The mad king’s digital killswitch

“The very worst-case speculative scenario for Huawei-as-Chinese-Trojan-horse is infinitely better than the non-speculative, real ways in which the US has killswitched and bugged the world’s devices.” Cory Doctorow explains why responsible governments should have to accelerate their countries’ independence from US tech and not just Russian gas.

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#amazon #apple #copyright #europe #fediverse #freedom #google #internet #microsoft #opensource #politics #society #sovereignty #tech

The mad king’s digital killswitch

“The very worst-case speculative scenario for Huawei-as-Chinese-Trojan-horse is infinitely better than the non-speculative, real ways in which the US has killswitched and bugged the world’s devices.” Cory Doctorow explains why responsible governments should have to accelerate their countries’ independence from US tech and not just Russian gas.

pluralistic.net

#amazon #apple #copyright #europe #fediverse #freedom #google #internet #microsoft #opensource #politics #society #sovereignty #tech

So, apparently on October 20th of 2025 #internet died (again) due to #dns issue in #aws

There is no better moment than this to stress even more the importance of #decentralization #selfhosting and deployment of #foss alternatives to the services offered by #greed giant #corporations in order to claim back a more resilient #web just like it was at the very beginning

#people #sovereignty #democracy #freedom

So, apparently on October 20th of 2025 #internet died (again) due to #dns issue in #aws

There is no better moment than this to stress even more the importance of #decentralization #selfhosting and deployment of #foss alternatives to the services offered by #greed giant #corporations in order to claim back a more resilient #web just like it was at the very beginning

#people #sovereignty #democracy #freedom