[Freedombox-discuss] JURI wants citizens to regain control over their personal data and communication with Free and Open Source Software

[JOSEFSSON Erik]

>>> Calls on the Commission to promote the development, jointly with 
>>> stakeholders, of decentralised Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) 
>>> based services which would help to harmonise practices across cloud 
>>> providers and enable European citizens to regain control over their 
>>> personal data and communication, for example by means of 
>>> point-to-point encryption.
>>
>> More info here:
>> http://icg.greens-efa.eu/pipermail/hub/2013-September/000070.html
>
> Great news!

Yes :-)

> Time will tell if just empty words, or those politicians actually 
> understand what it means and stand behind it in future legislation.
> 
> - Jonas

True!

The only thing that is certain for now is that at least for a couple of
hours, the MEPs in JURI are not explicitly against the Freedom Box
project.

Best regards.

//Erik