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The community to discuss buying European goods and services.


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The best way to install them is through the F-Droid store, which is a catalogue of FOSS software for Android. It's installable by downloading the .apk file linked on the front page of the F-Droid projec'ts website. The mentioned apps from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology can then be found by searching for "SECUSO", which is the name of the research project behind them all.

Alternatively, you can also get them through the Google Play Store under this link or again by searching for "SECUSO".

In particular, I recommend getting the QR code reader, because many of the free-to-use scanners route everything you scan through their servers, so they're obviously collecting your data on their servers, wherever these may be located.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/32675349

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The sweeping new toy safety rules will also mean that all toys sold in the EU will be slapped with a 'digital product passport' in the form of a QR code displaying its compliance with EU safety laws.

Childrenโ€™s squeaky plastic toys, trucks, blocks and dolls contain chemicals which are harmful to health, such as PFAS, also known as โ€˜forever chemicalsโ€™, as well as other hazardous substances like bisphenols.

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Recently, the Commission said they would take a "holistic" approach to regulating large e-commerce platforms like Shein, and Norway is mulling a crackdown on Temu, including a possible ban, over the sale of toxic toys.

A recent investigation by Toy Industries Europe into unbranded toys sold online found that 80% of toys examined by the group failed to meet EU safety standards, including products purchased from Amazon, Wish and AliExpress.

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!linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Obligatory !linuxphones@lemmy.ca plug

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Extra wide socks (feddit.org)
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Hello ๐Ÿ˜Š I'm a chonky girl with some fat cankles, looking for some really wide socks. Anybody got any tips? I've searched far and wide, but I can't find anything cheap made in Europe. Call me crazy but I don't want to pay 40 euros for 3 wide socks ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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The movement to buy European instead of US alternatives is growing, especially online, where people are joining groups like BuyFromEU on Reddit which already has more than 200 000 members, to share their favourite alternatives.

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People are being inspired by Greta Thunberg.

Cheers to traveling by sail and rail ๐Ÿท

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Looking for a USB-C powerbank for my phone. Any suggestions?

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