soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/116761115364860358
A good resource for those who may, through need or want, be looking for a new instance.
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Sen. Mark Warner, Palantir Critic, Took $37k From the Company’s CEO # Virginia # Surveillance https:// readsludge.com/2026/02/18/sen- mark-warner-palantir-critic-took-37k-from-the-companys-ceo/”
https://dmv.community/@AliceMarshall/116760463618511112
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Around 52 percent of parents track their 18- to 25-year-old children using smartphone apps, according to a University of Michigan survey. Is it healthy and the new normal or bordering on surveillance?
https:// flip....”
https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk/116759994308858605
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Flock Cameras Are Being Used for Stalking There are over a dozen cases around the country where police officers are using the Flock surveillance camera system to obsessively and illegally stalk p... https://www. schn...”
https://burn.capital/@Schneier_rss/116759671891625401
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“It's wild to think of # ElonMusk as a mass murderer on par with the worst dictators in history. But on numbers alone, that's exactly what we can do:
https://www. realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/is -elon-musk-a-mass-...”
https://mastodon.social/@patrickleavy/116759277743870520
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“RE: https:// norden.social/@SheDrivesMobili ty/116732194100466437 Goodness, I wish someone had warned us about this shit, oh I don’t know, maybe over a decade ago? https:// vimeo.com/96727211#t=11m08s # ...”
https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116759131345451350
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“This pole is far worse than any Flock Camera Sam Bent digs in to how shadowy companies associated with Italy and Israel are wiring cities & towns across the USA with RF sensing capability mounted on utility poles which...”
https://soc.port0.org/objects/b1248443-9bf0-4732-89e9-1da0b8b5dfe4
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“EFFecting Change: # LGBTQ + Solidarity Against the Tide of # Surveillance https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/effe cting-change-lgbtq-solidarity-against-tide-surveillance”
https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/116757948908184610
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Shoutout to @ GrapheneOS for their excellent work! Finally got around to switching from stock android. Very smooth process and have better functionality than stock android! # OpenSource # Privacy # NoAI ...”
https://mastodon.energy/@waltbaldwin/116756688603545447
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“https:// deflock.org/ An open-source project mapping license plate readers. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion. # deflock # flocksa...”
https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/116756474894609948
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“"Regulating the use of age verification technologies Even with the risk-based safety concept in place, as recommended by the Ethics Council, minimum age limits are required for certain digital services, such as pornogra...”
https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116756117437766794
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“It can be overwhelming to try to take back your privacy online. Why not start by learning from our trusted resources? Many of these sites focus on explaining digital privacy in an accessible way. :)
https://www. miam...”
https://mastodon.social/@mtec/116755460158561472
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Flock Is The New Tool Of Choice For Cops Who Love Stalking Their Exes
https:// web.brid.gy/r/https://www.tech dirt.com/2026/06/15/flock-is-the-new-tool-of-choice-for-cops-who-love-stalking-their-exes/”
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Fox acquires Roku — a media company buying a platform that controls both hardware and OS for millions of screens. From an infosec angle: one more consolidation of ad tracking, data collection, and content delivery under ...”
https://mastobot.ping.moi/@Bobe_bot/116754954012795577
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Alchemic Journey se produira en concert pour le Sou des Ecoles des Neyrolles à partir de 18h30 le vendredi 19 juin 2026 dans le cadre de sa Kermesse annuelle.
Soirée barbecue conviviale!
Voyage musical!
Alchemic Journey jouera ses compositions originales.
#animation #kermesse #soudesécoles #concert #live #Music #Pop #Rock #Blues #Musique #Art #Culture #Event #loundge #AlchemicJourney #Drums #Bass #Guitar #barbecue #lesneyrolles #nantua #ain #rhonealpes #auvergne #musique #music #fediverse
Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever
This article is more than 16 years old
In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was born..
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/oct/23/internet-40-history-arpanet
#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Macron says Hormuz maritime mission can be deployed within days https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-france-hormuz-strait-maritime-security-mission/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndica...”
https://social.espeweb.net/objects/f9b74140-ea09-4956-82e2-37852097f22b
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“australia's #surveillance act after 6 months: not working
starmer wanker: let's do the same shit like #australia but with more strictness. it surely will work.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mspg53rhq553n6...”
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mchshjk3m27xjgaaj56mvevj/post/3mocfe2dlbc22
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Y’all know self-driving robotaxis are rolling surveillance machines, right? You think they’re not operating license plate/facial recognition readers on these rolling camera outfits? There’s money to be made selling vide...”
https://sfba.social/@drahardja/116751154471547441
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“We might finally end this #surveillance monstrosity after all. 😎
Trump says FISA extension must...”
https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:syr4pyycnawifxcinafpkctu/post/3mobqloghsk2z
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Location: Earth
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“# meme # quote # question # surveillance # ai # spy # datacenter # technology # nsa # politics # risk # nwo # worldorder # conspiracy # bigbrother # orwell # bigdata # f...”
https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-586a-2ef8-6d7b-85a681924859
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“# meme # politics # surveillance # spy # watchlist # nsa # cia # policre # policestate # ice # politics # democracy # bigbrother # bigdata # orwell # shame # future # so...”
https://anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-186a-2ef6-c9d8-aba283061637
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snac is rather awesome software. It's lightweight, exceedingly fast and just works.
Thanks @grunfink@comam.es (and other contributors to the project).
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Controversial # FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue. https:// arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20 26/06/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/ # Section702 ...”
https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116749880863620292
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"In December 1993, the New York Times published an article about the “limitless opportunity” of the early internet. It painted a picture of a digital utopia: clicking a mouse to access NASA weather footage, Clinton’s speeches, MTV’s digital music samplers, or the status of a coffee pot.."
https://www.goodinternetmagazine.com/the-web-we-lost/
#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“New blog post: The Antenna Farm: When Your Home Network Goes Full Espionage Austria's discovery of a "forest of antennae" at a Russian embassy sparks thoughts on real-world data collection, surveillance tech, and how it...”
https://mastodon.social/@rhodzy/116749514457600799
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“# surveillance working for business:::
-- Washington Post “covertly harvested” the personal data of newspaper subscribers through their phones, computers, and tablets, by “collecting, aggregating, and analyzing deeply...”
https://techhub.social/@arihak/116749188077581444
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Push back on the surveillance state before the door closes and we're all locked in. # surveillance # privacymatters”
https://mastodon.social/@overit/116748609951601212
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“There's a message that the governments around the world are sending that we all should remember. There's a reason they are implementing mass surveillance. They are scared.
There is strength in numbers.
We hold the po...”
https://mastodon.world/@ami/116747208224111124
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“"One of the few sex worker-led nonprofits in LA, SWOP assists nearly 300 local sex workers in the region each month through programs like its Sex Worker Abortion Navigation Services and 'bad date' list of dangerous clien...”
https://mastodon.social/@harmscommitted/116744189680324540
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Dial up the old internet
https://dialuptheoldinternet.org/
An ode to the old Internet, a guide to digital archiving, a celebration of retro tech.
#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #webzine #indie #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #protocols #creativity #asitwasbefore
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“# tyranny # newyork # 3d_printing
# privacy # surveillance New York PASSED a new law,
That says every 3d printer, CNC Machine etc.. MUST scan EVERY file before printing/milling for 'ghost guns', and '...”
https://toot.community/@Anonymous_But_FOSS/116742660882950475
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The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn’t dying.
A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet/ascii
#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #webzine #indie #press #writers #readers #fediverse #internet #history #protocols #creativity #asitwasbefore
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Collect BT/WiFi data on a stalker/harasser to prove my case in court which only captures beacons? May violate surveillance devices act. Set up a business to collect data on everyone, everywhere, so I can data mine it an...”
https://mastodon.world/@ami/116742563807943204
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Censorial, pro-age-verification pro-surveillance child safety charity *suddenly* against Government attempting to render them irrelevant via age verification to ban children from social media
https:// alecmuffett.com...”
https://mastodon.social/@alecmuffett/116742469792977983
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“[SCANDAL]
Anthropic Fought the Pentagon to Protect Your Privacy. Now It Wants... People downloaded Claude because they believed they were choosing the company that would not trade t Source: https://www. remio.ai/po...”
https://mastodon.social/@thomaster/116742427853370839
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“RE: https:// mastodon.social/@Pettet8/11674 2131579090788 “Google was a different company 9 years ago.” Hmm… was it, though? 🤔 https:// ar.al/talks/#free-is-a-lie # google # BigTech # peopleFarm...”
https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116742150663668174
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I want to post hand drawn pictures of RPG maps and the occasional AI generated character portrait to Pixelfed. Can someone recommend an instance that's good with RPG stuff and modest AI use?
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“"A sinister, Israel-first, and AIPAC insertion to merge American military industries with the military of a country, Israel, that has been caught spying and stealing American technology. The proposed section is hidden in...”
https://ohai.social/@MarciaW/116741534495516487
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Looks like 702 has lapsed. Title: US # surveillance law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump’s controversial pick to lead spy agencies Link: https:// techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/us-s py-law-to-exp...”
https://mastodon.social/@gerowen/116741161647619388
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Just because FISA's gone doesn't mean the spying will stop! Congress lets decades-old spying law lapse amid Trump's controversial DNI nomination - Engadget https://www. engadget.com/2193338/congress- lets-decades-...”
https://toot.majorshouse.com/@majorlinux/116740180112833576
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The #Old #Mariner #Portrait by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/the-old-mariner-portrait-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html
#ai #digitalart #oldsailor #weatheredface #expressive #wrinkles #beard #rugged #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“https://www. leonardocompany-us.com/lpr/els ag-signaltrace US law enforcement just got this worrying tech. It will not take long that our law enforcement wants to have stuff like this too as the tech is in the wor...”
https://milliways.social/@mcfly/116739468629340081
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Daily Podcast: FISA Section 702 set to expire. Here's everything you need to know. # News # TechNews # FISA # Section702 # Surveillance # Privacy # FourthAmendment # podcast https:// soundclo...”
https://mastodon.social/@NickAEsp/116739030503625569
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“@ eff Sec. 702 expired, but the surveillance machine rolls on. Anthropic claims guardrails against domestic spying, yet the EFF warns ICE is building a mass biometric iris database.
Where do those classified Palanti...”
https://mastodon.social/@2k115/116738951043702637
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Kagi thinks it's the savior of search engines, promising a world free of # ads and # surveillance , but it's just another flavor of "pay us and we'll tell you what you want to hear." 🙄💸 It's like someone trying to...”
https://mastodon.social/@ngate/116738902915010867
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“BRUSSELS — Europe is ramping up its warnings over the surveillance risks of smart glasses, in what is seen as the next big fight over people's physical privacy.
The technology, which integrates cameras into glasses, is ...”
https://connectop.us/@CharlieMcHenry/116738530282746010
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“The Smart TV in Your Living Room Is a Node in the AIScraping Economy Bright Data massive web-scraping network effectively turns your mobile phone or smart TV into a data-harvesting node. The company routes web traffic f...”
https://mastodon.social/@gtbarry/116738209433102902
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“RE: https:// infosec.exchange/@adfichter/11 6737542672432636 # Goodnews !!! The # republic won against the # empire :) # palantir the # surveillance company who went to # court against # swis...”
https://chaos.social/@Katika/116737572739746326
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Is there an ActivityPub platform that will host PDFs and the like; basically a PixelFed for documents?
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“US spy law to expire for first time after lawmakers reject Trump's controversial pick to lead spy agencies https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/12/us-spy-law-to-expire-for-first-time-after-lawmakers-reject-trumps-controversi...”
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I'm back on @pixelfed full time and can't wait to ship the new webUI and mobile app redesign.
every page, screen and API endpoint is getting federation, performance and network improvements, and every known bug is getting fixed.
1 million people call
home, and few fediverse platforms can say that.
you deserve the polish Loops got, and now I have the time to deliver it.
stay tuned 🚀
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Digital Sovereignty Becomes An Imparative As the US Reads Dutch Emails "Microsoft allegedly shared the names and internal communications of Dutch officials working on EU platform regulation with the U.S. House of Repres...”
https://graphics.social/@metin/116735973371844205
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⚠️ Word is from Admins and Mods, Russian bot farm accounts are becoming a real problem so the advice I'm hearing is, carefully vet new accounts following you and any you might want to follow.
edit # 2
Thanks to
@crapaud for providing this resource specific to the aforementioned Russian bot farm
edit: Look below this post--I will add a couple articles about how to spot a bot account
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Mapping Every # Flock # LicensePlate Reader Near US # WorldCup Stadiums Most US World Cup stadiums are surrounded by # surveillance cameras. Want to know if you’re being watched on your way to a match? These...”
https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/116735358926743065
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“https://www. europesays.com/uk/1020841/ Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine # Apple # ArtificialIntelligence # ElonMusk # IPOs # meta ...”
https://pubeurope.com/@uk/116734353407957103
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“ADAMS: Bill C-34 is mostly scaffolding, but still a threat to privacy and vulnerable kids # Canada # cdnpoli # privacy # surveillance # C34 https:// provincialtimes.ca/adams-bill- c-34-is-mostly-sca...”
https://mstdn.social/@leftylabourtech/116734004773637783
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“The 702 Ultimatum: # Warrant Requirement or Bust For months now, # Congress has been kicking the ball down the road—temporarily postponing the expiration of the mass # surveillance authority # Section702 of ...”
https://mas.to/@PrivacyDigest/116733804399591033
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“James Dolan, owner of Madison Square Garden, faces criticism after a Wired investigation exposed his use of facial recognition technology to monitor attendees. This surveillance extends to other venues like Radio City Mu...”
https://mastodon.social/@voteinorout/116733307927819272
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“# AmnestyInternational Warns That # WorldCup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations https://www. wired.com/story/amnesty-intern ational-world-cup-human-rights/ # football # soccer # sports # p...”
https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116733247700538096
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“This is a big deal! U.S. National Intelligence about to lose a key tool - congressional authorization for FISA section 702 is about expire which will create HUGE legal ambiguity for intelligence agencies and telecos. ...”
https://techhub.social/@BrentD/116732749751673425
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How does Write Freely compare to Mastodon? Do you get any sort of user interaction? As a series of interconnected platforms, is it growing?
🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“House Rejects Bill to Extend Surveillance Power With FISA Section 702 Set to Expire https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/house-spy-program-bill.html # Politics # Surveillance # FISA”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/us/politics/house-spy-program-bill.html
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“"Of all the legislative items the House could consider,🚨Republican leaders are choosing to spend several precious legislative days considering HR2. The border is secure. It’s not a political vulnerability for Rs."
-M B...”
https://toad.social/@KimPerales/116731523339841465
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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse
“Saab's surveillance jet deal with Canada faces a U.S. stealth tech hurdle
Ottawa's choice of Saab's GlobalEye surveillance jet has potentially opened a new battle in Washington. Experts say fully integrating the aircraf...”
https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbctop_mirror/116731200150423927
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