January 27, 2026
Sovereignty scorecard time
Show HN: We Built the 1. EU-Sovereignty Audit for Websites
Can your site break up with Big Tech? EU scanner sparks pride, panic, and memes
TLDR: A free scanner rates how “EU-only” your website is and suggests European alternatives. Commenters cheer perfect scores (hello Mastodon), vow to ditch US-hosted tools, and challenge a Finland mislabel while pushing for open source—because looming data rules make EU-first setups feel safer.
A new “EU sovereignty” site-scanner just dropped, and the comments are treating it like a breakup test for your website. It checks your hosting, fonts, analytics, CDNs (that’s content delivery networks), videos, chat widgets, socials, and maps, then spits out a 0–100 “EU score.” As one user summed it up, it’s a quick reality check with EU-friendly alternatives on tap. Privacy diehards are already flexing. Mastodon fans showed up first, bragging about a perfect 100% and calling it proof that federation (sites talking without a central boss) actually works. Meanwhile, one developer sighed, “Guess I finally have to leave GitHub Pages,” turning the thread into a mass “go EU or go home” moment. But of course, drama: a Finnish user says their local host was flagged as US, raising eyebrows about accuracy. Cue the “is the tool wrong, or is the internet just messy?” debate. Another hot angle: open source. People want the scanner’s code public, fast, so they can trust the results and fix slips. The stakes feel real: the EU–US data deal can be torn up anytime, just like past ones, making this scanner part caution sign, part scoreboard, and 100% comment magnet.
Key Points
- •A free scanner audits websites for dependence on non-EU services.
- •It checks hosting location, fonts, analytics, CDNs, video, chat, social embeds, and maps.
- •Examples include Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, Google Analytics, Cloudflare, AWS, YouTube, Intercom, Drift, Facebook Pixel, Twitter widgets, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap.
- •The article warns the EU-US Data Privacy Framework could be invalidated, as happened with Safe Harbor (2015) and Privacy Shield (2020).
- •Websites achieving a 100% EU score are presented as more future-proof against data transfer changes.