Digital Sovereignty: My Commitment to Ethical and Independent Technology
I choose to operate independently from Big Tech. On my desktop and mobile devices, my quest is to use only open-source software and prioritize tools developed in the European Union — where data privacy, ecological responsibility, and technological autonomy are core values.
This is not just about software. It’s about reclaiming control over my digital life: who holds my data, where it’s stored, how it’s powered, and who benefits from it. I believe in technology that serves people, not shareholders.
By making this choice, I aim to inspire others to question their digital dependencies and consider alternatives that respect privacy, support local economies, and reduce environmental impact.
You deserve to know where your data lives, and so do your clients.
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Digital sovereignty, cyber sovereignty, technological sovereignty and data sovereignty refer to the ability to have control over your own digital destiny – the data, hardware and software that you rely on and create.
Countries generally agree on the need to foster homegrown tech industries, particularly where there are potentially significant national security consequences.
But there different approaches around the governance of these technologies and data. These varied approaches to digital sovereignty have deepened geopolitical competition between the US, China and the EU.
Digital sovereignty has become a concern for many policymakers who feel there is too much control ceded to too few places, too little choice in the tech market, and too much power in the hands of a small number of tech companies, who control massive amounts of data about their users.