Notices by Funds privacy tech/open search (ngizero@mastodon.xyz)

@humanetech@silmathoron @how @zap

Correct, we are also in touch with @mario who develops Hubzilla, which also relies on #Zot (we fund its transition to #zot6). We should indeed engage with these administrations in Germany, thanks for the suggestion.

Through the webinars and the workshop we aim to showcase to national and European administrations how #ActivityPub and the #fediverse can help institutions retake their online presence.

Co-authors and advocates of #ActivityPub together with #fediverse-devs will engage with representatives of EU-institutions (European Commission, European Data Protection Supervisor, European Parliament) about the possibilities of federation and how the EC can share important news on the fediverse.

So join the talk and save the dates! Let us know what your thoughts are on interoperability, federation, how public services should communicate online, ActivityPub, everything :) We are looking forward to these great events and are thankful for all the help of the #ActivityPub-community, from @humanetech @how and many more. Check it out! -> https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/pub/ec-ngi0-liaison-webinars-and-workshop-april-2021

If you want to help out or suggest topics, please join #Socialhub (socialhub.activitypub.rocks) and join the conversation about the need for federation and interoperability for national and EU-entities to break away from walled social gardens.

This message needs to be heard now, since the need for federation is resonating in EU and EC-circles, for example with the GDPR-watchdog EDPS and questions posed by European members of parliament like @patrickbreyer@pirati.cc (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2020-005987_EN.pdf)

Talking & connecting is a basic human need, so why should we allow our online interaction to be seized by companies that (by commercial design) are after personal data? Especially for public services like national/European administration citizens deserve to connect in a way that serves them, instead of data-hungry third parties.

NGI Zero is happy to announce a series of webinars and a workshop organized together with the #ActivityPub-community & #fediverse-devs on April 19, 26 and 29.

Join the NLnet Foundation at FOSDEM 2021 this weekend and come check out the many useful and groundbreaking projects funded by the NGI Zero research and development grants at the largest gathering for free and open source software & open hardware (amongst others @XWiki, @nextcloud, @EteSync and many more) -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2021/20210204-NGIZeroAtFOSDEM.html #FOSDEM #foss #NextGenerationInternet

Instead of the usual updates about privacy & trust enhancing tech and improving online search & discovery, we would like to point you to some news about Radically Open Security, a non-profit computer security consultancy that has a unique business approach of sharing 90% of its profits with the NLnet Foundation, which spearheads NGI Zero. Their annual donations last year surpassed the record of €0.5 mln! -> https://nlnet.nl/press/20210202-ROS-donation-milestone.html

As part of the #NextGenerationInternet initiative, the NLnet foundation is happy to announce a brand new grant making programme. NGI Assure is looking for technological building blocks that provide strong assurances to internet users. A non-exhaustive list of technologies that could be of interest: quantum-proof cryptography, public key trust chains, ratchet mechanisms, distributed hash tables and directed acyclic graphs for secure peer-to-peer connections -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20201201-NGIAssureOpenCall.html

Yesterday we again opened our bimonthly open call for privacy and trust enhancing tech (https://nlnet.nl/PET) and projects improving open search and discovery (https://nlnet.nl/discovery) using open source software and open hardware. Do apply before December 1st (or check out the work we are funding on for example @cryptpad, @delta, @nextcloud, @EteSync, @pixelfed and more! -> https://nlnet.nl/project/

End-to-end encryption protects your video chats from prying eyes & data leaks, which is even more important as we work and socialize remotely. Through the latest @NGIZero funding call NLnet supports new E2E encryption for the popular open source #JitsiMeet video chat solution, as well as a host of open source & open hardware projects like: peer-to-peer editing @libreoffice, live streaming in @pixelfed, automated vulnerability scanning for GNU Guix and much more -> https://nlnet.nl/news/2020/20200910-SelectedProjectsNGI2020-06.html

@titi @tuttle Hey! Of course we encourage you to apply (deadline is August 1st and applying should only take a little of your time). Currently we are open to project proposals for the NGI Zero Discovery & NGI Zero PET theme funds, so it would be good to check out these themes & requirements -> https://nlnet.nl/PET/and https://nlnet.nl/discovery/. If we come across specific funds for public/societal/educational tech, we will keep you posted!

Hi there! Are you an avid free software user or open source developer? NGI Zero is an R&D funding program for open source software & hardware to enhance online privacy and improve open search and discovery. Together with @fsfe, @APC, Radically Open Security, Translate House and many more we fund and support projects like @pixelfed, @delta, @cryptpad... Check it out here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroDiscovery.html and here -> https://nlnet.nl/thema/NGIZeroPET.html or submit your own idea to make the internet a better place!

@delta developer Holger Krekel explains why #email-based messaging makes chat more accessible: "Other popular messaging apps are also designed around well-resourced people who have an online connection all the time (...) Most Cubans are economically barred from the Internet, it is expensive, due to US sanctions. Cubans can get an affordable mobile data plan for the intra-island network, and can use Delta Chat via their e-mail server" -> https://www.ngi.eu/blog/2020/06/18/whos-ngi-holger-krekel-with-delta-chat-bot/?

Instead of buying a computer, why not make one? Custom chip development is not accessible for designers, start-ups & creatives, because the tools to make these chips are (unnecessarily) expensive & restrictive. Chips4Makers (@Chips4Makers on birdsite) instead develops free and open source #NextGenerationInternet tooling (that can be audited for security & privacy benefits) so anyone can create their own chips. The first test chip is now made & ready for testing! -> https://chips4makers.io/blog/nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design.html#nlnet018tv-a-fully-automated-test-chip-design

Online #privacy begins with trustworthy and encrypted #DNS. @NGIZero is proud to fund Open-Xchange developing privacy enhancing features for DNSdist and PowerDNS that encrypt the entire DNS-chain, from client, to caching-resolver, to authoritative nameserver -> https://www.open-xchange.com/about-ox/ox-blog/article/open-xchange-awarded-grant-to-further-develop-privacy-and-trust-enhancing-technologies/

ICANN Board Withholds Consent for a Change of Control of the Public Interest Registry (PIR). "Factors that were considered in determining reasonableness include, but are not limited to: A change from the fundamental public interest nature of PIR to an entity that is bound to serve the interests of its corporate stakeholders, and which has no meaningful plan to protect or serve the .ORG community. [...]" -> https://www.icann.org/news/blog/icann-board-withholds-consent-for-a-change-of-control-of-the-public-interest-registry-pir

@paulakreuzer @switchingsoftware @cryptpad is encrypted, open source and features survey/polls where both the questions and results remain entirely under your control!

"A tiny backend bug at Let’s Encrypt almost broke millions of websites. A five-day scramble ensured it didn’t." Great recap of how Let's Encrypt managed to have 1.7 of 3 mln websites renew their certificate after a software bug -> https://www.wired.com/story/lets-encrypt-internet-calamity-that-wasnt/

@pixelfed Happy to help! Users of a #NextGenerationInternet need and deserve an image sharing platform they can trust with their personal pictures, where they can share memories without corporate surveillance.