Digital Omnibus reality check: 83.5% of access requests not properly answered We analysed the access requests filed in relation to noyb cases to find out how many were properly answered

A new analysis of @noyb.eu cases shows that only 16.5% of all access requests @noyb.eu has sent under the GDPR to companies in the past 8 years received a satisfactory reply, while 53.7% of replies were incomplete and almost 30% were not answered at all noyb.eu/en/digital-o...

I love these early morning sunrises.

So, same thing, pretty much same violation, but different cases with slightly different factual circumstances. German courts are on a roll in Meta Business Tools matter

The Feb case is also judgement from Dresden court regarding Meta Business Tools. There the court ordered Meta to pay four Saxon Instagram and Facebook users €1,500 each in damages for illegally collecting personal data across countless third-party websites and apps.

Dresden court hits Meta with €1,500 GDPR fine over Instagram tracking A German appeals court on April 13, 2026, ordered Meta to pay €1,500 in GDPR damages for tracking an Instagram user via Business Tools on third-party sites.

A German appeals court confirmed a judgment ordering Meta to pay €1,500 in non-material damages to an Instagram user whose personal data was collected and transmitted through Meta Business Tools embedded on third-party websites without a valid legal basis under the GDPR
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Data protection law does not define responsibilities for users’ data, but for individuals’ fundamental rights and how they are impacted through the processing of their data.

A fundamental difference that creates a sequence of wrong interpretations of data protection law.

So essentially what Palantir has written is call for an absolute and unlimited vendor lock-in at nation state level.

"Cracks are appearing in the Council, meanwhile, with France aligning more closely with the European Parliament. Germany, meanwhile, opposes both the sunrise and sunset clauses called for by MEPs."

This is a good thread by @eliothiggins.bsky.social on Palantir’s recent 22-point letter 👇

Exclusive | Justice Department Rebuffs French on X Probe, Musk Interview The U.S. told French authorities it wouldn’t facilitate their efforts to investigate Elon Musk’s X, after a raid on the social-media platform’s Paris office earlier this year.

So it is absolutely okay for US if it funds various NGOs and tankies to meddle in the EU affairs, but when the authorities of the EU MS decides to investigate US SoMe platform, they start whining…
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At the same time kinda shocking that based on this article it seems that until this day personnel could bring private devices to secret meetings at German MoD…

Pistorius verbannt Privathandys aus den Amtsstuben Das Verteidigungsministerium reagiert auf die steigende Spionagegefahr durch Russland und China. Nach SPIEGEL-Informationen wurde die Nutzung von privaten Mobiltelefonen im Bendlerblock massiv eingesc...

The German MoD banned use of any private devices such as mobile phones, tablets, or smartwatches at in-person or virtual meetings where content classified as "Confidential – For Official Use Only" or higher is discussed due to fear of espionage from Russia and China
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Vootele Päi: a perfect storm for Europe’s defence industry Ukraine and Trump’s US may jolt Europe into rebuilding its defence industry as faith in American guarantees fades.

War in Ukraine and Trump’s USA may together create the perfect storm to revive Europe’s defence industry from decades of paralysis
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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. Will be interesting to see how will it be implemented in the EU once it reaches here
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Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Hundreds of AI-generated, Trump propaganda accounts are popping up on #TikTok

Up to 64% of users on X are bots

Independent 3rd party fact-checking ended on Meta

All 3 owned by Trump supporting billionaires

The manipulation of truth is the point.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

Eks maitse asi

Miks?

Some doggo content to clean the feed 🐾

Got to admit that the new Mercedes C Class looks really cool inside
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Wtf BlueSky? Madonna’s music is now adult content??

I Feel So Free

Madonna going back to dance music 🔥
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He’s lost his damn mind.

Also, if he thinks Iran will “never close the Strait again” he’s delusional.

He’s acting like the war is over because it’s back to status quo…ish.

Still haven’t solved uranium or missiles. All we’ve done is get the Strait re-opened.

Paul Moore - Security Consultant  on X: "Hacking the #EU #AgeVerification app in under 2 minutes. During setup, the app asks you to create a PIN. After entry, the app *encrypts* it and saves it in the shared_prefs directory. 1. It shouldn't be encrypted at all - that's a really poor design. 2. It's not https://t.co/FGRvWtWzaZ" / X Hacking the #EU #AgeVerification app in under 2 minutes. During setup, the app asks you to create a PIN. After entry, the app *encrypts* it and saves it in the shared_prefs directory. 1. It shouldn't be encrypted at all - that's a really poor design. 2. It's not https://t.co/FGRvWtWzaZ

See Xi postitus jättis hullema mulje though x.com/paul_reviews...

Explainer: Are your secret messages ever truly private? | Euractiv Many apps claim end-to-end encryption protects messages, but be careful who you trust to secure your data

A lot has been said about E2EE regarding SoMe apps. Now @claudiemoreau.bsky.social from @euractiv.com has written a good explanation on the matter www.euractiv.com/news/explain...

Anthropic’s hacking tech exposes EU AI Office weaknesses The unit in charge over overseeing the most advanced models needs more staff, critics say.

The EU’s AI Office tasked with scrutinizing Anthropic’s new elite hacking AI model lacks access to the technology and the experts needed to stave off a looming cybersecurity crisis
www.politico.eu/article/anth...

European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp Governments want to move away from “platforms over which we have no control,” says Dutch minister.

🚨🚨Welcome news: European governments are getting #WhatsApp and #Signal out of their system in a move which is part of Europe's search for alternatives to American technology, sparked by fears of being strategically dependent on Washington. 🧵
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Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers say it takes 2 minutes to break it. Cyber experts say they have found holes in Brussels’ age verification app, despite claims by the EU executive that it is “technically ready.”

The EU’s unveiling of a mobile app to check people’s age online has quickly turned sour, as cybersecurity experts found glaring privacy and security problems with the code and it took them 2 minutes to hack the app
www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...

The reason why BlueSky was down yesterday most of the day

Datatilsynet: Mange kan være rammet av sikkerhetshull hos Telia I flere år har det vært mulig å spore mobilene til Telia-kunder. «Få eller ingen» personer er rammet, ifølge en avviksmelding fra Telia.

Today both the Norwegian data protection authority as well as Norwegian communications authority has announced that an investigation has been launched www.nrk.no/norge/datati...

Sikkerhetshull avslørte Telia-kunders posisjon Mobilkunder hos Telia har siden 2023 vært sporbare via mobilen, inkludert sentrale politikere på Stortinget.

A security researched found a security flaw, which has allowed Telia mobile customers since 2023 to be traced via mobile phone, including key politicians in the Storting, the Norwegian parliament. The security vulnerability has put into risk also the military personnel.
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