Dude, you need to have the cards if you're gonna do shit like this. Rookie mistake.
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Well Russia is using bot farms and cable cutting ships, so if you'd ask me that counts to keeping Russia away :)
That is some serious shipping costs
Trump was so upset with The Onion he decided to get back in office, only way to bankrupt them was by getting reelected and hiring clowns like Hegseth
The fines are relatively small given the tech companies' huge worldwide revenues - and are a fraction of Google's €2.4bn fine from last September.
But they are significant in the context of the current global economic situation.
The voucher can be redeemed until 31 May 2025 when registering a new private email account on the Premium or Standard plan. It is entered in the second step of registration and automatically credited with your first payment for a term of 12 months. Instead of paying for 12 months, you only pay for 6! The first month is generally free. A change of plan is only possible after the 12-month term has expired. The voucher is non-refundable, cannot be cashed in, and cannot be transferred to existing accounts
So it's 50% discount in case anyone wonders. Standard plan is 3€/mo (so I guess €18 for the first year), premium is €9/mo (so i guess €54 for the first year). There is also a lite plan for 1€/mo but then you don't get a discount.
Article refers to "exclusive comments to POLITICO, [where] the European Commission president touted the EU as a safe haven in an unpredictable world." You can find it here: https://www.politico.eu/article/urusla-von-der-leyen-world-lining-up-work-european-union-donald-trump-trade-war/
"In a more and more unpredictable global environment, countries are lining up to work with us," the Commission president said without naming Trump or the U.S.
In recent weeks she has spoken to leaders from Iceland, New Zealand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Canada, India and the United Arab Emirates who were looking for "strong, reliable partners."
:)
Cynics might say they're late to the party, but let's just appreciate EU standing together at least.
The €10.5 billion boost ($12 billion) in defense spending will raise the Spanish total to €34 billion ($39 billion) for this year.
I'm not a fan of people and governments buying weapons but this will definitely aid in keeping Russia away.
I don't see anything credible, not like there is news on Chinese nationals?
Looks good, browsed through their creators and some of their content looks interesting, will definitely check out later. Seems like the only big difference is that they are not American, guess that is enough though.
Maybe i should have copy and pasted their follow-up comment as well:
Well, it's sufficient. Using larger calibres for the opening salvo would increase the risk of companies succeeding in fighting fines before court, and companies generally have some kind of creative interpretation of the law at the ready to justify what they're doing. Fining companies into bankruptcy or out of competition for a first offence is rather hard to justify, for repeat offenders, though? Companies continuing their behaviour after having received a warning fine have no excuse, now the gloves come off otherwise you're perceived as a paper tiger.
I think their point is that giving a small fine the first time is enough reason for them to change their behaviour because they know they could get a much higher fine (for example $40 Bn). I don't know how true this is, didn't research it, but it sounds plausible.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/42020156
Can Canada create a food labeling system similar to this?
It's confusing trying to buy Canadian with all the variations of made in, assembled in, grown in, packaged in, etc. Can we copy the Australian food labeling system, perhaps replacing the kangeroo with a maple leaf? I find this much clearer.
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I don't know the specifics, but American companies have to turn over data if the government asks. The government can still ask foreign companies to hand over, but a company like this will ask for a warrant or a legal order which they might only get by successfully arguing youre a terrorist or a child porn producer or something like that. So in general your data is much safer with a European company, especially when it comes to privacy.
BUT that data has to go through a physical cable through the ocean to get to you and they can't keep you safe once the data leaves their service. So you'll still need security on your end, like encryption and a VPN. I think keeping the government out of your data is a very good thing, and a safe mailbox is very important but if it is your only safeguard you still can get compromised. As far as I know there are things you can do to keep your data from being 'fished' with a broad net and things you can do to prevent someone from fishing your data with a spear (like a targeted hack), start defending your data against being fished with a broad net. For that I'd say avoid services offered by US companies. So yes, by all means get that mailbox.org account.
I believe the encryption nerds would recommend this company because of PGP, but I don't know enough about law or tech to tell you more.