Controversial #FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/

#Section702 #privacy #surveillance #politics

I think people react more to flock cameras because they are relatively big (thus appear menacing).

The cellular radio hidden by the manufacturer inside your car... not so much. If the cams/mics are small, then people don't seem to care.

The psychology around this is interesting, though seldom explored.
#surveillance #iot #flock

The crackdown on Anthropic isn't about 'national security'—it’s about control. Dario Amodei drew red lines against mass domestic surveillance and autonomous lethal weapons. The DoD and White House, heavily influenced by the Thiel-Vance axis, demanded 'any lawful use' without exceptions. Resistance isn't a supply chain risk; it’s an ethical stand. #Anthropic #DoD #Surveillance #AI

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Le Monde's research showed ad data from smartphone SDKs. #DataBrokers can expose identities and daily movements of police, military, and intelligence personnel… sold by data brokers from everyday apps. If those people can get exposed, everyone can. Mitigation below! Read: https://proton.me/blog/ad-tech-privacy #Privacy #DataBrokers 🛰️📱#Security #Surveillance #MassSurveillance

#tldr "…What can you do about it?
There’s no way to stop all kinds of tracking, but you can take the following actions to reduce the granularity of the datasets collected:

Turn off location services(new window) when not in use and deny apps location permissions.
Use a VPN(new window) to hide your real IP address. DNS filtering features such as Proton VPN’s NetShield Ad-blocker(new window) can also help bock ad and tracker scripts.
Delete your advertising ID on Android (Settings → Google → All services → Ads → Privacy and security → Ads → Delete advertising ID). iPhones don’t provide this option."

Use GrapheneOS without Google

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Palantir tracks everyone. So we built a site that tracks Palantir. They've been watching us. Now we can watch them.

Contracts. Lawsuits. Executive pay. Global footprint. Lobbying activity. Media strategies. All in one place.

›› https://palantirwatch.org

#privacy #government #surveillance #technology #osint

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😎 New privacy frontier: Europe eyes crackdown on smart glasses

｢ Europe's privacy concerns risk spoiling the rollout of Meta's eye-catching flagship product in the region. That could annoy the U.S. administration, which has long complained that EU laws and regulations unfairly target U.S. technology companies. ｣

https://www.politico.com/www.politico.eu/article/new-privacy-frontier-europe-eyes-crackdown-smart-glasses/

#meta #privacy #eu #smartglasses #surveillance

The law that lets the US government spy without warrants is about to expire. Here’s what comes next

https://proton.me/blog/fisa-702-expiring-surveillance-reform

#privacy #surveillance #Section702 #FISA #politics

Yes to #California's Bill to Ban #SurveillancePricing

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/californias-bill-ban-surveillance-pricing

#privacy #surveillance #PersonalFinance #finance #retail

You can't encrypt your physical face. So how do you fight back when police treat a flawed AI guess as divine truth?

Episode 28 of Impractical Privacy is out NOW.

🎧 Stream telemetry-free: https://ImpracticalPrivacy.com
#Privacy #FacialRecognition #MassSurveillance #Podcast #DigitalPrivacy #PhyiscalPrivacy #Police #PoliceTech #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #ImpracticalPrivacy #PrivacyTools #PrivacyMatters #DigitalSelfDefence

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🚀The Global War on End-to-End Encryption🔒
Join Impractical Privacy as we delve into the coordinated global push to undermine digital privacy and security.

Listen to learn about Client-Side Scanning, Compliance as a Vector, and the fight for mathematical sovereignty!🔑

#C22Debate
#ClientSideScanning
#GlobalSurveillanceNet
#KeepYourDataPrivate
#TakeBackTheKey
#OpenSourceFreedom
#SecureCommunication
#PrivacyRights
#NoCompromisesOnSecurity
#Privacy
#Surveillance

📻 Stream at ImpracticalPrivacy.com

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As the Western world increases mass surveillance, censorship, and authoritarianism, Sri Lanka is doing the right thing and going in the opposite direction.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Online-Safety-Bill-to-be-repealed-this-month/108-342777

#west #western #westerners #surveillance #censorship #authoritianism #fascism #srilanka #freedom #freedomofspeech #internet #web #www #socialmedia

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Pettet8/116742131579090788

“Google was a different company 9 years ago.”

Hmm… was it, though? 🤔

https://ar.al/talks/#free-is-a-lie

#google #BigTech #peopleFarming #SiliconValley #surveillance #capitalism #meaCulpa

[SCANDAL]
Anthropic Fought the Pentagon to Protect Your Privacy. Now It Wants...

People downloaded Claude because they believed they were choosing the company that would not trade t

Source: https://www.remio.ai/post/anthropic-fought-the-pentagon-to-protect-your-privacy-now-it-wants-your-passport

#Scandal #FreeSpeech #Breaking #Surveillance

[DEATH]
DelBene votes to protect privacy and rein in broad NSA surveillance...

DelBene votes to protect privacy and rein in broad NSA surveillance programs | Bothell-Kenmore Repor

Source: https://www.bothell-reporter.com/2013/07/24/delbene-votes-to-protect-privacy-and-rein-in-broad-nsa-surveillance-programs/

#Truth #Government #Justice #Surveillance

"The more people that document, the more data that exists. The more data that exists, the easier it is to search, match, and store. Every video feeds the ouroboros. People are not feeding the system because they trust it. They are feeding it because the alternative is silence.

Most of the people in these videos are not the focus. They are in the background, passing by or standing nearby. But that distinction does not matter once the footage enters a system. Today’s facial recognition can identify even a face that passed through the corner of a frame. Someone who did nothing can still become part of a dataset without ever knowing it. As recognition systems improve, older footage becomes more useful—and invasive.

No single decision created this outcome. It emerged gradually through more cameras, better recognition, larger datasets, and easier integration. Each step made sense on its own. Together, they changed what recording means.

Public recording is still necessary. Without it, many forms of abuse would remain hidden. But recording is no longer just exposure. It is also contribution. If you published imagery or video last year, you may already have contributed to a system you have never seen but the ouroboros has.

Surveillance ouroboros is not a future risk. It is already here. Every time someone presses publish, they are doing two things at once. They are exposing power, and they are helping build the system that the powerful will later use to track the less powerful."

https://spectrum.ieee.org/unintended-consequences-video-surveillance

#Surveillance #FacialRecognition #Biometrics #DataProtection

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

https://www.wired.com/story/trump-risks-key-surveillance-authority-over-unqualified-spy-chief-pick/

#Pulte #Section702 #FISA #privacy #surveillance #politics

Controversial #FISA spying law expires tonight. The #spying will continue.

Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence #Surveillance Act (FISA) is set to expire at midnight tonight after Congress failed to pass an extension of the controversial spying law. But that doesn't mean the government's spying powers will disappear.

Surveillance under #Section702 of FISA "operates under yearlong certifications approved by the FISA Court," the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law explained this week. The current certification will remain in place until March 2027 under the yearlong certification issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on March 17, 2026.
#privacy #security

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/controversial-fisa-spying-law-expires-tonight-the-spying-will-continue/

‘You Will Not Speak on #Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting

A County Commissioner in #NorthCarolina refused to let dozens of residents speak opposing Flock #surveillance at a public meeting this week, instead forcing the group to designate one single spokesperson.

“How many people are here for public comment dealing with license plate readers AKA Flock?,” Michael Garrison, the chairman of the Madison County Board of Commissioners began the public meeting by saying. Nearly everyone in the audience’s hand went up. “Probably most everybody. Per our county policy, I’m going to respectfully ask that you guys take a few minutes to converse with each other, designate one person to speak … we’ll move forward with only one person, whoever that happens to be.”

“What? No. We all want to speak on this,” someone in the crowd said; others can be heard trying to object as well.
#privacy #alpr

https://www.404media.co/you-will-not-speak-on-flock-tonight-county-commissioner-refuses-to-let-residents-opposing-flock-speak-at-meeting/

@eff Sec. 702 expired, but the surveillance machine rolls on. Anthropic claims guardrails against domestic spying, yet the EFF warns ICE is building a mass biometric iris database.
​Where do those classified Palantir pipelines end? Transparency or a new cartel? 👇
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​#Section702 #Surveillance #AI #Anthropic #Palantir

The 702 Ultimatum: Warrant Requirement or Bust

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/702-ultimatum-warrant-requirement-or-bust

#Section702 #FISA #surveillance #politics

ADAMS: Bill C-34 is mostly scaffolding, but still a threat to privacy and vulnerable kids

#Canada #cdnpoli #privacy #surveillance #C34

https://provincialtimes.ca/adams-bill-c-34-is-mostly-scaffolding-but-still-a-threat-to-privacy-and-vulnerable-kids/

#Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched

https://www.wired.com/story/us-world-cup-2026-alpr-camera-stadiums/

#football #WorldCup #sports #privacy #surveillance

Mullvad warns that age-verification rules are expanding worldwide, often requiring ID-based checks that reduce online anonymity. 🔐
The article highlights risks of OS-level enforcement and VPN restrictions, while EU zero-knowledge age credentials may still fall back to identity-linked systems. 🧱

@mullvadnet

🔗 https://mullvad.net/en/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet

#TechNews #Privacy #AgeVerification #Surveillance #VPN #DigitalRights #DataPrivacy #OnlineSafety #Censorship #Identity #Freedom #FOSS #Encryption #EU #TechPolicy

Mapping Every #Flock License Plate Reader Near US #WorldCup Stadiums

https://www.wired.com/story/us-world-cup-2026-alpr-camera-stadiums/

#football #soccer #sports #privacy #surveillance #ALPR

Massachusetts lawmakers advanced a privacy bill to Gov. Maura Healey requiring tech firms to delete sensitive personal data and stop selling location data. 🔒
The Senate-backed measure would limit data brokerage and targeted ads by firms including Meta and Google for 7 million residents. 🏛️

🔗 https://www.inc.com/moses-jeanfrancois/tech-giants-may-soon-be-forced-to-wipe-your-data-if-you-live-in-this-state-heres-why/91357761

#TechNews #Massachusetts #DataPrivacy #Meta #Google #Location #Data #Privacy #DataProtection #Surveillance #Transparency #DigitalRights #Security #Technology #Policy #Law

#AmnestyInternational Warns That #WorldCup Fans Face Potential Human Rights Violations

https://www.wired.com/story/amnesty-international-world-cup-human-rights/

#football #soccer #sports #privacy #surveillance #protest #censorship #activism #FreeSpeech #politics

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

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FISA short-term extension fails, 198-218. Good news!!!!!

Here's Demand Progress' take:

"Adding warrant requirements to FISA is a path forward that has clear, bipartisan support. The only reason we’re up against the deadline now is that congressional leaders and the White House keep ignoring this obvious reality and obstructing privacy reforms from getting a fair vote.”

https://demandprogress.org/house-yet-again-rejects-warrantless-fisa-bill/

#privacy #surveillance #FISA

TODAY! NO FLOCK FOR SOPO
THUR JUNE 11 - 5PM

South Portland City Hall, 25 Cottage Road, South Portland, Maine

Join #NoFlockForSoPo on June 11 for People’s Public Comment, a rally against mass surveillance in Maine at #SouthPortland City Hall.

#MEpolitics #NoFlock #MaineResists #ResistICE #Surveillance #SurveillanceState #FlockCameras

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Age verification ...

#privacy #privacymatters #ageverification #socialmedia #surveillance #dataskydd #dataprotection #gdpr #deepstate

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