Canadian internet users may soon have their data handed to US authorities, with no Canadian judge involved and no Canadian court order required.
That is the core of what Bill C-22 enables. Canada is negotiating a cross-border data-sharing agreement with the US that lets American law enforcement request information about Canadians directly from service providers, bypassing Canadian judicial oversight entirely.
And it does not stop there. C-22 also lets the Minister of Public Safety order companies to build encryption backdoors, and mandates that telecom and messaging platforms retain your metadata for up to a year, regardless of whether you are under any suspicion.
Is this not a sovereignty problem? A country that cannot protect its own citizens' digital lives from foreign law enforcement is not in control of its internet.
The bill has passed the House and is now in the Senate. The window to push back is closing fast.
If you are Canadian, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association has a petition. Use it please before it's too late.
That is the core of what Bill C-22 enables. Canada is negotiating a cross-border data-sharing agreement with the US that lets American law enforcement request information about Canadians directly from service providers, bypassing Canadian judicial oversight entirely.
And it does not stop there. C-22 also lets the Minister of Public Safety order companies to build encryption backdoors, and mandates that telecom and messaging platforms retain your metadata for up to a year, regardless of whether you are under any suspicion.
Is this not a sovereignty problem? A country that cannot protect its own citizens' digital lives from foreign law enforcement is not in control of its internet.
The bill has passed the House and is now in the Senate. The window to push back is closing fast.
If you are Canadian, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association has a petition. Use it please before it's too late.
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Remember Picasa from the previous decade?
It was quite popular before Google killed it and replaced it with Google Photos.
Here is an open source image viewer for Linux that recreates the Picasa experience with modern file format support.
You can view HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, RAW , and animated APNG.
Floating window and fullscreen modes, cropping, and export are also included.
It was quite popular before Google killed it and replaced it with Google Photos.
Here is an open source image viewer for Linux that recreates the Picasa experience with modern file format support.
You can view HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, RAW , and animated APNG.
Floating window and fullscreen modes, cropping, and export are also included.
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Mirko Brombin is working to get Microsoft Office running reliably on Linux. He also thinks the apps cloning Office and Photoshop pixel for pixel cross a line. We talked about both, plus AI agents, Vanilla OS and his new Sinty OS.
itsfoss.com/interview/mirk…
itsfoss.com/interview/mirk…
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It's FOSS retweeted
It's here. Raven is now Open source!
A new Windows compatibility layer for Linux (and soon Mac OS). The website and code are now public alongside the whole story of the project, you can read about it here: useraven.org/news/introduci…
Waiting for your feedback, and please, be kind #Linux #Windows #MaxOS #OpenSource #Development
A new Windows compatibility layer for Linux (and soon Mac OS). The website and code are now public alongside the whole story of the project, you can read about it here: useraven.org/news/introduci…
Waiting for your feedback, and please, be kind #Linux #Windows #MaxOS #OpenSource #Development
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"ai prompts" are downloading a full fledged GUI office suite for editing documents? 🤔
Seems like an overkill to me. Thoughts on this people?
Seems like an overkill to me. Thoughts on this people?
@Itsfoss are you stupid or something? dont you know ai prompts download it for editing documents in his sandboxes?
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It's FOSS retweeted
Your health data is personal. Keep it personal, under your control.
Explore self-hosted tools. Less dependence on big tech, more ownership of your privacy.
Explore self-hosted tools. Less dependence on big tech, more ownership of your privacy.
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There’s plenty going on at her repair bench. Her ZimaBoard 2 quietly handles file storage, backups, VMs, and other services in the background. 👀
See how onimorin puts hers to work every day.
Full video in the first reply 👇
#ZimaBoard2 #Homelab #SelfHosting
See how onimorin puts hers to work every day.
Full video in the first reply 👇
#ZimaBoard2 #Homelab #SelfHosting
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The list covers desktops, X servers, and a Wayland-hosted X11 layer. Basically, projects that are resisting a Waylan-only Linux future.
itsfoss.com/projects-keepi…
itsfoss.com/projects-keepi…
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The small SBC brings a 6 TOPS NPU, Wi-Fi 6, a Pi-compatible 40-pin header, and up to 32GB RAM, starting at $153.
itsfoss.com/news/armsom-si…
itsfoss.com/news/armsom-si…
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A privacy-first DNS resolver just chose to leave an entire country rather than lie to its users.
Quad9 is shutting off its free DNS service in France on November 24, after a French court ordered it to block domains that BeIN Sports claimed were facilitating sports piracy.
Quad9 ally refuse to alter or lie to you about the DNS responses you receive in a way that opposes your expectations."
The court had actually reduced the fine to just €1,000 per day. Quad9 still walked away. Because the real problem was not the fine. It was the precedent.
Complying would mean either applying French copyright law to Quad9's global DNS infrastructure, or using geo-blocking methods that Quad9 considers technically unreliable and ethically compromised. Either way, the integrity of the service breaks.
This is what it looks like when a privacy tool takes its mission seriously. Most services would have quietly blocked the domains and moved on. Quad9 chose to exit instead 👏
Quad9 is shutting off its free DNS service in France on November 24, after a French court ordered it to block domains that BeIN Sports claimed were facilitating sports piracy.
Quad9 ally refuse to alter or lie to you about the DNS responses you receive in a way that opposes your expectations."
The court had actually reduced the fine to just €1,000 per day. Quad9 still walked away. Because the real problem was not the fine. It was the precedent.
Complying would mean either applying French copyright law to Quad9's global DNS infrastructure, or using geo-blocking methods that Quad9 considers technically unreliable and ethically compromised. Either way, the integrity of the service breaks.
This is what it looks like when a privacy tool takes its mission seriously. Most services would have quietly blocked the domains and moved on. Quad9 chose to exit instead 👏
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