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tek@calckey.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 10 months ago

Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

tek@calckey.world to Technology@lemmy.world · 10 months ago
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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

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    Meanwhile my country’s apps don’t let you open them if you have Developer Options enabled on android :)

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      And they’ll prob make it illegal for you to bypass and hide developer options because to them that means you’re hacking them.

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        Country: it’s illegal to have software development skills 🤡

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          Well, in the last few years there was that guy politicians labelled a criminal because he inspected a web page and disclosed multiple amateur vulnerabilities.

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            Sauce: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/10/missouri-gov-calls-journalist-who-found-security-flaw-a-hacker-threatens-to-sue/

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      That’s fucking hilarious

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      Same here, sure there’s hacks and workarounds that don’t require root… But still why the extra step…

      I just want my window animation speed to be faster, why does that disqualify me from reading stuff sent to my government mailbox.

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      Which country?

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        India

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