I am dumbfounded by this post by Aurora Lalucq regarding #Europe:

“We need to build our independence now.

It starts with our payment systems, a sovereign cloud, and an industrial policy for digital infrastructure and social networks.”

👉🏾 https://x.com/aurorelalucq/status/2003836608572006841

Using an American search engine ( #Google) I located examples of all of these “needs,” which are already active within the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺.

As far as social networks go, why do they keep ignoring the #Fediverse‽ It’s baffling!

I am dumbfounded by this post by Aurora Lalucq regarding #Europe:

“We need to build our independence now.

It starts with our payment systems, a sovereign cloud, and an industrial policy for digital infrastructure and social networks.”

👉🏾 https://x.com/aurorelalucq/status/2003836608572006841

Using an American search engine ( #Google) I located examples of all of these “needs,” which are already active within the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺.

As far as social networks go, why do they keep ignoring the #Fediverse‽ It’s baffling!

Ashley MacIsaac concert cancelled after #Google #AI falsely claims he was a convicted sex offender

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/article-ashley-macisaac-show-cancelled-google-ai-misinformation-music-fiddler/

#paywall

"The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has a new definition of “reasonable expectation.” According to the justices, it’s no longer reasonable to assume that what you type into Google is yours to keep.

In a decision that reads like a love letter to the surveillance economy, the court ruled that police were within their rights to access a convicted rapist’s search history without a warrant. The reasoning is that everyone knows they’re being watched anyway.

The opinion, issued Tuesday, leaned on the idea that the public has already surrendered its privacy to Silicon Valley.

We obtained a copy of the ruling for you here.

“It is common knowledge that websites, internet-based applications, and internet service providers collect, and then sell, user data,” the court said, as if mass exploitation of personal information had become a civic tradition.

Because that practice is so widely known, the court concluded, users cannot reasonably expect privacy. In other words, if corporations do it first, the government gets a free pass."

https://reclaimthenet.org/pennsylvania-court-rules-no-privacy-in-google-searches

#USA #Pennsylvania #Google #Privacy #Surveillance #PoliceState

Ashley MacIsaac concert cancelled after #Google #AI falsely claims he was a convicted sex offender

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/article-ashley-macisaac-show-cancelled-google-ai-misinformation-music-fiddler/

#paywall

A #Dutch #Tweaker* reanimates bricked #Nest devices, like the Nest Learning, which were bricked by #Google. Or, at least... You could still use them physically, but all "smart" bits were gone.
All smart bits, except of course for the endless stream of data that keeps going to Google's servers.
https://tweakers.net/reviews/14096/tweaker-reanimeert-gebrickte-nest-thermostaten-als-dit-crimineel-is-so-be-it.html#Echobox=1766298019 (Dutch)
Cody (heh... applicable name, only one letter away from @pluralistic ) created "No Longer Evil"
https://github.com/codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat
His opinion: "If this is criminal, then so be it."
*: Tweaker - A person with a high interest in electronics and everything around it, including tinkering with devices, modding, etc.

A #Dutch #Tweaker* reanimates bricked #Nest devices, like the Nest Learning, which were bricked by #Google. Or, at least... You could still use them physically, but all "smart" bits were gone.
All smart bits, except of course for the endless stream of data that keeps going to Google's servers.
https://tweakers.net/reviews/14096/tweaker-reanimeert-gebrickte-nest-thermostaten-als-dit-crimineel-is-so-be-it.html#Echobox=1766298019 (Dutch)
Cody (heh... applicable name, only one letter away from @pluralistic ) created "No Longer Evil"
https://github.com/codykociemba/NoLongerEvil-Thermostat
His opinion: "If this is criminal, then so be it."
*: Tweaker - A person with a high interest in electronics and everything around it, including tinkering with devices, modding, etc.

@briankrebs #Google will be shutting down Dark Web Report Feb 17 2026🤦🏼