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  Posteo Won the Email Provider Test. But the Score Ignores the Cost of Leaving On September 2, the German organization Stiftung Warentest published a comprehensive test of email services. https://vsx.global/email-provider-test-posteo/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Privacy Email in the US and Canada: Why the Options Are So Few and What to Choose In this series on privacy-focused email services, I’ve so far written exclusively about Europe—about Proton and Tuta, about Mailfence and… https://vsx.global/email-privacy-in-the-u-s-and-canada-why-is-the-selection-so-limited-and-what-can-we-take-away-from-this/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Linux Phones in Summer of 2026 Linux phones have undergone a significant transformation since winter: Jolla began shipping its new phone, Furi Labs released an updated version of its model, Pine64… https://vsx.global/linux-phones-in-the-summer-of-2026/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  How Secure Is the Jolla Phone? Strengths, Limits, and What We Don't Know Yet Thirteen years after the launch of the original Jolla Phone, the Finnish company Jolla unveiled its successor. The phone was announced on December 5, 2025, and… https://vsx.global/how-secure-is-the-jolla-phone-its-advantages-limitations-and-what-we-dont-know-about-it-yet/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  The CHATONS Collective: A network of „IT farmers“ that aims to give the internet back to the people When you send an email, save a photo, or make a call over the Internet today, it's quite likely that your data is traveling through servers… https://vsx.global/chatons-sit-it-farmaru-which-wants-to-give-the-internet-back-to-the-people/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Three Phones, Three Ways to Force Yourself Offline. And Why That Isn't the Same as Privacy The category of minimalist phones is no longer a niche market for just a few enthusiasts. Punkt, Mudita, Minimal Company, and Sunbeam are all available for purchase today, and each… https://vsx.global/three-phones-three-ways-to-force-a-disconnection-and-why-its-not-the-same-as-a-private-line/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Data Leak from France's Government Messenger Tchap: Sovereign Doesn't Mean Bulletproof France has developed its own encrypted messaging app so that its officials don't have to rely on WhatsApp or Signal. It's called Tchap, and it runs on an open… https://vsx.global/a-data-leak-from-the-governments-messaging-app-secure-doesnt-mean-impenetrable/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Three Paths to Private Email: StartMail, Posteo, and Soverin In recent weeks, I've discussed Mailfence and mailbox.org on this blog—the former as a technically sound… https://vsx.global/startmail-posteo-and-soverin-three-european-privacy-focused-email-services-that-arent-talked-about-as-much/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  How to Build Your Own "Cape“ in Europe: Practical Digital Hygiene for Mobile Privacy In the previous article, we explained why there is not yet a full-fledged equivalent of the American operator Cape in Europe. The combination of a proprietary mobile network core… https://vsx.global/how-to-put-together-your-own-digital-hygiene-guide-for-mobile-privacy-in-europe/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Cape: An American „Privacy-First“ Carrier Under the Microscope — and Why You Won’t Find an Equivalent in Europe Just Yet A few days ago, an interview by Jonah Aragon with Ruddy Wang, head of Cape’s consumer division, appeared on the PrivacyGuides website. The interview… https://vsx.global/cape-an-american-privacy-first-operator-under-the-microscope-and-why-you-wont-find-anything-like-it-in-europe-just-yet/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  European AI, Part 2: Small Players, Layers of Sovereignty, and How to Spot a Wrapper with a European Flag When I wrote about European alternatives to ChatGPT last month, I focused on the top tier—those who… https://vsx.global/european-ai-the-second-time-around-sovereignty-layers-and-how-to-identify-a-wrapper-with-a-flag/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Secria VPN is out. The post-quantum features are here, the independent audit is not On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, a new VPN hit the market—available right away for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and… https://vsx.global/secria-vpn-has-released-post-quantum-equipment-an-audit-is-still-pending/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  The EU and VPNs: Does Brussels Want to Limit Anonymity on the Internet? If you use a VPN, you may have seen headlines this spring saying that the European Union wants to ban it. The good news: there’s no ban… https://vsx.global/eu-and-vpn-brussels-wants-to-limit-anonymity-on-the-internet/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Brave has added containers: multiple accounts in a single browser and organization of digital identities The Brave browser gained a long-awaited feature in version 1.92, released on July 2, 2026. Containers in the Brave browser allow you to separate tabs… https://vsx.global/brave-has-added-multi-account-containers-in-a-single-browser-and-brought-order-to-digital-identities/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  GDPRchat: Denmark Has a „European Alternative to ChatGPT.“ But DentroChat and Others Were Here First Tech websites reported this week on the launch of the GDPRchat service. The Danish company FRITS AI ApS, founded by tech entrepreneur Frits Lyneborg… https://vsx.global/gdprchat-in-denmark-has-a-european-alternative-to-chatgpt-called-dentrochat-and-there-were-others-here-before-that/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Europe's W Social Relies on US Infrastructure. What, Then, Is True Sovereignty? Europe has a new alternative to Network X, though it is currently only in the beta testing phase. It’s called W Social, and it was introduced… https://vsx.global/the-european-social-media-network-is-built-on-american-infrastructure-so-what-does-that-make-of-true-sovereignty/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Unified Attestation: An Open-Source Alternative to Google Play Integrity, or Just Another Gateway to Device Verification? The Volla Community Days 2026 series has a third installment. Following the articles on Volla Cloud and Holochain, the last major… https://vsx.global/unified-attestation-an-open-source-alternative-to-google-play-integrity-or-just-another-gateway-for-device-verification/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  The European Parliament Approved "Chat Control 1.0“ with Conditions — It Calls for Encryption Protection On Thursday, July 9, the European Parliament approved in principle the renewal of the temporary message-scanning regime. The regime is nicknamed „Chat Control 1.0“… https://vsx.global/the-european-parliament-approved-chat-control-1-0-with-conditions-requiring-encryption-protection/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Session Isn't Over: The Community Has Averted the End of One of the Most Ambitious Metadata Protection Tools Session isn't ending, but its future depends on stable funding. But before we get into what the rescue plan entails, let's recall… https://vsx.global/the-session-isnt-over-the-community-has-averted-the-demise-of-one-of-the-most-ambitious-tools-for-metadata-protection/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  The European Parliament will discuss the return of Chat Control 1.0 today — first, it will decide on an expedited procedure The European Parliament is meeting in Strasbourg today. On the agenda is a proposal to reinstate the temporary voluntary message-scanning scheme, nicknamed “Chat Control”… https://vsx.global/the-european-parliament-will-discuss-the-return-of-chat-control-1-0-today-and-will-first-decide-on-an-expedited-procedure/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  What Does the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Mean for Your Data in the Cloud? Do you use Gmail, Microsoft 365, Mailchimp, or another U.S.-based service? If so, a ruling issued at the end of June 2026… https://vsx.global/what-does-the-trump-v-slaughter-ruling-mean-for-your-data-in-the-u-s-cloud/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  European AI After June’s Stress Test: Who Is Building an Alternative to ChatGPT, and Where Are the Limits of Sovereignty? As I’ve been surveying European office suites, email services, instant messengers, and web browsers over the past few weeks, one category has yet to get its share… https://vsx.global/european-ai-who-builds-an-alternative-to-chatgpt-and-where-sovereignty-has-limits/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Euro-Office the Day After: What's Actually Available and Why LibreOffice Is Protesting A few days ago, I wrote here about the release of Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring and mentioned that… https://vsx.global/is-euro-office-actually-available-the-next-day-and-why-is-libreoffice-complaining/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  The End of uBlock Origin in Chrome: What's Really Changing and What to Do About It In early June 2026, it was confirmed that Chrome was also losing its last technical capabilities that had kept… https://vsx.global/the-end-of-ublock-origin-in-chrome-whats-actually-changing-and-what-to-do-about-it/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Volla Community Days 2026: Europe’s Bet on Independence from Big Tech While most of the world operates within the Google and Apple ecosystems, a small group of European companies is building an alternative. This year’s… https://vsx.global/volla-community-days-2026-europes-bet-on-independence-from-big-tech/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Custom Spyware: How an Industry That Only Makes Headlines When It Ends Up in Court Works This week, a news story caught my attention in the media—one that one could easily overlook as just another item in the „cybersecurity“ section: Meta… https://vsx.global/custom-made-spyware-how-it-works-an-industry-that-only-gets-discussed-once-it-ends-up-in-court/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Volla Community Days 2026: First Report on Europe’s Commitment to Independence Two days ago, I wrote here about the Volla Community Days event as a European push for independence from Big Tech… https://vsx.global/volla-community-days-2026-first-report-from-the-european-bet-on-independence/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  When Washington Shut Down Anthropic: What Really Happened and What It Means On Friday, June 12, the U.S. government issued an export control directive to Anthropic, ordering the company to restrict access to its most powerful… https://vsx.global/when-washington-shut-down-anthropic-what-really-happened-and-what-it-means/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  What happens to leaked data: the lifecycle of a leaked password In the previous two installments of this series, I discussed the basic definition of the darknet [Myths and Reality: What Is the Darknet, Really?]… https://vsx.global/what-happens-to-leaked-data-the-lifecycle-of-a-password-that-someone-leaks/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty

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  Commodore Callback 8020: A Legend Returns as a Linux Flip Phone That Deliberately Does Almost Nothing Most of us know the name Commodore from the 8-bit era—the C64, the Amiga, the blinking cursor on a blue screen. After years of silence… https://vsx.global/commodore-callback-8020-the-return-of-a-legend-a-vintage-phone-running-linux-that-deliberately-can-do-almost-nothing/ #infosec #privacy #opensource #digitalsovereignty