Michael Weimann @mweimann@mastodon.social

You can now read and engage with news and information about 🇪🇺 EU policies, in a privacy-focused environment and with no transfer of data outside the EU.

This initiative is part of an EU pilot for supporting and using social media platforms based on open-source software.

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#EuropeanUnion #Mastodon #Fediverse

Hello world! This is the social account of https://foss.events

It will be used to spread news and updates around #foss events in Europe and try to remind you on upcoming events or deadlines of calls for participation.

Of course we will also use it to inform you about any updates regarding // foss.events itself : )

#FOSS, #FLOSS, #Free, #Libre and/or #Open #Source #Software (related) #Events in #Europe:
Unity in diversity!

Your // foss.events

Hacktoberfest: Am Samstag, den 19. Oktober 2019, ab 13:37 Uhr, lädt der Chao Computer Club FFM und die lokale FSFE Gruppe Rhein-Main zum Hacken an Freier Software ein.

https://fsfe.org/events/events.de.html

Die EU macht gerade eine Umfrage über die Förderung von Freier und Open Source Software. Nimmt teil wenn ihr FOSS nutzt oder entwickelt.
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/EUFOSSA2-Survey
#FOSS #EU #EUSurvey #EUFOSSA

I started a new @pixelfed account with some pictures in memory of the #AboutFreedom cluster during the Chaos Communication Camp 2019 #CCCamp19
https://pixelfed.social/c/73939228374994944

Thanks to everyone who helped to make this orbit such a special place <3

Although nothing new, it is ever again shocking how the #Android system fails to respect user's #control of technology and #privacy. A recent study by IMDEA networks and University Carlos III of Madrid across 1700 devices show how preinstalled apps have privileged permissions but no "normal" possibility for deinstallation and the majority of them being connected with online #monitoring systems for #commercial purposes: https://community.fsfe.org/t/study-about-privacy-risks-in-android/304
thanks at @espablo93
#SurveillanceCapitalism

FSFE-Vortrag auf der FrOSCon in Bonn, Deutschland (2019-08-10 - 2019-08-11) https://programm.froscon.de/2019/events/2326.html #fsfe #FreeSoftware #events #rssfeed

Want to find your way from A to B?

You should try:
https://maps.openrouteservice.org

I've used it a couple of times today, and it was great.

* Uses OpenStreetMap data
* Service provided by HeiGIT
* Doesn't spy on you
* Maps look great
* Effective routes
* Share with friends
* Add your own tracks
* Export to GPX plus others
* Elevation profile

You can also go to C, D, E and many more. 😉

#OSM #maps #routes #routing #FOSS #FLOSS #CrowdSourced

Info an Interessierte aus #Frankfurt und Umland...
#SmartCity #Digitalisierung
"Frankfurt am Main: Auf dem Weg zur intelligent vernetzten Stadt
Online-Befragung zur städtischen Digitalisierungsstrategie startet

… Ab Dienstag, 21. Mai, haben die Frankfurter vier Wochen lang die Möglichkeit, ihre Ansichten zur „Smart City“ in einer Online-Befragung einzubringen."
https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=8653&_ffmpar[_id_inhalt]=35520407

Nie mehr #WhatsApp? #EU-#Staaten könnten #Messenger zur Öffnung zwingen.

Messengerdienste wie #WhatsApp und #iMessage können miteinander keine Nachrichten austauschen. Warum eigentlich? ...

https://netzpolitik.org/2019/nie-mehr-whatsapp-eu-staaten-koennten-messenger-zur-oeffnung-zwingen/

Wegen der Terminverschiebung im EU-Parlament muss bereits heute um 18 Uhr in #Frankfurt und anderen Städten demonstriert werden. Wer kommt mit?

Die Meldung des @cccffm dazu gibt's nur bei T.: https://twitter.com/cccffm/status/1102689360259018754

#RadioLockdown is a threat for user freedom on smartphones, routers and many more devices. But by Monday, you can give your feedback to the #EUCommission.

It's important to show that we care about freedom! Participating is not hard, all info here: https://blog.mehl.mx/2019/protect-freedom-on-radio-devices-raise-your-voice-today/