ViOffice Blog Latest news, tutorials, and insights from the ViOffice team about secure cloud collaboration and privacy-first solutions. https://www.vioffice.de/blog en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:04:40 GMT <![CDATA[ViOffice Cloud Update: Against Vendor Lock-In!]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/cloud-update-2026 https://www.vioffice.de/blog/cloud-update-2026 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Open Source in the Public Sector]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/open-source-government https://www.vioffice.de/blog/open-source-government Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT Ibrahim Kessenich <![CDATA[Private Public Surveillance Partnerships]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/surveillance-partnerships https://www.vioffice.de/blog/surveillance-partnerships Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Stop Chatcontrol - Public Pressure has an Effect!]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/public-vs-chatcontrol https://www.vioffice.de/blog/public-vs-chatcontrol Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:00 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Happy Birthday - 5 Years ViOffice!]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/five-years-vioffice https://www.vioffice.de/blog/five-years-vioffice Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[The US Cloud Act and European Dependency]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/us-cloud-act-europe https://www.vioffice.de/blog/us-cloud-act-europe Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:11:26 GMT Ibrahim Kessenich <![CDATA[News in Social Media]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/social-news https://www.vioffice.de/blog/social-news Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:17:51 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Biometrics and Surveillance: Normalisation of Extensive Surveillance]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/biometrics https://www.vioffice.de/blog/biometrics Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:24:55 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Collabora Online: The Open Source Collaboration Powerhouse!]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/collabora-online-tour https://www.vioffice.de/blog/collabora-online-tour Mon, 02 Jun 2025 13:55:57 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Europe's dependence on US tech]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/eu-us-dependency https://www.vioffice.de/blog/eu-us-dependency Mon, 05 May 2025 14:26:00 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Geopolitics and Digitization]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/geopolitics-and-digitization https://www.vioffice.de/blog/geopolitics-and-digitization Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:38:58 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Germany has voted - Digitalisation, Data Protection and State Surveillance]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digitalisierung-deutschland https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digitalisierung-deutschland Mon, 03 Mar 2025 07:22:06 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[What are Search Engines?]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/what-are-search-engines https://www.vioffice.de/blog/what-are-search-engines Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:41:43 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[The end of Search Engines?]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/end-of-searchengines https://www.vioffice.de/blog/end-of-searchengines Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:00:53 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[The new German Security Package: Digital Surveillance and Data Protection]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/sicherheitspaket-digitale-ueberwachung https://www.vioffice.de/blog/sicherheitspaket-digitale-ueberwachung Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:40:05 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[The Energy Usage of Artificial Intelligence]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ai-energy-demand https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ai-energy-demand Mon, 07 Oct 2024 12:00:05 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Data Science, Data Analytics or Data Engineering?]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/data-science-analytics-engineering https://www.vioffice.de/blog/data-science-analytics-engineering Fri, 23 Aug 2024 11:46:50 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[EU Chat-Control: An Update]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/chat-control-update https://www.vioffice.de/blog/chat-control-update Sat, 29 Jun 2024 20:45:46 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Faster, Louder, Less Secure? Social Media and the modern News Cycle]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/social-media-news-cycle https://www.vioffice.de/blog/social-media-news-cycle Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:22:29 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Cyberattacks on democracy]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/cyberattack-on-democracies https://www.vioffice.de/blog/cyberattack-on-democracies Mon, 06 May 2024 08:00:26 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Whistleblowing in the Digital Era: The Courage to Tell the Truth]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/whistleblowing https://www.vioffice.de/blog/whistleblowing Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:37:38 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Blurring Digital Footprints during Protests]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/protests-and-privacy https://www.vioffice.de/blog/protests-and-privacy Mon, 04 Mar 2024 13:48:44 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[The Downward Spiral: Understanding Enshittification in Online Platforms]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/enshittification https://www.vioffice.de/blog/enshittification Mon, 05 Feb 2024 10:34:38 GMT ViOffice Team <![CDATA[Digitalisation, AI, Open Source, Data Protection & Co. - 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Let's celebrate 'I Love Free Software Day']]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ilfs-day-2022 https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ilfs-day-2022 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 12:16:53 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Why Free, Open Source Software is more secure than Proprietary Counterparts]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/open-source-security https://www.vioffice.de/blog/open-source-security Mon, 07 Feb 2022 13:02:52 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Why Digitization is essential for Associations and how ViOffice can help]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ngo-digitization https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ngo-digitization Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:38:36 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[ViOffice as a sustainable Open Source alternative to Google, Microsoft and others - Our Mission in 2022]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/our-mission-in-2022 https://www.vioffice.de/blog/our-mission-in-2022 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:16:10 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Welcome in 2022]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/welcome-in-2022 https://www.vioffice.de/blog/welcome-in-2022 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 15:19:54 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Habemus Coalition Agreement: The New German Government and Open Source]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/new-german-government-and-open-source https://www.vioffice.de/blog/new-german-government-and-open-source Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:48:23 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Why Privacy is an urgent Social Issue]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/privacy-as-social-question https://www.vioffice.de/blog/privacy-as-social-question Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:04:28 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Guest Article: Digitization in Human Resources]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digital-hr https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digital-hr Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:25:45 GMT Ida Manko <![CDATA[Encryption of E-Mails]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/mail-encryption https://www.vioffice.de/blog/mail-encryption Mon, 04 Oct 2021 10:39:09 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[1 Year of ViOffice!]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/one-year-vioffice https://www.vioffice.de/blog/one-year-vioffice Wed, 06 Oct 2021 09:19:30 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Microtargeting: Influence on democratic elections]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/microtargeting https://www.vioffice.de/blog/microtargeting Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:11:40 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Privacy Respecting Analytics]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/privacy-respecting-analytics https://www.vioffice.de/blog/privacy-respecting-analytics Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:43:58 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Blockchains, Data Protection and Open Source]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/blockchain https://www.vioffice.de/blog/blockchain Sun, 27 Jun 2021 17:49:37 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[State Surveillance]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/state-surveillance https://www.vioffice.de/blog/state-surveillance Sat, 05 Jun 2021 17:51:39 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Green Internet]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/green-internet https://www.vioffice.de/blog/green-internet Mon, 03 May 2021 17:53:19 GMT ViOffice Team <![CDATA[Secure Video Conferences]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/secure-videoconferences https://www.vioffice.de/blog/secure-videoconferences Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:55:31 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Sustainable Partnership: Collabora Ltd. & ViOffice]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/collabora-partnership https://www.vioffice.de/blog/collabora-partnership Tue, 16 Mar 2021 17:57:25 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Guest Article: Taboo Word 'Home Office']]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/home-office https://www.vioffice.de/blog/home-office Mon, 01 Mar 2021 18:06:29 GMT Lukas Maher <![CDATA[Planado - Our Contribution to the Free Software Community]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/planado https://www.vioffice.de/blog/planado Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:07:51 GMT ViOffice Team <![CDATA[Happy 'I Love Free Software Day']]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ilfs-day-2021 https://www.vioffice.de/blog/ilfs-day-2021 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 18:09:24 GMT ViOffice Team <![CDATA[Digital Self-Determination]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digital-self-determination https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digital-self-determination Wed, 27 Jan 2021 18:10:44 GMT ViOffice Team <![CDATA[A New Start]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/a-new-start https://www.vioffice.de/blog/a-new-start Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:12:00 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Platform Economy & Digital Monopolies]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digital-monopolies https://www.vioffice.de/blog/digital-monopolies Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:21:36 GMT Pascal Langer <![CDATA[Free Software - What is it, why is it important?]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/what-is-free-software https://www.vioffice.de/blog/what-is-free-software Mon, 12 Oct 2020 18:28:37 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Practical Tips for Encrypting Your Data]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/encryption-of-data https://www.vioffice.de/blog/encryption-of-data Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:25:24 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Data & Information Security]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/data-security https://www.vioffice.de/blog/data-security Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:26:55 GMT Jan Weymeirsch <![CDATA[Corporate Social Responsibility]]> https://www.vioffice.de/blog/corporate-social-responsibility https://www.vioffice.de/blog/corporate-social-responsibility Mon, 07 Dec 2020 18:24:40 GMT Jan Weymeirsch