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Microsoft's Monopoly Abuse and Surveillance

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 10, 2022

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Microsoft “irreparably damaging” EU’s cloud ecosystem, industry group claims | Ars Technica

=> ↺ Microsoft “irreparably damaging” EU’s cloud ecosystem, industry group claims | Ars Technica

CISPE has filed a complaint, urging the European Commission to open a formal investigation into how Microsoft is allegedly “irreparably damaging the European cloud ecosystem and depriving European customers of choice in their cloud deployments.”

Public Knowledge Cheers FTC’s New Section 5 Statement To Increase Competition - Public Knowledge

=> ↺ Public Knowledge Cheers FTC’s New Section 5 Statement To Increase Competition - Public Knowledge

Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a new policy statement outlining the agency’s powers to address “unfair methods of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act, clearing the way for new agency action to curb anti-competitive behavior in Big Tech and across the economy.
The announcement follows the agency’s move last year to rescind its 2015 competition policy statement that had curtailed the FTC’s ability to create competition rules and limited the kinds of enforcement actions it could bring against dominant firms that engaged in anti-competitive practices. Public Knowledge previously applauded the decision to rescind that policy statement, suggesting that a new statement would prove an important next step. Now, we have that new statement.

Mozilla Thunderbird: Important Message For Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise Users [Ed: Now Microsoft tells Mozilla how to do Thunderbird

=> ↺ Mozilla Thunderbird: Important Message For Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise Users | ↺ Now Microsoft tells Mozilla how to do Thunderbird

In a coming release of the Thunderbird 102.x series, we will be making some changes to the way we handle OAuth2 authorization with Microsoft accounts, and this may involve some extra work for users currently using Microsoft-hosted accounts through their employer or educational institution.
In order to meet Microsoft’s requirements for publisher verification, it is necessary for us to switch to a new Azure application and application ID. However, some of these accounts are configured to require administrators to approve any applications accessing email.

The Mozilla Blog: Over a quarter of parents believe their children don’t know how to protect their information online – Firefox can help with that

=> ↺ The Mozilla Blog: Over a quarter of parents believe their children don’t know how to protect their information online – Firefox can help with that

Parenting has never been easy. But with a generation growing up with groundbreaking technology, families are facing new challenges along with opportunities as children interact with screens everywhere they go — while learning at school, playing with friends and for on-the-go entertainment.
We are previewing a new Mozilla Firefox survey conducted in partnership with YouGov to better understand families’ needs in the United States, Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom that we will release fully in January 2023. We wanted to hear parents’ thoughts around online safety, as well as their biggest concerns and questions when their kids navigate through the sticky parts of the web before getting to the good stuff.

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