hey.
Psst.
That antivirus software you and your gov installed on every machine out there, that scans every file when it’s closed, to “ensure it’s not carrying a virus.” That one.
Who makes it? In America, you say?
No, not Defender; but let’s talk about that too. Who makes the OS and crucial apps your local council uses? Muni, Region, Federal – all Microsoft, Splunk, Solarwinds (even after they were super-pwned), Checkpoint, Office, Azure. All American? Really?
If we put TP-Link and RedFlag Linux and Kaspersky and Huawei on do-not-buy lists for privacy and espionage concerns, tell me how we’re reacting to the risky new path of the US government and its Krasnov operative.
Yeah. I don’t think a lot of tech companies really thought through the impacts of Trump burning up America’s international reputation.
It’s hard to have an international presence when the international community hates your product and you no longer have leverage to negotiate.
The time to develop sovereign digital infrastructure was like a decade ago. Better late than never I guess. Good news is that the only way Europe can do this is by leveraging open source, so maybe we’ll see more support for that going forward.
massive step in the right direction. it was dumb all along to trust so much to the most murderous empire in existence.
indeed
Thank goodness I just started moving my stuff to Nextcloud.
Astronaut with gun.
As always, Bert is right. This has to stop.
Inertia, cheapness and laziness. Europe needs to develop its own IT infrastructure.
Not even that cheap. It’s lock in, right? Cloud starts off cheap, gets expensive.
Cheap on the initial outlay for IT staff and systems. Pay for cloud instead and get locked in like you said.
it never was…
Say someone uses a Droplet on Digital Ocean. What’s the best EU alternative?
Probably Hetzner. I’d still try for OVH as it’s separate from CLOUD-act risk (by running its ovh.us as a distinct org, so avoid them but use the rest in relative safety) and it may be cheaper/better given your particular needs and tolerance.
