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Iedere keer als je denkt dat het niet gekker kan. 🙄
Voor zover ik weet hebben geen van mijn bekenden zo'n surveillance geval maar het is toch bizar dat iemand dit kan doen zonder dat de persoon in kwestie daar toestemming voor heeft gegeven.
Mag dat überhaupt?
Aan de andere kant, WhatsApp komt er ook nog steeds mee weg.
https://tweakers.net/nieuws/246884/ring-laat-deurbel-bekenden-herkennen-en-beperkt-zo-notificaties.html
#Ring #Amazon #Surveillance #BigTech

#ThomsonReuters Fired Worker For Speaking Out About #ICE, Former Employee Says

https://www.404media.co/thomson-reuters-fired-worker-for-speaking-out-about-ice-former-employee-says/

#CLEAR #privacy #surveillance #politics #Reuters

EU Launches Age Verification App

The Commission built the app on the same architecture as its planned continental digital identity wallet. That's not a coincidence.

https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-launches-age-verification-app

#AgeVerification #IDVerification #EU #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology

#EFF to State AGs: Investigate #Google's Broken Promise to Users Targeted by the Government

https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-state-ags-investigate-googles-broken-promise-users-targeted-government

#surveillance #privacy #ICE #politics

@EUCommission From the EU statement "Social media platforms offer highly addictive designs – infinite scrolling that is feeding the addiction, short videos snap attention span, highly personalised content, targeted. "

So fix the bloody platforms that harm our children first.

Making adults compensate for a lack of regulation by the EU of the digital market place by forcing them to constantly ID themselves is addressing the wrong set of issues.

#digitalsovereignty #surveillance #chatcontrol

#Google, #Microsoft, #Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit

https://www.404media.co/google-microsoft-meta-all-tracking-you-even-when-you-opt-out-according-to-an-independent-audit/

#privacy #BigTech #surveillance

Moving Goalposts: #Football, #FacialRecognition and the Expansion of #Surveillance

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5759/moving-goalposts-football-facial-recognition-and-expansion-surveillance

#UK #privacy #FRT #sports #soccer

"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just inked a $12.2 million contract for an artificial intelligence tool that claims to map out immigrants’ daily routines, habits, and real-time location and categorize them as potential threats, per procurement records reviewed by the Lever.

Dubbed “Project SAFE HAVEN,” the product is advertised by defense vendor Edge Ops LLC as a “question-based AI interface” that uses “persistent passive data collection” to map “patterns of life,” a surveillance tactic that ICE says will identify the “habitual locations, routes, and behavioral patterns” of its targets.

Additional features of the technology described in procurement documents include real-time location tracking and analysis that will categorize individuals and groups as affiliated with ostensible criminal organizations, such as gangs or cartels. That includes building “target profiles” that track individuals’ activity by linking data obtained from Wi-Fi network connections and mobile smart devices, such as cell phones and smartwatches.

A promotional blurb for the tool on Edge Ops LLC’s website claims that Project SAFE HAVEN “transforms the way we identify, locate, and map illegal migrants.”"

https://jacobin.com/2026/04/ice-contract-ai-surveillance-immigrants/

#USA #Trump #Authoritarianism #ICE #AI #Surveillance #Privacy

🎙️ Episode Out Now: The Eyes Have It

Ironically, listening to a show about privacy shouldn't mean surrendering your own.

Head to ImpracticalPrivacy.com for this episode—no trackers, no ads, no data brokers. Just the conversation about smart glasses, the legal vacuum, and how to push back.

The tech is here. Let's set the norms before it's too late.

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #Fediverse #DigitalRights #Surveillance #PrivacyTools #DigitalRights #Opsec #DigitalSelfDefense #SmartGlasses

🎙️ New Episode: "The Eyes Have It"

The cameras are now invisible. They are strapped to faces, not held in hands.

In today's episode of Impractical Privacy, we break down: 🔹 What's actually inside Ray-Ban Meta & Echo Frames. 🔹 Why you can't opt out of being filmed by a stranger. 🔹 The legal vacuum allowing this to happen.

We aren't just doom-scrolling; we're giving you the toolkit to fight back.

🔗 Listen now: ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#Privacy #TechPolicy #DigitalRights #Fediverse #Surveillance

KTLA: Former Orange County officer used police database to track mistress, harassed her with thousands of texts and phone calls

"...Between June and December of 2023, Josett was accused of using the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) database to make 13 inquiries on people and vehicles not related to his job, including his mistress, someone she dated and his own wife, prosecutors said.

He also used the police department’s FLOCK license plate reader system to find his mistress’ car and the vehicles of her romantic interests with the intent to follow them, court documents said..."

https://ktla.com/news/orange-county/former-orange-county-officer-pleaded-guilty-to-using-police-database-to-track-mistress-harassing-her-with-thousands-of-texts-and-phone-calls/

#surveillance #privacy #flock #bigbrother

Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

More than 70 civil liberties, domestic violence, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+, labor, and immigrant advocacy organizations are demanding that Meta abandon plans to deploy face recognition on its smart glasses

#surveillance #privacy #safety #meta #wearables #facialrecognition #technology #tech

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-ray-ban-oakley-smart-glasses-no-face-recognition-civil-society/

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

“On April 30, S.T.O.P. is bringing policy & legal experts together to examine how algorithmic school surveillance is reshaping students' First & Fourth Amendment rights and what accountability could look like.

Register f...”

https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mjhjm5n4is23

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Tomorrow on Impractical Privacy: The rise of smart glasses and the "Bystander Problem."

Cameras are now invisible. You can't opt out of being filmed by a stranger's eyewear. The law hasn't caught up.

We break down the tech, the legal gaps, and actionable steps for wearers and bystanders to reclaim privacy.

🗓️ Drops tomorrow. 🎧 impracticalprivacy.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #TechPolicy #Surveillance #SmartGlasses #PrivacyTech

Hot Off the Press: #EFF's Updated Guide to Tech at the US-Mexico #Border

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/hot-press-effs-updated-guide-tech-us-mexico-border

#privacy #surveillance #politics #US #Mexico

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

““How many times will Congress play Lucy-and-the-football with FISA 702 before it accepts that warrantless surveillance always leads to surveillance abuse?”
- Jake Laperruque, Center for Democracy and Technology
@cdt.org ...”

https://bsky.app/profile/stopspyingny.bsky.social/post/3mjfipiptds23

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Michigan ‘digital age’ bills pulled after privacy concerns raised

https://www.aol.com/news/michigan-digital-age-bills-pulled-181500448.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFtXfDwaYA9MuLylHNt_XucKKytBG7sHO8PRXHm0C0Mjvz1hctfQggbAIhowfChbhqE2Pcq3J2NQ9RTpbr7GO9ZE_suiKEEPKDi3NILVoqYwO2_jp-KbEke1HIqdX41bBEsexUxOZcFrJdi3YsEtFI5N6JtPF8rt045PMInTLuEy

#AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #technology #activism #Michigan #USA

More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.

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Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators

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

Learn more at www.plateprivacy.com.

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“" #Webloc is a global geolocation #surveillance system that monitors hundreds of millions of people based on data purchased from consumer apps and digital advertising."

Orbán’s Spying Kit Revealed: I...”

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Should we focus on corporate surveillance to stop government surveillance? #privacy #surveillance

We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of #Section702

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/we-need-you-our-privacy-cannot-afford-clean-extension-section-702

#privacy #surveillance #politics #FISA

The RCMP’s surveillance of Indigenous groups exposes a centuries‑long pattern in Canada
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations
#Canada #RCMP #Surveillance #Privacy #CivilRights #Accountability #Security #Policing #HumanRights #DataPrivacy #Freedom #Justice #Law
https://the-14.com/the-rcmps-surveillance-of-indigenous-groups-exposes-a-centuries-long-pattern-in-canada/

Dangerous data

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5757/dangerous-data

#police #privacy #surveillance

Have mercy on yourself and save yourself some time by skipping this movie that was seeminly written by AI.

In today’s environment of constant surveillance from location tracking on phones to Ring and Flock cameras, Mercy is a disturbing movie coming from the owners of Ring. Even more troubling is that the theme explored by the movie draws conclusion that this surveillance is necessary and that AI using this surveillance technology is actually good, positing that the actual flaw are humans.

Rated 3 out of 10.

Full review here.

#movies #ai #surveillance

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Mercy movie poster with Rebecca Ferguson looking very serious. Chris Pratt is strapped down to a chair looking exceedingly serious.

"- Webloc is a global geolocation surveillance system that monitors hundreds of millions of people based on data purchased from consumer apps and digital advertising. It was developed by Cobwebs Technologies and is now sold by its successor Penlink.
- In collaboration with the European investigative journalism platform VSquare, we reveal that Hungarian domestic intelligence has been using Webloc since at least 2022 and continues to use it as of today. Webloc customers also include the national police in El Salvador.
- U.S. customers include ICE, the U.S. military, Texas Department of Public Safety, DHS West Virginia, NYC district attorneys, and several police departments in Los Angeles, Dallas, Baltimore, Tucson, Durham and in smaller cities and counties like City of Elk Grove and Pinal County.
- Based on the responses to 96 freedom of information requests we conclude that governments in Europe and the U.K. are highly nontransparent about their potential use of ad-based surveillance.
- Cobwebs Technologies has links to the spyware vendor Quadream through Cobwebs Technologies founder Omri Timianker, who now oversees the international operations of Penlink.
- Webloc is sold as an add-on product to the social media and web intelligence system Tangles. Based on technical analysis and other sources we show that Tangles and other products developed by Cobwebs Technologies are used in many countries across the globe.
- We briefly investigate another Cobwebs product named Trapdoor that appears to help trick victims into revealing information. Our analysis leads us to believe that Trapdoor can help facilitate the deployment of malware on devices."

https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/

#Webloc #Geolocation #Surveillance #Penlinks #Malware #CyberSecurity #PoliceState