Jan Penfrat

Policy guy EDRi (npub1w4r…8cxz), working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads.

Digital security trainer, cyclist, lover of the outdoors. Formerly writing for Golem.de.

Views my own.

#DSA #DMA #TrackingFreeAds #Surveillance #Decentralisation #Policy #Privacy #DataProtection #Cycling

Matrix ID: @jan:penfrat.net
PGP public key: https://keyoxide.org/B170DFF3794493D851724E8370940C3F58391D26
Work: https://edri.org/about-us/our-team/
Cycling far away: https://biketheworld.blog

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Last Notes

2024-08-26 06:18:53

Why the heck does the official #Mattermost client need to connect to half a dozen third-party domains from #Automattic, #Google and #Cloudfront / #Amazon in order to function with my self-hosted chat instance? 😠
#privacy #selfhosting #tracking #surveillancecapitalism
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/026/854/645/408/288/original/7e3e4ded0dd386a3.jpg

2024-08-06 09:46:09

"The real issue here is a system that prioritizes #engagement over accuracy, #clicks over comprehension. It’s a system that rewards the most provocative headline, not necessarily the most accurate one."
A crucial analysis about the state of our #media landscape, brilliantly written by @npub1wkr…yvj6.
Go read it!
https://joanwestenberg.com/the-bait-and-switch-crisis-a-dangerous-disconnect-between-headlines-and-content
#journalism #freecontent #trackingfreeads #surveillanceads #clickbait

2024-08-05 11:29:09

#FediHelp: I am looking for a #graphics #designer who can beautifully visualise the sign-up process of the #Fediverse + beginners tips on an approx. 2m² large #print banner.
Banner will be used for a conference booth and should allow newbies to understand the Fediverse and how easy it is. Design can be playful and colourful :)
Please DM me if interested; boosts and tagging very appreciated! 🙏
#PaidGig #FediWork #layout #design

2024-08-01 10:18:23

Every device should have preinstalled #LocalSend.
https://localsend.org

2024-07-31 07:09:13

"The collective fortune of #billionaires rose by $2.7bn a day, while some of the world’s poorest became poorer still. Between 2020 and 2023, the five richest men on Earth doubled their #wealth.
Billionaire wealth impoverishes us all: astonishingly, each of them produces, on average, a million times more #carbon dioxide than the average global citizen in the bottom 90%. Billionaires are a blight on the planet."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/31/brazil-global-tax-billionaires-super-rich
#TaxTheRich #G20 #brazil

2024-07-30 12:09:13

Online travel platform #Booking.com was fined €413 million by #Spain’s #antitrust agency for unfairly curbing hotels’ discounts and squeezing out rival travel agencies.
The regulator said Booking also abuses its dominant market position by rewarding hotels to use Booking and shun rivals. The authority said Booking also restricts its partner programs to hotels with higher profitability.
Source: Politico Europe
#DMA #DigitalMarketsAct #competition #CompetitionLaw #gatekeeper

2024-07-27 19:54:00

"The richest 1 percent have amassed $42 trillion in new #wealth over the past decade, nearly 34 times more than the entire bottom 50 percent of the world’s population, according to new analysis by #Oxfam".
#TaxTheRich
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/top-1-percent-bags-over-40-trillion-new-wealth-during-past-decade-taxes-rich-reach

2024-07-25 13:34:48

The @npub1m96…ag4y is going after #Cyprus, the #CzechRepublic, #Estonia, #Poland, #Portugal and #Slovakia for failing to deignate a #DigitalServicesCoordinator as required by the #DSA.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/inf_24_3228
#DigitalServicesAct #DSC #infringement #eupolicy #EU

2024-07-22 16:08:12

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Thanks a lot @npub1acc…v90a for the additional background. I just found that @npub13cm…ev9a has also done a great writeup of why #EU #competition #policy is not the cause for the #Crowdstrike disaster:
https://www.ianbrown.tech/2024/07/22/no-eu-competition-policy-was-not-responsible-for-global-it-chaos/
#microsoft #dma

2024-07-22 13:28:18

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#Microsoft are such jerks 👆
This has long been debunked. One problem apparently was precisely that Crowdstrike did *not* use available APIs but did their own hack.

2024-07-18 19:34:31

So a #UK judge has sentenced five peaceful #climate protestors to 4-5 years in #prison each for "intentionally causing a public nuisance", which is of course literally the entire idea of #protesting.
If they can do this to them, they will do this to you as well next time you protest to defend your rights or make your opinion heard in public.
Also, the protestors were spied on and betrayed by a Sun "journalist".
https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2024/0718/1460642-just-stop-oil-court/
#democracy #climatecrisis #juststopoil

2024-07-13 09:09:18

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I mean there are good reasons to oppose #advertising as such (including online) but, if one acknowledges that ads play at least some legitimate role in financing online services, isn't Mozilla's proposal a good attempt in building a #TrackingFreeAds system? If not, why (real question)?

2024-07-13 09:06:34

I have seen a lot of anger about and criticism of @npub1rvd…m6kr's new #adtech attribution system introduced in #Firefox 128. I totally understand why people are worried about this but I'd be curious if anyone has provided *technical* reasons for why the proposed attribution system isn't in fact #privacy-preserving or other reasons why it's bad (beyond "Firefox shouldn't do #ads" or "opt-out is not enough").

2024-07-10 20:12:53

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I find @npub1t2q…n4vh to be very useable both for driving and cycling.

2024-07-04 20:41:01

The @npub1m96…ag4y wastes our tax payer money to team up with #Microsoft the #gatekeeper and notorious #antitrust villain and sue the EU data protection agency [@EDPS](https://social.network.europa.eu/@EDPS ) because the Commission wants to continue to use the #M365 software #security shitshow.
How low can this institution sink?
https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/112722381771336529
#privacy #gdpr #dataprotection #edps

2024-06-26 19:32:15

The latest shit idea from yours truly 🇩🇪 #Germany:
The government proposes to empower itself to deport non-German legal residents if they 'like' or otherwise express support for "#terrorism" on social media. One time and you're out. No judge or other independent judicial approval needed.
Proposal from the social democrats and apparently the German Green party @npub1g3u…nvuc is OK with this. 😤

2024-06-20 13:16:58

Soooo, not only has the Belgian Presidency postponed today's vote on #ChatControl, #EU Commissioner #Jurova for the first time publicly admitted that the proposal would break #encryption:
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/649/131/608/806/450/original/7565720bd915070c.mp4

2024-06-20 07:39:49

So wow: controlled tests of Europe's oldest #solarpanels show that even after 40+ years of service, they continue to produce around 80% of their original power output. 💪☀️
https://www.heise.de/news/Photovoltaikanlage-zeigt-nach-30-Jahren-Betrieb-fast-80-Prozent-Restleistung-9770227.html

2024-06-15 17:20:40

Sticker seen in a German café #fckafd
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/621/775/827/997/683/original/7f2755bb24da1cfa.jpg

2024-06-13 09:41:11

There has already been some media coverage of #Linkedin's decision to limit ad #targeting based on sensitive personal data and comply with the #DigitalServicesAct #DSA instead.
Most failed to mention that this was based on a joint complaint filed by @npub1w4r…8cxz, @npub1ak9…l8u5, @npub1vuw…gshh and @npub1znr…rf55, so I took the liberty to write down the inside story for you :)
https://edri.org/our-work/privacy-win-linkedin-limits-ad-targeting-after-edri-complaint/
#privacy #gdpr #dataprotection #trackingfreeads #BanSurveillanceAdvertising

2024-06-09 08:16:33

People in Europe, today is the last day: Go and vote :europe: !

2024-06-05 07:12:47

Does anyone know of non-Western NGOs with a successful #Fediverse presence? I am planning a #workshop to share best practices for _global_ civil society about how to break free from #BigTech social media.
#globalmajority #globalsouth #asia #latinamerica #blackmastodon #africa
cc @npub1t3g…qqds @npub1p2p…hjzg

2024-05-24 11:05:04

"In patriarchal societies where #masculinity is coded as #power and control, men often try to get closer to women through power and control. The range of how this plays out is vast. It could be inconsequential, or it could end a woman’s life. This (...) may also be a reason why so many women in the “Man or Bear” debate chose the bear."
I recommend every man to read this piece by long-distance #cyclist Laura Killingbeck.
https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/
#patriarchy #ManOrBear #bikepacking #outdoors

2024-05-03 09:36:52

"What Was #Palestine Before the #Nakba?
A stunning photo archive reveals a time before the walls and checkpoints, when Palestine was not defined by its ailments but by its industries and cultures"
Introduction and link to the book: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/palestine-before-the-nakba/
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/376/473/528/521/081/original/be2fb572daf3dc7c.jpg

2024-04-26 11:26:54

Seriously [@EU_Commission](https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission) [@EC_DIGIT](https://social.network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT) [@EC_Commissioner_Breton](https://social.network.europa.eu/@EC_Commissioner_Breton) [@EC_OSPO](https://social.network.europa.eu/@EC_OSPO) ?
None of you can run a small #Mastodon server for the EU institutions?
Source: https://netzpolitik.org/2024/mastodon-and-peertube-eu-closing-up-shop-in-fediverse-because-nobody-wants-to-run-servers/

2024-04-08 13:28:13

Holy shit, I thought I knew how evil the #SurveillanceAds industry was but here we are:
Two-thirds of European websites just ignore your #cookie choice and track you anyways, researchers from #ETHzurich found. 🤯
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23winter-prepub-107-bouhoula.pdf
#privacy #TrackingFreeAds #consent #gdpr #ePrivacy #BanSurveillanceAdvertising

2024-02-08 15:52:08

The folks at @npub1znr…rf55 have done some amazing (and shocking!) analysis of content moderation on large platforms:
All those they looked at "except #Facebook and #Instagram, lack human content moderators in some of the EU languages."
And "neither #X nor #Snapchat have a single content moderator who can speak Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Lithuanian, Maltese, Slovak, Slovenian", and X also has "no moderators for Czech, Danish, Finnish, Romanian, or Swedish." 💥
https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/digital-threats/how-big-tech-platforms-are-neglecting-their-non-english-language-users/
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/896/649/125/419/352/original/6531e7fa1dda6ec6.png