Broadband routers and email service providers can now submit IT security label applications to the Federal Information Security Office. As explained by BSI, labels are issued based on self-reports. You only check the credibility of the evidence, and then you conduct random technical checks. BSI President Arne Schönbohm explained that the label aims to "provide consumers with guidance on the future digital market." Other categories of IT security labels will also be opened soon.

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"In order to maintain the ability to act independently, Europe once again needs its own trusted hardware and software manufacturers." The open source business alliance composed of about 170 companies made this assumption in its "Digital Sovereignty Declaration." According to the paper, European initiatives to promote the development of the entire digital ecosystem must receive "sustainable and large-scale support" and be initiated by local partners. Therefore, the diversity and openness of suppliers is the "best protection against dependency", especially from software manufacturers such as Microsoft.

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EU consumers will benefit from the exemption of roaming fees in the next ten years. Negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament have now agreed to extend the popular rule beyond June 2022. This means that European citizens can continue to use their mobile phones to make calls, surf the Internet or write text messages at home. Travel in 27 EU countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Canadian hacker Gary Bowser paid Nintendo a $10 million fine. The responsible Washington District Court has now approved a corresponding out-of-court settlement between the two parties. Bowser once sold a hacking toolkit for Nintendo Switch, which can turn off the copy protection of the console. The court also prohibited Bowser from continuing to sell such hacking kits for game consoles and infringing on Nintendo’s copyright.

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