Jan Penfrat / is on Nostr

Policy guy [@edri](https://eupolicy.social/@edri ), working on platform regulation, content moderation, data protection and surveillance ads.

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

#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

Last Notes

2024-07-04 22:41:01

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

2024-07-03 22:54:05

It is so wild that we allow a company to possess such gigantic amounts of cash that they can design its products in a way that, when production is discontinued, they'll brick all sold units and are obliged to fully refund every single customer AND pay them a compensation of 300 USD each, and the company is like 🤷‍♂️
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24190410/amazon-astro-business-robot-discontinued-refunds
#Amazon #Astro #obsolescence #bigtech #ewaste #capitalism

2024-06-24 11:51:31

My partner just sent me this photo from the #UK with the message
"In #London they encourage elderly ladies to denounce people like you to the #police."
I think I'll never gonna travel to this country again where they report people who document public #surveillance infrastructure to the police.
#security #HumanRights #CCTV
https://eupolicy.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/670/960/811/142/753/original/22e16c3701520c56.jpeg

2024-06-20 15:16:58

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

2024-06-15 19:20:40

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

2024-06-09 10:16:33

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

2024-06-05 09:12:47

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 13:05:04

"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 11:36:52

"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 13:26:54

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 15:28:13

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