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An exploration of JSON interoperability vulnerabilities.
https://labs.bishopfox.com/tech-blog/an-exploration-of-json-interoperability-vulnerabilities
saved 2021-02-25

An Exploration & Remediation of JSON Interoperability Vulnerabilities
Learn more about how the same JSON document can be parsed with different values across microservices, leading to a variety of potential security risks.

> "... clear architectural backbone – not centralisation, but interoperability – can allow many systems to act as one government"
https://www.publictechnology.net/2026/05/1

New government CTO: ‘Interoperability, not centralisation, will allow us to act as one’
As it directs a journey from ‘digital government to intelligent government’, Whitehall's tech hub is hoping to learn architecture lessons from other nations, according to new IT leader Sonia Patel The new cross-government chief technology officer has outlined a vision cohesive infrastructure

The EU issues two decisions under the DMA, requiring Google to provide rival AI assistants and search engines comparable access to Android and some Search data (Robert Hart/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/966438/eu-google-android-ai-int…

Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
The EU says Google must let rival search engines and AI assistants have comparable access to Android and some Search data to comply with the DMA.

The Synthetic Exercise World Format provides fictional countries, companies, sectors, and threat actors with structured metadata for neutral CTI examples, exercises, interoperability tests, and standards documentation without referencing real-world sensitive entities.
I just released version 1.0.
#cti #opensource

Summary of the measures relating to EVs in the EU's Electrification Action Plan (and related initiatives), alongside the general adjustments to network tariffs, connection conditions and taxation
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/publications/co…

"This ruling confirms what we have argued from the start: interoperability is not optional under the DMA, it is the law. Developers finally have legal certainty to build competitive alternatives to Apple's ecosystem, and we remain committed to monitoring enforcement of today’s decision, says Lucas Lasota, FSFE's Senior Programme Manager Legal"
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"A review of nascent policy approaches in the UK, California, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, and the EU, indicates a fragmented landscape where most jurisdictions address only parts of the protocol stack and only some of the control layers. [..] The report presents a phased roadmap recommending global harmonisation of functional requirements rather than technology mandates."

Demand Flexibility Protocols - 4E Energy Efficient End-use Equipment
This report looks at the current landscape of communication protocols and suggests steps to take towards solving interoperability issues.

A very interesting question today at #fossnorth. How can we achieve #interoperability without the dependency of a centralized system as the European Union? Any thoughts? #fsfe

A look at Operation Jailbreak, a US Army-led hackathon where nine defense firms use AI to integrate weapons systems, drawing on Ukraine interoperability lessons (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/1699e348-02d5-491a-9924-1d5914d540f7

Enphase is preparing to launch its DC bidirectional charger (initially in the US, but works elsewhere too) for #V2G and V2H. It’s interesting to see how they’re focusing on interoperability: any car, any home, any grid

To preempt any comments about why I’m bothering to be on mainstream social media: while Mastodon is my primary platform, some accounts are just impossible to follow outside of their chosen walled gardens. To find artists and local events I’ve had to suck it up and begrudgingly use those big tech apps sometimes.
I want interoperability to be legally enforced for all social media oh so badly.