It may be a bias in my search terms, but I'm not seeing the pushback from Canadians that I expected? Or is it that the MPs are listening only to party leadership?

#Canada #C22 #Bill_C22 #CanadaBillC22
#Surveillance

https://youtu.be/Vj7x6mWvIJs

Sigh, I found two good videos on the virtues of buying old cars (price, esthetics, privacy), and discovered that they were run by (sometimes religious) conservatives.

It’s funny, but sometimes I feel that progressives aren’t pushing back as hard as some conservatives against the invasive #surveillance tech that is ever more present in modern cars. It’s truly appalling what data carmakers are collecting, and how difficult cars are getting to repair thanks to an over-reliance on software, computers, and displays. Sadly, EVs mostly come with surveillance problems, because they are relatively new.

We really need consumer rights laws, like yesterday. But short of that, having a healthy car enthusiast population that steadfastly rejects intrusive car tech is a good thing.

https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

#cars #privacy #surveillance

🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC

“Join us on July 8 for our Biometric Map Training, on how to use S.T.O.P.'s community-sourced Biometric Map to report sites of facial recognition, palm scans, and more surveillance tools across NYC.

Register at the link ...”

https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mpltlih5sk2d

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Voice stress analysis software marketed for use in lie detection by law enforcement and insurance investigators has no established scientific validity.

#privacy #surveillance #AIethics #indigoprivacy

#Podcast : #Flock Came to My Town. Here’s What I Did

We start this week with Matthew’s experience of what happened when Flock came to his small town. It’s a microcosm of what is happening all across the United States. After the break, Sam tells us about a bunch of no phone Luddite events. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains why anti-Flock influencers making up BS are bad, actually.
#alpr #privacy #surveillance

https://www.404media.co/podcast-flock-came-to-my-town-heres-what-i-did/

Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/why-are-gay-bars-building-databases-their-patrons

#LGBTQ #Pride #surveillance #privacy

'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting #Flock, #Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials

https://www.404media.co/casa-grande-arizona-flock-city-council/

#surveillance #privacy #ALPR #politics

Some Municipalities Are Replacing #Flock Cameras With #Axon, But Is There A Difference?

https://www.jalopnik.com/2215173/flock-cameras-replaced-by-axon-difference/

#ALPR #privacy #surveillance

🕵️ Latest from #Surveillance #Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) #NYC

“"Although Flock cameras are often referred to as license plate readers, that's reductive. Reading license plates is their primary task, but they can be used to track just about anyone or anything."

#Surveillance #Camera...”

https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mpjl4qnl3c2t

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🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Forcing VPN Companies To Become Palantir | Canada's Data Harvesting Law (CA-22)

#cdnpoli #privacy #CA22 #surveillance

youtube.com/watch?v=Vj7x...

Forcing VPN Companies to Becom...”

https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3c5jgoau5nb42r6ecka4pmpw/post/3mrppg76owc2x

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The US is definitely a very awkward society. Instead of restricting the personal ownership of guns, they implement mechanisms for total surveillance..

"Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused on reports that the system photographs patrons as they enter venues and questions about whether those images are used for facial recognition.

A broader privacy concern also deserves scrutiny. For years, PatronScan has marketed itself not just as an ID-verification tool, but as a system that allows bars and clubs to identify patrons, keep records about them, and share information across venues. As one news article published in 2019 documented, PatronScan built a network that allowed participating bars to flag patrons and share information about them with other establishments.

And in California, it’s not at all clear how PatronScan’s business model of scanning IDs and sharing the information from those scans with other bars comports with the law. California’s ID privacy law, which was amended in 2018 to add ID “scans,” states that no businesses shall “retain or use” any information from a scanned ID card except for limited purposes such as to verify age, comply with a legal requirement, or prevent fraud.

A venue cannot claim to be a safe space while feeding its patrons’ data to a third party database."

#USA #California #Surveillance #PatronScan #FacialRecognition #Privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/why-are-gay-bars-building-databases-their-patrons

"In charging a man for allegedly typing in a duress password which wiped his privacy-focused GrapheneOS phone, the U.S. government is trying to intimidate other activists from protecting their data and participating in social movements, Samuel Tunick, the man charged, told 404 Media in an interview on Tuesday.

The case of Tunick, who participated in the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, has resonated across privacy and civil liberties circles. 404 Media first broke news of the case in December. Last week, The Guardian reported additional details including from a court hearing in the case. The maximum sentence for the alleged crime is five years in federal prison.

“I hope people understand that the charges against me are meant to intimidate people against protecting their data and their privacy, and the government hopes to set a precedent that no one has the right to privacy,” Tunick told 404 Media in a conference call with his federal public defender Matthew Dodge."

https://www.404media.co/the-government-hopes-to-set-a-precedent-an-interview-with-the-man-charged-for-allegedly-wiping-his-grapheneos-phone/

#USA #FBI #CivilLiberties #Privacy #Activism #GrapheneOS #Surveillance

July 16, 2026 “The Command and Control Center, inaugurated today, lies at the heart of a new philosophy and approach adopted by the Albanian government toward public safety. The ‘Smart City’ program is not merely a camera project. Anyone who sees it that way is either deliberately downplaying it or has not yet understood its true scope,” Lamallari said.

The minister explained that the system is built on three integrated components: information sources distributed across the country, a centralized command and control platform, and artificial intelligence that analyzes incoming data in real time."
#Corruption #Surveillance #Albania #FlamingoRevolution https://euronews.al/en/rama-and-lamallari-present-smart-city-command-and-control-center-system-detects-threats-in-real-time/

It must be said that while the #FlamingoRevolution is a big tent movement, most of its real movers & shakers are....students and student age.

#Protest #Privacy #Corruption #Surveillance #Albania

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“Any behavior that is potentially dangerous or in violation of the law is detected through artificial intelligence and generates an alert here at the Command and Control Center, which is immediately forwarded to the nearest police patrol. The system is designed to identify, analyze, and warn of risks in real time, enabling proactive and preventive action,” he said. Referring to the first phase of the project, Lamallari said beginning with 20 of Tirana’s busiest schools was a strategic decision. “It is no coincidence that we are launching this project—which represents a major leap forward in ensuring public safety in Albania—by focusing on the capital’s 20 most frequented schools. A country’s security is measured not only by crime statistics but also by its ability to protect its children,” the minister stated.

#Surveillance Cameras Can Now Be Retrofitted to Track Your Wireless Device Fingerprint

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/07/27/surveillance-cameras-can-now-be-retrofitted-to-track-your-wireless-device-fingerprint/

#privacy #Leonardo #ALPR

Pokemon Cards shouldn't be worth your privacy!

The Pokémon Company is bringing facial recognition to stores to fight scalpers

https://www.polygon.com/pokemon-facial-recognition-japan-stores-tcg-set-storm-emeralda/

#PokemonCompany #Pokemon #FacialRecognition #TradingCards #Scalpers #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech #Gaming

Indian activists are challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over the use of artificial intelligence-powered surveillance used at the largest youth protest in decades last week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/28/asia-pacific/politics/modi-activists-surveillance-india-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #india #narendramodi #surveillance

Every one of America's 20 state privacy laws — and the federal proposals that died before becoming law — explicitly exempts government from the rules that bind companies. The drone leak, the license-plate stalking, the ER-records grab: this is why none of it needed your consent. #Surveillance #Privacy

https://www.thebluf.news/p/privacy-laws-exempt-government

#Garbage trucks may soon start spying on people—where it’s happening

https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/garbage-trucks-may-soon-start-spying-on-people-where-it-s-happening/ar-AA28hIjk

#privacy #surveillance #infrastructure #trash #Florida

Getting very tired of the Surveillance Society (aka Big Brother).

"Trump administration demands hospitals share emergency room records"

#TrumpAdministration #Healthcare #Surveillance

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/27/health/emergency-room-records-cpsc

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The Consumer Product Safety Commission, responsible for tracking and issuing recalls of dangerous products sold in the U.S., began discreetly pressuring hospital executives this year to share personally identifiable health data with a private contractor. But hospital lawyers and other industry experts have questioned the agency’s authority to collect, its ability to safeguard such a swath of sensitive information, and whether it has followed the legal process to overhaul its surveillance system. After KFF Health News asked the CPSC about the new system, the agency announced the program on July 21. Left unmentioned, however, is the alarm it has raised among hospital executives, as well as the nature and extent of the agency’s data demands. In a stark departure from its product-focused mission, the agency’s goal is to obtain millions of Americans’ medical records from emergency room visits for most injuries, from a broken hone to a childhood vaccine reaction or even a suicide attempt, according to documents and emails obtained by KFF Health News, as well as interviews with five people involved or familiar with the discussions.

United and American don't just swap miles with hotels and card partners. Airline data broker ARC sells passenger travel records to DHS and marketers, cross-linked with your card spending into a full movement profile.

#privacy #surveillance #socialmedia #indigoprivacy

Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/hundreds-drone-first-responder-programs-could-soon-be-launched-across-country

#drone #privacy #surveillance

#Flock's CEO Says its ALPRs Don't Do Video After Repeatedly Announcing They Can

https://www.404media.co/flocks-ceo-says-its-alprs-dont-do-video-after-repeatedly-announcing-they-can/

#ALPR #privacy #surveillance

For #TaylorSwift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

https://www.wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/

#MSG #privacy #surveillance #FRT #FacialRecognition

Leaked Document Shows the #Surveillance Tech at #ICE’s Fingertips

https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips/

#privacy #politics

Benn Jordan details his hacking and investigation of Flock at a city council meeting in March 2026.

A short:
https://youtube.com/shorts/I_y7OjsI1Zk

#flock #surveillance #cameras #infosec

What Happened When #Flock Came to My Town

https://www.404media.co/what-happened-when-flock-came-to-my-town/

#privacy #surveillance #ALPR

#Flock ‘Objects to Our Removing Their Equipment’: Emails Reveal Why a Town Put Bags Over Its Flock Cameras

https://www.404media.co/flock-objects-to-our-removing-their-equipment-emails-reveal-why-a-town-put-bags-over-its-flock-cameras/

#ALPR #surveillance #privacy

Google and Meta both shipped facial recognition this week, days apart, for two different stated reasons — account recovery, catching AI catfish. Same instinct underneath: give us your face.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/everyone-knows-your-face

#bigtech #google #meta #privacy #biometrics #faceid #surveillance #userhostile #blog

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116968826554216628

"When it comes to making a new, good internet, there's plenty of room for labor law, civil rights legislation, antitrust, and other legal regimes. But privacy has the biggest constituency, gets us the most bang for the buck, and has the fewest harmful side-effects. It's a policy we can all agree on, even if we don't agree on much else. It's a coalition in potentia that would be unstoppable in reality." - @pluralistic

#privacy #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #tech #BigTech

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Data brokers are a cancer. There's a direct line from the collection, retention and processing of our data to deepfake porn and phishing scams; racial discrimination in hiring and ICE roundups of migrants; targeted election interference and identity theft:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/06/privacy-first/#but-not-just-privacy

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/#privacy-theater

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A hedge maze; out of its center rises the bear from the California state flag. Various human figures struggle to escape it. At the maze's entrance stands an agonized figure, reaching towards it.

How many ways can we spell out fascist totalitarian dictatorship before American normies realize it’s happening?

https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips

There needs to be more ICE doxxing. These people need to be exposed and publicly berated. They should lose their friends and be ostracized by their families.

A dictatorship can’t function unless it has subservient lackeys. If we reduce the pool of candidates through shame and humiliation, it reduces the harm that can be done.

#ICE #ICEOut #Surveillance #Privacy #Technology

“Some notable entries in the document include:

- Accurint: a LexisNexis tool for locating people that contains all sorts of personal data like addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and more
Chameleon: a tool which provides “Anonymized means to conduct online investigations, web research, and undercover work”

- Locate X: a tool that lets ICE search a massive database of location data harvested from smartphones. Made by Babel Street, the tool uses data sourced through ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones or the advertising ecosystem. 404 Media previously reported how the tool could be used to track phones at abortion clinics after privacy advocates gained access to the technology. “It allows investigators to draw a digital fence around an address or area, pinpoint mobile devices that were within that area from mobile data sources,” the document reads

- Cobwebs: a social media tracking tool. 404 Media previously reported Cobwebs also includes Webloc, which can monitor phone locations in entire neighbourhoods

- ISO ClaimSearch: a database that contains property and casualty insurance claims and medical bills. The database is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills”

https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips/

#USA #ICE #Immigration #Surveillance #Privacy

For Taylor Swift, Madison Square Garden’s Controversial Cameras Briefly Went Dark

https://www.wired.com/story/for-taylor-swift-madison-square-gardens-controversial-cameras-briefly-went-dark/

#surveillance #ai #cybersecurity #privacy

What Happened When #Flock Came to My Town

On Tuesday night, the city council of my small town of Irmo, #SouthCarolina , voted to install 22 new Flock cameras. That’ll bring the total up to 33. With a population of only 12,000 or so, it means there’ll be one Flock #camera for every 300 residents. That means there will be more Flock cameras in my town than police officers. The city council — the governing body consisting of the mayor and 4 councilpersons — voted for Flock expansion despite presentations from residents about the dangers of what they described as the creeping #surveillance state.
#privacy #alpr #security

https://www.404media.co/what-happened-when-flock-came-to-my-town/

#Leaked Document Shows the #Surveillance Tech at ICE’s Fingertips

A leaked document shows the spread of surveillance and investigative capabilities that Immigration and #Customs Enforcement (#ICE ) officials have access to agency wide, from location data harvested from #smartphones , to facial recognition apps that can reveal someone’s #identity , to tools that let the agency stay #anonymous online and approach people #undercover. The document covers everything from monitoring social media to tracking the movements of vehicles.

It is rare for the public to see such a large list of ICE’s technology capabilities in a single document. 404 Media has published the whole document, called “ICE Wide Analytical Tools,” below.
#privacy #socialmedia

https://www.404media.co/leaked-document-shows-the-surveillance-tech-at-ices-fingertips/

An Explosion of #Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/explosion-surveillance-towers-coming-us-borders-costing-over-1-billion

#border #DHS #privacy #politics

#US #police now armed with Israeli spy vans simulating mobile phone towers

https://cybernews.com/privacy/us-police-israeli-spy-vans-falconet-cognyte/

#privacy #Israel #FalcoNet #Cognyte #IMSIcatcher #surveillance

"For weeks, Verona, Wisconsin tried to get Flock to remove the three automated license plate cameras that its city council had voted to stop using. Flock told city employees not to remove the cameras, and a Flock employee told city officials that they were unsure whether the cameras could be remotely disabled, which led the town to decide to put black plastic trash bags over them until Flock eventually removed the cameras itself, according to emails obtained using a public records request by 404 Media.

The emails give insight into the process cities face while deFlocking themselves after voting not to renew a contract with the AI surveillance company. As we’ve previously reported, multiple cities around the country have decided to put black trash bags over their Flock cameras while they wait for them to be removed; this is in part because, until the cameras are physically removed by Flock, cities are unsure whether they have the legal right to remove the cameras themselves and are not sure whether they can disable their recording operations. The emails show Verona city officials telling each other that they had made multiple requests to Flock to have the cameras removed, and show a work order from Flock in which the cameras were set to have maintenance performed on them rather than being removed."

https://www.404media.co/flock-objects-to-our-removing-their-equipment-emails-reveal-why-a-town-put-bags-over-its-flock-cameras

#USA #Surveillance #ALPRs #Flock #Privacy #DataProtection #PoliceState

#MIT to Become Hotbed of #AI Video #Surveillance

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/mit-to-become-hotbed-of-ai-video-surveillance.html

#privacy #education #university

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/116964067623030790

community service in 2026 🗑️

then: picking up plastic bags
now: putting plastic bags on surveillance cams

#flock #surveillance

There is no single blueprint for global control. There does not need to be.

Digital ID, CBDCs, health surveillance, AI governance, pathogen monitoring and neurotechnology are being built separately—but increasingly operate through compatible infrastructure.

This evidence-graded dossier maps the system, the funding and the safeguards still missing.

Read: https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-global-governance-infrastructure

#DigitalID #CBDC #Surveillance #Privacy #AI #DigitalRights #WHO #Neurotechnology

For the past three decades, #BigTech have been secretly, continuously, systematically tracking all aspects of our personal lives, and they have been exploiting that data to extract more and more profits. To the delight of many technology fanciers, all these nefarious acts are now #AI powered. It is only during this period of exploration that IT had its first billionaire.

We Americans have tacitly accepted this invasive surveillance, in exchange for essential modern goods and services, like toilets that flush automatically after shitting and shit-posting on social media in the wee small hour of the morning. So long as the two parties involved have the “meeting of the minds”, this process counts as a “fair exchange” under law.

It is now evident that our federal #government is using those same #surveillance technologies and procedures to monitor, control, manipulate, and oppress us. Regardless of our nonchalance, this process is "government overreach" in violation of our constitutional rights to privacy.

Why so dramatic a difference between these two forms of privacy violation that employ the same technologies and procedures?

• The first form of privacy violation is a private act that induces us to waste our time and money, individually and collectively.
• The second form of privacy violation is a governmental action that erodes our individual #freedom and our collective #democracy.

But we #American citizens are equally unperturbed by both forms of #privacy violation.

If you have been wondering about the effectiveness of the social media ban of under 15 year olds, this study got you :)

Spoiler: 92%+ of kids age 14-15 in #Australia still use it 🥳

Meanwhile IMO forced verification of users had a much better success rate 😉

Source:
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf

#Privacy #ageverification #IDverification #Study #Data #Science #Survey #Tech #SocialMedia #Technology #Internet #Censorship #Authoritarianism #MassSurveillance #Surveillance

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Screenshot of graphic from this study of Australia's social media ban: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35162/w35162.pdf Percent of banned 14-15-year olds (b) Compliance rate, April versus June 2026 Usage rate: 64% April, 92% June Implied compliance: 27% April, 6% June Notes: Figure 5 reports self-reported past-7-day use of any banned platform.

An Explosion of #SurveillanceTowers is Coming to U.S. #Borders , Costing Over $1 Billion

A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS ) plans to nearly triple the number of #surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 2034.

DHS expects to expend $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for this dangerous expansion of a surveillance network indiscriminately trained on towns, school playgrounds, backyards, and vehicles—threatening the #privacy and civil liberties of everyone in the border regions

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/explosion-surveillance-towers-coming-us-borders-costing-over-1-billion

🇫🇷🚨 FRANCE BANS SOCIAL MEDIA FOR U15s → EVERYONE TO VERIFY THEIR AGE.

“For four months, all of us in France will have to prove our age,” said digital minister, Anne Le Hénanff 😡

If you're in France → you'll need to user your ID card, France Connect, or facial recognition (selfie) to log in.

🚩 What’s sold as “online safety” means #surveillance via IDs checks or face scans. 🚩

We must fight against age verification - or the free web dies!

Find out more: https://tuta.com/blog/age-verification-kills-anonymity

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French President Emmanuel Macron wearing glasses and speaking on stage at the Annual Meeting Davos 2026. Next to him is a sign showing no under 15s.

I am very tired of all the tech companies embracing dystopian surveillance, overhyped AI, authoritarianism and fascism.

Which tech company do you know that hasn't?

Edit: Please keep the focus in replies on reporting on positive solutions and organizations for others to discover.
And if you wish to debate with each other, then please remove my handle from it (because this creates a lot of notifications in my phone 🫣), thanks! 🙏

#Tech #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI #Privacy #Surveillance #Fascism

On #Flock License Plate Tracking Cameras

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/07/on-flock-license-plate-tracking-cameras.html

#ALPR #privacy #surveillance #police

The #ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State #Surveillance Secrets

https://www.wired.com/story/the-aclu-is-arming-lawyers-to-expose-state-surveillance-secrets/

#cybersecurity #law

Have fun with this surveillance pricing investigation. Different prices for different people, or rather personas.

And meet the person who used a drone to put Minnesota's wealthiest zip code on Google Maps and got banned from the place because it is all private property.

https://youtu.be/tCSwx9LZtD8

#wealth #surveillance #prices #discrimination #data

"We created this project to give defense attorneys a practical toolkit: a set of model discovery and preservation motions they can adapt to cases involving specific surveillance technologies. And when defense attorneys don’t yet know what kinds of digital surveillance technologies law enforcement employed, the generalized model motion for digital surveillance technologies addresses requests for a variety of surveillance tools.

The models are grounded in constitutional law, Brady obligations (requiring the prosecution to disclose potentially exculpatory information), and Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure.

These model motions were assembled to be useful right now, in real criminal cases.

These model motions are written to assist criminal defense attorneys practicing in Massachusetts, though the underlying constitutional arguments—rooted in core constitutional protections of privacy and due process—are broadly applicable across jurisdictions. Local discovery rules in other jurisdictions may be different, and should be reviewed by attorneys practicing in those states.

The toolkit includes model discovery motions addressing the following surveillance technologies, with a model discovery motion for generalized digital surveillance technologies for cases where specific technology has not yet been identified:"

https://www.aclum.org/news/digital-surveillance-criminal-defense/

#USA #Surveillance #PoliceState

"The US’s excessive demands for travellers’ profiling and surveillance in order to stay in its Visa Waiver Programme are nothing less than blackmail. The EU accepting the terms of this power struggle is extremely worrying for the rights of Europeans and any third country nationals registered in European databases.

The scheme implies systematic transfers of biometric data and other highly sensitive and subjective “indications of risk” based on European national databases to the US government, which has shown a blatant disregard for basic human rights in its harsh and inhumane treatment of migrants and visitors. In that regard, the draft text does nothing to protect from discrimination based on political opinions, which is worrying because the US is already cracking down political dissent, including its unlawful practice of screening travellers’ social media profiles. The sharing of individual risk assessments to supposedly protect “public security and public order” under the EBSP could further target opposition to the Trump administration, support to transgender people’s rights or protests against the genocide in Gaza expressed (publicly) on social media, with potentially significant impacts, including detention at the borders.

Furthermore it is very difficult to know the terms of the negotiations as the talks are shrouded in secrecy. However, in May 2026, EDRi member Statewatch leaked a “revised version” of the draft Framework Agreement, revealing the direction the future deal has taken."

https://edri.org/our-work/the-eu-is-about-to-sell-our-most-sensitive-data-to-the-us-for-visa-free-travel/

#EU #USA #Surveillance #Biometrics #Privacy #DataProtection

Okay, LISTEN UP

DO NOT BUY LG.

Not ANYTHING LG.

Not only are they actively spying on you, not only have they updated their TOS to include requiring you to NOTIFY GUESTS ABOUT WIRETAPPING LAW, on Windows they're pushing ADWARE through WINDOWS UPDATE along with their monitor drivers - including on OLD monitors.

Gamers Nexus has all the deets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9uefFYe6bM

DO NOT BUY LG PRODUCTS.

GN had a three-year-old monitor get an "update" that was adware. It wasn't even part of their investigation. It just happened to come in while they were investigating.

DO NOT BUY LG PRODUCTS.

#adware #spyware #surveillance #fascism #LG #FuckLG #DoNotBuy #boycott

The #ACLU Is Arming #Lawyers to Expose State #Surveillance #Secrets

A new toolkit for #attorneys in #Massachusetts targets the technologies #police use—and conceal—to build criminal cases, from facial recognition to AI-written police reports.
#ai #facialrecognition #security

https://www.wired.com/story/the-aclu-is-arming-lawyers-to-expose-state-surveillance-secrets/

2/4 This 'Enhanced Border Security Partnership' Framework Agreement would mean an automated exchange of personal data, including highly sensitive information, and access to EU biometric databases to screen and identify travellers.

In short, the US is demanding excessive and unfettered access to information and sensitive personal data of people in the EU, intensifying #surveillance 🙅🏽‍♀️

A leak of the draft agreeement shows that the Commission is giving into US's demands and risking our rights.

If you don't want unknown entities spying on your emails, setting up email encryption is a great way to protect your #privacy and use your #UserFredom: u.fsf.org/1bq #surveillance #FSF #FreeSoftware #GNU