tl;dr: Invasion of privacy by camera. Porch to porch is very close on my street. It's very unnerving that my neighbor across the street has one of those motion detecting cameras on its porch and every time there is significant movement at my desk, inside my home at night, it detects me and the spotlight, which is a joke, comes on and it records me for so long. Lort knows what data it is sending to lort knows where. I know a lot of them have AI detection built in.

I shouldn't have to completely black out my windows to have some basic #privacy in my home, at my desk. Even when I close the blinds it detects shadows.

There should be a law or regulation that mandates and gives a right to a neighbor to enforce a neighbor with a camera to setup blind zones. #law

Just think if a next door neighbor in those close subdivisions that share a fence sets up a backyard camera on its roof eaves. You have zero privacy behind your 6 to 8 foot fence.

When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means:

• Official identification of every adult using social media.

• Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.

• Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened.

• Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition.

• Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations.

• Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online.

• Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company.

• Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints.

• Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways.

• The list goes on and on.

This isn't about protecting the children.
It never was.

Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information.

Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy.

The future depends on us.

#AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

#BookReview: "#Privacy's Defender" by #CindyCohn

https://ghost.thenewoil.org/book-review-privacys-defender-by-cindy-cohn/

#blog #EarlyAccess #EFF

The horror of Age Verification is
arriving in Canada 🚨🇨🇦

Contact your federal MP and the office of the Prime Minister this week to tell them you strongly oppose the privacy-destroying and inefficient measure.

The time to push back is NOW: https://globalnews.ca/news/11797286/liberal-party-adopts-motion-social-media-ban-kids/

'Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the idea “merits an open and considered debate in Canada,” although he does not have a settled view on it yet and said there were good points on both sides.'

Share educational resources with them on the dangers of Age Verification: https://www.eff.org/age

We do NOT want this nightmare in Canada. Fight back for your privacy rights! ✊🔒

#AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Canada #CanPoli #CndPol

In one hour, catch our interview with Cindy Cohn, EFF's outgoing Executive Director and prolific civil liberties attorney in the fight for digital rights.

Her first major case with the EFF, Bernstein v. United States, established the "right to code" and dismantled the USA's unconstitutional ban on encryption exports, paving the way for people to develop technologies like PGP and other strong encryption tools without having to register as an "arms dealer" and face government restrictions on publishing their ideas.

In her career since she's represented many historic cases: suing AT&T for secretly collaborating with the NSA (Hepting v. AT&T), Sony for installing malware DRM, a vote machine company abusing copyright law to silence criticism, the DVD Copy Control Association attacking freedom of speech, and many other fights against the NSA and for internet freedom.

Cohn has been with @eff for over 30 years, and succeeded Shari Steele to become EFF's Executive Director in 2015. Our interview discusses her works and legacy, the origins of the EFF, and the still-ongoing fight for privacy and digital liberties 💪

Premiering soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc

#EFF #Interview #CindyCohn #DigitalRights #InternetHistory #Privacy #Security #Law

A Mexican #surveillance giant you’ve never heard of is now watching the U.S. border

https://restofworld.org/2026/mexico-seguritech-government-surveillance-profile/

#Mexico #GrupoSeguritech #privacy

#Firefox 149 vs. #Chrome 147 Web Browser Performance On #Linux

https://www.phoronix.com/review/firefox-chrome-2026

#FOSS #privacy

Over 20,000 #crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/police-identifies-20-000-victims-in-international-crypto-fraud-crackdown/

#OperationAtlantic #phishing #cybersecurity #privacy

Californians sue over #AI tool that records doctor visits

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/californians-sue-over-ai-tool-that-records-doctor-visits/

#healthcare #privacy #AbridgeAI #Abridge

#Microsoft finally begins removing #Copilot from #Notepad on #Windows 11 — but the #AI still persists

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-finally-begins-removing-copilot-from-notepad-on-windows-11-but-the-ai-still-persists

#privacy #cybersecurity

GoAccess is a fast, open-source web log analyzer that gives you real-time insights straight from your server logs.

View traffic in the terminal or generate a live HTML dashboard -- no third-party analytics needed.

Great for monitoring, debugging, and understanding usage while keeping your data private.

👉 https://github.com/allinurl/goaccess
👉 More privacy-friendly tools: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #Privacy #SelfHosting #Analytics #DevTools #DigitalMinimalism

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Screenshot of GoAccess open-source project page showing “C build and Test passing,” followed by description: “GoAccess is an open source, real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal on *nix systems or directly in your browser. Designed for sysadmins, DevOps, and security pros, it delivers fast HTTP statistics and visual server reports on the fly by parsing web server logs in real time.”

One Size Does Not Fit All: Why #Privacy Is Not a Checklist

https://ghost.thenewoil.org/one-size-does-not-fit-all-why-privacy-is-not-a-checklist/

#Blog

US demands #Reddit unmask #ICE critic, summons firm to grand jury

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/trump-admin-hounds-reddit-to-reveal-identity-of-user-who-criticized-ice/

#privacy #FreeSpeech #politics

In rush for age checks, we’re putting kids’ security at risk

https://proton.me/blog/is-age-verification-safe

#privacy #AgeVerification #cybersecurity

What are the alternatives to #AgeVerification?

https://proton.me/blog/age-verification-alternatives

#privacy

#Stalking victim sues #OpenAI, claims #ChatGPT fueled her abuser’s delusions and ignored her warnings

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/stalking-victim-sues-openai-claims-chatgpt-fueled-her-abusers-delusions-and-ignored-her-warnings/

#AI #privacy

Not OK, Cupid: #Dating app used 3 million user photos for #AI training without consent — and got no fine

https://adguard.com/en/blog/okcupid-ai-data-collection-privacy.html

#OKCupid #privacy #OnlineDating

#France to ditch #Windows for #Linux to reduce reliance on US tech

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/

#FOSS #privacy #politics #Europe

#Japan relaxes #privacy laws to make itself the ‘easiest country to develop #AI’

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/japan_privacy_law_changes_ai/

What is HIPAA?
https://negativepid.blog/what-is-hipaa/

#HIPAA #dataSecurity #dataPrivacy #compliance #governance #GDPR #HIPAA #Europe #US #dataRegulations #privacy #onlinePrivacy #negativepid

🌙 Saturday Evening Listen

The week is winding down. Perfect time to dive into the infrastructure that's been watching you all along.

New Impractical Privacy episode: • The "Three Big Leaks" of cellular networks • Why your phone trusts the tower blindly • 6 steps to reclaim your privacy

Relax, learn, and empower yourself.

🎧 Listen (No trackers/ads): ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #Fediverse #WeekendReading #DigitalRights #PrivacyTools #OpSec #DigitalRights

In a capitalist society privacy is only as good as it is profitable.

#Privacy #Security #Capitalism

Governor Vetoes Age Verification Bill. He Was Called an “Extremist”

Wisconsin governor, Tony Evers, vetoed an age verification bill for all the right reasons. Apparently, that makes him an "extremist".

https://www.freezenet.ca/governor-vetoes-age-verification-bill-he-was-called-an-extremist/

#Censorship #News #Privacy #Security #AgeVerification #TonyEvers #US #Wisconsin

WhatsApp is rolling out usernames in beta on Android and iOS, enabling messaging without exposing phone numbers, though signup still requires a number 🔐
Usernames allow 3–35 chars, optional 4-digit keys, and Meta linking, reflecting partial privacy gains but continued centralized identity control 🧩

🔗 https://9to5google.com/2026/04/08/whatsapp-username-support-rolling-out/

#TechNews #WhatsApp #Meta #Messaging #Privacy #Usernames #OpenTech #DataProtection #Security #DigitalRights #Encryption #FOSS #Transparency #BigTech #OnlineIdentity