Adieu Windows: Why the French Government Is Choosing Linux
France is switching to Linux and open source. Discover why digital sovereignty matters, and how PixelUnion applies the same values to your photos.
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3 min
Tag: Digital Sovereignty
22 posts
Big Tech's Compliance Record: How Often Google, Apple, and Microsoft Hand Over Your Data to Governments
Official transparency reports show that Google, Apple, and Microsoft receive hundreds of thousands of government data requests annually and comply with the majority of them.
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5 min
What if America Leaves NATO?
Trump is threatening to undermine NATO. But Europe's real vulnerability isn't in tanks or soldiers, it's in data. And that data runs on American servers.
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4 min
Faces You Know, Privacy You Keep: Facial Recognition Done Right
PixelUnion and Immich use powerful open-source AI models to recognize faces in your photo library - with impressive accuracy, and without ever training on your data.
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4 min
The US CLOUD Act Explained: What It Means for Your Photos and Privacy
A plain-English guide to understanding the CLOUD Act, why it affects your personal data even in Europe, and what you can do about it.
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6 min
Google Is Closing Android: And Taking Your Freedom With It
Google is systematically dismantling the open Android ecosystem: forcing all developers to register with Google, slowing AOSP releases, and effectively turning Android into a walled garden. Here is what is at stake.
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6 min
How to Export Your Google Photos or iCloud Library: A Step-by-Step Guide
Take control of your photos with this practical guide to exporting from Google Photos or iCloud and migrating to a privacy-first European alternative.
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4 min
The Window Is Closing: Get Your Data Out of the US While You Still Can
As the US wages war in the Middle East and threatens NATO allies with economic ultimatums, your personal data sitting on American servers is no longer just a privacy issue - it's a geopolitical risk. Here's what ordinary people can do right now.
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7 min
European alternatives
An overview of European alternatives to popular US online services, focusing on privacy, data storage within the EU, and digital sovereignty.
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5 min
Our Digital Colony: Why Europe's Dependence on the US is a Threat We Can No Longer Ignore
Europe's near-total dependence on US tech companies has become a critical vulnerability. When Microsoft blocked the ICC's email access and the CLOUD Act grants extraterritorial data access, the threat to European digital sovereignty is no longer theoretical-it's happening now.
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5 min