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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/25779751

The intative promises to be privacy-friendly with no tracking. Stating:

Your privacy is important. The WiFi4EU app ensures a private online experience with no tracking or data collection. Simply connect and enjoy free public Wi-Fi without concerns.

Source: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/wifi4eu-citizens

Will be interesting to see how this spans and plays out in reality. Looks promising too, did a quick scan of their builtin permissions and trackers and looks good too. (Scanning tool is called Exodus)

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[โ€“] LMurch@thelemmy.club 94 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's cool. Here in the US, we're this close to banning vaccines. *sad trombone sound

[โ€“] deafboy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Having a union-wide regulatory framework for soda bottle caps, or mandatory categorization of cucumbers seems a lot less like a government overreach in comparison. Thanks, I guess... ๐Ÿฅฒ

[โ€“] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

How else would you categorize cucumbers? Automatically? I guess if you had them on a conveyer belt with sensors, but manually seems simpler

[โ€“] Matriks404@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I hope you're joking.