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Africa: Africa Day - Why Data Sovereignty is Africa's Next Liberation Struggle: [allAfrica] On this Africa Day, as we reflect on the journey of the continent and the hopes of its people, we must widen our lens to see the deeper, invisible frontiers that define sovereignty in the 21st century. One of these frontiers is data. In a world where data has become the scaffolding of how humanity experiences… newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKwT #AfricaDay #DataSovereignty #DigitalAfrica #AIinAfrica #DataProtection

把数据权力从私人公司手里拿走,集中到政府手里 - 准确说是政府的情报系统手里,而且能将其实施制度化。这是中国与美国之间的一个重要区别。(美国在此是相反的 ,私人利益集团以各种形式购买决策权,从而控制政策和政治辩论)

数据权力(或者说数据主权),是中美冷战中的关键部分,它扮演着多重角色 - 从筹码到资本,从经济到国安 … 几乎关系到每一个阶段的谈判和博弈。(iyouport.substack.com/p/bb3?ut
“国家网络身份认证”这一举措意味着一个大幅迈进的国家主义行动。
北京正在为冷战的深化积累筹码。

作为数字用户您应该早已知道,不论数据掌握在谁的手里 - 国家还是公司、政府还是资本家 - 都是对我们每个人的隐私的剥夺。

IYP的安全系列培训教材还在准备中。它追求成为一个多管齐下的资源系统,包括数字、心理、人际等等;我们需要尽可能走在前面,兵来将挡的反应力已经越来越难以适应当前的局势了。

随时欢迎各界有能力的朋友加入防御创意项目 - 以任何您喜欢的方式。

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#android #FOSS folks, is there a gap in the automated #DataExport / #backup space?

I use #OpenTracks to track fitness activities (it's not quite the Google Fit replacement I was hoping it would be: See github.com/OpenTracksApp/OpenT) and #OsmAndMaps, and I use Nextcloud. However, backing up my cycling/walking/running tracks from OpenTracks and my bookmarks from OsmAnd to Nextcloud requires manual action.

If this is indeed a gap, I was thinking of putting up an open source recurring automated data export protocol for public comment.

1. Any data producing app (like OpenTracks) can include a small library that implements the protocol, allowing users to define the automated recurring data export frequency, how many old backups to keep etc.
2. Any data backup app (like Nextcloud) can include a different library that broadcasts an intent at a regular frequency that all protocol-compliant data producing apps can handle. When the broadcast is received, data producers can generate/hand over the file(s) to be backed up by the data backup app.

I'm tempted to build a #WebDAV-compliant open source app as well (as an example of a protocol-compliant data backup app) but that might be a grand undertaking.

Thoughts?

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In any case, the far bigger challenge will be to make EU institutions really shifting away from a system that they are used to use for many decades (the MS eco-system). Unfortunately, there is a bit difference between just promoting open source software and effectively introducing it for oneself. #FOSS #OSS #opensource #EU #DataSovereignty

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> Turtleisland.social is a Mastodon server for the North American Native/Indigenous community. They have set up their own PDS server for community members to join Bluesky as well

Hey this is a cool example of community-hosting. One of the goals of Bridge Seat Co-op is to support Māori to host more of their own online services, to help protect their data sovereignty.