Someone needs to call out these media outlets because the very act of opening their websites is equivalent to throwing your device to the vultures.
Reuters needs to be taught a lesson on website optimization.
#bloat #web #news #socialmedia #surveillance #privacy #enshittification
#Instagram to discontinue end-to-end encryption for DMs [Update: Meta's statement]
https://www.androidpolice.com/instagram-is-getting-rid-of-end-to-end-encryption-for-dms/
#Vieprivée #donnéespersonnelles #surveillance
A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.
The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.
Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file
Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file
Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/
#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology
ICE has been training US civilians to surveil and kill undocumented immigrants https://documentedny.com/2024/10/01/ice-immigration-train-citizens-academy/ #usa #fascism #trump #biden #surveillance #war #xenophobia #border #puertorico #atlanta #nyc #abolishice #ice #immigration
Instagram drops end-to-end encrypted chats: What it means: https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption
#Instagram #privacy #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #meta
who is palantir, and why are they involved with #ICE ?
kill switch
Do you know what #Palantir does? Don’t feel bad: neither do a lot of their employees. In fact, recently uncovered company chat logs showing how angry & confused Palantir workers are about the company’s involvement with ICE. … what exactly the company is providing ICE, and how the company creates mystery behind everything from Partiful rumors to skyrocketing stock price.
#privacy #surveillance
Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kill-switch/id1449757372?i=1000754615418
The problem with having a surveillance state is not that they will know everything about you. The problem is that they will assert that they know everything about you. And you’re screwed either way; no matter if they’re right or wrong.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud
Via @yawnbox
#privacy #humanRights #democracy #surveillance #surveillanceState #policeState
Fantastic rant by @acollierastro about why human-shaped robots are both stupid and sinister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwsowgBE_P8
#robotics #AI #tech #robots #surveillance #oligarchy #privacy #technology
"If Big Brother is watching than he be better watching Cindy Cohn" Executive Director of Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff. She argues "privacy is a check on power" "privacy is political" #surveillance!
Executive Director of Electronic Frontier Foundation ( @eff ) Important interview with Future Knowledge #podcast about her new book and #privacy and #datatracking on the #internet. Good news, the book will be #openaccess after one year @internetarchive @AuthorsAlliance https://open.spotify.com/episode/1fhC0zgkgR8hUhKLwn1nck?si=PjhidGCbQ8604L978r5BcQ&t=234&ct=234
#ThomsonReuters employees were alarmed to learn that #ICE was paying the company $22.8 million for "software to pull public and private information about individuals, and to track license plates." More than 200 employees signed an internal letter asking management "not [to] renew the ICE contract when it expires in May." The letter is not yet public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/technology/thomson-reuters-ice-minnesota.html
[🗞️Veille] De l’Iran à la surveillance de masse : la double guerre de Palantir https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/03/09/palantir-guerre-geopolitique/
#surveillance #guerre
🗃️Toute ma veille commentée https://veille.louisderrac.com
#US #Government Uses Targeted #Advertising to Track Your #Location.
CBP admits what #EFF has been saying: systems powering creepy targeted #ads allow federal agencies to track you
Advertising has built a #surveillance machine, the gov co-opts to spy on us.
Here's What to Do.
1. Disable your mobile advertising ID
2. Review apps you’ve granted location permissions to
#Legislators and #tech companies must act so that individuals don’t bear the burden of defending their data!
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp
> Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/think-twice-buying-or-using-metas-ray-bans via @eff
I'll be honest. Someone comes to my #ReferenceDesk with one of those I'll be asking them to remove them or leave. I am not consenting to being recorded for some assclown.
#SocialMedia #DeleteFacebook #DeleteMeta #surveillance #privacy #tech
Odido, a Dutch mobile phone provider, forwarded customers' personal data to American AI company for years.
Odido was also recently broken in to. Personal information of 6.2 million customers was stolen.
#Odido #CyberCrime #Surveillance #Netherlands #Dutch #phone #privacy #AI #bigtech
RE: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/113301303081128298
Germany's government (among many others)* continues working hard on their surveillance state.
They want that #Palantir everywhere¹ & in anything (except their own space, obviously for "safety reasons"), and they keep expanding the #AI mass #surveillance, now even to their capital².
It's just funny to watch these absolute hypocrites, proof they have 0 principles, while talking about how liberal their country is.
¹ https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-expands-use-of-palantir-surveillance-software/a-73497117
La #CNIL dit tout ce qu'il y a à savoir sur la #vidéoprotection dans la rue, et vous risquez d'être surpris. Lundi, la CNIL a publié le cadre complet sur la vidéoprotection en #France. Qu'il s'agisse de #caméras sur la voie publique, de l'usage de l'intelligence artificielle ou des droits des citoyens, il y a beaucoup à retenir.
https://www.clubic.com/actualite-603841-la-cnil-dit-tout-ce-qu-il-y-a-a-savoir-sur-la-videoprotection-dans-la-rue-et-vous-risquez-d-etre-surpris.html
#IA #surveillance #donneespersonnelles
„Mehrheit der Eltern will ein Social Media Verbot für Kinder.“
Also übersetzt:
Die Eltern wollen nicht selbst „die Bösen“ sein, die Grenzen setzen, das soll bitte der Staat übernehmen. Dafür kann man dann auch problemlos einen grossen Teil unserer Freiheit (im Netz) opfern. Kein grosses Ding! 🤯
Versteht mich nicht falsch: Kinder brauchen Schutz. Absolut.
Aber Verantwortung komplett nach oben zu delegieren und dafür pauschale Verbote & Alterskontrollen für alle einzuführen, ist einfach der bequemste statt der beste Weg.
Vielleicht wäre die unbequemere, aber ehrlichere Lösung:
Mehr Medienkompetenz. Mehr Begleitung. Mehr echte Erziehung.
Und ja: Plattformen und ihre ungesunden, auf maximale Aufmerksamkeit getrimmten Algorithmen endlich ernsthaft regulieren.
Denn wenn wir anfangen, das offene Internet für alle einzuschränken, nur damit Erwachsene schwierige Gespräche mit ihren Kindern vermeiden können, dann haben wir ein ganz anderes Problem.
Nur so ein Gedanke. 🤷♂️
#SocialMedia #Jugendschutz #Medienkompetenz #DigitaleFreiheit #Algorithmus #Netzpolitik #surveillance
So, if I understood correctly, the BW Greens gave all our data to Palantir "so that Palantir doesn't go to waste, because it has already been bought".
That reminds me of a joke where a guy visits his friend and sees the friend's children naked in the snow:
- Why are your children naked in the snow?
- Oh, I found some cough syrup about to expire, so I wouldn't want it to go to waste!
#bw #BadenWurttemberg #AI #noAI #surveillance #surveillanceState
#SocialMedia: Länder fordern strikten Jugendschutz und IP-Speicherung | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Social-Media-Laender-fordern-strikten-Jugendschutz-und-IP-Speicherung-11202689.html #Bildung #education #Digitalkompetenz #Medienkompetenz #Hassrede #HateSpeech #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #Datenschutz #privacy #surveillance #Überwachung #FakeNews #Desinformation #Desinformationen #SocialMediaVerbot
From #Ukraine to #Iran , #Hacking #Security #Cameras Is Now Part of War’s ‘Playbook’
New research shows hundreds of attempts by apparent Iranian state #hackers to hijack consumer-grade cameras, timed to #missile and #drone strikes. #Israel , #Russia , and Ukraine have also adopted this trick.
#surveillance
"Israel is now 100% confirmed to be Googling anonymous users on X and their family members shortly after they speak out against the country,” wrote another, concluding that, “X is now the largest honeypot operation on the planet.”
X Users Find Their Real Names Are Being Googled in Israel After Using X Verification Software "Au10tix"
[Why people still use twitter?]
#IsraelTerroristState #Palestine #Genocide #TechBros #Surveillance
#Zionism
https://www.mintpressnews.com/x-users-find-their-real-names-are-being-googled-in-israel-after-using-x-verification-software-au10tix/290703/
EU Chat Control drops mandatory encryption-breaking scans — huge privacy win after years of resistance! 🎉
But now pushes mandatory age verification across apps, risking anonymity while letting Big Tech "voluntarily" scan. Fight continues in trilogues. 🛡️
🔗 https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism
#TechNews #Privacy #Chat #Control #ChatControl #EU #Europe #Encryption #AgeVerification #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Resistance #Cybersecurity #Anonymity #BigTech
Gezichtsherkenning wordt op steeds meer plekken ingezet. In supermarkten, voetbalstadions, tijdens demonstraties, je hoort het steeds vaker.
Voor GroenLinks Amsterdam is het heel helder: gevolgd en geïdentificeerd worden door gezichtsherkenningscamera's is gevaarlijk, opdringerig en disproportioneel. Wij vinden dat deze ingrijpende vorm van surveillance niet thuis hoort in onze samenleving en in onze stad.
Want stel je voor, je wordt op een dag wakker en de politie staat voor de deur nadat AI je als verdachte heeft aangemerkt. Dan is het aan jou om te bewijzen dat je onschuldig bent. Het is jij tegen de computer.
Dit is geen fictie, dit is gebeurt nu al.
De verhalen over ICE in de VS laten zien welke verregaande gevolgen dit kan hebben.
Bij alle technologische ontwikkelingen die om ons heen worden uitgerold is het aan de politiek om ook af en toe nee te zeggen. Dit willen we niet.
Gezichtsherkenning? Nein danke.
🇪🇺 🚨Final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 just started between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU.
What is good:
✅ Encryption will not be broken
What is bad:
❌ Commission & Council want #IDchecks
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 #surveillance and #censorship.
More on Chat Control: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism
#TikTok will auf Ende-zu-Ende-Verschlüsselung für Direktnachrichten verzichten | Security https://www.heise.de/news/TikTok-will-auf-Ende-zu-Ende-Verschluesselung-fuer-Direktnachrichten-verzichten-11198494.html #SocialMedia #Datenschutz #privacy #surveillance #Überwachung #Verschlüsselung #encryption #E2EE #EndToEndEncryption #End2EndEncryption
