"Viele deutsche Städte wünschen sich Videoüberwachung mit KI-gestützter Verhaltenserkennung. Die wird seit sieben Jahren in Mannheim getestet. Ein Besuch der überwachten Orte zeigt, was diese Form der Überwachung mit den Menschen in einer Stadt macht – und wie schlecht die Technologie funktioniert."

Verhaltensscanner im Mannheim: Hier wird die Überwachung getestet, die so viele Städte wollen

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/verhaltensscanner-im-mannheim-hier-wird-die-ueberwachung-getestet-die-so-viele-staedte-wollen/

#KI #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Überwachung #Videoüberwachung #Tech #Technology #Netzpolitilk #Privacy #Daten #Datenschutz

#Palantir in Baden-Württemberg
Polizeiarbeit aus der Blackbox #Palantir

Ein Millionendeal hinter verschlossenen Türen: Baden-Württemberg kauft von der US-Firma Palantir die umstrittene Software Gotham ein. Jetzt ringen Regierung, Polizei und Kritiker:innen um Vertrauen, Kontrolle und Grundrechte….

https://www.kontextwochenzeitung.de/wirtschaft/757/polizeiarbeit-aus-der-blackbox-10478.html

#BaWü #Überwachung #Polizei #Gotham #Datenschutz #Privacy #Deutschland

Patientenakten enthalten oft falsche oder übertriebene Diagnosen #ePA

"Seit Oktober ist die elektronische Patientenakte Pflicht. Versicherte können darin einsehen, welche Diagnosen und Behandlungen dokumentiert wurden. Doch nicht immer sind die Diagnosen richtig......"

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/falsche-diagnosen-in-elektronischer-patientenakte-100.html

Erfundene Krankheiten mit echten Folgen

'Für Betroffene können falsche Diagnosen allerdings gravierende Konsequenzen haben - etwa beim Wechsel in die private Krankenversicherung oder beim Abschluss einer Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung. Stehen in der Akte Krankheiten, die bei ihnen nie existierten, kann das zu höheren Beiträgen für sie führen oder dazu, dass Versicherungen im Schadensfall nicht zahlen.

Auch das ZDF-Magazin "frontal" berichtete kürzlich von Patienten, die Diagnosen in ihren Patientenakten fanden, von denen sie gar nichts wussten. In einem Fall sagte ein Versicherter, dass er laut Akte ein Kollaps-Patient sei und ein Blutgerinnungsstörung habe. Das mache ihn zum Hochrisikopatienten - mit entsprechenden Zuschlägen. Hätte er die Krankheit tatsächlich, dürfte er aber wohl kaum im Vertrieb arbeiten und am Steuer sitzen, heißt es in dem Magazin......'

#Digitalisierung #Gesundheit #Gesundheitsdaten #Datenschutz #Medizin #Bundesregierung #Privacy

@micr0 Hi #Altbot ❗

⚠️ I replied to the #consent email but with a #question (so not "yes" or "allow") and it accepted that as consent :)

🎈 So maybe that needs checking better... as I didn't really consent and more wanted to know more!

So I wanted to ask before the consent something - the question was:

❓ "What do you use for automating the #alttext?"

❓ "How does it work as a automated process?"

This could go in the auto-email same to with the #privacy link & while asking for #consent.

Maybe it's not in #github or as clearly either so feels like it is important enough to be said how it's done and the process magic... as I have no idea!...

Thanks a lot for #answers...

Roger Dingledine telling stories about the #Tor network at #DEFCON33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djM70O0SnsY #Privacy

The target’s family, friends & co-workers could also be probed.

While the overview says undocumented #immigrants would be the main target for the #socialmedia team, the draft guidelines designate “domestic or international terrorism,” which under Trump’s executive order includes #antifa, as being among the most urgent category of cases.

#Trump #law #4thAmendment #FirstAmendment #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #infosec #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #RightToProtest #NoKings

…#ICE also reported a $2 million contract for #Penlink’s #Tangles & #Weblocs data systems on Sept. 25, which combine #socialmedia & #darkweb data to build detailed portraits of individuals. Weblocs allows clients to track the mobile phone location data of targeted individuals, information that government officials would otherwise need a #warrant to obtain. Penlink did not respond to a request for comment.

#Trump #law #4thAmendment #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #fascism #NoKings

#Paragon lists no contacts; requests for comment to Redlattice, a related Virginia-based company, drew no response.

Maria Villegas Bravo, Electronic #Privacy Information Center counsel, said #ICE’s use of Paragon #spyware raised questions of whether it infringed on the #4thAmendment against unreasonable search & seizure, as well as the #FirstAmendment’s protection of #FreeSpeech & the rights to #assembly & #petition.

#Trump #law #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #fascism #NoKings

#ICE posted drone footage of #protesters & ICE officers clashing in #Chicago on its #Facebook page on Oct 3.

The pinned post on ICE’s official Facebook page is a warning to the agency’s critics that they will “Face the Consequences” of long prison sentences if they assault or impede officers, cyberstalk, dox or make threats online.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #RightToProtest #FirstAmendment #NoKings

A number of #ICE’s #surveillance orders this year are explicitly for #immigration enforcement, such as a $30 million contract to #Palantir to build #ImmigrationOS, a platform for granularly tracking undocumented immigrants’ movements and any self-deportations. But #US officials have also begun to say that their efforts may serve the crackdown on #antifa as well.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

Many of those funds reflect long-term contracts that will be paid out over time in the future. Hundreds of millions of dollars are earmarked for technology products, according to a review of the contracts by The Washington Post, with major spending also on #detention centers, air transport and guns.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

#ICE’s contracted obligations in September tallied up to $1.4 billion, its highest monthly sum in at least 18 years, according to USASpending.gov. The upsurge in awards coincides with the agency’s access to more than $170 billion in funding that #Congress allocated for border security & #immigration enforcement in its July spending bill.

#Trump #law #privacy #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

On Oct 2, #ICE also informed prospective vendors that it planned to set up a new social media monitoring hub to trawl platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp & TikTok to collect info on targets. The document identifies undocumented immigrants who have committed serious crimes as the primary focus but also deems domestic terrorism a top priority & says the contractor must be “flexible [about] shifting priorities.”

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #NoKings

In one contract that #ICE signed last month for #Clearview #AI facial recognition software, the agency said in a filing that it would be used to investigate “assaults against law enforcement officers.” Other federal contracts show ICE has been expanding its fleet of small, remote-controlled drones, which it has said it is using to film #protesters.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

Technologies purchased by #ICE in recent weeks include an iris-scanning app that agents plan to use in the field, spyware that can hack into smartphones remotely & cellphone location software that can enable the tracking of a phone’s movements without a court #warrant.

“The acquisition & deployment of this technology in this environment is going to raise substantial concerns,” said John Sandweg, who was an acting director of ICE under the Obama admin.

#Trump #law #privacy #tech #Surveillance

But Democratic lawmakers, #CivilRights watchdogs & fmr officials have expressed concern that #ICE now has a green light not only to monitor immigrant communities, but also to carry out broad #surveillance of Americans exercising their #FirstAmendment right to oppose government action.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

“We have some of the best special agents, criminal investigators,” Lyons said on Beck’s podcast. “We are going to track the money. We are going to track these ringleaders.”

Lyons said the investigations will focus on “ringleaders” & “professional agitators” who he said are out to turn protests into violent confrontations.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

#Trump ordered all federal agencies to devote resources to investigating what he defined as “a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States Government, law enforcement authorities, & our system of law.”

Shortly after Trump’s EO, #ICE’s acting director, Todd Lyons, told Glenn Beck in an interview that the agency will deploy some of its elite investigative officers to probe anti-ICE protester networks.

#law #privacy #immigration #tech #NoKings

The blitz of #surveillance purchases is motivated in large part by ICE’s intensive, nationwide campaign to find & deport undocumented #immigrants. But documents show that some of the #technology may also be used to target what the admin regards as anti-ICE extremist groups. Late last month, #Trump declared “#Antifa” a domestic #terrorist organization in the wake of a few violent clashes & a Dallas shooting at an #ICE facility.

#law #privacy #immigration #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

#ICE has been rapidly building out its #surveillance capabilities in recent weeks, signing a string of contracts for technologies to identify individuals by their irises or facial features & to monitor their cellphone activity, social media posts & physical movements, according to a review of federal spending disclosures.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

#ICE amps up its #surveillance powers,
targeting #immigrants & the nonexistent group #antifa

Iris scanners, facial-recognition apps, phone-hacking software & cellphone location data are among the agency’s recent technological purchases.

#Trump #law #privacy #immigration #tech #SurveillanceState #MilitaryState #fascism #tyranny #NoKings

#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/4nWuulq

[for your address book]

https://soc.octade.net/cryptography/

A Fediverse group for sharing and discussing #ciphers, #codes #cryptography and #encryption and related applications and #research.

#crypto #cypher #cypherpunks #confidentiality #privacy #groups #fedigroups #fediverse

Alt...

Artistic image of a sheet of paper with binary ones and zeroes and a reddish padlock in the upper right-hand corner..

We are preparing a lot of new amazing things for you at Privacy Guides!

I think you're gonna love it! 💛

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy

If you could associate one animal with privacy rights, which one would it be? 👀

#Privacy #Poll

The #Signal App gets only a 9 out of 10 for #Privacy protection, and it's not just because it requires a phone number.

"While most of Google’s analytics are turned off in the Signal app, it still uses the Google Maps API to handle location data. Calls to Google Maps turn over a bunch of metadata, including the IP you’re connecting from. For a project that’s so invested in privacy, it’s surprising that Signal doesn’t use an open source alternative such as Open Street Map."

They call a Google API with location data and hand over the IP? Seriously?

https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-personal/signal-privacy-review/#good-and-bad

#cybersecurity

New Privacy Guides article 🔓👁️‍🗨️
by @jw and me:

Outside the Fediverse, you may have
encountered platforms where you were obligated to provide your "real" name.

These so-called "real-name" policies, often in fact requiring legal names, are horrible for everyone's privacy. But it's also important to consider how discriminatory and dangerous they are.

Pseudonymity isn't a trivial matter,
it saves lives.

Fighting against policies attacking
online pseudonymity, such as real-name policies, age-verification policies, and Chat Control proposals, isn't just a banal fight to keep using silly nicknames online. It's a battle for democracy, for civil liberties, and for human rights.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/10/15/real-name-policies/

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #RealNamePolicies #Meta #Facebook #MassSurveillance #Democracy #HumanRights

GrapheneOS could break Pixel exclusivity in 2026 with major OEM deal https://lobste.rs/s/xiewju #android #privacy
https://piunikaweb.com/2025/10/13/grapheneos-ending-pixel-exclusivity-new-oem/

Man behind PowerSchool breach that exposed Canadian students' data sentenced to 4 years in prison https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/powerschool-hack-sentencing-9.6939040 #InfoSec #FAFO #Privacy

If you want to be part of The Resistance,
it will cost you your smart speaker, your Ring doorbell, your smart glasses, and your AI assistants.

Mass surveillance is incompatible with revolution. Get rid of it.

#BeTheResistance #Privacy #MassSurveillance

Anyone have opinion on these...

➡️ #DeltaChat ❓ @delta / https://delta.chat/
➡️ #Session ❓ https://getsession.org/download
➡️ #xmpp ❓ @xmpp
➡️ #signal ❓ @signalapp
engages in #Shitcoin-#Scams (see #MobileCoin!) for no valid reason…?
➡️ #Matrix
➡️ #SimpleX,
➡️ #Zulip
➡️ #Mattermost
➡️ #Briar @briar ➡️ #Cwtch @cwtch
➡️ #IRC
➡️ #Quiet
➡️ #Jami
➡️ #Jitsi Meet ( ❤️⭐ my favourite) @jitsinews
➡️ Mumble
➡️ #MonoclesChat @monocles.social
➡️ #Linphone
➡️ #XMPP + #OMEMO)

#Encryption #Cypherpunk #E2EE
#InternetCalls #Calls #Privacy

[please boost also - Thanks
#FreeSchool]

@aral There is a very good documentary about this

Is your #privacy up for #sale? | #AlJazeera Untangles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WwBBahCQRY

There are also captions for deaf people 💡 #inclusivity on the aljazeera page there are no captions. A deaf person mentioned this a few days ago.

If every country starts requiring that people provide official ID in order to "verify their age" to use social media, there will be no way to use any social media without associating the account with a legal identity.

This is horrible for democracy,
and should terrify everyone.

It doesn't matter if platforms use third-parties or not. It doesn't matter if they use some special encrypted code, the result is the same. This gatekeeps open discussions and government criticisms free from reprisals.

This is bad.
This is China "free-speech" bad.

#Democracy #AgeVerification #Privacy

If you care about democracy, and
If you care about human rights,
You must also care about privacy.

Privacy isn't just some trivial preference,
it's fundamental to protect all our other human rights, freedoms, and democracies.

If we lose our privacy rights, we will also lose all of the above.

It's time to stand firm on this, to obstinately refuse to participate to privacy-invasive practices, and to fight for our rights ✊🔒

If we do not fight, we will lose it all.

#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy

If someone contacts your organization anonymously from an alias email address to request further details about how you collect and process a certain type of data that isn't described in your privacy policy as mandated, be wary.

It is best to answer promptly, truthfully, and thoroughly.

It could be a privacy professional about to report you to the data protection authority.

#Privacy #PrivacyLaw

Safety Reminder:

Although the Fediverse is much better than Big Tech for your privacy, no communication here is end-to-end encrypted, and all your Mastodon public and quiet-public posts can be seen by anyone on the internet.

For sensitive communications, you should only use trustworthy applications using end-to-end encryption.

Stay safe 💚

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Safety #Privacy #Encryption #E2EE

Our leadership @JohnKiriakou in @apnews :

“Working with @ivycyber has been a phenomenal experience... The software is #secure and the collaboration with @profdiggity bridges the gap between operational #security and cutting-edge digital #privacy.”

https://psafe.ly/T3mXHb

In today's episode of I Told You So:

May 2025 ⚠️
"Daily occurrences of data breach incidents have taught us we cannot trust these services to safeguard our data. Data breaches for this sensitive information are only a matter of time.

The concentration of such valuable data will likely be monetized and resold either by the platforms themselves, by the for-profit third-party "age assurance" providers they use, or eventually by the criminals who stole it from them."

Source: Privacy Guides

October 2025
"A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive information online."

Source: 404 Media

#AgeVerification #Privacy #Discord

“Mass surveillance is not the solution to child abuse,” warn critics like encryption expert Bart Preneel in Gazet van Antwerpen: https://www.gva.be/politiek/belgie-en-duitsland-liggen-dwars-en-dus-verdwijnt-omstreden-chat-control-van-de-europese-agenda/96162447.html
#chatcontrol #privacy

“Mass surveillance is not the solution to child abuse,” warn critics like encryption expert Bart Preneel: https://www.nieuwsblad.be/politiek/belgie-en-duitsland-liggen-dwars-en-dus-verdwijnt-omstreden-chat-control-van-de-europese-agenda/96042972.html
#chatcontrol #privacy