Signal and Mullvad warn the UK’s proposal to force device-level scanning of smartphones risks “mass surveillance” and “government spyware,” threatening user control and privacy. Read: https://cyberinsider.com/signal-and-mullvad-warn-about-the-uks-plans-to-scan-peoples-phones/ 🔍📱 #UK #Privacy #TechPolicy

Let's talk architecture, not anecdotes. 🧱

Centralization is fragile. In Ep. 30 of Impractical Privacy, we are stripping back the myths:

🔗 Public Blockchains & CEX Funnels

💬 Metadata Whispers & E2E Fallacies

📡 P2P Mesh Networks

🌐 The math behind NAT Hole Punching and sovereignty.

Tune in for the deep dive into truly resilient networking.
👇
ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#P2P #CryptoPrivacy #Networking #Cybersecurity #Meshtastic #Privacy #Surveillance #Metadata #Decentralization #PrivacyMatters

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Authentik is an open-source identity provider that brings single sign-on (SSO) to your self-hosted services.

Manage access to apps like Jellyfin, Immich, Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, and more from one place, with support for OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, LDAP, and other authentication standards.

A powerful tool for anyone running a homelab or self-hosted infrastructure.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=authentik

#OpenSource #SelfHosted #Authentik #SSO #Homelab #Privacy #FOSS

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Screenshot of the Authentik project page featuring the Authentik logo and status badges for build health, version information, code coverage, and community activity. The page describes Authentik as an open-source identity provider (IdP) for modern single sign-on (SSO), supporting OAuth2/OIDC, SAML, LDAP, RADIUS, and other authentication protocols for self-hosted environments.

US lawmakers are alarmed that Bill Pulte, a housing official with no intelligence experience, is poised to take charge of one of the government's most powerful surveillance tools.

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Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick

Built something I’ve wanted for a while...
An open-source Docker container that makes running a Tor relay actually simple and reliable.

One command. Self-healing. Multi-arch. Runs everywhere from Raspberry Pi to VPS

🔗 https://github.com/r3bo0tbx1/tor-guard-relay

If you care about privacy infrastructure:
🧱 Try it out
🐛 Report bugs
💡 Suggest features
⭐ Star it to help others discover it

Maintaining this in my free time, donation info’s in the README (and please support @torproject, @eff and @privacyguides too).

Protecting privacy, one relay at a time ✨

#Tor #Privacy #OpenSource #Docker #FOSS #SelfHosting #Infosec

#Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/08/starmer-tech-firms-ultimatum-block-explicit-images-children-phones

#privacy #censorship #cybersecurity #politics #UK #AgeVerification

Oh, no!

How'd that get in there?!

One day after discovery, Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/one-day-after-discovery-meta-pulls-facial-recognition-code-from-its-smart-glasses/

#Meta #FacialRecognition #Code #SmartGlass #Privacy #Tech

#FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs

https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/

#privacy

#Apple’s #AppStore rolls out personalized recommendations

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/09/apples-app-store-rolls-out-personalized-recommendations/

#privacy #advertising #ads

#Mozilla, why are you playing along with Google's devious game and #betraying the #principles of #free #software?

source: omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/mozill…

Nonetheless, the appearance of ‘device attestation’ in Firefox’s mobile codebase has raised eyebrows in the #FOSS #community, including from #mobile projects based on the #Android Open Source Project (AOSP) codebase, like #LineageOS and #GrapheneOS, which omit Play services.

Given that Firefox’s entire USP on Android is that it’s an open-source, privacy-respecting alternative for those avoiding #Google (and open-source, privacy-conscious users often run non-stock Android) it’s a move that, short of further explanation, rubs some the wrong way.

#news #software #security #ai #technology #cybersecurity #Firefox #browser #future #smartphone #api #evil #economy #bigtech #fail #floss #opensource #principle #opensource #ethics #surfing #web #www #freedom #alphabet surveillance #tracking #power #privacy #root #rooted #question #aosp

#surveillance #privacy

"Surveillance drones deployment on US’s Great Lakes raises data collection fears

Rights groups and some locals worry that program to ‘track illicit activity’ could become a data collection project

(. . .)

“These vessels are equipped with radar and optical sensors capable of continuous monitoring, and they operate under what’s called a ‘contractor-owned, operated’ model, meaning a private company, Saildrone, is collecting the surveillance data and selling it to the government,” says Petra Molnar, the author of The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving Migration in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, and associate director of the Refugee Law Lab at York University in Toronto.

“This is a very troubling arrangement from a privacy and accountability standpoint, as we have very little public information about data retention, who can access what data is collected, or how people using the region recreationally [can] be swept up in a data system built for border enforcement.”

Five US states – Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York – share a Great Lakes water border with Canada.

The Trump administration has long accused Canada of allowing illicit drugs into the US, a charge that has fueled crushing tariffs on Canadian goods headed south of the border. However, data shows that tens of millions of dollars’ worth of drugs are seized by Canadian border agents after entering Canada from the US every year."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/09/great-lakes-military-surveillance-drones

#Meta #privacy

"Move Fast, Surveil Things

Update, June 8, 2026: Following widespread public scrutiny and WIRED’s critical reporting, Meta has stripped the unactivated facial recognition code from its latest Meta AI app update.

Meta has deployed facial recognition code to millions of their always-on surveillance glasses, according to new reporting by Wired. EFF’s Threat Lab was able to confirm that the facial recognition code is present through static analysis of the application.

This dangerous new Meta functionality stores faceprints as a series of 2,048 numbers uniquely representing the positioning of a person’s facial features. When this feature is activated, it will convert every new face in the sightlines of the surveillance glasses into a series of numbers, and compare it to all the existing faceprints in the user’s database.

Wired and EFF confirmed that the code is present and active, though not yet exposed to consumers. Another researcher confirmed that when they manually added a face to the app database by connecting the phone to a computer in debug mode and issuing a few commands, the glasses would subsequently detect that face when it came into view."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/move-fast-surveil-things

‘BusPatrol’ Put #AI #Cameras in Tens of Thousands of #School #Buses. Now They Want to Give #Cops #Access

source: 404media.co/buspatrol-put-ai-c…
without paywall: archive.is/20260526155324/404m…

#BusPatrol is aware of the #controversy around #ALPR cameras, and particularly of the concern that #ICE may gain access to the data, according to the BusPatrol documents ...

The danger here, aside from the misuse of data, is above all that children grow up with this and come to see it as normal to be constantly monitored by cameras. A society under constant surveillance develops differently. It is more conformist, less critical, and very keen on blending into the crowd unnoticed and not standing out. This is exactly what the ruling elite wants: a society that silently endures everything because it fears #repression through the cameras.

#news #technology #children #security #cctv #surveillance #privacy #education #camera #society #future #politics #police #control #bigdata #bigtech #bigbrother #orwell #fear #kids #system #matrix #politics #economy #monitoring #tracking #abuse #video #danger #warning #humanity

‚Staatliche Stellen haben letztes Jahr über 35 Millionen Mal abgefragt, wem eine Telefonnummer gehört. Diese Abfragen haben sich innerhalb von fünf Jahren verdoppelt. Auch Inhaber von IP-Adressen werden abgefragt, laut Telekom vor allem wegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen…..‘

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/bestandsdatenauskunft-2025-behoerden-fragen-oefter-als-jede-sekunde-wem-eine-telefonnummer-gehoert/

#Telefon #Überwachung #Daten #Datenschutz #Privacy #Repression #Antireport

#Apple says its #AI is still private, even when it’s running on #Google’s servers

https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/06/apple-says-its-ai-is-still-private-even-when-its-running-on-googles-servers/

#Siri #Gemini #privacy

‚Auf etlichen Videos in den sozialen Medien sind Frauen zu sehen, die ohne ihr Einverständnis in intimen Momenten gefilmt werden. Der Skandal um die sogenannten Smart Glasses wirft die Frage auf, wo Frauen sich überhaupt noch sicher fühlen können. Und er zeigt, wie weit die Massenüberwachung durch große Tech-Monopole bereits vorangeschritten ist…..‘

Ein Kommentar:
https://perspektive-online.net/2026/06/bei-der-belaestigung-heimlich-gefilmt-der-skandal-rund-um-die-smart-glasses/

#Meta #SmartGlasses #Überwachung #BigTech #Privacy

#French govt messaging service breached in account hijacking attack

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/french-govt-messaging-service-breached-in-account-hijacking-attack/

#cybersecurity #privacy #DataBreach #Tchap #Matrix

onion-relay v2.0.0 is out, and it's been a long road from v0.0.1 ⬇️

ℹ️ What started as "one command to run a relay" is now a hardened, production-tested AIO stack: guard, exit, and bridge (obfs4) in a 16.8 MB image.

What's new in v2.0.0:
🩺 health + status tools now expose build_version & config_source
⚡ healthcheck.sh fails fast on missing/empty torrc
🔒 DirPort now defaults to 0 (disabled) in ENV-generated configs

What the project has grown into since launch:
🔑 Happy Family support (Tor 0.4.9+ FamilyId, 🪦 RIP MyFamily lists)
🧰 6 busybox only diagnostic tools
🌍 Battle-tested across 10+ countries: https://relays.brokenbotnet.com
🔐 35+ security fixes, CVE coverage, weekly automated rebuilds
🐋 Works with Docker CLI, Compose, Cosmos Cloud & Portainer

https://github.com/r3bo0tbx1/tor-guard-relay

If you care about privacy infrastructure:
🥢 Try it out
🐛 Report bugs
💡 Suggest features
⭐ Star it to help others find it

Still maintaining this in my free time, donation info
in the README. And please support @torproject

@eff and @privacyguides too.

Protecting privacy, one relay at a time ✨

#Tor #Privacy #OpenSource #Docker #FOSS #SelfHosting #Infosec

Introducing #ProtonDrive #CLI: Use Drive from your terminal

https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-cli

#Proton #privacy #cybersecurity #cloud

A thread to Stop ID Surveillance from coming to Canada ⛔️🧵

Yesterday, I sent a long letter to the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Culture Minister Marc Miller, and the leaders of all other major federal parties in Canada.

I sent this letter to voice my concerns about the upcoming bill that is planned to be introduced today at 5 p.m. ET, to propose a ban of social media for children, therefore requiring all social media platforms to identify every adults accessing it.

This is a long thread of what I wrote (mute me for one hour if you don't want to see it).

Feel free to copy any parts you want to share in your own letter of opposition sent to your representatives this week.

Here's how to find their contact information: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

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#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #CanPoli #Canada

Today, the Canadian government wants to introduce a bill banning social media for children under 16.

This means requiring ID from every adults who want to access social media. This is a privacy and democracy nightmare.

"Ottawa is set to introduce legislation to enact what the government is calling the Digital Safety Act and the Digital Safety Commission of Canada Act.

It’s expected to be introduced later Wednesday, with Culture Minister Marc Miller holding a news conference at 5 p.m. ET after a technical briefing."

https://globalnews.ca/news/11897929/social-media-ban-under-16/

Contact our Prime Minister Mark Carney and Culture Minister Marc Miller TODAY to voice your opposition:

mark.carney@parl.gc.ca
Marc.Miller@parl.gc.ca

Contact your local MP as well by finding their contact information here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search

We must Stop ID Surveillance in Canada before it's too late.

#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #Authoritatianism

🇨🇦 Canada's Privacy Act is finally up for review. 40 years is long enough–don't let Ottawa rewrite the rules that govern all public sector agencies without YOU!

Take the Quick Survey by June 15!
👉 https://openmedia.org/2026privacy-survey

#Canada #privacy #PrivacyMatters @OpenMediaOrg

As #OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/as-openai-files-for-ipo-sam-altmans-eye-scanning-company-is-doing-layoffs-report-says/

#World #WorldCoin #crypto #privacy #biometrics

#SoFi confirms third-party #DataBreach at #HongKong subsidiary

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sofi-confirms-third-party-data-breach-at-hong-kong-subsidiary/

#privacy #cybersecurity #finance #PersonalFinance #banking

#Signal, #DuckDuckGo among firms weighing #Canada exit over lawful access bill

https://globalnews.ca/news/11886905/lawful-access-bill-c-22-companies-services-canada/

#privacy #cybersecurity #politics

"The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones—a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase—which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse survivors, to journalists, and many more. The FCC plans to do this by legally forcing the country’s telecoms to store a wealth of personal information about essentially all phone customers, including a government issued identification number and their physical address, alarming privacy advocates and civil rights activists who compare the measures to those from authoritarian countries where it can be difficult to buy a mobile phone plan without giving up your identity.

The proposed change would drastically shake up how people obtain phone plans in the U.S., and have all sorts of privacy and cybersecurity knock-on effects. The FCC is proposing the data collection partly as a way to combat scammers, with telecoms being required to collect other information on business and foreign customers like the intended use case of their bulk phone plan purchase and their IP address. But the changes would mean telecoms collect data on all new and renewing customers, and the FCC provides a long list of other things that the collected data could help authorities with."

https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/

#USA #FCC #BurnerPhones #Privacy #Surveillance

Online harms bill to include #SocialMediaBan for children under 16: Source

https://globalnews.ca/news/11894610/canada-social-media-ban-teens-online-harms-bill/

#Canada #politics #SocialMedia #AgeVerification #privacy #cybersecurity

Following the Australian precedence, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, and Malaysia have now passed laws requiring age checks for social media.

😡 But age verification and ID checks destroy everyone's #privacy. 😡

Learn what countries are planning a social media ban for teens and fight #AgeVerification 💪

👉https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

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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 maps will help you.

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Mapping Every Flock License Plate Reader Near US World Cup Stadiums

Hoodik is a lightweight self-hosted cloud storage platform built with privacy in mind.

Files are encrypted directly in your browser before upload, ensuring the server never has access to your unencrypted data.

It also includes secure file sharing, encrypted notes, 2FA, S3 support, and easy Docker deployment.

👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=hoodik

#OpenSource #SelfHosted #Privacy #Encryption #CloudStorage #FOSS #CyberSecurity

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Hoodik project page showing the open-source encrypted cloud storage platform, including its logo, version details, Docker support, and a description of browser-based end-to-end encryption.

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Hoodik web interface displaying a self-hosted file manager with folders, documents, images, videos, upload progress, file metadata, and account management options in a dark-themed dashboard.

One day after discovery, #Meta pulls facial recognition code from its smart glasses
#privacy #biometrics #facialrecognition

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/one-day-after-discovery-meta-pulls-facial-recognition-code-from-its-smart-glasses/

RE: https://aus.social/@slevelt/116717340602235855

If an AI Agent changes your password and hands it to you, it’s not /your/ password.

#AI #agentic #infosec #privacy #apple #ios #password

This Company Will Add #Phone , #AirPod , and #Smartwatch #Trackers to #LicensePlate Readers

A #surveillance company plans to add #sensors to automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) that would mean the devices, as well as capture the license plate of passing vehicles, would also sweep up unique identifiers of mobile phones, wearables, and other Bluetooth-enabled devices in those cars, potentially letting law enforcement identify specific drivers or passengers.

The technology, called #SignalTrace , would turn #ALPR #cameras from devices focused on #tracking cars to ones that can more readily track the location of particular people. ALPR cameras have become a commonly deployed technology all across the U.S.; SignalTrace would make some of those cameras capable of collecting much more data.
#privacy #security

https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/

How and Why to Fight Back Against #SocialMedia Bans

Several U.S. states are pushing to ban young people from social media entirely. This marks the latest wave of #censorship bills masquerading as “children’s online safety” measures, with states like #Massachusetts , #Idaho , #Minnesota , #NorthCarolina , #SouthCarolina , #Illinois , and EFF’s home state of #California leading the charge.

Just a few years ago, lawmakers supporting age-gating laws insisted their efforts were narrowly targeted at limiting young people’s access to adult content.
#agegating #ageverification
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/how-and-why-fight-back-against-social-media-bans

In reality, what they call age verification is abusive ID surveillance checks for everyone.

Start calling it what it is:
ID Surveillance.

We must all fight to Stop ID Surveillance.

#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #Privacy #HumanRights

I need a journalist or member of the opposition to get Prime Minister Elbows to explain how social media is a threat to young Canadians, but not every other Canadian.

The "adults can make their own choices" doesn't fly when we know that many older folks are the least sophisticated consumers of digital content coming from companies whose business models require covert & invasive tracking & manipulation in order to maximize profit.

#CdnPoli #politics #AdTech #privacy

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/online-harms-social-media-ban-youth-teens-9.7228651

The UK just announced they'll scan every photo on your phone to "protect children." The problem? "Proof of age" isn't defined. No legislation. No spec. No limits. This is surveillance infrastructure with no defined end state.

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-uk-is-about-to-scan-every-photo

#Privacy #UK #Surveillance #DigitalRights #OnlineSafety #KeirStarmer #Labour #Apple #Google #BigBrother

💥 ❤️ 📣 NEW RELEASE 📣 ❤️ 💥 #Shufflecake v0.6.0 is a *major refactor* with a *TON* of news! Full refactor of the codebase, automated installer, packetization-readiness, DKMS, list of opened volumes, bugfixes... There is really *too much to list*, make sure to check the CHANGELOG. *External contributions are now open again!*

https://codeberg.org/shufflecake/shufflecake-c/releases/tag/v0.6.0

#linux #foss #floss #opensource #libre #cypherpunk #security #cryptography #privacy

This Company Will Add Phone, #AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/

#SignalTrace #privacy #ALPR #surveillance

Mainstream Media is Already Lying About Age Verification

It took one day for the word to get out about a forthcoming age verification bill and the lies are already being published.

https://www.freezenet.ca/mainstream-media-is-already-lying-about-age-verification/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #Canada #journalism #Media #NationalPost #SocialMedia

#Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its #SmartGlasses App After WIRED Report

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-glasses/

#privacy #FRT #FacialRecognition #Oakley #RayBan

#WhatsApp says it caught new #spyware attacks linked to #NSO Group in violation of court order

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/whatsapp-says-it-caught-new-spyware-attacks-linked-to-nso-group-in-violation-of-court-order/

#cybersecurity #Meta #privacy

#Massachusetts votes to pass new #privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/08/massachusetts-votes-to-pass-new-privacy-rights-bill-that-bans-sale-of-precise-location-data/

#politics

"... If I sold Google some data cables, and months later sent them an email “btw in 5 business days your cables will start sending all the data going through them to me, even though you specifically told me not to enable this feature, unless you re-disable it”, I would go to jail for hacking."

#Surveillance #Panopticon #SpyWare #Google #Gemini #Privacy #Security #Email

Your landlord doesn't just own the walls. They own the data.

Smart locks. Thermostats. Water sensors. They are logging your comings, goings, and habits to the cloud. And you didn't choose them.

Stop renting a surveillance node. Start reclaiming your sanctuary.

🎧 Ep 25 is live: impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #TenantRights #DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #RentersRights #SmartHome #IoT

Utah’s VPN Ban Law Goes Into Effect in Age Verification Escalation

Utah is attempting to cover up the failures of their age verification law by effectively banning VPNs.

https://www.freezenet.ca/utahs-vpn-ban-law-goes-into-effect-in-age-verification-escalation/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #encryption #law #legislation #US #Utah #VPN

Timed myself: 9 seconds to create a fully working anonymous email.

https://qrypty.com — the UI is clean and modern, works perfectly on mobile, and asks for zero personal info. No phone, no verification, nothing.

I've never said "I enjoy checking email" before but here we are.

Please boost — more people need to know email can be beautiful AND private

#email #privacy #design #ui #mobile #aesthetic #tech #fast #boost #share

https://youtu.be/Nhz6vao13bs

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California AB 2047: The End of Open Source 3D Printing

California just introduced a bill that doesn't just regulate "ghost guns", it mandates a digital kill switch for every 3D printer sold. California AB 2047 requires "blocking technology" that connects your printer to a government-approved database before every single print. If the system goes down, or your file is flagged, your hardware becomes a paperweight.

This isn't just about firearms. This is the death of Open Source. If this bill passes, it effectively bans Marlin, Klipper, and Orca Slicer, forcing every manufacturer to lock down their firmware. It turns general-purpose computing into a walled garden where you only rent permission to use the hardware you own.

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#OpenSource #RightToRepair #Privacy #Clippy #California #Monopolies #3dPrinters #3dPrinting #Technology #Government #Firearms #Guns #SoftwareFreedom #Surveillance #Panopticon #Lobbyists

All the donor-funded foundations ought to be fighting against and speaking out against this Orwellian garbage.

@eff@mastodon.social
@fsf@hostux.social
@linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev
@privacyint@mastodon.xyz
@openssf@social.lfx.dev
@rms@mastodon.xyz
@CCIAnet@techpolicy.social
@WriterOfMinds@sigmoid.social
@SeaGL@mastodon.social
@hopeconf@mastodon.online
@w3c@w3c.social
@ACM@mastodon.acm.org
@irtf@discuss.systems
@osi@opensource.org

The Cryptographic Zombie: How Keybase Went from Privacy Darling to Zoom’s Cleanup Crew

Once the ultimate geek flex for cypherpunks, Keybase promised to make PGP cryptography accessible to mere mortals. Today, it hovers in the digital ether as a "zombie" app. Here is the story of how a revolutionary open-sour

https://schulz.dk/2026/04/06/the-cryptographic-zombie-how-keybase-went-from-privacy-darling-to-zooms-cleanup-crew/

#Misc #Privacy #Security #cryptography #nostalgia #security

🚨 LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

｢ Every time any of LinkedIn’s one billion users visits https://linkedin.com, hidden code searches their computer for installed software, collects the results, and transmits them to LinkedIn’s servers and to third-party companies including an American-Israeli cybersecurity firm.
The user is never asked. Never told. LinkedIn’s privacy policy does not mention it ｣

https://browsergate.eu/

#linkedin #privacy #surveillance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ

Age Verification is beyond Epstein 2.0.

"You are basically laying out your children on a silver platter in the name of protecting them."

"Once these OS-level age verification laws take hold, we're about 3 months from a real-time GPS-located database of verified children for creeps, politicians, and rich Ep-style people to use."

Federal Right To #Privacy Act

The Solution: A Comprehensive Privacy Bill

The bill imposes hard limits on #surveillance , hidden collection, #coercive “consent,” brokered data trafficking, and government circumvention of what should be a lawful process balancing #freedom with evidence of wrongdoing. It restores rule-based protections people can understand and courts can enforce.

https://righttoprivacyact.github.io/

This Free App Runs AI Offline On Your iPhone

Privacy meets performance. Discover the breakthrough application that allows you to run powerful Large Language Models directly on your device’s NPU, ensuring your data never leaves your pocket and works even in airplane mode.

#iPhone #AI #Privacy #OnDeviceAI #MobileTech #TechNews #Tech #Technology #science #innovation #news

https://www.technology-news-channel.com/this-free-app-runs-ai-offline-on-your-iphone/

"While the [age verification] bill moved through the legislature, the OSI, FSF, Software Freedom Conservancy, and Linux Foundation all sat it out — no testimony, no public analysis, no formal opposition on the record."

California's computer age verification law is poison. The new California age verification law is a version of INGSOC's telescreen watching you. And the usual self-proclaimed software freedom fighters are AWOL as this attack on your freedom is executed.

Don't listen to apologists who claim this isn't a big deal. It is a huge deal. This law is not about protecting children. The California law is a ruse for laying the foundation and precedent for mandatory remote control of all operating systems. They are using children as a shield for their true intentions. It's called a 'subterfuge' or a 'pretext' to hide the real rationale. And in politics subterfuge is very common. These politicians don't care about your children. They care about control and information is control. Compliance with California's new law is highly corrosive to free software and deadly to personal privacy.

With the mandatory age verification API in place, legislators can later add more laws mandating retrieval of even more privacy-invasive information just to install and use any operating system. This is Big Brother's telescreen in your living room. And the Linux community is nearly silent on the matter, instead focused on artificial intelligence investment.

Where were the software freedom organizations when California was mandating installation of #spyware in all free and open source operating systems? Did they oppose it? Or did they support it by silence? The California age verification law is the greatest threat to software freedom in recent history., striking right at the root of software installation for all users. Yet (((crickets))).

Is silence really tacit support?

"While the [age verification] bill moved through the legislature, the OSI, FSF, Software Freedom Conservancy, and Linux Foundation all sat it out — no testimony, no public analysis, no formal opposition on the record."

Where were they when this mandatory spyware infrastructure was being shoved down our throats? Where were the self-proclaimed software freedom fighters? Where were the calls to action? I didn't see any.

Is silence golden ... or is gold buying silence?

Let these organizations know that you oppose California's age verification spyware law and that you expect them to rally in defense of true software freedom--freedom from government oversight of your software systems. Parents--and not the spyware state--should protect their children. The government is neither your parent nor your god nor your savior and the people should send a clear message stating that.

California, stay out of my operating system! And stay the hell away from children!

@eff@mastodon.social
@linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev
@fsf@hostux.social
@osi@opensource.org
@conservancy@sfconservancy.org

#AgeVerification #Linux #EFF #OSI #LinuxFoundation #FSF #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Surveillance #Spyware #OpenSource #OperatingSystems #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #Panopticon #BigBrother #Government

CC: @laffer1@bsd.network @leo@twit.social @MichaelRoss@social.linux.pizza @rms@mastodon.xyz @thenewoil@mastodon.thenewoil.org @TechDesk@flipboard.social @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org

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A crowd of sillouettes of people stands in front of a giant telescreen depicting a single giant eye watching them.

#Privacy is at stake in #Colorodo and #California, and needs your help!

Laws in both states are threatening to require Operating Systems to have mandatory age verification.

California's bill has passed and takes effect on January 1st, 2027!

Colorodo's bill has not yet passed!

if you live in either of these states, contact your representatives! Get them to overturn these intrusive changes!

"Removing anonymity from the web, which will inevitably happen when tech companies are required to identify and ban children, allows for easier government tracking and censorship of journalists, activists and whistleblowers [...] Non-profit and indie platforms could be forced to close, consolidating big tech’s power further. Mass surveillance systems, once constructed, could also be easily leveraged by governments and bad actors." - @taylorlorenz

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/02/ban-children-social-media-biometic-data-surveilled

#privacy #tech

Al Gore Invented the Internet.
Joe Biden invented PGP encryption.
Cypherpunks write code.

Joe Biden gifted humanity with PGP encryption (in a roundabout way). Phil Zimmermann created PGP in response to a anti-privacy bill clause proposed by Senator Joe Biden.

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/cypherpunks-write-code

"In 1990, the FBI launched an over-the-top crackdown on computer hackers, known as Operation Sundevil. This was swiftly followed, in early 1991, by a proposed piece of U.S. Senate legislation that would force electronic communications service providers to hand over people’s personal data. (The key clause, S.266, was pushed by the then chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Joe Biden.)"

"On learning of Biden’s S.266 clause, Zimmermann feverishly set out to complete the project, almost losing his house in the process. When he finished his software in 1991, he published it all online, free for anyone who wanted to use it. He called it “Pretty Good Privacy,” or PGP for short, and within weeks it had been downloaded and shared by thousands of people around the world. “Before PGP, there was no way for two ordinary people to communicate over long distances without the risk of interception,” said Zimmermann in a later interview. “Not by phone, not by FedEx, not by fax.” It remains the most widely used form of email encryption to this day."

https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/266

"SEC. 2201. COOPERATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. It is the sense of Congress that providers of electronic communications services and manufacturers of electronic communications service equipment shall ensure that communications systems permit the government to obtain the plain text contents of voice, data, and other communications when appropriately authorized by law."

#Biden #JoeBiden #PGP #Cypherpunks #Cypherpunk #PhilZimmermann #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Cryptography #GPG #Email #Senate #Law #Government #Panopticon #Hackers #Hacking #Security #Encryption

About the Age Verification bills in California and Colorado:

It seems few people are actually bothering to read the bills and instead just want to scream while running around in circles. Neither of the bills are mandating you give your ID/Face-Scan/Transactional Documents/etc. to be able to setup your computer.

The only thing you give is your birth-date/age, you are assigned an age-category, and apps and websites respond accordingly.

Don't get me wrong, there are still valid concerns about these bills, but few are actually discussing those concerns. Most are just assuming the worst and panicking.

Also, I don't know how these bills would be enforceable on Linux (or any decentralized, FOSS ecosystem).

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Internet #AgeVerification #US #UnitedStates #California #Colorado

Delta Chat is a messaging platform that works over email.

Setup is similar to a email client.
Messaging is decentralized and interoperable.

Supports end-to-end encryption via PGP.
PGP encryption keys are created automatically.

Default desktop client is based on Electron.
Electron is based on the Google Chromium web browser.

Website: https://delta.chat
Mastodon: @delta

#DeltaChat #Messaging #Privacy #InfoSec #E2EE #OpenPGP #PGP #OpenSource #FOSS #CyberSecurity #Encryption #FreeSoftware

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Delta Chat logo.

Happy to report that about a year after getting a mate to communicate using Signal instead of WhatsApp, we just today made the progression to securing our emails via pgp. 🥳

He was already using Thunderbird as his email client, and although just a few clicks it was a James Bond meets Bill Gates moment when we sent and received encrypted, signed emails to one another. 🤓

[Per the anarchist theory of practice] I remain convinced this practice of changing how we behave on the internet with intention will continue to change the people engaging in it. Digital prefigurative politics, nibbling away at surveillance capitalism one little data set at a time.

Slowly slowly catchim' monkey...... 🐒

Happy days. 😀

#pgp #encryption #Thunderbird #privacy

Cryptography as a tool of power
https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-as-a-tool-of-power/

#cryptography #history #IT #tech #privacy #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #quantumPhysics #inventions #innovation #negativepid

X's documentation explicitly states:

"Direct messages are not protected against hacking or unauthorised access."

If messages aren't protected against hacking, they're not encrypted properly.

This is encryption theatre, not encryption.

Words matter in security.

#Encryption #Cybersecurity #Twitter #Privacy

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful.

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How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance

My message for #GlobalEncryptionDay... for every entity interested in #surveillance:
I will resist and it's my human right.
Encryption is not for bad actors only, it protects innocent people every day.
We are not criminals.

#privacy #encryption

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My modified photo. Woman in grey hoodie and black trousers, with right hand up and close to camera, is blurred. Top and bottom parts of the image are covered with added dark blue shadow. Whole picture is covered with semi-transparent Base64 PGP message. There is pale yellow text near bottom part: "I am not a criminal. I am not a terrorist. I USE ENCRYPTION."

📌 End-to-end encryption doesn’t protect everything you think it does. It secures content in transit, but not metadata, backups, logins, or account access.

Whether you’re a user or a business leader, understanding this gap between privacy marketing and technical reality matters.

👉 Read more: https://medium.com/@biytelum/end-to-end-encrypted-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means-59c0ab39296b

#Privacy #Encryption #Security #TechTruth #DataProtection #BiyteLüm

Cryptomator is a client-side encryption tool for cloud storage services.

Data protected via AES-256 encryption.
Individual and business features.
Managed and self-hosted options.

ENCRYPTED

File content.
File/Folder name.

NOT ENCRYPTED

File/Folder access/creation/modification timestamp.
Number of files/folders in a folder/vault.
File size.

Website: https://cryptomator.org
Mastodon: @cryptomator

#Cryptomator #Encryption #InfoSec #Privacy #CyberSecurity #FreeSoftware #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource

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Cryptomator logo.

hat.sh lets you encrypt files locally in your browser using modern cryptography — nothing is uploaded or stored.

Perfect for securing files before sharing or using cloud storage. Open-source and self-hostable.

👉 https://github.com/sh-dv/hat.sh

👉 More tools like this : https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#Privacy #Encryption #OpenSource #SelfHosting #DigitalSecurity

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/introducing-encrypt-it-already

the EFF is now launching "Encrypt It Already" a push to try and get companies to invest in stronger privacy protections for Data & communications

You can find out more at the announcement/article above, and the official website here: https://encryptitalready.org/

#EFF #Privacy #Security #Encryption #E2EE

A new class‑action lawsuit alleges WhatsApp’s end‑to‑end encryption is ineffective, claiming Meta can access users’ supposedly private chats despite long‑standing privacy assurances. 📱🔒
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Class-action-lawsuit-WhatsApp-encryption-allegedly-ineffective-11156940.html
#WhatsApp #Encryption #Meta #Privacy #TechNews

#SIgnal is the better #WhatsApp ✅ 💡

https://signal.org/download/

I see some people still using ancient PGP keys. GnuPG offers Linux repositories for updating to the latest versions of GnuPG with new expert features for key generation. Recent versions support both Kyber1024 and Goldilocks448 keys (and more).

Once installed run: :~$ gpg --full-generate-key --expert

New GnuPG Repositories for Debian, Ubuntu, and Devuan: Stable and Development Branches Available

https://www.gnupg.org/blog/20250827-new-repository.html

#PGP #GPG #PQC #GnuPG #Encryption #Cryptography #Privacy #Signatures #Kyber #Goldilocks #ED448 #Keys #PublicKey

Is there facility to run the phone app via TOR network, to hide user IP from the relay?

#Holos #Tor #Fediverse #Privacy #Anonymity #ActivityPub

#Privacy #AI #Singularity

[for your address book]

https://soc.octade.net/cryptography/

A Fediverse group for sharing and discussing #ciphers, #codes #cryptography and #encryption and related applications and #research.

#crypto #cypher #cypherpunks #confidentiality #privacy #groups #fedigroups #fediverse

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Artistic image of a sheet of paper with binary ones and zeroes and a reddish padlock in the upper right-hand corner..

Inform your friends and family about these tools.

#Briar ... https://briarproject.org

"Censorship-resistant peer-to-peer messaging that bypasses centralized servers. Connect via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or Tor, with privacy built-in."

#Retroshare ... https://retroshare.cc

"Retroshare establish encrypted connections between you and your friends to create a network of computers, and provides various distributed services on top of it: forums, channels, chat, mail... Retroshare is fully decentralized, and designed to provide maximum security and anonymity to its users beyond direct friends. Retroshare is entirely free and open-source software. It is available on #Android, #Linux, #MacOS and #Windows. There are no hidden costs, no ads and no terms of service."

#RicochetRefresh ... https://www.ricochetrefresh.net

"Ricochet Refresh is an open-source project to allow private and anonymous instant messaging."

#OnionShare ... https://onionshare.org

"OnionShare is an open-source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network."

#DeltaChat ... https://delta.chat

"Delta Chat is a decentralized and secure messenger app."

#Bitmessage ... https://bitmessage.org

"Bitmessage is a P2P communications protocol used to send encrypted messages to another person or to many subscribers. It is decentralized and trustless, meaning that you need-not inherently trust any entities like root certificate authorities. It uses strong authentication which means that the sender of a message cannot be spoofed, and it aims to hide "non-content" data, like the sender and receiver of messages, from passive eavesdroppers like those running warrantless wiretapping programs."

#TorBrowser ... https://www.torproject.org/download

"Protect yourself against tracking, surveillance, and censorship."

#I2P ... https://geti2p.net

"The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is a fully encrypted private network layer. It protects your activity and location. Every day people use the network to connect with people without worry of being tracked or their data being collected. In some cases people rely on the network when they need to be discrete or are doing sensitive work."

#Hyphanet ... https://www.hyphanet.org/

"Hyphanet is peer-to-peer network for censorship-resistant and privacy-respecting publishing and communication. The original Freenet."

#BitChan ... https://github.com/813492291816/BitChan

"BitChan is a decentralized anonymous imageboard inspired by BitBoard and built on top of Bitmessage with Tor, I2P, and GnuPG."

#DarkMX ... https://darkmx.app

"DarkMX is a new decentralized communication app that utilizes Tor hidden services to allow you to easily have an anonymous, reliable, and censorship-resistant presence on the internet. You can chat. You can share files. You can search other people's files. You can keep a contact list and send private messages to your friends. You can create your own custom .onion site, available to anyone with a Tor Browser."

#Decentralized #TOR #AntiSurveillance #Anonymity #Anonymous #Privacy #Filesharing #Networking #Communication #P2P #F2F #PeerToPeer #Censorship #AntiCensorship #FreeSpeech

The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk

Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.

Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.

Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.

#SMUD #SmartMeters #EFF #Privacy #Utilities #Electricity #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Spying #4thAmendment #WarrantlessSearch #Constitution #CivilRights #Courts #Lawsuit #SCOTUS #Cops #Police #Extortion #Fraud

@privacy@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe

"Hosting a Tor hidden service — also known as an onion site — typically requires in-depth technical skills and manual configuration. With TorServ, you can host a static website anonymously in seconds, without touching any config files."

#TorServ #TOR #Onions #OnionNetwork #Privacy #Anonymity

@selfhosting@a.gup.pe
@infosec@a.gup.pe
@linux@a.gup.pe
@networks@a.gup.pe
@crypto@a.gup.pe
@darknet@a.gup.pe
@privacy@a.gup.pe
@infostorm@a.gup.pe

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Two slices of red onion stacked one atop the other. The onion symbolizes TOR, The Onion Network, and its multiple layers of cryptographic obfuscation.