We’re excited to announce that we’re supporting #ActivityPub Test Suite and investing in the establishment of developer tools to ensure compatibility among ActivityPub implementations. This #interoperability also benefits users and will lead to individuals having more control over their data.
What would you tell the legislators in Europe who are devising the wave of new regulations related to the digital agenda? If you are attending #FOSDEM next week you can actually tell them directly in the EU Policy Devroom, which OSI is pleased to be co-organising. Full details at https://md.softwarefreedom.net/FOSDEM24
#EU#Apple#iOS#AppleStore#Interoperability: "Apple today announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The changes include more than 600 new APIs, expanded app analytics, functionality for alternative browser engines, and options for processing app payments and distributing iOS apps. Across every change, Apple is introducing new safeguards that reduce — but don’t eliminate — new risks the DMA poses to EU users. With these steps, Apple will continue to deliver the best, most secure experience possible for EU users.
The new options for processing payments and downloading apps on iOS open new avenues for malware, fraud and scams, illicit and harmful content, and other privacy and security threats. That’s why Apple is introducing protections — including Notarization for iOS apps, an authorization for marketplace developers, and disclosures on alternative payments — to reduce risks and deliver the best, most secure experience possible for users in the EU. Even with these safeguards in place, many risks remain.
Developers can learn about these changes on the Apple Developer Support page and can begin testing new capabilities today in the iOS 17.4 beta. The new capabilities will become available to users in the 27 EU countries beginning in March 2024."
🇩🇪Dank neuer EU-Regeln (#DMA) lässt sich der Facebook Messenger künftig separat und unabhängig von Facebook nutzen. https://about.fb.com/news/2024/01/offering-people-more-choice-on-how-they-can-use-our-services-in-the-eu/
Nächster Schritt: Ihr könnt zu anderen kooperationsbereiten Messengerdiensten wechseln und trotzdem mit euren FB-Messenger-Kontakten dienstübergreifend in Verbindung bleiben (#Interoperabilität) - endlich eine echte Wahlmöglichkeit, ein Ende des Anbieter Lock-Ins, und natürlich immer noch sicher Ende-zu-Ende verschlüsselt! #Piraten
💡 Did you know that the Indonesian scholarly publishing community accounts for the largest Open Journal Systems (OJS) user base in the world? How about the fact that Indonesia ranks high in @ORCID_Org records and affiliations?
RT @1Br0wn
Good to see Apple's iMessage adopting a standards-based contact verification protocol (@ietf RFC 9381) already deployed by WhatsApp. Will make #interoperability even easier (🇪🇺 #DMA deadline for publishing a reference offer is only seven weeks away!) 😉
Federating with a surveillance capitalist doesn’t make you a surveillance capitalist, it just means that surveillance capitalism isn’t a deal breaker for you.
@aral So then someone should look into how some EU rules on gatekeepers and #interoperability could be employed to establish again a level-playing field. I have not heard yet of any cases in that regard...
#Cybersecurity#Interoperability#Encryption#Beeper#Apple#iMessage: "Last week, Beeper, a multiprotocol messaging company, released Beeper Mini, an alternative iMessage app reportedly based on the Pypush code that runs on Android, giving Android users the “blue bubble” that allows Apple customers to communicate securely with them. Beeper Mini stands out among earlier attempts at this by allowing users’ devices to directly communicate with Apple’s servers, rather than breaking end-to-end encryption by having messages decrypted and re-encrypted by servers in a data-center.
Beeper Mini is an example of “adversarial interoperability.” That’s when you make something new work with an existing product, without permission from the product’s creator."