"Most modern consumer #messaging platforms...support end-to-end #encryption, but users today are limited to communicating with contacts who use the same platform. This is why Google is strongly supportive of regulatory efforts that require #interoperability" https://security.googleblog.com/2023/07/an-important-step-towards-secure-and.html

Interesting panel on Collaborative Frontiers in #Messaging #Platforms & Tools, although I'm surprised mandated #interoperability for #NIICS under the #DMA (and potentially #DMCCA) wasn't mentioned! https://730a06f6.flowpaper.com/GCCMMagazineJuneJulyissue792025soft/#page=21

More #Geosocial coming..

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience/#geosocial-networking

@bonfire request feedback on #UX designs for #Bonfire Geosocial.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/please-provide-feedback-on-bonfire-geosocial-ux-designs/5427

The designs may also be inspiring to other devs working on #Geo functionality for the #fediverse and there's opportunity to align approaches for max #interoperability.

People are highly encouraged to start related more general discussion topics on improving protocol support for geosocial-enabled #ActivityPub platforms in the federated forum categories.

Army Europe chief unveils NATO eastern flank defense plan https://www.byteseu.com/1204568/ #CirculatedDefenseNews #CommonLauncher #DefenseNews #DnDnr #Europe #interoperability #LandEuro #LandEuro2025 #maven #NATO #OffensiveDefensiveFires #OptionallyManned #palantir #Russia #USArmyEuropeAndAfrica #Ukraine #unmanned

Well! Look what #Twitter founder and #Bluesky / #Nostr co-founder Jack #Dorsey just gave $10m to...

'The team at “and Other Stuff” is also working on a social media “Bill of Rights”…which spells out what social media platforms need to provide in areas like #privacy, #security, #interoperability, #transparency, #identity, self-governance, and #portability.' #DMA #DMCCA
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/16/jack-dorsey-pumps-10m-into-a-nonprofit-focused-on-open-source-social-media/

As a new Technician and ARRL member, I'm reading through the archives of On The Air magazine. The Mar/Apr 2020 issue has an article on digital modes: D-STAR, DMR, and System Fusion.

"There's a catch, though. None of these systems are interoperable."

Having seen how the internet went (as pointed out by, e.g., @pluralistic), getting locked into a proprietary system seems like a Very Bad Idea.

#Apple: We need to lock down devices against #competition to protect user #privacy!

Researchers: The #AppleWatch collects vast amounts of intimate #health and #fitness data. Users have little choice regarding how this data is processed. We publicly #reverseengineer the watch's wireless protocols and discovered multiple #security issues. We break out of Apple's #WalledGarden demonstrating practical #interoperability with enhanced privacy controls and data autonomy."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07210

So many #BigTech alternative services are finally getting to the point they are mainstream consumer-ready - which is *essential* if they are going to grow into serious challengers

I'm now hosting all my own videos on @peertube. Bye #YouTube! #interoperability https://p.lu/c/interoperability/videos

The #XMPP Newsletter for June 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and updates on our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2025/07/the-xmpp-newsletter-june-2025/

Enjoy reading!

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation

#Threads "reached 100m sign-ups faster than any other app in history, which you can partly attribute to its linkage to #Instagram and streamlined profile creation via your IG info. But even so, it’ll go down as a record either way, while Threads also reached 100m active users in just a few months." #interoperability #DMA #DMCCA #Meta #SelfPreferencing

From: @tchambers
https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114811908883686443

#Interoperability crew hits the #CMA in #CanaryWharf (Also, more Canarian weather in London, as the Thames glistens below the skyscrapers )

"TL;DR: On iOS in the EU, selecting a third-party browser from the choice screen replaces Safari in the hotseat (dock), ensuring the user’s choice is respected. This change has already led to meaningful gains in market share; Mozilla, for example, saw its daily active users double in France and Germany on iOS, where the hotseat change is implemented. DuckDuckGo’s findings suggest that replacing Safari in the hotseat boosted the iOS choice screen’s effectiveness by a factor of nine. Yet Google refuses to make an equivalent change on Android, relying on an unreasonably narrow and, in our view, incorrect interpretation of the Digital Markets Act. Even when users choose a different browser, Chrome remains prominently placed, undermining their decision and steering them back toward Google’s own product."

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/googles-hotseat-hypocrisy/

Looking forward v much to our discussion this morning at the UK's Competition & Markets Authority on #interoperability: lessons (for the #DMCCA) from #telecoms regulation!

Tim Cowen (Preiskell & Co. antitrust chair) and Prof. @chrismarsden.bsky.social are both world authorities on this topic And we have a surprise guest to talk about payments & water regulation lessons!

Here are my background slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you @EUCommission for committing (at the end of today's #compliance workshop) to further explore the geolocalisation obstacles #Meta is imposing on #DMA #interoperability for #NIICS! And good work @Amandine for raising the problem so clearly

#Meta is killing #DMA #NIICS / #messaging #interoperability through a hundred petty (and not so petty) restrictions, which are questionable under the law. I hope:

1. @EUCommission will do something about this fundamental obstacle to the functioning of the #DMA...