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Come to Software Freedom Day, and take a shift at our table

Jurgen Gaeremyn, Christopher Peeters — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

On Saturday 26 September, Hackerspace Brussels hosts its yearly edition of Software Freedom Day. Doors open at 11:30, the talks run from 13:00 until 19:00, and entry is free. The theme this year is “Organising with FOSS”. Because the topic hits home, it makes sense for us to help out and have a corner of our own during this event.

Full programme and directions: sfd.hsbxl.be

# What BeLibre is doing there

Jurgen and Christopher open the talks at 13:00 with an introduction to BeLibre and to the Leak Inspector scans of municipal, school and healthcare websites. The talk covers how to run a scan, how to read the report that comes out of it, and how to bring the findings to a local council in a way that they can work with it.

BeLibre Leak Detector: What your website tells strangers about your visitors

Jurgen Gaeremyn — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0100

You visit one website and around ten companies hear about it, several of them outside Europe. BeLibre’s Leak Detector records a real browsing session and shows you exactly who received what about your visit, and what that means under European law.

Cookies are just the doorway

Jurgen Gaeremyn — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0100

What happens when a website tracks you, and why ‘Accept all’ costs more than it looks

BeLibre meetup: Grassroots steps towards digital Sovereignty

Jurgen Gaeremyn — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0100

🎉 Join us in Brussels for our very first physical meetup! Register now and be part of this exciting milestone for BeLibre. 🥂

One year of BeLibre: why digital freedom concerns us all

Jurgen Gaeremyn — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0100

Imagine waking up one morning to find that the local council no longer knows who is entitled to social support. That the hospital can no longer access patient records. That the police have lost their communication systems. Not because of an attack, but simply because one American company somewhere far away has a technical outage, raises its prices, or suddenly refuses access.

Sounds far-fetched? Less than you might think. But this article is not about fear. It is about what becomes possible when you make conscious choices.

BeLibre Sovereignty Map

Mon, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Interactive map where you can discover digital sovereignty in municipalities, schools, emergency services or other critical infrastructure in our country and beyond.