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**EU Wants To Build Its Own DNS Infrastructure With Built-in Filtering Capabilities**
The European Union is interested in building its own recursive DNS service that will be made available to EU institutions and the general public for free. From a report: The proposed service, named DNS4EU, is currently in a project planning phase, and the EU is looking for partners to help build a sprawling infras ... ⌘ Read more
@prologic I read about that. The german government has been trying to do DNS-based blocking since something like 2009 („Zensursula“) and apparently they now try again on an EU level. It’s horseshit and everyone is tired of it. And that’s their goal: Make everyone tired, until there’s no fighting anymore. 🙄
@prologic I read about that. The german government has been trying to do DNS-based blocking since something like 2009 („Zensursula“) and apparently they now try again on an EU level. It’s horseshit and everyone is tired of it. And that’s their goal: Make everyone tired, until there’s no fighting anymore. 🙄
@prologic I read about that. The german government has been trying to do DNS-based blocking since something like 2009 („Zensursula“) and apparently they now try again on an EU level. It’s horseshit and everyone is tired of it. And that’s their goal: Make everyone tired, until there’s no fighting anymore. 🙄
@prologic @movq Yup, and there's also money burned for shit like that: 
Robot Herbie for the police in NRW At least 60k€ plus licensing fees.
@movq It is complete authoritarian bullshit, but I don't know how many people would it even effect/how many devices would even use such a bad DNS server by default. 🤔
@lyse Lol, but you have to admin that’s a cute robot. 🥴 🤖
@lyse Lol, but you have to admin that’s a cute robot. 🥴 🤖
@lyse Lol, but you have to admin that’s a cute robot. 🥴 🤖
@thecanine Probably close to zero – until they make it mandatory. It’s the first step towards something like a “EU Internet”.
Hey, that’s our chance! When they have finally destroyed the Internet, we build something new. That’s our chance for a clean start and to get rid of all the historical baggage.
*sigh*
@thecanine Probably close to zero – until they make it mandatory. It’s the first step towards something like a “EU Internet”.
Hey, that’s our chance! When they have finally destroyed the Internet, we build something new. That’s our chance for a clean start and to get rid of all the historical baggage.
*sigh*
@thecanine Probably close to zero – until they make it mandatory. It’s the first step towards something like a “EU Internet”.
Hey, that’s our chance! When they have finally destroyed the Internet, we build something new. That’s our chance for a clean start and to get rid of all the historical baggage.
*sigh*
@lyse is that a Boston Dynamics robotic creature? What is the police going to use it for? Got a link about it (even if in German, is OK)? €60K per is not what will get them, but the licensing fees. 😬
@movq Yes, I can't wait to pet this cute little thing! @fastidious I believe so, the cookie overloaded, privacy eroding¹ news site's article on the other hand just mentions "a US manufacturer". Of course they want to use it just for the very best of the good stuff! How dare you!
> […] Equipped with cameras and sensors the remote-controlled robot could explore sites of disaster or crime sites with possible violent crimials, the minister said. Microphonic accessory equipment e.g. allows for reaching victims burried alive and communicating with them. […] Possible uses ought to be examined, even now there are plenty of ideas to this, possibly also for the fire brigade. […]
That's perhaps just a photo for the civilians. According to the article the minister didn't want to settle on a number of robots to purchase yet. A year ago the police in New York also wanted to utilize such a robot, but after heavy critiques of militarizing the police they handed it back later on. Conveniently, the article also links to a report where a sniper rifle is mounted on such a robot. Very confidence-inspiring.
¹ as one would rightfully describe them
@fastidious Regarding licensing, that's exactly what I was thinging right away, too.