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14 May 2025
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
open.substack.com/pub/gatekl…
ALT Blogpost title: The overlooked implications of Meta's EDPB consent-or-pay opinion challenge Blogpost subtitle: EDPB opinions, while not binding, are nonetheless procedurally significant and could still be reviewed, on the merits, by the CJEU directly in the future
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
Mar 29
The right wing route to policymaking (the so called Venezuela coalition - EPP ECR Patriots ESN) will become the default one in 2029.
The left wing path (EPP S&D Renew Green) will still exist, but will be completely unreliable with European Parliament levels of vote fidelity (very low) and a more natural distance between those parties.
The Council will obviously become right wing much earlier - with a 'Venezuela' block exerting meaningful influence before the end of this year and dominating by the end of next.
A right wing Parliament and a right wing Council will elect a right wing Commission in 2029, with only the EPPs relative strength in that coalition determining how far to the right that Commission is.
Mar 29
European Union, European Parliament election:
European Parliament election
Centre-right (EPP): 22%
Centre-left (S&D): 17%
Right-wing (PfE): 12% ( 1)
National-conservative (ECR): 11%
Left-wing (LEFT): 10%
Liberal/centrist (RE): 9%
Green/Regionalists (Greens/EFA): 7%
Far-right (ESN): 7%
Non-Inscrit (NI): 4%
unaffiliated (*): 3%
/- vs. February 2026
Fieldwork: March 2026
➤ europeelects.eu/european-uni…
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While it is trivial to trust well-established developers and relax their app review, Apple sees it differently. Apple can't tell when an established developer rebels against its junk fees and submits an update that tells users how to get a subscription outside the app, as happened with Spotify and Netflix. This is why Apple pays close attention to established developers and makes sure their app updates are "manually" checked. This seems to be more important than stopping popular apps from sending device information that can fingerprint users. Apple has banned this practice, but doesn't seem to care to enforce it.
Vibe coding could mark the end of the App Store review process as we know it 9to5mac.com/2026/03/29/vibe-… by @mbrkhrdt
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
Mar 27
I received a suspicious email with a weird link yesterday.
My first thought was this is yet another phishing attempt, albeit well-tailored.
I was wrong: researchers with whom I shared this email told me I was targeted by a very recent DarkSword attack used by the GRU.
If I were to click the link in that email, my phone would be compromised — without entering any passwords or doing anything else.
Fun fact: the attack would be launched only if I would access the link using an iPhone registered in Lithuania (which is indeed my case). Luckily, I didn’t click.
Beware!
Technical details about this exploit and how to stay protected: cloud.google.com/blog/topics…
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Forget about switching off "Share Analytics Data" in Pages settings. Keynote, Numbers, and Pages share it regardless of your choice.
#Privacy #Apple
Since Keynote, Numbers, and Pages became part of #Apple Creator Studio, their privacy statements have been updated. They're now collecting significantly more app analytics and usage data, with sharing enabled by default. You need to switch it off in the settings.
#privacy
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How are apps still doing this? Companies: stop asking users to upload their address books. And everyone else: refuse to upload your address book to random apps and social media platforms.
The contacts in your phone are not your data. It’s other people’s data.
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
31 Oct 2025
Technical Committee members for Epic v Google
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
31 Oct 2025
And this week's EU buzzwords combo winner is...
commission.europa.eu/europea…
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I had written some of my thoughts about what GDPR supervisory authorities can do about controllers trying to avoid the consequences of enforcement. This attempt by noyb has never crossed my mind. floort.net/posts/supply_chai…
28 Oct 2025
⚖️🚨 Today, noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI. Despite several bans and fines, Clearview hasn't changed its illegal practices. If successful, Clearview AI and its executives could face jail time and be held personally liable.
noyb.eu/en/criminal-complain…
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
29 Jan 2019
Grammy-winning artist Ed Sheeran, on collaborating within Taylor Swift’s information security requirements.
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
Bitly links are now just throwing up ads as like a mid-click interstitial. Truly wild. WTF
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
16 Jun 2025
Just documenting what shows up in my notifications these days. I cannot imagine anything in my history as a user that indicates an interest. This is just X trying to pick winners in the culture wars.
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
13 Jun 2025
🇬🇧I can't recommend the EU-funded DNS service #DNS4EU because access is logged. When you override warnings to access "harmful websites" they even log your IP address. techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privac…
There are government-free services that do not log: privacyguides.org/en/dns
ALT Screenshot of policy: "In case the User uses DNS resolution service with one of the additional optional flavors, the service notifies the User he/she is going to access a potentially malicious, illegal or otherwise harmful website (a landing page pops up). If the User decides to attend the website anyway, in such a case the User's IP address is stored by the DNS resolver for up to 24 hours in order to identify the User and not block the access."
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
17 Mar 2022
I like how the DPO for gov.uk accounts is apparently the ICO, but at a misspelled address.
This service is making me feel really comfortable…
signin.account.gov.uk/privac…
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
14 May 2025
NEW BLOGPOST: what's being overlooked about Meta's (defeat in) challenging the #EDPB #consent-or-pay opinion (case #T-319/24)
open.substack.com/pub/gatekl…
ALT Blogpost title: The overlooked implications of Meta's EDPB consent-or-pay opinion challenge Blogpost subtitle: EDPB opinions, while not binding, are nonetheless procedurally significant and could still be reviewed, on the merits, by the CJEU directly in the future
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
21 Apr 2025
Today begins the final chapter for this historic litigation. The Court has already decided liability, and Judge Mehta has made two things clear:
1) Google is a monopolist.
2) Google broke the law.
It illegally monopolized the online search and online search text ads markets. We are not here to relitigate the case, we are here to ask the Court to fix the harm from Google’s unlawful conduct.
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
27 Feb 2025
“This is how close we got, hope that helps, Ursula. Back soon.”
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
20 Mar 2025
"Tu vois la mauvaise commission, elle est prélevée par l'intermédiaire pour financer sa plateforme, ça fait monter les prix. Alors que la bonne commission, elle est prélevée par l'intermédiaire pour financer sa plateforme, ça fait monter les prix mais c'est une bonne commission"
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Gateklons @gateklons.eurosky.social retweeted
9 Apr 2025
Living in a dark blue country is a gift. Defending functioning democratic institutions is a worthy use of your time. Strengthening democracy in the light blue countries is a must too. Establishing a democracy in a light or dark red country is a massive challenge since autocracies use technology to great avail.
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