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Canada's Digital Sovereignty Day spotlights data control
Original: 🇨🇦 Digital Sovereignty Day Can you leave your software provider? Can you export your data, move it elsewhere, or operate
Supporters of open source software in Canada are marking Digital Sovereignty Day by urging people to ask whether they can leave their software provider, export their data and operate independently. The campaign argues that open source and open standards preserve user choice, warning that dependence on proprietary vendors means the vendors, not users, hold real control over data and systems.
Why now: Digital sovereignty has become a pressing topic as governments and users worry about reliance on foreign and proprietary technology providers.
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- 🇨🇦 Digital Sovereignty Day Can you leave your software provider? Can you export your data, move it elsewhere, or operate independently? If not, who really has control? Open source and open standards help preserve something essential: choice. Digital sovereignty means having… · linuxassociation@thecanadian.social · 10
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