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- france@lemmit.online
- cross-posted to:
- france@lemmit.online
The digital directorate in France will switch from Windows to Linux and the state is embarking on a major project to reduce the “outer European digital dependency”
The subject of digital sovereignty has been imposed in the public debate since the beginning of 2026 in the face of a hypothesis: and if the United States cut off access to some of its technologies in Europe.
In France, the Prime Minister commissioned the Inter-Ministerial Directorate of Digital Affairs (DINUM) to “reduce the state’s extra-European digital dependencies”. It is this body that supervises the computer equipment and the deployment of services to the various government administrations.
The first target is now known: it is Windows.
Ach, du musst dein System nur aktuell halten. Das meiste wird doch schnell gepatcht. Und Browser Exploits funktionieren ja wohl ohnehin schon lange.
Ja, nur werden neue Lücken mit AI heute viel schneller und öfter gefunden wenn man genug Rechenleistung oder Geld hat. Anders als vor 5 Jahren wo man genug qualifizierte Leute finden musste.