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Tarnkappe.info<p>📬 Finanzierung des Tor-Projekts steht auch ohne Regierungsgelder<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Netzpolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netzpolitik</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KariLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KariLake</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/opentechnologyfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opentechnologyfund</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SpargremiumDoge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpargremiumDoge</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TechNGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNGO</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TorF%C3%B6rdermittel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TorFördermittel</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/USAGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAGM</span></a> <a href="https://sc.tarnkappe.info/b8bcb0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sc.tarnkappe.info/b8bcb0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Hans-Christoph Steiner<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://23.social/@thomasfricke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasfricke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@OpenTechFund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenTechFund</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAtlantic</span></a></span> Lucky OTF is popular with the US Congress because it is quite effective, a majority of both Democrats and Republicans support OTF. After the first attempt to shut down OTF in the first Trump administration, Congress changed the law to require the money to fund <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> and to require security audits, as well as requiring that OTF specifically has money dedicated to it. </p><p><a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTF</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Hans-Christoph Steiner<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://23.social/@thomasfricke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasfricke</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@OpenTechFund" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OpenTechFund</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@TheAtlantic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheAtlantic</span></a></span> The good news is that the <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration had such a weak case, they just rescinded the grant termination once it came to court. The court also kept the case open, despite the Trump admin arguing it was moot, until they actually paid <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTF</span></a> the money they were owed. Now OTF has been paid:</p><p><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.19.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630/gov.uscourts.dcd.278630.19.0.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechFund</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.librem.one/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a></p>
Fabrizio L'Altro<p>Un Ordine Esecutivo di <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> blocca i pagamenti all'<a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a>. Da essi dipendono servizi <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> critici come <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/FDroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDroid</span></a>, <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/TOR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOR</span></a> e <a href="https://livellosegreto.it/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a>. Abbiamo bisogno di un impegno serio da parte dell'Unione Europea nello sviluppo di alternative FOSS prima possibile, è seriamente una questione di sicurezza molto più che di principio.<br><a href="https://www.dday.it/redazione/52530/trump-fara-saltare-il-negozio-open-source-android-f-droid-e-la-rete-tor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dday.it/redazione/52530/trump-</span><span class="invisible">fara-saltare-il-negozio-open-source-android-f-droid-e-la-rete-tor</span></a></p>
Verfassungklage@troet.cafe<p><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a>: <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-Regierung will nun doch Projekte für <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Internetfreiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internetfreiheit</span></a> finanzieren</p><p>Es ist ein Rückzug vom Rückzug: Die <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-Regierung wird die <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Finanzierung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finanzierung</span></a> von Projekten fortführen, die sich für die <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/Internetfreiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internetfreiheit</span></a> einsetzen. Der Schaden ist dennoch groß. </p><p><a href="https://netzpolitik.org/2025/open-technology-fund-us-regierung-will-nun-doch-projekte-fuer-internetfreiheit-finanzieren/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">netzpolitik.org/2025/open-tech</span><span class="invisible">nology-fund-us-regierung-will-nun-doch-projekte-fuer-internetfreiheit-finanzieren/</span></a></p>
TuxTux<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Remittancegirl</span></a></span> <br>Yeah... but Trump canceled the funds for the <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a> and so he stopped the funding of <a href="https://mastodon.tuxtux.eu/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, too.</p>
Marko<p>💵 Das sieht so gar nicht gut aus. <a href="https://kanoa.de/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doge</span></a> hat den <a href="https://kanoa.de/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a> den Geldhahn zugedreht. </p><p>Somit haben jetzt Tor, Tails, OpenVPN, F-Droid, Let's Encrypt und Quad9 keine finanzielle Unterstützung mehr.</p><p>🌀 <a href="https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/open-technology-fund-vor-dem-aus-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunkkultur.de/open-</span><span class="invisible">technology-fund-vor-dem-aus-100.html</span></a></p>
wrdlbrmpft — #UnPlugTrump<p>Es ist zum heulen mit anzusehen, in welcher Geschwindigkeit die Welt um einen zerstört wird.</p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/letsencrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>letsencrypt</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fdroid</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/openvpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openvpn</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/opentechnologyfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opentechnologyfund</span></a> </p><p>Ist waybackmachine noch da? <br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/archiveorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archiveorg</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://blog.fefe.de/?ts=991c0a7b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">blog.fefe.de/?ts=991c0a7b</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
scops<p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/OpenTechnologyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTechnologyFund</span></a> seht vor dem Aus</p><p><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/open-technology-fund-vor-dem-aus-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunkkultur.de/open-</span><span class="invisible">technology-fund-vor-dem-aus-100.html</span></a> / <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Nach-Trump-Dekret-Kampf-um-US-Foerdermittel-fuer-Tor-F-Droid-und-Let-s-Encrypt-10328226.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Nach-Trump-Dekre</span><span class="invisible">t-Kampf-um-US-Foerdermittel-fuer-Tor-F-Droid-und-Let-s-Encrypt-10328226.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege</span></a></p><p>Das betrifft u.a. <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/fdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fdroid</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tails</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/letsencrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>letsencrypt</span></a> uvm... Au backe o.o</p>