🚨 Less than 168 days remain before Android becomes a locked down platform!

Google intends to force all software developers to register with a centralized Google service before their apps can run on the biggest mobile operating system on the planet, regardless of whether those apps are distributed via Google Play.

Find @keepandroidopen’s website at https://keepandroidopen.org for more information about this, why it’s a problem, and how you can make your voice heard.

As supporters of open platforms we have consistently encouraged developers and alternative app stores to refuse to participate in this program, and to spread this message throughout the Android community.

Read our open letter to Google’s leadership: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

#Android #KeepAndroidOpen #Google #PrivacyGuides #Privacy

This technology, which is used to confuse drones and missiles, is now inadvertently disrupting the GPS trackers that we use every day — from civilian planes to tracking a shipment to #Google #Maps.

I just did a google search for "laptop camera cover slider canada".

The first page returned contains:
Row of sponsored products (Etsy, Amazon, Walmart)
List of sponsored products (Etsy, Amazon, Walmart)
AI Overview ( unhelpful text mentioning Etsy, Amazon, and Walmart))
Result (Amazon)
Popular Products (all Amazon)
Sponsored result (Etsy)
Other questions
Result (Amazon)
Result (Walmart)
Result (Temu)
Result (Reddit)
Result (Amazon)
People also searched for

#search #google #mildlyinfuriating

A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.

She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA

That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.

I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.

This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/

@xankarn

#UShistory #USpol #Fascism
#TrumpCoup

(3/n)

... sensitive and accurate data there is on all #Americans👈, illegally raiding one federal agency's data base after another. 1)

1) E. g. today:
https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114116792158733453

His #BigTech peers, #Meta, #Google, #Microsoft, et al. have been trafficking with all that contact and movement (etc.!)., the so called #MetaData1.) on your smartphone.

And now, there is even #AI that can process all that data!

"'a key benefit for the...

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Iran's Tasnim news agency has published a list of potential targets for Iran on Telegram, including the offices of tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia in Gulf countries and Israel. Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha for FRANCE 24.
#Iran #technology #war #Amazon #Nvidia #Microsoft #Google #UAE #Qatar #Bahrain #GulfStates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J1l48cvHGU

Iran's Tasnim news agency has published a list of potential targets for Iran on Telegram, including the offices of tech giants such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia in Gulf countries and Israel. Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Doha for FRANCE 24.
#Iran #technology #war #Amazon #Nvidia #Microsoft #Google #UAE #Qatar #Bahrain #GulfStates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J1l48cvHGU

A few months ago, a Canadian judge got her #amazon , #google , #uber, credit cards accounts, etc. closed.

She was doing her job investigating war crimes made in Afghanistan, including by the #USA

That offended Americans. They decided to close all her accounts, which they have control over.

I'm expecting this behavior to become more and more common.

This is why #canada should work on #digitalsovereignty

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/12/12/its-surreal-us-sanctions-lock-international-criminal-court-judge-out-of-daily-life/

Office.eu launches as 100% European-owned alternative to Microsoft 365/Google Workspace, built on Nextcloud/Collabora with EU-only data centers. 🧩

Aims for digital sovereignty amid Big Tech data scandals and US CLOUD Act risks, offering docs, email, calendars, and video on open-source stack. 🛡️

🔗 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/office-eu-and-the-want-for-a-digitally-sovereign-europe

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #Europe #EU #IT #Microsoft #Office #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Linux #OfficeEU #DigitalSovereignty #Nextcloud #US #Google #BigTech

Office.eu launches as 100% European-owned alternative to Microsoft 365/Google Workspace, built on Nextcloud/Collabora with EU-only data centers. 🧩

Aims for digital sovereignty amid Big Tech data scandals and US CLOUD Act risks, offering docs, email, calendars, and video on open-source stack. 🛡️

🔗 https://www.siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/office-eu-and-the-want-for-a-digitally-sovereign-europe

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #Europe #EU #IT #Microsoft #Office #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Linux #OfficeEU #DigitalSovereignty #Nextcloud #US #Google #BigTech