Germany's Digital Minister wants open standards and OSS as guiding principle
a year ago
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- Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger advocates for digital sovereignty in Germany and Europe.
- Open standards and open source should be the guiding principle for IT solutions.
- Urgency to reduce dependence on US-based big tech companies and cloud services.
- Proposal for a 'Germany stack'—a unified IT infrastructure to avoid redundancy.
- Plans for a digital identity for citizens via the EU wallet (EUDI).
- Concerns over 75% of European cloud data being controlled by US hyperscalers.
- Need for alternative digital payment solutions to keep sensitive data within EU jurisdiction.
- Focus on decentralized social media with open interfaces for better data exchange.
- Goal to improve e-government and digital administration efficiency.
- Establishment of a federal IT security center in collaboration with BSI.
- Efforts to make Germany attractive for startups in data economy and AI sectors.
- Avoidance of WhatsApp for ministry communications due to security concerns.