🌎 Tech bros dreaming of a bot & drone filled world while the climate catastrophe quietly destroys our planet, privacy and living standard.

#privacy #privacymatters #physicalai

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Heads up for #golang Chatmail bots developers:

The Chatmail API for Go library got a new release to support the latest chatmail core 2.53.0

https://github.com/chatmail/rpc-client-go

#chatmail #deltachat #bots #dev #devs #developer #api #e2ee #privacy #security #opensource #go #programming #automation

"In a Win for Privacy, Supreme Court Rules Geofence Warrants Are a ‘Search’ Under 4th Amendment"

"The court stopped short of declaring geofence warrants unconstitutional."

https://gizmodo.com/in-a-win-for-privacy-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-a-search-under-4th-amendment-2000778986

#Privacy

Reminder that our #cfp for the 14th annual SeaGL is closing very soon. You have until Tuesday, June 30th 11:59:59pm PDT to submit your talk!!

Submit yours now!

https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/cfp

#SeaGL2026 #linux #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #libre #opensource #ophw #privacy #ai #art #security #devops

American privacy rights just got a little stronger. The Supreme Court has limited the use of “geofence” search warrants in a major legal ruling that is likely to have broad ramifications for individuals and law enforcement officers. The top court said that “an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-phone location information.” So, does this mean authorities will have to get a warrant when asking tech companies for user location data? Read more from
@Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/LMSs4_

#Tech #Privacy #SupremeCourt

"A little white box would sit under a table or chair and silently monitor for danger. It seemed like an easy way to help my dad preserve his independence and give me peace of mind from Europe."

Steven Blum for Architectural Digest and WIRED: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/sensi-ai-seniors-homecare-aging-in-place

#Longreads #Aging #Surveillance #AI #Privacy #Elderly

In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules #geofence warrants are protected by #privacy rights | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/in-major-privacy-win-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-protected-by-privacy-rights/

Well it finally happened, I got notified that my medical records, which were in the custody of a third party company without my knowledge, were involved in a big medical data breach last year. This breach apparently went back as far as January 2025 but law enforcement prevented notification of victims until now. Absolute fuckery. I am incandescent. 🤬 🤬 🔪 #privacy #infosec

"In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights"

"The Supreme Court's decision to limit geofence warrants is a win for privacy advocates, who called their use unconstitutional but sought an outright ban."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/29/in-major-privacy-win-supreme-court-rules-geofence-warrants-are-protected-by-privacy-rights/

#Privacy

Democrats & Republicans’ KIDS Act would push online age verification, forcing platforms to collect more identity data—undermining anonymity for everyone, especially journalists and whistleblowers. Mandating verification can hand government a “skeleton key” to sources, not make kids safer. 🗞️🔍🚫 https://theintercept.com/2026/06/28/age-verification-privacy-surveillance-journalists-whistleblowers/ #FirstAmendment #Privacy #PressFreedom #Whistleblowing

This is a very important bi-partisan privacy issue, and for anyone who is interested in free journalism, a must-read. It also has a section about Vimeo.

"Enhance your identity security and privacy protection with $70 off LifeLock Total — identity theft protection, data removal, and social media monitoring for complete privacy control"

"Up to $1 million in ID theft and stolen funds reimbursement, financial account activity alerts, data removal, and 24/7 customer phone support."

https://www.techradar.com/pro/enhance-your-identity-security-and-privacy-protection-with-usd70-off-lifelock-total-identity-theft-protection-data-removal-and-social-media-monitoring-for-complete-privacy-control

#Privacy

Google's new CAPTCHA asks you to wave at your camera. It records your hand movements, extracts 21 joint coordinates, then deletes the video. Google says it's safe. But normalizing camera checks for basic website access is a privacy line worth noticing. #privacy #captcha #google #biometrics #indigoprivacy

Google's new CAPTCHA asks you to wave at your camera. It records your hand movements, extracts 21 joint coordinates, then deletes the video. Google says it's safe. But normalizing camera checks for basic website access is a privacy line worth noticing. #privacy #captcha #google #biometrics #indigoprivacy

new channel for #ArcaneChat, #DeltaChat and other #chatmail clients (encrypted email newsletter!)

Pluralistic - Daily links from Cory Doctorow

The channel is auto-generated from @pluralistic 's #RSS feed

here is the invite link 👇️
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=qGsBzEyxwfXZHdC3c_xgTSt4&j=dfmqdw31uNWGhZOWTmC9kt6m&s=V-0OT8cqMFvtYK5kH7E2Phcy&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Pluralistic

#newsletter #encryption #e2ee #privacy #decentralization #email #blog

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new ArcaneChat channel for you:

Street Art Utopia - We declare the world as our canvas!
Website: streetartutopia.com
Mastodon: @streetartutopia

here is the invite link 👇️
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=MgHEG7vN3vvZdX3fA38ATHwk&j=BuL4xJ-tKn7MUeFq4CXK04m6&s=k58srCpWmRoJvvshCf2Icg7j&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Street+Art+Utopia

#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #photography #artist #art #streetart #streetartutopia #android #openSource #email #graffiti #activism

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Public bicycle share programs collect GPS ride data linked to account identity that has been shared with city transportation agencies and third parties. #privacy #dataprivacy #indigoprivacy

No sponsored content. Just one privacy story per week that's worth reading. https://indigoprivacy.com/subscribe #privacy #indigoprivacy

No sponsored content. Just one privacy story per week that's worth reading. #privacy #indigoprivacy

Canadian Government Recommends VPNs as it Drives Them Out of the Country

VPN services are saying they will leave Canada thanks to warrantless wiretapping. Guess what the Canadian government recommended people use.

https://www.freezenet.ca/canadian-government-recommends-vpns-as-it-drives-them-out-of-the-country/

#News #Privacy #Security #BillC22 #Canada #government #NordVPN #ProtonVPN #Signal #VPN #WarrantlessWiretapping #Windscribe

Ventoy is a free and open-source tool that lets you boot multiple operating systems from a single USB drive without reformatting.

Install Ventoy once, then simply copy ISO files to your USB drive. It supports Windows, Linux, Secure Boot, persistence, and many rescue and diagnostic tools.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=ventoy

#OpenSource #Linux #Windows #USB #SysAdmin #Privacy #Tech

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"We didn’t receive anything in the mail. I double checked to make sure that there was no emails or anything about it."

The post Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning appeared first on Futurism.

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Woman Surprised When Flock Surveillance Tower Appears in Her Yard Without Warning

This game could be used as a huge explainer into how surveillance capitalism works and how people are exploited on both sides of the screen.

MajorOffline: Hae Stack – MajorLinux

https://majorlinux.com/majoroffline-hae-stack/

#Gaming #HaeStack #Investigation #PointAndClick #Political #Privacy #Puzzle #Steam #SteamNextFest #Surveillance #Capitalism #Tech #YouTube

🚨 The EU's controversial "Chat Control" proposal is back.

EU governments are reportedly trying to revive rules that could allow private messages to be scanned for child sexual abuse material, reigniting the debate over encryption, privacy, and mass surveillance. The proposal remains highly controversial and has not become law.

Read more: https://digitalescapetools.com/2026/06/eu-chat-control-revival-private-messages.html

#Privacy #Encryption #CyberSecurity #EU #ChatControl #DigitalRights

The Guardian: ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

"...An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites – for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings – in ways critics say appear to violate federal law...."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/government-website-visitor-tracking-surveillance-fears

#cybersecurity #privacy #bigbrother #doge #fascism

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‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

❗ Logic of surveillance capitalism discourages asking questions and public sharing of information, the one constant is the push for more data and less scrutiny, less regulation.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #brain

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🔮ArcaneChat Spoilers✨

for the next version of #ArcaneChat the message input bar got redesigned!

now it looks more modern, similar to #Telegram & #WhatsApp 's, and more in line with #Android 's edge-to-edge design

💜 if you like ArcaneChat and what we do, please consider making a donation, no amount is too small!
https://arcanechat.me/#contribute

#ArcaneChatSpoilers #privacy #encryption #security #decentralization #opensource #e2ee #european #europe #autonomy #digitalindependence #family #chatapp

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EU to legislate about Chat Control behind closed doors

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/double-threat-to-private-communications-undemocratic-chat-control-backroom-deals-and-imminent-concessions-spark-relaunch-of-fightchatcontrol-eu/

#HackerNews #EU #Chat #Control #Privacy #Legislation #Backroom #Deals #Communication

Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast

https://www.engadget.com/2203000/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate/

#HackerNews #FlockCameras #LicensePlate #Privacy #Surveillance #Technology

"Flock cameras track more than your license plate, and they're spreading fast"

"Mounting privacy and security issues have residents and activists concerned."

https://www.engadget.com/2203000/flock-cameras-recording-license-plate/

#Privacy

The European Court of Human Rights ruled GCHQ's mass surveillance UNLAWFUL.

14 judges dissented. Three quoted Orwell's 1984:

"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment."

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/gchq-mass-surveillance-declared-unlawful

#GCHQ #Surveillance #ECHR #Privacy #BigBrotherWatch #Liberty #Orwell #InvestigatoryPowersAct #Snowden #HumanRights

OpenShot is a free and open-source video editor available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

It features unlimited tracks, timeline editing, keyframe animations, transitions, titles, audio editing, chroma key, speed controls, hardware encoding, and support for hundreds of formats through FFmpeg.

A privacy-friendly alternative to subscription-based video editors.

More details: https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=openshot

#OpenSource #OpenShot #VideoEditing #Linux #Windows #macOS #FOSS #Privacy

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@rysiek Also, dear @mullvadnet, you of all companies should know that you don't get to pick-and-choose the human rights you like and to whom they can apply. Your CEO (and in extension the company) is either supporting *all* human rights universally for *all people*, including the right to asylum and to live free of discrimination, or you don't support them at all.

You can't just support #privacy and #FreeSpeech, shit on the rest and claim to be pro-human rights.

Reminder: the EU’s final Chat Control negotiation is today.

If you’re in the EU, contacting your representative still counts in these final hours. It takes two minutes: https://fightchatcontrol.eu

Whatever happens today, this is exactly why we built Zerion with no server to scan.

https://zerion.chat

#chatcontrol #privacy #foss

UK launched largest facial recognition programme in British history: 27 police forces, £26m, LFR in knife crime hotspots. Algorithm has documented racial bias, scans everyone, 50 vans deployed. Mainstream coverage: almost none.

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-uks-largest-facial-recognition

#FacialRecognition #LFR #Surveillance #Police #KnifeCrime #Privacy #AI #UKPolitics

Meet ArcaneChat: a secure and #decentralized private messenger

Anonymous: No SIM card needed! No phone numbers required for registration, just set a name and start chatting!

Private: All your conversations are end-to-end encrypted

Discreet: No one can discover you or know that you are using the app! only people you share your invitation link or QR with can contact you

#digitalindependence #privacy #security #family #encryption #autonomy #european #openSource #europe #diday #decentralization

My take on the Mullvad mayhem from today:

https://markwrites.io/if-your-company-funnels-money-to-fascists-youre-a-fascist-company

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But hate speech isn’t free speech. It demands violence against marginalized people. There is no “both sides” to it. It’s not okay to “fundamentally disagree” on it. If you are a company who earns income, and that income is funneled to a fascist political party, it is absolutely part of your mission. Even if it’s turning a blind eye to a teammate with whom you disagree.
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It saddens me to have to walk away from @mullvadnet, but I have a zero tolerance policy for fascism.

I hope they learn from this and reconsider their position.

#Privacy #Mullvad #VPN #DanielBerntsson #OrebroParty #Antifascism #Capitalism #Sweden

When did you last check who has your data? The free Privacy Audit covers the basics in 10 minutes. https://indigoprivacy.com/audit #dataprivacy #privacy #indigoprivacy

When did you last check who has your data? The free Privacy Audit covers the basics in 10 minutes. https://indigoprivacy.com/audit #dataprivacy #privacy #indigoprivacy

Implanted cardiac devices transmit patient heart rhythm data wirelessly to manufacturer servers, and security researchers have found these transmissions are often unencrypted. #privacy #healthcare #indigoprivacy

We cover the privacy legislation your state just passed and explain what it actually means for you. https://indigoprivacy.com/subscribe #privacy #legislation #indigoprivacy

We cover the privacy legislation your state just passed and explain what it actually means for you. #privacy #legislation #indigoprivacy

🌎 We are gearing-up to embrace the reality of our surveillance reality - join us to stay informed - knowledge is the only thing that can keep us safe.

🧠 Raise mental privacy awareness, wherever you are. It matters and impacts us all.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #handsoffourminds

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The US Congress is considering legislation that cripples privacy and security online, under the guise of seeking a silver bullet that will “keep kids safe.”

https://youtu.be/TIqzmatFMUQ

#privacy #security #internet #law

Chat Control is back. This Monday, June 29, the EU holds its final negotiation on a regulation that could force messaging apps to scan your private messages before they’re encrypted, no warrant required.

Parliament rejected it by one vote in March. Now it’s being pushed through the back door.

Here’s the thing they can’t legislate around: you can’t scan what never touches a server. Zerion has no server to place a scanner on.

zerion.chat

#chatcontrol #privacy #tor #foss

new ArcaneChat channel for you:

Buni - Buni is a dark comic about an optimistic bunny with terrible luck.
Artist: Ryan
Website: https://www.bunicomic.com

here is the invite link 👇
https://i.delta.chat/#EB87F92DC57303205E7F3ACB6DAA06D8FE761414&v=3&x=Y3pDrb-vc-TBru-KS5H0F_25&j=7d-o0B4hvWwxianajAFyvfXm&s=Q0lLQSPxZn495mdZ7G_zoQqM&a=6j2tb0xyz%40arcanechat.me&n=ChannelsBot&b=Buni

#ArcaneChat #DeltaChat #chatmail #buni #comics #comic #meme #decentralization #encryption #privacy #e2ee #autonomy #digitalindependence #europe #european #webcomic #email #channels #channel

NC Newsline: Police use of artificial intelligence grows as rules lag behind. “As law enforcement agencies increasingly embrace AI, some civil liberties advocates, legal scholars and policing experts warn that the technology could amplify surveillance, introduce hidden biases into investigations and make it harder to challenge evidence in court. They also worry about a future in which AI takes […]

Citizen Lab confirmed this week that Russian authorities used Cellebrite to extract a detained activist’s phone, then searched it for political contacts to build a prosecution.

This is the exact threat Zerion was built for. Forensic tool detection (Cellebrite, GrayKey, ADB) locks the app instantly. Hidden profiles keep separate identities behind separate passwords. Auto-wipe triggers on failed unlocks.

Encryption isn’t enough when they hold the device.

zerion.chat

#privacy #tor #foss

🔮ArcaneChat Spoilers✨

some say first impressions are important, more when you are trying to convince friends and family to join you in ArcaneChat

that is why the next ArcaneChat version comes with a new revamped welcome screen!

bonus: the logo levitates smoothly, to give it that magic touch ✨

#ArcaneChat #ArcaneChatSpoilers #decentralization #opensource #design #UI #privacy #security #encryption #e2ee #android #anonymous #SoftwareDevelopment #androiddev #europe #european #autonomy #diday