surveillance

<p>Today we celebrate German Unity Day!<br>👉 <a href="https://tuta.com/blog/germany-unity-day" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tuta.com/blog/germany-unity-day"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tuta.com/blog/germany-unity-da</span><span class="invisible">y</span></a></p><p>On October 3rd in 1990, Germany became one, and became a truly democratic country. 🗳️</p><p>We are reminded that we can&#x27;t take the freedoms we currently enjoy for granted, including privacy &amp; the freedom of speech.</p><p><a href="/tags/germany/" rel="tag">#germany</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a></p>

<p>Outlook not so good 🎱</p><p>Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.</p><p>Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.</p><p>Read our latest blog on why crime &#x27;predicting&#x27; police tech must be BANNED ⬇️</p><p><a href="/tags/safetynotsurveillance/" rel="tag">#SafetyNotSurveillance</a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/w</span><span class="invisible">hy-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/policing/" rel="tag">#policing</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/precrime/" rel="tag">#precrime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#justice</a> <a href="/tags/criminal/" rel="tag">#criminal</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a></p>

<p>So if you thought that surveillance based ads couldn&#x27;t get any worse... Meta: Hold my beer!</p><p><a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#Facebook</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/ads/" rel="tag">#Ads</a> </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/mark-zuckerbergs-ai-ad-tool-sounds-like-a-social-media-nightmare/?utm_campaign=social&amp;utm_source=threads&amp;utm_medium=organic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/mark-zuckerbergs-ai-ad-tool-sounds-like-a-social-media-nightmare/?utm_campaign=social&amp;utm_source=threads&amp;utm_medium=organic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/05/07/mark</span><span class="invisible">-zuckerbergs-ai-ad-tool-sounds-like-a-social-media-nightmare/?utm_campaign=social&amp;utm_source=threads&amp;utm_medium=organic</span></a></p>

<p>Pleased to announce the launch of Surveillance Watch, an interactive map and resource that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry: <a href="https://www.surveillancewatch.io/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.surveillancewatch.io/</a> </p><p>By mapping out the intricate web of surveillance companies, their subsidiaries, partners, and financial backers, we hope to expose the enablers fueling this industry&#x27;s extensive rights violations, ensuring they cannot evade accountability for being complicit in this abuse.</p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#Surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a></p>

<p>1/4 🚨 The Digital Omnibus proposals are here - and our rights and protections online are officially under threat 🚨 </p><p>The proposals published today endanger the very core of EU&#x27;s digital protections for people - the <a href="/tags/gdpr/" rel="tag">#GDPR</a>, <a href="/tags/eprivacy/" rel="tag">#ePrivacy</a> and the <a href="/tags/aiact/" rel="tag">#AIAct</a>. </p><p>Weakening these safeguards would entrench <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a>, profiling and algorithmic <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#discrimination</a> in every aspect of society 🙅🏾 </p><p>Read our press release for more details: <a href="https://edri.org/our-work/commissions-digital-omnibus-is-a-major-rollback-of-eu-digital-protections/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="edri.org/our-work/commissions-digital-omnibus-is-a-major-rollback-of-eu-digital-protections/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edri.org/our-work/commissions-</span><span class="invisible">digital-omnibus-is-a-major-rollback-of-eu-digital-protections/</span></a></p>

<p>Copilot exposes private GitHub pages, some removed by Microsoft</p><p>Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is exposing the contents of more than 20,000 private GitHub repositories from companies including Google, Intel, Huawei, PayPal, IBM, Tencent and, ironically, Microsoft.</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/02/copilot-exposes-private-github-pages-some-removed-by-microsoft/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/02/copilot-exposes-private-github-pages-some-removed-by-microsoft/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/information-te</span><span class="invisible">chnology/2025/02/copilot-exposes-private-github-pages-some-removed-by-microsoft/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/copilot/" rel="tag">#copilot</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/github/" rel="tag">#github</a> <a href="/tags/softwaredevelopment/" rel="tag">#softwaredevelopment</a></p>

<p>🚨 BREAKING 🚨</p><p>The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.</p><p>US lawmakers slam the UK&#x27;s secretive order, calling it what it is:</p><p>🔥 &#x27;Dangerous&#x27; for global cybersecurity<br>🔥 &#x27;Effectively a foreign cyberattack&#x27;</p><p>The Home Office must back off ✋</p><p><a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/e2ee/" rel="tag">#e2ee</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/ukpolitics/" rel="tag">#ukpolitics</a> <a href="/tags/ukpol/" rel="tag">#ukpol</a> <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/</span></a></p>

<p>Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11&#x27;s forced online accounts for that</p><p>Windows 11&#x27;s online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if asked.</p><p><a href="https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.windowscentral.com/microso</span><span class="invisible">ft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/windows11/" rel="tag">#Windows11</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#software</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a></p>

We caught 4 more states sharing personal health data with Big Tech<br><p>Healthcare exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn<br><br>Maine’s exchange, CoverME.gov, sent information on drug prescriptions and dosages to Google through an analytics tool. It also sent the names of doctors and hospitals that people had previously visited.<br></p>Google is an illegal monopoly, losing three different antitrust cases in the US over the last few years. None of us should be sending them data anymore, let alone state-run services.<br><br><a href="https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/17/we-caught-4-more-states-sharing-personal-health-data-with-big-tech</span></a><br><br><a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#maine</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/healthdata/" rel="tag">#HealthData</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/illegalmonopoly/" rel="tag">#IllegalMonopoly</a><br>

If Cloudflare really is &quot;verifying&quot; that I&#x27;m human with its obnoxious widget, why does it do this for multiple web sites and over and over again for a given web site? Shouldn&#x27;t it be able to verify I&#x27;m human once and for all? What exactly are they doing with their sprawling control of all these web sites if not adding value through economy of scale?<br><br><a href="/tags/cloudflare/" rel="tag">#Cloudflare</a> <a href="/tags/securitytheater/" rel="tag">#SecurityTheater</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/web/" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/darkpattern/" rel="tag">#DarkPattern</a><br>

<p>My Pixel 10 warned me that there was a rogue connection made on my phone.</p><p>A concerning thing happened today while I was walking through my building. I have a <a href="/tags/pixel/" rel="tag">#Pixel</a> 10 Pro XL phone, which may be the first phone to give warnings when the phone connects to a rogue cellphone tower or IMSI catcher. The OS cannot block it; it can only tell you that someone read information, and it presents an alert. It says, </p><p>&quot;Your data may be at risk. Device ID accessed. At 6:57 PM a nearby network recorded your device&#x27;s unique ID (IMSI or IMEI) while using your T-Mobile SIM. This means that your location, activity, or identity has been logged.&quot;</p><p>I didn&#x27;t ever get an alert before walking through the building, but this time, during a 30-minute walk through the building, I got about 8 alerts, ranging between 1 and 3 minutes apart. </p><p>Using this information from repeated connections, someone can follow my movements and location; they can identify it&#x27;s me because the IMSI number is unique to my phone, so it can be an indication that someone was collecting all the cellphone information in the area, most likely law enforcement. </p><p>It can also mean that I was connecting to a rogue cell phone tower, not just an IMSI catcher, and it was an attempted Stingray attack, likely also law enforcement. If successful, they can try to see and hear what I&#x27;m doing on my phone, as my phone won&#x27;t know that it&#x27;s a fake cellphone tower.</p><p>Be aware that a rogue tower will try to negotiate your phone&#x27;s connection down to a 2G connection, which is unencrypted, providing them with access to everything that you are doing and saying. Please go into your phone&#x27;s settings and disable 2G!!</p><p>It&#x27;s been believed for some time that this technology has been used by law enforcement secretly and consistently. This is creepy and unnerving.</p><p>Turning off the phone, by the way, doesn&#x27;t stop an IMSI catcher. Your phone still responds. You need to keep the phone in a Faraday bag if you&#x27;re really concerned.</p><p>It&#x27;s a good thing that phones are now starting to inform people that they are being watched and that people will begin to see how much of an issue this is. You can assume that your local law enforcement knows where you are all the time.</p><p><a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#CyberSecurity</a> <a href="/tags/lawenforcement/" rel="tag">#LawEnforcement</a> <a href="/tags/policeabuse/" rel="tag">#PoliceAbuse</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve published a new essay on my website.</p><p>“Into the Dark Wood: The Right to Be Unknown.”</p><p>Oblivion, autonomy, surveillance, and resisting a world that refuses to let us disappear.</p><p><a href="https://ominous.net/The_Right_to_Be_Unknown.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ominous.net/The_Right_to_Be_Unknown.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ominous.net/The_Right_to_Be_Un</span><span class="invisible">known.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#Surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#DigitalRights</a> <a href="/tags/digitalautonomy/" rel="tag">#DigitalAutonomy</a></p>

<p>Discord&#x27;s age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel</p><p>You &quot;may be part of an experiment where your information will be processed by an age-assurance vendor, Persona.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.pcgamer.com/software/platforms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.pcgamer.com/software/platf</span><span class="invisible">orms/oh-good-discords-age-verification-rollout-has-ties-to-palantir-co-founder-and-panopticon-architect-peter-thiel/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/discord/" rel="tag">#Discord</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/ageverification/" rel="tag">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/persona/" rel="tag">#Persona</a> <a href="/tags/palantir/" rel="tag">#Palantir</a> <a href="/tags/dystopia/" rel="tag">#dystopia</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>

<p>An <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post. New here, if I break a norm, please DM me.</p><p>I hate <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> and <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> and love <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> and <a href="/tags/sewing/" rel="tag">#sewing</a>. I am a non-violent <a href="/tags/anarchist/" rel="tag">#anarchist</a> <a href="/tags/vegan/" rel="tag">#vegan</a> and politically engaged in <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> and my local community. I&#x27;ve been a <a href="/tags/hacker/" rel="tag">#hacker</a> and <a href="/tags/autodidact/" rel="tag">#autodidact</a> my entire life. I love learning. Very <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a> and <a href="/tags/transgender/" rel="tag">#transgender</a>.</p><p>I&#x27;ve zero tolerance those who deny the genocide in <a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a>. I am rabidly pro <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#Ukraine</a>.</p><p>I don&#x27;t talk about my family, friends, work, town, or local organizing. <a href="/tags/wekeepussafe/" rel="tag">#WeKeepUsSafe</a></p>

&quot;This page has expired. Please click refresh.&quot;<br><br>Oh? It smelled fine to me.<br><br><a href="/tags/web/" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/darkpatterns/" rel="tag">#DarkPatterns</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a><br>

<p>New from Francesca D&#x27;Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott&#x27;s multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today&#x27;s digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-dp</span><span class="invisible">s-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/</span></a> </p><p>This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. </p><p><a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/gregabbott/" rel="tag">#GregAbbott</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#border</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.</p><p>“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tha</span><span class="invisible">cker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#Surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/nevada/" rel="tag">#Nevada</a> <a href="/tags/thackerpass/" rel="tag">#ThackerPass</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a></p>

<p>The war on crypto never ends. The war on privacy, civil rights, security and freedom of speech never ends.</p><p>This time we are dangerously close to lose. The &quot;Child Sexual Abuse&quot; (CSA) EU regulation proposal, more aptly nicknamed &quot;ChatControl&quot;, will be voted AGAIN this October, and many countries who opposed it last year are now undecided. The proposal at its roots aims at allowing authorities to break end-to-end encryption for the usual reason: &quot;because of the children&quot;. As a father of two, I am disgusted by this recurring, cheap rhetoric.</p><p>What you can do: <a href="https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#WhatYouCanDo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/#WhatYouCanDo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts</span><span class="invisible">/chat-control/#WhatYouCanDo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/csa/" rel="tag">#CSA</a> <a href="/tags/csam/" rel="tag">#CSAM</a> <a href="/tags/chatcontrol/" rel="tag">#ChatControl</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#crypto</a> <a href="/tags/cryptography/" rel="tag">#cryptography</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#civilrights</a></p>

<p>My Rayhunter is live! All clear, so far. We&#x27;ll see if it finds anything at this weekend&#x27;s festivities. 🤔 </p><p>This was pretty painless to get going (&lt;$50 hardware, &lt;5min setup).</p><p><a href="/tags/rayhunter/" rel="tag">#Rayhunter</a> <a href="/tags/cellsitesimulator/" rel="tag">#CellSiteSimulator</a> <a href="/tags/stingray/" rel="tag">#Stingray</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a></p>

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ld3UHAu6o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ld3UHAu6o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ld3U</span><span class="invisible">HAu6o</span></a><br><a href="/tags/demonstreren/" rel="tag">#Demonstreren</a> is een <a href="/tags/mensenrecht/" rel="tag">#mensenrecht</a>. Toch wordt het in de praktijk steeds vaker gezien als een <a href="/tags/risico/" rel="tag">#risico</a> <br>In <a href="/tags/nederland/" rel="tag">#Nederland</a> zetten <a href="/tags/autoriteiten/" rel="tag">#autoriteiten</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> in tegen <a href="/tags/demonstranten/" rel="tag">#demonstranten</a>: <a href="/tags/socialemedia/" rel="tag">#socialemedia</a> worden doorzocht, er is <a href="/tags/cameratoezicht/" rel="tag">#cameratoezicht</a> bij <a href="/tags/protesten/" rel="tag">#protesten</a> en <a href="/tags/activisten/" rel="tag">#activisten</a> krijgen soms zelfs de <a href="/tags/politie/" rel="tag">#politie</a> aan de deur. Dat kan mensen <a href="/tags/afschrikken/" rel="tag">#afschrikken</a> om gebruik te maken van hun recht om te demonstreren, terwijl juist dat recht cruciaal is in een <a href="/tags/democratie/" rel="tag">#democratie</a> <a href="/tags/rechtsstaat/" rel="tag">#rechtsstaat</a> <a href="/tags/politiek/" rel="tag">#politiek</a> <a href="/tags/politie/" rel="tag">#politie</a></p>

<p>“There’s this veneer of respect for privacy that is painted over all of this data aggregation and consolidation.”</p><p>But beneath it all, <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> experts warn that smartphone-monitoring software &quot;Tangles&quot; is the latest in a law enforcement arsenal, from surveillance <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> to an army of drones, operating with little oversight. </p><p>Our latest from Francesca D&#x27;Annunzio is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.texasobserver.org/texas-po</span><span class="invisible">lice-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/</span></a> <br> <br><a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#police</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>&quot;The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping and interference, and they put restraints on government overreaching in the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. . . . These protections require, at a minimum, a neutral arbiter - a magistrate - standing between the government&#x27;s endless desire for information and the citizens&#x27; desires for privacy.&quot; ~ Elizabeth Holtzman</p><p><a href="/tags/quote/" rel="tag">#quote</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/winter/" rel="tag">#winter</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/footbridge/" rel="tag">#FootBridge</a></p>

<p>ONE BILLION personally-identifiable records were leaked by IDMerit an “AI-powered digital identity verification solutions provider”. The leaked data included:</p><p>Full names<br>Addresses<br>Post codes<br>Dates of birth<br>National IDs<br>Phone numbers<br>Genders<br>Email addresses<br>Telco metadata</p><p>Good thing we’re not uploading personally-identifiable documents for age or identity verification or anything whatsoever OH WAIT</p><p>FUCK all this surveillance tech. FUCK this identity verification bullshit. No one can be trusted with this information.</p><p><a href="/tags/databreach/" rel="tag">#dataBreach</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a></p><p><a href="https://cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-records/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cybernews.com/security/global-data-leak-exposes-billion-records/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cybernews.com/security/global-</span><span class="invisible">data-leak-exposes-billion-records/</span></a></p>

<p>Yes, we do.</p><p>Former Military Officials, Academics, and Tech Policy Leaders Denounce Pentagon&#x27;s Tactics Against Anthropic</p><p><a href="https://gizmodo.com/former-military-officials-academics-and-tech-policy-leaders-denounce-pentagons-tactics-against-anthropic-2000729872" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gizmodo.com/former-military-officials-academics-and-tech-policy-leaders-denounce-pentagons-tactics-against-anthropic-2000729872"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gizmodo.com/former-military-of</span><span class="invisible">ficials-academics-and-tech-policy-leaders-denounce-pentagons-tactics-against-anthropic-2000729872</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/anthropic/" rel="tag">#Anthropic</a> <a href="/tags/aiethics/" rel="tag">#AIethics</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/hegseth/" rel="tag">#Hegseth</a> <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a></p>

<p>🇪🇺 🚨Final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 just started between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU.</p><p>What is good:</p><p>✅ Encryption will not be broken</p><p>What is bad: </p><p>❌ Commission &amp; Council want <a href="/tags/idchecks/" rel="tag">#IDchecks</a></p><p>Lots of journalists, whistleblowers, activists and dissidents choose Tuta to protect their identity. We hope the European Parliament will stick to their decision to oppose mass <a href="/tags/surveillance/" rel="tag">#surveillance</a> and <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a>.</p><p>More on Chat Control: <a href="https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri</span><span class="invisible">ticism</span></a></p>