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Finland and the EU Could Eventually Pursue Self-Sufficiency in Computing

posted by martyb on Thursday February 27 2020, @07:25PM   Printer-friendly
from the three-cheers-for-optimism dept.

canopic jug writes:

The Helsinki Times reports that Finland's Minister of Finance suggested during a recent foreign policy speech that Finland and the EU could pursue self-sufficiency in computing, in particular to avoid over dependence on just a handful of companies. She pointed out that this overreliance on said companies has become so severe that company policy has already started to override existing relevant legislation. The topic had earlier been brought up by President Sauli Niinistö. So far, though, not even Russia has made progress in that direction despite over a decade passing since announcing plans.

"Cyber self-sufficiency, in practical terms, could mean having a European operating system and web browser. The EU could also function as a provider of certificates," she envisioned in a foreign and security policy speech in Helsinki on Wednesday, 26 February.

Previously:
Moscow Bans Sale of Gadgets Without Russian-Made Software

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday February 27 2020, @11:17PM (3 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday February 27 2020, @11:17PM (#963854) Journal

    Linux
    Is
    Not
    Uni
    X

    Especially after udev, pulseaudio and the init system that shan't be name-d

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday February 28 2020, @06:15AM (2 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday February 28 2020, @06:15AM (#963990) Journal

    Especially after udev, pulseaudio and the overreaching system component being falsely claimed just to be an init system that shan't be name-d

    FTFY

    I mean, how would something that is merely an init system interfere with encryption of your home directory? [launchpad.net]

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by maxwell demon on Friday February 28 2020, @06:26AM (1 child)

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday February 28 2020, @06:26AM (#963994) Journal

      I just noticed that the page I linked to didn't mention systemd; my source was in German and linked to that page; I neglected to scan that page for mention of systemd, sorry about that.

      Here's the German page: https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/ecryptfs/ [ubuntuusers.de]

      Quote of the relevant part:

      Der Wechsel zu systemd führte zu einer Regression in ecrypts, die für das Einbinden/Auswerfen verschlüsselter Home-Verzeichnisse beim An- und Abmelden verantwortlich ist. Zu beachten ist, dass aufgrund dieses Problems in Ubuntu 16.04 und neueren Versionen das Home-Verzeichnis beim Abmelden nicht mehr in einen verschlüsselten Zustand zurückgeführt wird: 1734541

      Translation:

      The switch to systemd caused a regression in ecryptfs, which is responsible for mounting/unmounting of encrypted home directories. Be aware that because of this problem in Ubuntu 16.04 and newer versions, the home directory is no longer returned to an encrypted state after logout.

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      • (Score: 2) by Bot on Friday February 28 2020, @07:12AM

        by Bot (3902) on Friday February 28 2020, @07:12AM (#964013) Journal

        first they came for encfs and i didn't speak up because there was ecryptfs
        then they came for ecryptfs and i didn't speak up because all my speeches were in the encfs dir and i lost the key.

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