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    Strong reactions after Netherlands blocks US takeover of Solvinity, DigiD operator

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    2. CellPuzzleheaded99 on

      It was about f****ng time that we stop using non EU providers. US was already not to be trusted with our data and now, after most of IT is already there, they finally see the light.

    3. SongBirdplace on

      This makes perfect sense. This should always have been done by a local company. That data should not leave the EU. Most government systems should be on local support.

    4. CommonStrawbeary on

      Good! IDK why anyone would buy anything from a US company today, they’ll all give your data to Trump

    5. Flabbaghosted on

      Very pleasantly surprised. Was upset that something so important that could be easily backdoored by America was seemingly being pushed through

    6. FollowingFeisty5321 on

      > Kyndryl says it has cooperated “in good faith” with the Dutch government. “Despite this cooperation and our long history of managing mission-critical operations in the Netherlands, the politicisation of this process has overshadowed the clear and important benefits this transaction could have delivered to Solvinity’s customers and Dutch citizens,” the company said.

      **Slaps a Donald Trump “I did that” sticker on Kyndryl**.

    8. the68thdimension on

      Oh no! Anyway. Absolutely ridiculous that tech core to government services isn’t publicly created, owned, and run. Just fund a bloody public service that can create this tech, and the problem would never have happened in the first place!

    9. TemporarySun314 on

      > Separately, it was recently reported that Microsoft and Meta had shared data from Dutch civil servants with the US House of Representatives, prompting Aerdts to raise the issue with the American ambassador.

      so Americans ban Tiktok because china could spy on them, but if Americans do the same, then its totally fine apparently. all while the US is trying to coerce the EU in abolishing regulations and ultimately destroy the EU.

      and then Americans are wondering why noone trusts them and europe dont want to buy stuff from them anymore…

    10. D00d_Where_Am_I on

      I am waiting for Europe and the West to more broadly start boycotting US goods.

    12. Moral-Relativity on

      While Trump is crazy enough to outsource SSNs probably I’m glad the Dutch are more sensible. Why would you let any foreign interest play a role in how your population is identified online?

    13. FluffySmiles on

      Good. Would that my government wasn’t suckling on the teat of US tech as much as it does. Intervention against the enlargement of the US hegemony is crucial and this action by a western government hopefully will be inspirational.

    14. Ninevehenian on

      It’s base sovereignty in 2026. Without control of your infrastructure, you become a vassal and find your bills growing.

    18. JoshDrako on

      Democracy is basic human rights and it’s not politisation. They say they come in good faith coming from a country that is bombing half of the planet.
      These are justified doubts over their good faith. yeah and faith in what : dollar, profit over human lives. This is not what has built Europa.

    19. Fuzzy_Paul on

      Good think they stopped it. With this system you can login unnoticed into all goverment and digid based systems without user consent. Bravo duthman.

    20. imjustsurfin on

      The government of the Netherlands should say something like “We may review our decision in the event a Democratic Party President is in office.

      Then sit back, popcorn in hand…

    21. muntaxitome on

      Not really seeing those strong responses? Mostly just seems to be a ‘yeah we get it’ from Americans.

    22. Wonderful-Variation on

      The Trump administration has done everything possible to signal hostility towards the sovereignty of European nations.   

    24. ghostpengy on

      Real question is, why the fuck is 3rd party running such a sensitive tool. It should be run by the government, with at max advisories as outsource.

    25. SHUT_DOWN_EVERYTHING on

      EU needs complete sovereignty in all sensitive areas be it weapons, software, financial services, or others.

      This is really the only way they can be safe and in control of their own lives.

    26. Commercial_Regret_36 on

      I remember when France blocked a US takeover of an innovative materials company. Suddenly, totally unrelated, I’m sure, the French owners suddenly had a loss of US charges for sexual abuse

    28. Moppermonster on

      So.. what did the USA expect after the Trump government ordered microsoft to disable the accounts of justices at the ICC and to share private data from government employees?

      It is one thing to have a “in theory the American government could use their control over American companies to blackmail us or cripple our services”, quite another to have “the American government already has a trackrecord of using said control to blackmail and hinder us”.