I think its great that Europe is looking to rely less on US tech but nothing about whats going on with Europe (especially within the EU) makes me think privacy is a focus.
It hasn’t stopped countries like France, and Italy (not a complete list just examples) from being some of the least privacy friendly western governments.
Yeah? Because Chat Control is still a thing. And age verification as well, but the EU won’t outsource that to 3rd parties (we have EIDAS and the EU wallet for that).
Companies that have had their whole data on Google/MS servers for 20 years certainly don’t care for privacy the way you and I do. But they are certainly realizing that US providers are not the way to go. Baby steps I guess.
I think its great that Europe is looking to rely less on US tech but nothing about whats going on with Europe (especially within the EU) makes me think privacy is a focus.
Not even the GDPR?
GDPR is nice and all, but people have been fighting chat control and all its hydra heads for years now, so no.
But I’m an American so what do I know?
It hasn’t stopped countries like France, and Italy (not a complete list just examples) from being some of the least privacy friendly western governments.
Yeah? Because Chat Control is still a thing. And age verification as well, but the EU won’t outsource that to 3rd parties (we have EIDAS and the EU wallet for that).
Companies that have had their whole data on Google/MS servers for 20 years certainly don’t care for privacy the way you and I do. But they are certainly realizing that US providers are not the way to go. Baby steps I guess.
That reminds me of a quote I heard once. Probably from Cory Doctorow but I cannot remember now.
“Everyone wants you to have privacy… just not from them.”