences and comments, and key forum discussions regarding privacy and service standards.
TL;DR: Do not use this service. They fail on every critical aspect. #privacy #security #youcom #you #ai #gdpr
TL;DR: Do not use this service. They fail on every critical aspect. #privacy #security #youcom #you #ai #gdpr
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December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Finnish Government proposes Finland’s participation in the European Digital Commons EDIC
Finnish Government proposes Finland’s participation in the European Digital Commons EDIC
valtioneuvosto.fi
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Finnish Government proposes Finland’s participation in the European Digital Commons EDIC
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@berthubert.bsky.social at EU's Digital Commons EDIC launch event: "change is going to have to come from governments[...]Companies are not rewarded for thinking about digital autonomy[...]governments will have to lead"
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Keynote opening Digital Commons EDIC: Moving beyond the Digital Uncommons - Bert Hubert
Last Thursday, 11th of December, saw the launch of the new Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium. In attendance were delegations from the launching member states (and the observer...
berthub.eu
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
@berthubert.bsky.social at EU's Digital Commons EDIC launch event: "change is going to have to come from governments[...]Companies are not rewarded for thinking about digital autonomy[...]governments will have to lead"
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
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In 2025, Tor faced some of the toughest censorship yet. Thanks to real-time monitoring & community feedback that helped us improve and deploy new tools, Tor kept people connected when it mattered most. Want to help? Run a Snowflake proxy or host a WebTunnel: blog.torproject.org/staying-ahea...
Staying ahead of censors in 2025: What we've learned from fighting censorship in Iran and Russia | Tor Project
In 2025, Tor faced some of the toughest censorship yet. From Iran’s wartime internet blackouts to Russia’s rapidly evolving blocking tactics. Tor’s anti-censorship team sprung into action and strength...
blog.torproject.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In 2025, Tor faced some of the toughest censorship yet. Thanks to real-time monitoring & community feedback that helped us improve and deploy new tools, Tor kept people connected when it mattered most. Want to help? Run a Snowflake proxy or host a WebTunnel: blog.torproject.org/staying-ahea...
#EU #Hyperscalers #Cloud #Sovereignty #Privacy #Security #Europe #AWS #Azure #Google
AI generated summary report of the current situation.
CRITICAL TECHNICAL AUDIT: European Government Digitization Projects Dependent on US Hyperscalers
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0k05...
AI generated summary report of the current situation.
CRITICAL TECHNICAL AUDIT: European Government Digitization Projects Dependent on US Hyperscalers
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0k05...
Sami Lehtinen (@[email protected])
#EU #Hyperscalers #Cloud #Sovereignty #Privacy #Security #Europe #AWS #Azure #GoogleCRITICAL TECHNICAL AUDIT: European Government Digitization Projects Dependent on US HyperscalersSovereignty Risk ...
pleroma.envs.net
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
#EU #Hyperscalers #Cloud #Sovereignty #Privacy #Security #Europe #AWS #Azure #Google
AI generated summary report of the current situation.
CRITICAL TECHNICAL AUDIT: European Government Digitization Projects Dependent on US Hyperscalers
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0k05...
AI generated summary report of the current situation.
CRITICAL TECHNICAL AUDIT: European Government Digitization Projects Dependent on US Hyperscalers
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0k05...
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Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual
www.eff.org
November 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Attacks on VPNs are attacks on digital privacy and digital freedom. And that battle is being fought by people who clearly have no idea how any of this technology actually works. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Vibe coding fun: File Sharing - I wrote specifications and launched my own file-sharing service because so many existing services are bad.
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0jRZ...
#AI #vibecoding #pastebin #filesharing #selfhosting #softwaredevelopment
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0jRZ...
#AI #vibecoding #pastebin #filesharing #selfhosting #softwaredevelopment
Sami Lehtinen (@[email protected])
Vibe coding fun: File Sharing - I wrote specifications and launched my own file-sharing service because so many existing services are hard to use, nag you, have ads, impose annoying limits, or suff...
pleroma.envs.net
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Vibe coding fun: File Sharing - I wrote specifications and launched my own file-sharing service because so many existing services are bad.
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0jRZ...
#AI #vibecoding #pastebin #filesharing #selfhosting #softwaredevelopment
pleroma.envs.net/notice/B0jRZ...
#AI #vibecoding #pastebin #filesharing #selfhosting #softwaredevelopment
Today I've developed a Proof of Concept #PoC for a Denial of Service #DoS #vulnerability discovered during an investigation into a service issue earlier today. The PoC can reliably trigger either a process crash or an infinite loop leading to resource exhaustion.
October 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Today I've developed a Proof of Concept #PoC for a Denial of Service #DoS #vulnerability discovered during an investigation into a service issue earlier today. The PoC can reliably trigger either a process crash or an infinite loop leading to resource exhaustion.
#GIMP #crash #bug - Denial of service attack - pleroma.envs.net/notice/AytbO... - Just drop the file in directory and it crashes GIMP when directory is accessed. - Duh!
Sami Lehtinen (@[email protected])
Why #GIMP #AppImage #crashes on #Linux then trying to export / #save files to #tmpfs?A #bug ? /tmp/.mount_GIMP-3ChpMMA/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins/script-fu/script-fu: fatal error: G...
pleroma.envs.net
October 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
#GIMP #crash #bug - Denial of service attack - pleroma.envs.net/notice/AytbO... - Just drop the file in directory and it crashes GIMP when directory is accessed. - Duh!
I've updated my public keys. In future #minisign will be used to #sign important information, instead of #OpenPGP.
sami-lehtinen.net/public-keys
Sami Lehtinen minisign key: RWRzsYlYTs5IJRJqnEoFRpSbhJBaeym9zb2bs7hMbj9rOZrNYC+HYmrY
sami-lehtinen.net/public-keys
Sami Lehtinen minisign key: RWRzsYlYTs5IJRJqnEoFRpSbhJBaeym9zb2bs7hMbj9rOZrNYC+HYmrY
Sami Lehtinen - Public keys
My Public Keys
sami-lehtinen.net
September 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I've updated my public keys. In future #minisign will be used to #sign important information, instead of #OpenPGP.
sami-lehtinen.net/public-keys
Sami Lehtinen minisign key: RWRzsYlYTs5IJRJqnEoFRpSbhJBaeym9zb2bs7hMbj9rOZrNYC+HYmrY
sami-lehtinen.net/public-keys
Sami Lehtinen minisign key: RWRzsYlYTs5IJRJqnEoFRpSbhJBaeym9zb2bs7hMbj9rOZrNYC+HYmrY
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Many EU member states are arguing for forcing WhatsApp to inspect all our photos w/AI. If the AI is in any “doubt” if it might be child pornography, your photo, location & other details get reported to Europol and a local police force. This is a terrible plan: berthub.eu/articles/pos... #chatcontrol
Chatcontrol 2025 edition in Brief - Bert Hubert
In short, led by Denmark, many EU member states are arguing for forcing WhatsApp/Signal/etc to inspect all our photos and links, using AI. If the AI is in any “doubt” if this might be child pornograph...
berthub.eu
August 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Many EU member states are arguing for forcing WhatsApp to inspect all our photos w/AI. If the AI is in any “doubt” if it might be child pornography, your photo, location & other details get reported to Europol and a local police force. This is a terrible plan: berthub.eu/articles/pos... #chatcontrol
The renewed push for "Chat Control" legislation has convinced me to renew everything related to dnskv.com. - No data can be subpoenaed from the server, except active data blobs. These reveal neither source nor destination. #privacy #dnskv #security #anonymity
dnskv.com - DNS Key Value Storage
Store and retrieve data over raw DNS protocol and test for DNS leaks
dnskv.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The renewed push for "Chat Control" legislation has convinced me to renew everything related to dnskv.com. - No data can be subpoenaed from the server, except active data blobs. These reveal neither source nor destination. #privacy #dnskv #security #anonymity
Remember #Zero #Trust principles when using #cloud #services. The conclusions in the "lessons learned" section are logical, but they should not be a surprise; they ought to be obvious to everyone.
www.seuros.com/blog/aws-del...
www.seuros.com/blog/aws-del...
AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning
After 10 years as an AWS customer and open-source contributor, they deleted my account and all data with zero warning. Here's how AWS's 'verification' process became a digital execution, and why you s...
www.seuros.com
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Remember #Zero #Trust principles when using #cloud #services. The conclusions in the "lessons learned" section are logical, but they should not be a surprise; they ought to be obvious to everyone.
www.seuros.com/blog/aws-del...
www.seuros.com/blog/aws-del...
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The new NIST SP 800-63-4 is here! 🤩
If you have ANY interest in passwords and digital authentication, this is mandatory reading!
#PasswordsCon
www.nist.gov/blogs/cybers...
If you have ANY interest in passwords and digital authentication, this is mandatory reading!
#PasswordsCon
www.nist.gov/blogs/cybers...
Let’s get Digital! Updated Digital Identity Guidelines are Here!
www.nist.gov
August 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The new NIST SP 800-63-4 is here! 🤩
If you have ANY interest in passwords and digital authentication, this is mandatory reading!
#PasswordsCon
www.nist.gov/blogs/cybers...
If you have ANY interest in passwords and digital authentication, this is mandatory reading!
#PasswordsCon
www.nist.gov/blogs/cybers...
Good battle story from DBA / sysadmin.
matrix.org/blog/2025/07...
matrix.org/blog/2025/07...
How we discovered, and recovered from, Postgres corruption on the matrix.org homeserver
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
matrix.org
July 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Good battle story from DBA / sysadmin.
matrix.org/blog/2025/07...
matrix.org/blog/2025/07...