5 unresolved questions hanging over the Anthropic–Pentagon fracas.

From CNBC: "Anthropic is the only American company ever to be publicly named a supply chain risk, as the designation has traditionally been used against foreign adversaries. But the company hasn’t received any official declaration beyond social media posts."

https://flip.it/FPfKvC

#Anthropic #Pentagon #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Jolla phone offers privacy with Sailfish OS
#privacy #Technology
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We have more #privacy controls yet less privacy than ever https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gj39zk1k0o #technology #computers #security #STEM #cybersecurity

How OpenAI caved to the Pentagon on AI surveillance

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/887309/openai-anthropic-dod-military-pentagon-contract-sam-altman-hegseth?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IkRxb01JVEJQcGIiLCJwIjoiL2FpLWFydGlmaWNpYWwtaW50ZWxsaWdlbmNlLzg4NzMwOS9vcGVuYWktYW50aHJvcGljLWRvZC1taWxpdGFyeS1wZW50YWdvbi1jb250cmFjdC1zYW0tYWx0bWFuLWhlZ3NldGgiLCJleHAiOjE3NzI4OTUwMjcsImlhdCI6MTc3MjQ2MzAyN30.QVBujdM6UEjv1O6rMdXx9nQUYvaMPkY2GEc6rB4-Q8Q&utm_medium=gift-link

#news #tech #technology #AI #openai #chatgpt #grok #aislop #nvidia #politics #maga #pentagon

Canadian tech journalist @parismarx is trying to get off U.S. tech — and help you to do the same. Here's his comprehensive guide.

https://flip.it/pJP3Ys

#Technology #Tech #TrumpAdministration

‚Bank details, sex and naked people who seem unaware they are being recorded. Behind Meta’s new smart glasses lies a hidden workforce, uneasy about peering into the most intimate parts of other people’s lives…..‘

https://www.svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart-glasses-and-data-privacy-concerns-workers-say-we-see-everything

#Meta #Surveillance #Privacy #RayBan #SmartGlasses #Data #Technology

Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses, report claims

“We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” the document reads.

#Meta considered adding facial recognition #technology to the first version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses back in 2021, but dropped the plans over technical challenges and ethical concerns. The NYT reports that the company has revived its plans as the #Trump administration has grown closer to Big Tech, and following the unexpected success of its smart glasses."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/meta-plans-to-add-facial-recognition-to-its-smart-glasses-report-claims/

#BigTech #SmartGlasses #Surveillance #FaceID

The Guides and Tools for Privacy Activists project from #Privacy Guides offers a new way to empower the digital rights community.

This section contains information to help you become a better defender of privacy rights, both for individuals and organizations.

Privacy Activist Toolbox:
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/
Thanks to @Em0nM4stodon

#Activism #Data #Safety #Technology #Antireport

CSRC Bulletin #1 - Counter-surveillance resource center
(de/en/fr/ru)

International Coordination Against Targeted Surveillance

"We are anarchists. We believe in an international coordination of informal anarchist groups to pursue the fight against all forms of domination. We believe that sharing knowledge about our enemies’ capabilities and tactics should be an important part of that coordination."

PDF: https://www.csrc.link/download/csrc-bulletin/csrc-bulletin-1-en-a4.pdf

https://www.csrc.link/read/csrc-bulletin-1-en.html

#Surveillance #Selfdefence #socialwar #socialcontroll #technology #antireport

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Mensch mit schwarzem Hoodie (mit rosa Umrandung) und hochgezogener Kapuze von hinten, blickt auf schwarzen Hintergrund.

SURVEILLANCE SELF-DEFENSE
TIPS, TOOLS AND HOW-TOS FOR SAFER ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS

„This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying.

Read the BASICS to find out how online surveillance works. Dive into our TOOL GUIDES for instructions to installing our pick of the best, most secure applications. We have more detailed information in our FURTHER LEARNING sections. If you’d like a guided tour, look for our list of common SECURITY SCENARIOS.…“

Tranks to @eff

https://ssd.eff.org/

#Data #Privacy #SelfDefence #Technology #Surveillance #Repression

If you are unaware, check out the ties to the recent Age Verification craze and Palantir
#palantir #privacy #surveillance #technology

Hundreds of academics have called on governments to halt age checks on online services, @POLITICOEurope reports. An open letter signed by 271 security and privacy experts said that it is “dangerous and socially unacceptable to introduce a large-scale access control mechanism without a clear understanding of the implications” for security, privacy and people’s freedom and autonomy. Here's more. Tell us in the comments what you think.

https://flip.it/BssYhv

#Technology #Tech #AgeVerification #SocialMedia

Europe is building a federated cloud and AI infrastructure to end its dependence on the U.S. and China. Here's more from @euronews.

https://flip.it/ZfJK6a

#Technology #Tech #Europe

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/chatgpt-uninstalls-surged-by-295-after-dod-deal/

#news #tech #technology #AI #openai #chatgpt #aislop #politics #trump #maga

Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn

Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

https://www.politico.eu/article/age-check-social-media-scientist-warning/

#AgeVerification #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #enshittification #socialmedia #technology

In 2023, Danish psychiatrist Dr. Søren Dinesen Østergaard predicted that human-like chatbots like ChatGPT could stand to reinforce delusions and hallucinations in people “prone to psychosis.” Recently, Østergaard led a study that found chatbot use indeed appeared to deepen symptoms of mental illness and was especially true for patients prone to delusions or mania. @Futurism has more:

https://flip.it/UARJYt

#Tech #AI #Chatbots #Health #MentalHealth #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

What are Meta glasses really recording? The Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reports on data annotators in Nairobi, Kenya. They're the manual laborers of AI, whose job is to make smart glasses more "intelligent" by visually checking images. They're seeing more than they want to, from bank card numbers to naked bodies.

https://flip.it/n_IdI6

#Technology #Tech #Meta #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

#OpenAI is now officially data supplier for the Pentagon and is very proud of it!

Your Data flows directly to the U.S. Department of War! #ChatGPT

--> Delete your Account!

https://openai.com/index/our-agreement-with-the-department-of-war/

#US #Surveillance #KI #AI #Technology #Tech #War #Data #Privacy

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Prohibition sign with crossed-out OpenAI logo in a red circle

Keep on going! 🖤 #Sabotage

Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying #Flock surveillance cameras!

Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage….

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/across-the-us-people-are-dismantling

#USA #Surveillance #activism #Technology #ICE

“Thanksgiving Day,” Igor Alferov’s short film, won first prize at the inaugural Frame Forward AI Animated Film Festival last week. Part of the prize involved getting a national two-week run in theaters with several major chains, including AMC Theaters. But after a moviegoer revolt, AMC said it would not longer run it in the U.S. @Futurism has more:

https://flip.it/v1bsyy

#Tech #AI #Film #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

The Privacy Cloud's monthly news roundup for February is available to read now. See the privacy headlines that I caught throughout the month.

https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/february-2026-privacy-news-roundup

#privacy #security #technology #news

After talks between Anthropic and the Pentagon fell through Friday, OpenAI quickly announced that it had reached a deal of its own with the department. But if OpenAI is using the same safeguards Anthropic would have, why was it able to reach a deal? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman now says the deal was rushed and “the optics don’t look good.” More from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/m-TFmM

#Tech #OpenAI #AI #Anthropic #Technology #Pentagon #ArtificialIntelligence

Hackers Expose The Massive Surveillance Stack Hiding Inside Your “Age Verification” Check

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/25/hackers-expose-the-massive-surveillance-stack-hiding-inside-your-age-verification-check/

‚Mandatory age verification creates massive, centralized honeypots of sensitive biometric data that will inevitably be breached. Every single time. And every single time it happens, the politicians who mandated these systems and the companies that built them act shocked—shocked!—that collecting enormous databases of government IDs, facial scans, and biometric data from millions of people turns out to be a security nightmare....‘

#Surveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #Data #technology #AI #KI

Ausweiszwang für das Internet, Massenüberwachung per Vorratsdatenspeicherung und "Digitale Identitäten" wie sie die EU gerade umsetzen will, drohen bald auch in der Schweiz.

Während das politische System der Schweiz gerne mehr "demokratische Mitbestimmung" verspricht, zeigt sich an diesem Beispiel, wie vehement die digitale autoritäre Transformation um jeden Preis durchgesetzt werden soll.

So versucht der Schweizer Staat die Vorratsdatenspeicherung und den Ausweiszwang per Verordnung durchzusetzen und nicht einmal parlamentarisch auszuhandeln. Die erst vor wenigen Jahren von der Bevölkerung in einer Abstimmung mehrheitlich abgelehnte, überwachungskapitalistische "E-ID" soll wiederum einfach in einem neuen Anlauf durchgesetzt werden.

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000282537/in-der-schweiz-tobt-ein-kampf-um-die-ausweispflicht-im-netz?ref=rss

#Schweiz #Eu #Massenüberwachung #technology #Digitalisierung #EID

We must fight age verification with all we have

#AgeVerification laws exploit the moral panic over social media and mental health to repackage old censorship tactics under the guise of protecting children.

'I’ve been talking a lot over the past couple weeks about what an unmitigated disaster the rollout of identity verification has been in the U.K. I wrote a whole piece about it for The Guardian and a story about how these “child safety” crackdowns are a gift to big tech in Zeteo.

The UK’s rollout shows how #digitalID systems lead to mass censorship. They serve those in power, harm human rights, and we have to do everything we can to fight their expansion in the U.S.

Today, I’m excited to present a guest post by Cynthia Conti-Cook, Rebecca Williams, and Pratika Katiya. These three women are doing incredible work fighting back against the surveillance state....'

https://www.usermag.co/p/we-must-fight-age-verification-with

#Tech #Technology #AI #UK #EU #Surveillance #Privacy #Data

OpenAI CEO announced Friday that his company had reached an agreement with the Pentagon for use of its AI models for classified work. The deal follows the high-profile standoff between the department and OpenAI’s rival Anthropic. Read more from @Techcrunch:

https://flip.it/LcB4Zu

#Tech #OpenAI #Pentagon #AI #Anthropic #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

"I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?"

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#AgeVerification #dystopia #privacy #surveillance #software #technology #Linux

I would like more

sharpsign

boost for breadth of opinions and timezones please.

Not that I will blindly listen but you could put it out there on the table.

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/

#programming #technology #lispyGopherClimate #lisp

Earlier in the week, Jeff Dean, #Google’s chief #AI scientist, said he was opposed to the #technology being used for #surveillance & repeated his long-standing opposition to #AutonomousWeapons.

#SamAltman, #OpenAI’s chief executive, said Friday that it was important for AI companies to find ways to work with the #Pentagon but that he had concerns similar to those of his rival #Amodei.

#Trump #RevengePolitics #law #Anthropic #tech #SupplyChainRisk #privacy #security #InfoSec #military

…Many researchers & engineers working on #AI have long harbored concerns about their #technology being used to power #weapons or #surveillance. The battle between #Anthropic & the #Pentagon has reawakened those concerns across the industry.

By Friday afternoon, >550 employees at #Google & #ChatGPT maker #OpenAI signed an open letter in support of Anthropic’s position & calling on their bosses to stand up to the Pentagon.

#Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AutonomousWeapons
https://notdivided.org/

…The #SupplyChainRisk designation issued by #Hegseth late Friday was an extraordinary escalation, ranking a leading #US #AI company alongside the likes of Chinese & Russian firms seen as a danger to the #UnitedStates.

It was unclear how easy it would be for government departments to move away from #Anthropic’s #technology, or for the company’s partners that do business with the #Pentagon to cut ties.

#Trump #RevengePolitics #law #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #military

The setback comes as #AI leader #Anthropic raced to sell novel #technology to #business & #government, particularly for #NationalSecurity, ahead of its widely expected #IPO.

At the same time, the battle over #tech #guardrails had raised concerns that the #DoD would follow #US #law [certainly not this one] but little other constraint when deploying AI for national-security missions, regardless of #safety or #ethics service terms embraced by the technology's developers.

#Trump #surveillance

Just like all #rapists, #Trump really doesn’t like being told no.

Trump says he is directing federal agencies to cease use of #Anthropic #technology in a petty whiny social media post.

#law #AI #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #privacy #security #InfoSec
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-is-directing-federal-agencies-cease-use-anthropic-technology-2026-02-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

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Trump post: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY FIGHTS AND WINS WARS! That decision belongs to YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, and the tremendous leaders I appoint to run our Military. The Leftwing nut jobs at Anthropic have made a DISASTROUS MISTAKE trying to STRONG-ARM the Department of War, and force them to obey their Terms of Service instead of our Constitution. Their selfishness is putting AMERICAN LIVES at risk, our Troops in danger, and our National Security in JEOPARDY. Therefore, I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE all use of Anthropic's technology. We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again! There will be a Six Month phase out period for Agencies like the Department of War who are using Anthropic's products, at various levels. Anthropic better get their act together, and be helpful during this phase out period, or I will use the Full Power of the Presidency to make them comply, with major civil and criminal consequences to follow. WE will decide the fate of our Country - NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left Al company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

To distribute an Android app outside Google Play, starting September 2026, developers will need to register with Google, submit government ID, and pay a $25 fee. Even if they're using F-Droid or the Amazon Appstore, stores Google doesn't own or operate. Privacy groups are pushing back.

https://reclaimthenet.org/open-letter-google-android-developer-verification-policy-criticism-2026

#Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #software #monopoly #technology #idverification #privacy

DHS accused of using surveillance tech to track legal observers in Maine

multiple plaintiffs said federal immigration officers scanned observers’ faces and license plates, and threatened to appear at their homes and place them on a domestic terrorist database

#Maine #dhs #ice #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #technology #tech

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/23/dhs-accused-of-using-surveillance-tech-to-track-legal-observers-in-maine-00792722

"Imagine a border agent who has just opened a box of shark-like fins or a shipment of live parrots and needs to know whether the particular species is one that can legally be captured and transported."

Matthew Ponsford for MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/24/1132760/conservationists-making-rhinos-radioactive/

#Longreads #Wildlife #Conservation #AI #Technology #Trafficking #Poaching

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has rejected the Pentagon's "final offer" in negotiations over allowing the Department of War to use the Claude model as it sees fit. "The contract language we received overnight from the Department of War made virtually no progress on preventing Claude's use for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons," Anthropic said in a statement. Here's more from @AxiosNews.

https://flip.it/rhrTxb

#Technology #Tech #AI #USMilitary

#Tech Companies Shouldn’t Be Bullied Into Doing #Surveillance
#DepartmentofDefense (#DoD)has reportedly threatened to label Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” in retribution for not lifting restrictions on how their technology is used.
#Anthropic #AI should stick by their principles and refuse to allow their #technology to be used in the two ways they have publicly stated they would not support: autonomous weapons systems and surveillance. - #EFF
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/tech-companies-shouldnt-be-bullied-doing-surveillance