The debate around age restrictions on social media is evolving into calls to ban VPN services. What a surprise. Not.

Instead of addressing the real issue - techno capitalism gone wild - they intend to take away what little tools we have to defend our privacy against it.

The politicians subscribing to this surveillance madness have made themselves techno capitalism's enablers. None of them can ever again rightfully claim to work for the people - for us!
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#privacy #surveillance #politics

AI is now playing a major role in immigration enforcement, with tools like facial recognition, license plate readers, and data from police, courts, and even private companies being used to track and identify people. #AI #ICE #Surveillance #Immigration

The government has invested over $1 billion into these systems to speed up arrests and deportations, but concerns are growing about oversight and a... https://instagr.am/p/DWg_-U5jLoX/

"When the state openly admits it wants its eyes on you at all times, how do citizens fight back? In this episode of 'In Solidarity', Matthew Linares sits down with @jim, Executive Director of the @openrightsgroup. We cut through the Silicon Valley PR to expose the terrifying reality of the modern surveillance state."

#UKPol #BigTech #Surveillance #Panopticon #Enshittification

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/podcasts/in-solidarity-podcast/ai-panopticon-surveillance-jim-killock-open-rights/

A federal lawsuit in Maine is asking a major question: can the government track you just for filming it? Two women say #DHS agents scanned their faces and license plates while they recorded immigration operations, and warned they could be labeled “domestic terrorists.” #CivilRights #Surveillance #FirstAmendment

They allege agents used tools like facial recognition and vehicle tracking despite the... https://instagr.am/p/DWfEcsoBoPh/

OS-level age checks in California and Apple shift verification from apps to devices, classifying users and sharing age signals across services 🔐.
Centralized OS identity APIs can entrench platform control and expose sensitive data, impacting privacy, shared-device access and open ecosystems 🌐

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/age-verification-operating-system

#TechNews #Privacy #AgeVerification #Apple #Regulation #DigitalID #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #Data #Freedom #Internet #Policy #Surveillance #Tech #OS #California

Tor Browser should be included in your privacy tools arsenal!

https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/why-you-should-download-the-tor-browser

#privacy #surveillance #anonymity

End of “#ChatControl”: #EU Parliament Stops Mass #Surveillance in Voting Thriller – Paving the Way for Genuine Child Protection!

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parliament-stops-mass-surveillance-in-voting-thriller-paving-the-way-for-genuine-child-protection/

#privacy #politics #Europe #cybersecurity

#Police Used #Flock to Give a Man a Traffic Ticket

https://www.404media.co/police-used-flock-to-give-a-man-a-traffic-ticket/

#privacy #surveillance

Using a #VPN May Subject You to #NSA Spying

https://www.wired.com/story/using-a-vpn-may-subject-you-to-nsa-spying/

#privacy #surveillance

Flock is commonly cited as an important measure for public safety, but what happens when your surveillance network is turned on you? What happens when you are betrayed by your infrastructure?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/iran-built-a-vast-camera-network-to-control-dissent-israel-used-it-to-track-targets-ap-sources-say

#Flock #ALPR #Surveillance #Privacy #Miami #Florida #Tech #AI

A federal lawsuit in Maine is asking a major question: can the government track you just for filming it? Two women say #DHS agents scanned their faces and license plates while they recorded immigration operations, and warned they could be labeled “domestic terrorists.” #CivilRights #Surveillance #FirstAmendment

They allege agents used tools like facial recognition and vehicle tracking despite the... https://instagr.am/p/DWZ4Ptmgf_A/

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“I have another new piece just out, considering the intersection of #surveillance and #ScienceFiction , this time in the context of the the ideologies of tech oligarchs, in Science as Culture, edited by @keanbirch.bsk...”

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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic

#privacy #politics #surveillance

‘The Encryption Problem: Where “Design Liability” Leads’ | … IF YOU ARE CHEERING META LOSING 2X RECENT LAWSUITS YOU ARE SUPPORTING THE END OF ONLINE PRIVACY https://alecmuffett.com/article/151775 #EndToEndEncryption #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #meta #surveillance

‘The Encryption Problem: Where...

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“New NPR reporting reveals ICE’s growing use of data brokers to access sensitive personal data, often evading traditional safeguards. As surveillance expands, our current oversight is falling behind.

Read more:
https://w...”

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The EU Parliament voted to end Chat Control, stopping mass scanning of private messages by Meta, Google, and Microsoft, effective 4 April 2026. ✋📩
This decision restores digital privacy for European citizens and ends indiscriminate surveillance of private chats. 🔒

🔗 https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/end-of-chat-control-eu-parliament-stops-mass-surveillance-in-voting-thriller-paving-the-way-for-genuine-child-protection/

#TechNews #EU #Europe #Parliament #Government #ChatControl #Privacy #DigitalRights #FOSS #Meta #Google #Microsoft #Surveillance #Encryption #OpenInternet #UserControl #FreedomOfSpeech #Freedom #Security

Apple now requires UK iPhone users to verify age via ID or card at OS level, shifting checks from sites to the device under regulatory pressure. 🪪
OS-level identity signals can be shared across apps, tying access to identity and raising privacy, control, and openness concerns as bypass becomes harder 🔐

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/apple-uk-age-verification-iphone

#TechNews #Apple #iPhone #UK #OnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #OpenSource #Regulation #Encryption

This is called mission creep: installing surveillance for one reason and using it for another. Most high tech police surveillance and a lot of smart city tech experiences mission creep specifically around increased surveillance and other police uses.

When cities approve these technologies, they aren’t aware of all the possible future uses, they’re often making a decision to install them based on a specific use.
https://www.404media.co/police-used-flock-to-give-a-man-a-traffic-ticket/ #flock #alpr #surveillance #police

This episode of Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura is about government surveillance but ends up focusing more on corporations who are tracking you and storing data which is one of the few things in this show that has aged really well, a look into the future.

#jesseventura #conspiracy #conspiracytheories #data #surveillance

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/26/senate-democrats-ai-weapons-surveillance-ban-anthropic-pentagon-xcxwbn/

Senate Democrats Seek to Ban Military AI Weapons, Mass Surveillance

#AI #AISafety #AIRegulation #AIEthics #AutonomousWeapons #Surveillance #Military #DefenseTech #NationalSecurity #USGovernment #HumanRights #Pentagon

👓 Who's Really Watching What #Smartglasses See? | EFFector 38.6

After years of tech industry experiments, smartglasses with embedded #cameras & #microphones have finally gone mainstream. And, disturbingly, sometimes it's not just their owners who are watching what these devices record. In this EFFector, we're taking a closer look at the #privacy implications of #Meta #RayBans , & sharing all the latest in the fight for privacy & #freespeech online
#rayban #surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/whos-really-watching-what-smartglasses-see-effector-385

The #EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/?foo=bar

From @chatcontrol site creator, in a HN comment:

> In an unprecedented move, the #EPP is attempting to force a repeat vote tomorrow, seeking to overturn the otherwise principled March 11 decision and instead favouring indiscriminate mass #surveillance. In an attempt to avoid this, the Greens earlier today tried to remove the repeat vote from the agenda tomorrow, but this was voted down.

> As such, [today], the Parliament will once again vote on Chat Control. And unlike March 11, multiple groups are split on the vote, including S&D and Renew. The EPP remains unified in its support for #ChatControl. If you are a #European citizen, I urge you to contact your #MEPs by e-mail and, if you have time, by calling. We really are in the final stretch here and every action counts. I have just updated the website to reflect the votes today, allowing a more targeted approach.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47522709

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

“Digital hall passes are monitoring students in NYC schools, raising concerns about privacy violations and record-keeping practices that erode students’ freedoms.
https://gothamist.com/news/new-digital-hall-passes-track-b...”

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“Learning that our leaders, people who were fighting for basic rights and dignity for Indigenous people, were treated as threats is shocking. This was targeted political surveillance rooted in racism and colonialism.”

#Indigenous #FirstNations #RCMP #surveillance #policing

https://www.windspeaker.com/news/opinion/full-transparency-and-public-apology-required-rcmp-surveillance-indigenous-leaders-mko

Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to #Privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-your-data-will-be-used-against-you-andrew-guthrie-ferguson/

#surveillance #biometrics #health #IoT

Apple has enabled age verification in UK following 26.4 update

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1s32glp/psa_apple_has_enabled_age_verification_in_uk/

#Apple #iPhone #AgeVerificarion #IDVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #technology #UK

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

““ICE is really in this moment where it’s pooling as much data together as it can to create a broad surveillance network," said S.T.O.P. Communications Director Will Owen. "And it’s increasing exponentially, because they ...”

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