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

EFF warns new online age‑verification mandates risk expanding surveillance, censorship, and exclusion for adults and kids alike. 🪪
They’ve launched a resource hub to track these laws and defend privacy, anonymity, and free expression online. 📚

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/effecting-change-human-cost-online-age-verification

#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Censorship #Data #Rights #Security #AI #Policy #Regulation #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech #Internet #USA #EFF #AgeVerification #Exclusion #Inclusion

If you feel hopeless about the state of digital rights and civil liberties and the American tech hegemony, @pluralistic 's brilliant essay about the giant opportunities for #disenshittification this year. It's worth your time.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/

#eff #DigitalAutonomy #eurostack

@Defcon_Music 1/ #DEFCON audio music is great !
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AND

2/ #DEFCON #Conference #Audio is great:
https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%201/

#EFF mentioned years back ! See
➡️ Judi Clark - #Computer #Privacy and the 1st #Amendment

(all of them worth a download in 1 #RAR file 109mb from link above)

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

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