European Union: Which lobby organizations are behind the plans for chat control?

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]The European Union (EU) is planning to surveillance of chats of EU citizens without any reason. There is widespread opposition from civil liberties movements and warning from experts. Though deliberations on chat control were recently removed from the agenda of the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States, and the timetable for its introduction is wobbling. Now, an investigative research has revealed unpalatable details of who is behind the "NGO" child protection campaign "Pro Chat Control". Behind the Non Government Organization (NGO) is an influential network consisting of law enforcement officials from the US and UK, lobbying and PR agencies, and PR strategists. The NGO is funded with millions of euros of foreign money to enforce warrantless surveillance of citizens via chat control in the EU.

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Windows 11 23H2: Rollout chaos; no copilot in Europe thanks to DMA

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

Windows[German]As of September 26, 2023, Microsoft has started to distribute the "fall update" (internally called Moments 4 Update) for Windows 11 22H2. This is supposed to enable the feature upgrade to Windows 11 23H2 "later" – but is likely to lead to a rollout chaos. First, it is now not clear when certain features will be unlocked on individual Windows 11 systems. Secondly, the heavily advertised Copilot will not be released in Europe for the time being. The following is an outline of this topic.

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Thunderbird 115.3.0

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 115.3.0 on September 26, 2023 (thanks to Tom for the tip). It is an update which is supposed to fix numerous bugs, but does not contain any new features or security fixes.
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Windows 11 21H2: Preview-Update KB5030301 (September 26, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

Windows[English]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5030301 for Windows 11 version 21H2 on September 26, 2023. The preview update brings a number of bug fixes for people who are still on version 21H2 (which, after all, drops out of support in October 2023). Below I give an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.

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Windows 11 22H2: Preview Update KB5030310 (September 26, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5030310 for Windows 11 version 22H2 as of September 26, 2023. This brings a number of fixes (similar to the preview update for Windows 11 21H2). Below I give an overview regarding these (Moments 4) updates for Windows 11.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Windows 10 22H2 Preview Update KB5030300 (September 26, 2023)

Posted on 2023-09-27 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5030300 for Windows 10 22H2 as of September 26, 2023 (D-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 22H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10.
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Firefox 118 and 115.3 ESR released

Posted on 2023-09-26 by guenni

Mozilla[German]As of September 26, 2023, the Mozilla developers have released the new Firefox 118 as well as the Firefox 115.3 ESR maintenance update. Some vulnerabilities were closed with the updates. Here is a brief overview of the updates in question, along with the fixes and what's new.
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Windows ADK for Windows 11 22H2 (Sept. 2023): PE build newer as 22H2, VBScript.dll missing

Posted on 2023-09-26 by guenni

Windows[German]A few days ago, Microsoft released its latest Windows ADK (Assessment and Deployment Kit) for Windows 11 22H2. However, this ADK contains some unpleasant surprises or bugs. For example, the Win PE build from this ADK cannot be used with Windows 11 22H2 due to a version conflict. Furthermore a .dll is missing in the ADK, so that VBScript does not work in this version. It's not the end of the world but still kind of dumb.

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iOS 17: Checks if the location settings have been changed

Posted on 2023-09-26 by guenni

If you have an iPhone that has been updated to iOS 17, you should check the settings after the update. It could be that the location tracking settings have been changed and a disabled location tracking has been turned back on.

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Vivaldi developer complains in letter to EU about Microsoft's approach to Edge

Posted on 2023-09-25 by guenni

Edge[German]Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi and former founder of Opera, both browsers intended as alternatives to Chrome or Edge, has written an open letter to the EU Commission. In it, he laments Microsoft's practice of discouraging users from using a browser other than Microsoft Edge and virtually forcing the browser on users. He documents Microsoft's unfair practices and invokes the Digital Markets Act (DMA) as a basis for forcing Microsoft to cease anti-competitive behavior.

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