Politics

1. May 2026

What Digital Sovereignty Looks Like in Germany

Tagesschau is shutting down its Apple Messages for Business channel and pointing recipients exclusively to a WhatsApp channel. A license-fee-funded broadcaster is migrating from a privacy-friendlier messenger channel to a markedly more problematic one — and ignoring platform-neutral alternatives along the way.
politics · commentary
29. Apr 2026

When the Key Is Left in the Lock, Don't Blame the Lock

A commentary on the Signal phishing affair, the reflex response from a Bundestag Vice President — and the very loud silence of the Digital Minister.
politics · commentary
26. Apr 2026

Default-on Since April 24: GitHub Trains Copilot on User Code

Since April 24, 2026, GitHub uses Copilot data from Free, Pro and Pro+ accounts for AI training by default. What's behind the change and why it exposes the platform's two-class model.
llm · coding · politics
13. Apr 2026

Blunders, Bad Luck, and Bungling: The Coalition Provides Relief. For Whom, Exactly?

The coalition cuts the fuel tax and calls it relief. Nothing changes at the pump — except the profit margins of oil corporations.
politics · commentary
12. Apr 2026

Claude Mythos: Sandbox Escape, Zero-Days, and the Question of Hype

Anthropic's Claude Mythos broke out of a sandbox and found thousands of zero-days. An assessment between real risk, methodological gaps, and strategic narrative control.
llm · politics