Rik Viergever
rikviergever@mastodon.social
<p>Social entrepreneur. I think about how to progress things the world needs more of: science, human rights, open-source, privacy, open data, fairtrade, equality and nature!</p>
Posts
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Post #4370686
Wie kan mij in contact brengen met developers in de 112NL app van de Landelijke Meldkamer Samenwerking 🚨 ? Deze app werkt niet op het grootste Europese mobiele OS, /e/OS (>100.000 gebruikers). We komen graag in contact met de ontwikkelaars van deze app, want dit is absoluut niet nodig. Dit komt door Play Integrity, waarvoor goede alternatieven beschikbaar zijn die net zo veilig (veiliger!) zijn maar WEL werken op /e/OS. #FOSS #opensource #FOSS #privacy #android #AOSP #tech #eOS #Murena
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Post #4352716
The proof that AI companies urgently need more regulation: "AI companies are now destroying warehouses full of rare books. The damage caused by the AI regime has yet to be fully realized." → For those not understanding why they are doing this, it is so that they have a monopoly on the knowledge and texts in those books. One of the most horrible things I've read in a while. https://gardinerbryant.com/ai-companies-are-now-destroying-warehouses-full-of-rare-books/ #BigTech #AI #LLM...
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Post #3882636
Wie kan mij in contact brengen met developers in de @Rabobank@mastodon.nl en Funda? Beiden werken sinds kort niet meer op het grootste Europese mobiele OS, /e/OS (>100.000 gebruikers en snel groeiend). We komen graag in contact met de ontwikkelaars van deze apps, want dit is absoluut niet nodig (voor veiligheid of andere redenen) en we zouden hen graag hen een guide toesturen die deze alternatieven beschrijft. #FOSS #opensource #privacy #android #AOSP #Linux #tech #funda #Rabobank @raboban...
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Post #3132312
Pandora&#39;s iPhone, by Stuart Carlson, 2016. Still spot-on in 2026: A backdoor for the good guys simply does not exist. Once you build it, hackers walk through, authoritarian governments walk through, and the rest follows. The UK is pressuring for chat control right now. EU Chat Control initiatives keep popping up. We need to keep saying NO to this! #encryption #privacy #ChatControl #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #opensource #democracy #freedom #digital #tech
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Post #3132311
Mass data collection is increasingly being used to find &amp; identify individuals 👇 Examples of people being exposed this way: - US soldiers in war zones - French spies - a priest outed via Grindr - migrants hunted by ICE These systems that are supposed to be &#39;de-identified&#39; and &#39;anonymized&#39; have not been either for a long time. Read my full blog about this here: https://viergever.me/mass-data-collection-is-increasingly-being-used-to-find-identify-indivi...
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Post #3132310
Microsoft has provided data about Dutch civil servants who work on EU digital laws to the US government, including emails, minutes, and invitations. The reasons for Europe to become digitally sovereign are becoming more clear by the day. Also unbelievable the US government is willing to violate its own domestic privacy laws to influence foreign lawmaking, a double no-go normally ! https://cybernews.com/tech/microsoft-dutch-data/ #privacy #europe #digitalsovereignty #foss #opensource #Europea...
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Post #3132309
🙈 Hoe krijgen beleidsmakers dit toch voor elkaar? Letterlijk 1 dag voordat de Europese Commissie haar Tech Soevereiniteits Programma lanceert (morgen, 3 juni), wordt bekend dat de Nederlandse Overheid plant om de opvolger van DigiD alleen te laten gebruiken i.c.m. een Apple of Google account. Hebben we net het ene DigiD debacle overwonnen, dient de volgende zich aan. https://www.ftm.nl/artikelen/nl-wallet-werkt-niet-zonder-amerikaanse-tech #DigiD #Privacy #Soevereiniteit #Digitaal #Android...
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Post #3132308
Ik zoek een aannemer voor een verbouwing in Utrecht! Goeie tips zeer welkom #aannemer #verbouwing #Utrecht
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Post #3132307
The EU Technology Sovereignty package just dropped ! FOSS is a big part of it, great step forward for security and autonomy for Europe. Currently available info at the following links: 1. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_1187 2. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy 3. https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/commission-boosts-open-and-interoperable-digital-ecosystems-public-administrations-2026-06-03_en #FOSS #opensource #EC #...
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Post #3132306
Many people don&#39;t know that @murena also provides free email with E2EE options + easy sync to your phone with /e/OS by @e_mydata . Thank you to Astralón (astralon.gr) for letting people know ! #privacy #FOSS #opensource #email #europe #buyeuropean #EuropeFirst #DigitalSovereignty
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Post #992337
1 April in the European pro-privacy community: &quot;We are merging with Google. Why Google? A perfect alignment of visions&quot; 🤣🤣🤣 https://www.reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1s9ci22/xprivo_is_being_acquired_by_google_what_this/ #1April #April1 #Privacy #FOSS #opensource #europe #SocEnt #buyeuropean
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Post #992336
https://bsky.app/profile/rbreich.bsky.social/post/3mifdgnjplu2w #democracy #freedom #equality #equity
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Post #900365
Small changes being made by governments that go unnoticed by many with huge consequences for our planet https://ourpubliclandsandwaters.substack.com/p/maga-god-squad-sentences-critically?triedRedirect=true #Nature #PlanetEarth #Environment #Sustainability #GreenEnergy #WindEnergy #SolarEnergy
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Post #808304
Europe has survived 3 energy shocks in 4 years. The only way out is to stop buying power from its enemies | Fortune https://fortune.com/2026/03/25/europe-3-energy-shocks-in-4-years-what-to-do-next/ #TechSovereigny #DigitalSovereignty #EnergySovereignty #Europe #EC #EU #EuropeanUnion
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Post #808303
The Trump administration, American conservative think tanks and Big Tech companies, helped by far-right traitors in Europe, are increasingly targeting the EU’s digital regulations and rules on content moderation. We need to oppose this and stand strong! https://corporateeurope.org/en/2026/03/inside-far-right-network-targeting-europes-digital-rules #TechSovereigny #DigitalSovereignty #EnergySovereignty #Europe #EC #EU #EuropeanUnion #DSA #DMA #DigitalServicesAct #DigitalMarketsAct #Freedom #De...
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Post #733093
What happens when you tax the rich (summary: they don&#39;t run away as conservative parties always warn, but they stay, and the whole society becomes a better, nicer place) https://youtube.com/shorts/6sinu8GqjYA?si=U4DzEk7FpptAv0ES #democracy #freedom #equality #equity #Piketty #wealthinequality
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Post #733092
Any policymaker: please heed this advice https://counterflood.substack.com/p/why-the-free-world-needs-a-war-room #democracy #freedom #misinformation
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Post #653553
We need to build better and more equitable education systems. How rich you are born today influences way too much your chances at educational and professional success. Social mobility should be maximized! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wqduTqIGm1g https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_mobility #SocialMobility #Equality #WealthInequality #Piketty #Inequality #Equity #Freedom #Democracy
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Post #653552
A former educator of the ICE programme, explaining that the nr of training hours has been halved, and trainees get no training on appropriate use of force ... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lypvh2xETec #ICE #USA #Democracy #Freedom
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Post #653551
Why the ultrarich (such as Elon Musk) are openly supporting the extreme right https://youtube.com/shorts/oaNJ48SP998?si=3Ar0cyYwYE01xLP6 #democracy #freedom #taxtherich #politics #europe #equality
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Post #653550
https://www.devproblems.com/european-alternatives-android #BuyEU #BuyEuropean #Android #AOSP #mobile #Murena #eOS @murena @e_mydata
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Post #653549
https://youtube.com/shorts/4luhyQtnqrc?si=kSKcS5I0W_6XhIgw #freedom #democracy #peace
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Post #653548
39.377 tracking attempts by apps and websites blocked on my Murena phone with /e/OS in the past 30 days thanks to the built-in tracker blocker in /e/OS! #privacy #opensource #democracy #freedom #FOSS #Europe #AOSP #Android #eOS #Murena @murena @e_mydata
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Post #653547
A clear explanation of why the &#39;voter verification&#39; laws in the USA are such a problem. They are really &#39;stop poor people from voting&#39; laws. https://youtube.com/shorts/zb9aWd1V_cw?si=ks9bj6sSXWvq_I6Y #democracy #freedom #politics #democrats #USA #America
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Post #576090
Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests "Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...). The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone." https://librespeed.org/ https://www.reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1rm...
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Post #467140
I&#39;m looking for people working at a bank in Europe who are interested in #EthicalTech and who would be interested to help us ensure that banking apps function well on European operating systems. Do you know anyone who might be interested? Please reach out to me via DM! #DigitalSovereignty #banking #FairTech #banks #finance #tech #buyEU #DMA #DSA #SocEnt #EUtech #Revolut #bunq #Curve #WERO #IDEAL #ING #ABNAMRO #ASN #Triodos #Rabobank #UBS #HSBC #BNP #Paribas #N26 #Wise #Qonto #BNP #Pa...
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Post #318840
We need to be really worried about this: future elections campaigns are going to see much more advanced disinformation campaigns. https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ai-bot-swarms-threaten-to-undermine #democracy #freedom #disinformation #AI #bots #elections
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Post #318839
2 great federated and open source LinkedIn alternatives: 1. https://nolto.social 2. https://socialhome.network Here are my profiles: 1. https://nolto.social/profile/rik 2. https://socialhome.network/u/rik #opensource #fediverse #federation #mastodon #digital #DigitalSovereignty #nolto #socialhome #LinkedIn @murena @e_mydata @nolto @hq The first on even offers LinkedIn data import:
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Post #318838
I wonder how many of the people that are posting about European digital sovereignty and about open source today have a European and/or open-source operating system on their own smartphones, tablets and PCs.... #opensource #privacy #DigitalSovereignty #aosp #linux #europe
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Post #162282
In finding European alternatives, we don't talk enough about operating systems! This is where change literally begins and ends, if you get this right a lot of the other changes come automatically. Here some great examples of European operating systems: - www.e.foundation - www.murena.com - www.linuxmint.com - www.opensuse.org - www.ubuntu.com - www.kubuntu.org #Digital #OpenSource #DigitalSovereignty #Aosp #customrom #linux #freedom #android @murena@mastodon.social @gael@mastodon.social @...