Federal Right To #Privacy Act

The Solution: A Comprehensive Privacy Bill

The bill imposes hard limits on #surveillance , hidden collection, #coercive “consent,” brokered data trafficking, and government circumvention of what should be a lawful process balancing #freedom with evidence of wrongdoing. It restores rule-based protections people can understand and courts can enforce.

https://righttoprivacyact.github.io/

Super-unsettling investigative details, digging into the rather shady-sounding organizations that are pushing (and in many cases writing) these #privacy-destroying age-verification laws in many states: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/

Well worth a look, especially if you're in one of the states that has been affected so far. (Which include CA, CO, IL, NY -- this influence operation isn't particularly a red-state thing.)

#Meta *seems* to be up to its neck in all this, and that deserves to be shouted from the rooftops...

Federal Right to Privacy Act

https://righttoprivacyact.github.io

#HackerNews #Federal #Right #to #Privacy #Act #PrivacyRights #DataProtection #Legislation #TechNews #CyberSecurity

At times, it can feel like the privacy community is niche and isolated. This is why it's essential to support each other. 🧰 From our Privacy Activist Toolbox, learn more on how to: 🙌 Lift Your Allies Up privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-lift-your-allies-up #Privacy #Activism

Lift Your Allies Up - Privacy ...

At times, it can feel like the privacy community is niche and isolated. The battle for privacy rights is difficult, and its defenders are often scattered. This is why it's essential to support each other.

🙌 Learn more on how you can lift your allies up, and help to grow the movement.

🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Lift Your Allies Up: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-lift-your-allies-up/

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy

Canada's Bill C-22 Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance of Canadians

https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-22/first-reading

#HackerNews #Canada #Bill #C-22 #Metadata #Surveillance #Privacy #Rights

Chat Control: EU Parliament said no to Big Tech mass surveillance of your chats — but the battle for privacy isn't done

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/chat-control-eu-parliament-said-no-to-big-tech-mass-surveillance-of-your-chats-but-the-battle-for-privacy-isnt-done

#privacy #eu #chatcontrol #StopChatcontrol #news #technews

EU Parliament approved extending Chat Control scanning until August 2027 but now mandates targeted, proportional measures that exclude end-to-end encrypted chats 🛡️.

This protects private communications from mass surveillance as CSAR negotiations test EU commitment to user privacy rights 🔒

🔗 https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/chat-control-eu-parliament-said-no-to-big-tech-mass-surveillance-of-your-chats-but-the-battle-for-privacy-isnt-done

#TechNews #Privacy #EU #Europe #Encryption #ChatControl #Security #DigitalRights #Surveillance #DataProtection #UserFreedom #Technology #Regulation #CivilLiberties #FOSS #OpenSource

Alternative app store #AltStorePAL joins the fediverse

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/11/alternative-app-store-altstore-pal-joins-the-fediverse/

#privacy #cybersecurity #iOS #Apple #Europe #Japan #iPhone

OpenAI is developing its own GitHub-like code platform after repeated GitHub outages disrupted internal engineering work 🧩.

If offered commercially, it could deepen dependence on OpenAI’s stack while raising fresh questions about developer lock-in, code privacy, and competition with major investors like Microsoft 🔒.

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/openai-building-github-alternative-after-outages-disrupted-engineers

#TechNews #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GitHub #Microsoft #Developers #AI #Cloud #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Software #Code #Business #Competition #SamAltman

Instagram will remove end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.

Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

Google brings Chrome to Linux ARM64 devices 🧩.

Feels ironic. Most people switch to Linux for privacy and freedom — not to install a data‑harvesting browser from the company they’re escaping 🔒.

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/chrome-linux-arm-announcement/

#TechNews #Linux #Chrome #Privacy #OpenSource #Chromium #FOSS #ARM64 #RaspberryPi #Security #Google #Browser #DigitalRights #Freedom #UserChoice #TechEthics

MidnightBSD has updated its license to ban users in regions mandating OS-level age verification, starting with Brazil (March 2026) and California (January 2027) 🌍.

The open-source BSD project cites privacy and legal risks, warning that more areas like Colorado and New York could follow 🔒.

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/midnightbsd-age-verification/

#TechNews #MidnightBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #FOSS #Regulation #Compliance #UserRights #Freedom #Software #Internet #Policy #Innovation #DigitalRights

Linux and BSD distributions are taking varied approaches to new U.S. age verification laws requiring OS‑level age attestation during setup 🧩.

Ubuntu and Fedora are planning privacy‑respecting local APIs, while MidnightBSD and Adenix reject compliance, citing risks to open‑source freedom and user privacy 🔒.

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/distros-response-age-verification-laws/

#TechNews #Linux #BSD #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Regulation #Compliance #Software #Freedom #FOSS #Ubuntu #Fedora #System76 #UserRights #AgeVerification #US

Opt out of global #data #surveillance programs

Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical! We all have a right to #privacy, which you can exercise today by #encrypting your #communications and ending your reliance on #proprietary services.

There’s a section for nearly ever operating system.

https://prism-break.org/en/

#security #computers #safety #SurveillanceCapitalism #authoritarian #Orwellian #spying

Federal #Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New #Cars by 2027
Of course just for safety!

Infrared cameras and sensors will monitor eye movement and alertness in all new passenger vehicles starting 2026-2027

https://www.gadgetreview.com/federal-surveillance-tech-becomes-mandatory-in-new-cars-by-2027

‚Thanks to Section 24220 of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, NHTSA must finalize rules forcing all new passenger vehicles to include “advanced impaired driving prevention technology”—essentially turning your dashboard into a judgment-free zone that’s anything but judgment-free…‘

#Tech #Technology #Data #Privacy #Antireport

Cars as Cameras

A short overview of #Tesla #surveillance features and lessons for attack.

„Most expect to be captured on video when walking through downtown streets, which are often littered with traditional types of security cameras, such as the dome cameras, bullet cameras, or the newer remote controlled PTZ (Point, Tilt, Zoom) cameras. Previously, this was less expected in residential neighborhoods, which now have an increasing amount of home surveillance systems like Amazon’s Ring or Google Nest cameras.

Police departments have seized on the increasing popularity of these devices and struck deals with their parent companies to directly incorporate them into existing surveillance networks and access data without the knowledge or permission of the camera owner. Some doorbell style cameras offer forms of audio surveillance as well…
(...)
Even without being bugged, almost every modern car contains technology that logs your trips (and much more) and can be easily accessed by law enforcement."

https://anarchistnews.org/content/cars-cameras

#Data #Privacy #Musk #Technology #SurveillanceCapitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism

Alt...

picture shows several partly burned out teslas

#TelusDigital confirms breach after hacker claims 1 petabyte data theft

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/telus-digital-confirms-breach-after-hacker-claims-1-petabyte-data-theft/

#cybersecurity #DataBreach #privacy #Telus

What is the App Store Accountability Act?

https://proton.me/blog/app-store-accountability-act

#privacy #AgeVerification #politics #IdentityVerification #ASAA #HR3149