Well done Schleswig-Holstein/DE!
Following the examle of DK this German county is fading out Microsoft  to "take back control" over data storage and ensure "digital sovereignty".

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250613-we-re-done-with-teams-german-state-hits-uninstall-on-microsoft

#digitalsovereignity #opensource #takebackcontrol

I have found a way to successfully decrypt my #Kindle #books using #Calibre, the KFX input plugin and the deDRM tool together with my Kindle's serial number.

Thankfully, Kindle still stores every book as individual KFX files you can just copy to your PC. Once that stops being the case, it will be jailbreak time.

#reading #takebackcontrol

I find there's a nice synergy between privacy and digital wellbeing/hygiene. As you set up your enviroment to extract less data about you, it's also easier to set it up so that it demands less of your attention!

#privacy #digitalwellbeing #digitalhygiene #takebackcontrol

@maxleibman Your device, your rules. SantaOS doesn’t ask for permissions—it defaults to privacy.

No trackers. No forced sign-ups. No data harvesting. Just an OS that respects “No” as a full sentence.

With Tor, I2P, and Freenet pre-installed, your traffic stays anonymous. No “Later,” no loopholes—just encrypted resistance to surveillance.

#PrivacyByDesign means you never have to beg for basic respect.

→ Switch to a system that listens.
#TakeBackControl #NoMeansNo #SantaOS

Vote for CHECKS & BALANCES. Give Independents and Minor Parties a balance of power. We ALL have a Choice : Do we want the SAME? Or do we want REAL change?
Reduce the power of the major parties.
Make them LISTEN.

#australia #government #australiansenate #independents #election #election2025 #SaveAustralia #checksandbalances #accountability #banking #vote #future #housing #housingcrisis #overreach #fyp #justice #PeoplePowerParty #onenation #takebackcontrol

#TakeBackControl

Great vid on why the ‘platform’ or ‘rent’ economy has replaced normal #capitalism and it is our downfall simply because nobody is contributing anything ‘tangible’ anymore.

Take back control by saying ‘bye bye’ to all subscription services, self-host, go #FOSS, #decentralize, kick out ‘the middle man’ and actually paying off your damn mortgage early. #Freedom in self reliance and self ownership

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtrNXdlraM&t=2546

One of the things I've been advocating for years - and where I want to raise my voice even louder - is the importance of owning your data. #OwnYourData

Over the past few days, I’ve come across two examples of how misinformation is causing immense damage, leading people to believe that there's no alternative but to hand over their data to big corporations, putting themselves entirely in their hands.

- A well-known lawyer, just before a meeting, warned about using Teams and its new "virtual assistant," which joins conferences before anyone else and transcribes everything. When I pointed out that it would be wise to use alternative tools (like Jitsi, for example, but there are others), he abruptly ended the conversation, saying, "We've lost this war. There's no alternative anymore."
That wasn’t the right moment for a detailed discussion, so I just noted that alternatives do exist - but if no one starts using them, and if we passively accept certain behaviors from certain companies, things will never improve for us.

- Just now, I received another one of those emails that hurt more in the heart than in the wallet: "Our e-commerce is taking off, so we’re moving it to Shopify to better manage our growth."
I replied, trying to explain that handing over a growing e-commerce business to a third-party company (right now, they have full access to their own server - meaning all their databases, data, etc., are under their control) means losing ownership of it. Prices could change at any moment, contract terms could shift negatively, and, worst case scenario, if Shopify itself faced issues (which seems impossible today, but think of giants like Kodak), they could lose everything. Of course, they’ll do what they think is best, but I feel obligated to warn them.

Luckily, others are making the opposite choice. But I keep wondering: since these big platforms aren’t exactly cheap, rather than "selling themselves" to them just for (potentially) fewer headaches, wouldn’t it be worth paying someone (not me, of course, but someone working exclusively for them) to handle these things - ensuring they retain full ownership of their business and their data?

#DataOwnership #Decentralization #BigTech #DataRights #MyDataMyChoice #TakeBackControl

@tcrouzet

... et hop, abonné suis-je à https://tcrouzet.substack.com/

#édition #autonomie #takebackcontrol (je teste ces fils-dièses)

I think the sadness of what's happened in America - and eventually, to all of us - has just hit me.

I'm not quite sure what to do with this feeling, other than acknowledge it, then get up and do something about it.

Might take a couple of days, but that's the plan.

Take care, all of you. Together, WE are the power.

#TakeBackControl

Take back control of your content that you are creating on any social network by having a website and sharing out from there.

https://2tonwaffle.com/topic/376-do-you-have-your-own-domain-name/

#TakeBackControl

@jabgoe2089 @sandofsky

.....Where Mastodon on-boarding now even defaults to .social for everyone that has problems choosing a server themselves..... 🙃

(but people are so indoctrinated by apps and BigTech traps, they forgot the concept of open protocals. So don't blame it on the people, blame it on BigTech...)

#takebackcontrol

Kleine herinnering aan alle mastdon.nl-ers:

https://bunq.me/StichtingActivityclub

(dan hoeft mijn naamgenoot @Eelcom er niet iedere keer naar te vragen)

#takebackcontrol #donate

@wsslmn

Het kan!

Mijn ega is al even van gmail afgestapt, heeft een ont-google-de Android telefoon en werkt met een linux laptop (in het onderwijs!).

#takebackcontrol

Why don't pro-EU MPs seize control of the parliamentary schedule and give EU citizens and 16 year olds the vote? #takebackcontrol

Feeling micromanaged? Take back control by showing you can manage yourself. 🎮 #TakeBackControl #SelfManagement

Glaskugel/Prognose: Wie die Geschichte mit der AfD weiter gehen wird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po0O_Q-wZFU

#ShiftingBaselines #TakeBackControl #Eskalation #Politik #Demokratie #Polarisierung #Parteien #Lager #Gewalt #GruppenbezogeneMenschenfeindlichkeit #PolitischeGewalt

Mental health has not been particularly great lately, and I want a full reset, so here's the plan for next year:
- Linux on PC (done)
- Linux on phone
- Social networking through fedi (done)
- Texting through IRC if possible (done)
- Music as files (done)
- Books without DRM (done)

Digital life is all I have left at this point, time to fight back and re-take ownership of it. Enough is enough, all that stuff.

#takebackcontrol

M&S, you call yourself "one of Britain’s best loved brands” and yet… Disgraceful. #takebackcontrol #keeppantspants #yfrontsnotflyfronts #etc

A couple more hours digging out the last compost in the right hand heap (it's got a paving slab floor, so I know when I've dug it all out), then shredding some of the brambles (until my shredder blocked because of convolvulus that went in with them). I'm now very hot and sweaty. Sweat running into bramble scratches is particularly unpleasant.
#Garden #Brambles #TakeBackControl