#tech #technology #BigTech #data #security #privacy #safety #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web #cloud #meme

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Meme, showing a continuous circle of data breach messages from corporations… Ahaha you're not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach. Your data is probably for sale online now. That means someone could easily impersonate you. Going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure its you.

I can't seem to delete my ProFlowers account. The option to do so was removed from their UI at some point. Calling in to their helpless desk results in me being told "I can't delete accounts, someone will call you back."

I never get a call back. IM chat: same result.

Just Delete Me has no pointers for this one.

Suggestions?

#askfedi #justdeleteme #proflowers #privacy #security #darkpatterns

If An Garda Síochána can't get a grip on these low-level petit-fash events today, then that will only serve to confirm that Ireland is so utterly fucked for security during the EU Presidency, which starts in - *checks notes* - 20 days.

https://toot.wales/@HarriettMB/116726046506070217

(cc @EUCommission)

#MastoDaoine #EU #Dublin #security #AntiFascism

New on AboutSignal ✨

Signal Security & Privacy Guide 🔒: A complete guide to Signal’s encryption, metadata protection, and privacy features

👉 https://aboutsignal.com/signal-security-privacy-guide/

#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #aboutsignal #tech #privacy #security

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

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

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/

💥 ❤️ 📣 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

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

"... 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

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

Fun post pointed out by Werner Koch on the GPG "post-quantum defaults" thread:

https://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2026-March/039449.html

"""
Quantum Cryptography, while intellectually neat, does not present a
practical attack that we need protection against at this time.
Kleptographic Standards on the other hand are very much a practical
attack that we need to protect against at this time.

When a standards body tells you that you should cast aside well-studied
cryptographic algorithms which have earned their trust through dozens of
years of examination, testing, and motivated attackers, for the sake of
protection against Quantum Crypto? The attack you should be protecting
against isn’t Quantum Crypto.
"""

#cryptography #QuantumCryptography #security

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

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."

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

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

📌 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

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

Seven people are put on trial in #France for:
- using encrypted apps like Signal
- participating in digital security training

“8 December” case: why is encryption on trial?
"On 3 October, the trial of the so-called “8 December” case began. Seven people are prosecuted for being a “terrorist group”.

The intelligence services in charge of the judicial investigation (Direction générale de la Sécurité intérieure, DGSI), the National Antiterrorist Prosecution Office (Parquet National Antiterroriste, PNAT), and the investigating judge based their case on the fact that the defendants were using different tools to protect their privacy and encrypt their communications on a daily basis.

This trial is part of an increased political push by states and law enforcement for surveillance measures and the criminalisation of encryption. That is why the trial is crucial in the battle against the state’s ongoing attempts to criminalise commonplace, secure and healthy digital practices.

EDRi member in France La Quadrature du Net has continuously defended people’s right to privacy and fought for strong protections of everyone’s digital security. Now, once again, they stand up for the last pillar of our digital #security – #encryption."
via @edri
@surveillance@a.gup.pe https://edri.org/our-work/8-december-case-why-is-encryption-on-trial/