Bert Hubert's writings
Bert Hubert's writings
Bert Hubert
Software developer, entrepreneur, former government regulator, current government advisor, amateur scientist.
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Chatcontrol: Of de Amerikanen onze WhatsApp foto's willen melden bij Europol
In het kort: onder leiding van Denemarken pleiten veel EU-lidstaten er (weer) voor om WhatsApp/Signal/etc te dwingen al onze foto’s en links te inspecteren met behulp van AI....
Chatcontrol ediția 2025 pe scurt (română)
La inițiativa Danemarcei, multe state membre ale UE cer ca WhatsApp/Signal/etc. să fie forțate să inspecteze toate pozele și linkurile noastre folosind inteligența artificială...
Chatcontrol 2025 edizione in Breve (it)
In breve, guidati dalla Danimarca, molti stati membri dell’UE sostengono la necessità di obbligare WhatsApp/Signal/ecc. a ispezionare tutte le nostre foto e i nostri link,...
En resumen: bajo el liderazgo de Dinamarca, muchos países de la Unión Europea quieren obligar a las compañías de mensajería como WhatsApp o Signal a inspeccionar todas nuestras...
Chatcontrol édition 2025 en bref
En bref, sous l’impulsion du Danemark, de nombreux États membres de l’UE demandent que les messageries comme WhatsApp/Signal/etc. soient contraintes d’inspecter toutes nos...
Chatcontrol 2025 edition in Brief
In short, led by Denmark, many EU member states are arguing for forcing WhatsApp/Signal/etc to inspect all our photos and links, using AI. If the AI is in any “doubt” if this...
Kurz zusammengefasst: Unter der Führung Dänemarks fordern viele EU-Mitgliedsstaaten, WhatsApp, Signal und co dazu zu zwingen, dass alle darüber versendeten Fotos und Links mit...
I just got back from the most awesome WHY2025, the tenth installment of the four-yearly Dutch hacker festival series. I’ve been attending these things since 1993, so it is a big...
Overheid zoekt plv Chief Technology Officer met 3 jaar ICT-ervaring
Na bijna een jaar werk publiceerde de overheid recent alsnog de Nederlandse Digitaliseringsstrategie (ik heb ook een klein beetje bij mogen dragen), met daarin gevleugelde...
Europe's Self Inflicted Cloud Crisis
The short version For decades, governments and organizations could run services based on servers we actually owned. These days, we’ve allowed the IT world to convince us no...
The European Cloud/Computing Situation
A brief addition to the 50000 words I wrote earlier on the cloud: what is the European situation? Software Initially, companies and governments would buy licenses to software....
The cloud is not a chemical plant
There is a lot of recent discussion about digital autonomy and Europe’s “position in the cloud”. Here, I want to break down and refute a commonly made argument: that the lead of...
Advanced cloud services are based on good hardware, decent software, and surrounding infrastructure that combines these both into solid solutions that can be provided as a...
Possible End to End to End Encryption: Come Help
tl;dr: The European Commission is honestly asking for experts to advise them on ways to institute “effective and lawful access to data for law enforcement”. If you are an...
Mail in de VS en je bestanden hier? Het werkt niet
Zoals ik gisteren schreef, onze maatschappij en overheden draaien in steeds grotere mate op Amerikaanse clouds, en we maken ons hier nu terecht zorgen over. Want het is toch...