Docs Expose CBP’s Use Of Ad Data To Track People’s Movements - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/docs-expose-cbps-use-of-ad-data-to-track-peoples-movements/ as we've long warned would happen... #tracking #adtech #surveillance

#Discord's age verification policy will require users to submit to an invasive age verification process to continue using Discord: https://u.fsf.org/4as #surveillance #privacy

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The #workplace has become a #surveillance State - Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices

„Office buildings have become like web browsers – they're full of tracking technology, a trend documented in a report out this week by Cracked Labs.

The study, titled "Tracking Indoor Location, Movement and Desk Occupancy in the Workplace," looks at how motion sensing and wireless network technology in buildings is being used to monitor the movement and behavior of office workers and visitors…“

Thanks to @wchr
https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/27/workplace_surveillance/

#Surveillance #Labour #Technology #Capitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism #Data #Privacy #Antireport

The #SAFE Act is an Imperfect Vehicle for Real #Section702 Reform

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/safe-act-imperfect-vehicle-real-section-702-reform

#privacy #politics #surveillance #MassSurveillance

From Flock to #ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched

'It’s nearly impossible not to be watched these days. It can start right at home with your neighbors and their #Ring cameras—a company that sold fear to the American public and is now integrating AI to turn entire neighborhoods into networked, automated surveillance systems.

Head out a bit further and you’ll likely be confronted by Flock’s network of cameras that not only track license plates, but also track people’s movements with detailed precision. And as the Trump administration raids cities across the U.S. for undocumented immigrants, tech giants like #Palantir are powering tools for ICE, including one called #ELITE that helps the agency pick which neighborhoods to raid.'

https://www.404media.co/flock-ice-surveillance-technology-reddit-ama/

#Surveillance #Data #Privacy #Antireport

Google will require government ID from all Android developers by Sept 2026, even for non-Play Store apps like F-Droid. 🧩

Brave, EFF, and Tor say this "developer registry" risks privacy for volunteers and kills Android's openness. 🛡️

@brave
@eff
@torproject

🔗 https://brave.com/blog/why-brave-opposes-android-developer-registry

#TechNews #Privacy #Android #Google #Government #ID #Brave #EFF #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Developers #Surveillance #Apps #FDroid #Mobile #Security #DigitalRights #Brave #Tor

#PrivacyInternational's response to the #UK #HomeOffice consultation on #FacialRecognition technology

https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5741/privacy-internationals-response-uk-home-office-consultation-facial-recognition

#FRT #privacy #surveillance

#PrivacyInternational & Women on Web - Securing Reproductive Justice: A Guide to Digital #Privacy for Sexual and Reproductive Justice Activists

https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5742/privacy-international-women-web-securing-reproductive-justice-guide-digital-privacy

#ReproductiveRights #surveillance

#PrivacyInternational's submission on the impact of digital and #AI-assisted #surveillance on assembly and association rights

https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5740/privacy-internationals-submission-impact-digital-and-ai-assisted-surveillance

#privacy #activism #protesting

Congress faces growing pushback over renewing U.S. spying powers as privacy advocates warn of expanded domestic surveillance risks 👁️‍🗨️📡 Lawmakers now battle over security vs civil liberties in the digital age. Read more: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/02/domestic-surveillance-fears-loom-over-congress-debate-renew-spying-power/411214/ #Surveillance #Privacy #Congress

Age verification laws are spreading fast: half of U.S. states now have age checks, with California's AB 1043 pushing OS-level "age signals." 🧩

UK, Australia, Brazil, EU, and Linux distros face the same creep toward "ID to use your computer" mandates. 🛡️

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

#TechNews #Privacy #AgeVerification #Linux #Apple #Google #BigTech #Government #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Children #Safety #Apps #OS #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #Security #EU #UK #California #USA

Anthropic is in court arguing the U.S. government can’t force it to weaken AI guardrails so the Pentagon can use its models for mass surveillance ⚖️

EFF and others back Anthropic, saying compelled code changes for AI monitoring violate the First Amendment and turbocharge already unchecked surveillance 🛡️

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/government-must-not-force-companies-participate-ai-powered-surveillance

#TechNews #Privacy #Anthropic #Pentagon #Surveillance #AI #CivilLiberties #MassSurveillance #DigitalRights #BigTech #Government #Security #US #Freedom #EFF

"A mass hacking campaign targeting iPhone users in Ukraine and China used tools that were likely designed by U.S. military contractor L3Harris, TechCrunch has learned. The tools, which were intended for Western spies, wound up in the hands of various hacking groups, including Russian government spooks and Chinese cybercriminals.

Last week, Google revealed that over the course of 2025 it discovered that a sophisticated iPhone-hacking toolkit had been used in a series of global attacks. The toolkit, dubbed “Coruna” by its original developer, was made of 23 different components first used “in highly targeted operations” by an unnamed government customer of an unspecified “surveillance vendor.” It was then used by Russian government spies against a limited number of Ukrainians and finally by Chinese cybercriminals “in broad-scale” campaigns with the goal of stealing money and cryptocurrency.

Researchers at mobile cybersecurity company iVerify, which independently analyzed Coruna, said they believed it may have been originally built by a company that sold it to the U.S. government.

Two former employees of government contractor L3Harris told TechCrunch that Coruna was, at least in part, developed by the company’s hacking and surveillance tech division, Trenchant. The two former employees both had knowledge of the company’s iPhone hacking tools. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk about their work for the company."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/an-iphone-hacking-toolkit-used-by-russian-spies-likely-came-from-u-s-military-contractor/

#CyberSecurity #Hacking #Ukraine #China #L3Harris #USA #Coruna #Surveillance #iPhone

#DHS:🚨removed mult career #CBP ofcls from their roles this year after they objected to orders to mislabel records about #surveillance technologies & block their release under the FOIA.

Since Jan, DHS ldrs have reassigned 2 of the top ofcls resp for ensuring: CBP tech comply with fed privacy law -sources: granted anonymity bc:🚨fear govt #retribution.

Reasgmts followed Dec orders from the DHS Privacy Off to trt routine compliance forms as legally prvldg...
#CoverUp #USPol
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-privacy-threshold-analysis-foia/

Department of Homeland Security leaders removed top privacy officers who objected to mislabeling government records to block their public release, WIRED has learned.

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DHS Ousts CBP Privacy Officers Who Questioned ‘Illegal’ Orders

Secret #EU law threatens #Internet security #massSurveillance
Last Chance to fix #eIDAS

"New legislative articles, introduced in recent closed-door meetings and not yet public, envision that all web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to trust the certificate authorities and cryptographic keys selected by EU governments.

These changes radically expand the capability of EU governments to surveil their citizens by ensuring cryptographic keys under government control can be used to intercept encrypted web traffic across the EU. Any EU member state has the ability to designate cryptographic keys for distribution in web browsers and browsers are forbidden from revoking trust in these keys without government permission.

https://last-chance-for-eidas.org/

#Europe #Surveillance #Privacy #Data #Antireport

Digitale Identitäten
​​​​​eIDAS-Trilog: Hunderte Wissenschaftler:innen und NGOs warnen vor #Massenüberwachung

"Die #EU will eine digitale Brieftasche für alle Bürger:innen einführen․ Rund 400 Forschende und 30 NGOs kritisieren in einem offenen Brief, dass die aktuellen Pläne staatlichen Behörden ermöglichen, die Kommunikation aller EU-Bürger:innen auszuspähen․"

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/eidas-trilog-hunderte-wissenschaftlerinnen-und-ngos-warnen-vor-massenueberwachung/

#eiDAS #Überwachung #EU #Surveillance #Privacy #Data

Auch zu "digitalen Identitäten" (aber nicht nur) passt dieser allgemein ganz lesenswerte Text über digitale Kontrollgesellschaften (wie sie auch die EU gerade auf- und ausbaut)

The Enclosure of Information: Alternative Data, Bossware, and the Societies of Control

Auszug:
"If the enclosure of land led to peasant revolts, what forms of resistance might emerge against the enclosure of data? The answer is uncertain, but one thing is clear: the commodification of information serves only to reinforce class hierarchies. As financial elites manipulate alternative data for speculative gain and employers use bossware to extract ever more surplus-value, the question we must ask is not merely how to regulate these practices, but how to dismantle the very system that enables them. A society built on the enclosure of knowledge is not a free society. It is a society of control, and it is time to resist."

https://lastreviotheory.medium.com/the-enclosure-of-information-alternative-data-bossware-and-the-societies-of-control-21da606e2a38

#Data #Technology #Europe #Privacy #Surveillance #Control

Is someone watching you? Facial recognition tech is here and Canada offers little privacy protection
#Canada #FacialRecognition #Surveillance #Privacy #Tech #Biometrics #AI #DigitalRights #CivilLiberties #SmartDevices #DataPrivacy #PoliceTech #AIEthics
https://the-14.com/is-someone-watching-you-facial-recognition-tech-is-here-and-canada-offers-little-privacy-protection/

US suspects China in breach of FBI surveillance network

U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated with the Chinese government are responsible for a cyber intrusion on an internal Federal Bureau of Investigation computer network that ‌holds information related to some domestic surveillance

#fbi #surveillance #databreach #china #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-suspects-china-breach-fbi-surveillance-network-wsj-reports-2026-03-06/

State Level Resistance To Surveillance Is Growing

#News #TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Flock #ALPR

https://youtu.be/nh4hyIgooIo

Daily Podcast: State Level Resistance To Surveillance Is Growing

#News #TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Flock #ALPR #podcast

https://soundcloud.com/nickaesp/slr

The Israeli government reportedly installed and controlled security at Jeffrey Epstein’s 666th Street apartment, a residence linked to Ehud Barak, with DOJ-released emails detailing access, surveillance hardware, and cross-border coordination. More details: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israeli-government-surveillance-epstein-apartment-66th-street-ehud-barak 🔎🕵️‍♂️ #Israel #Epstein #Surveillance #Newz

STUP.MEDIA - C’est quoi le problème avec Discord

#Discord : une nouvelle porte d’entrée de la surveillance américaine

Sous couvert de vouloir protéger la jeunesse de contenus pour adultes, la messagerie instantanée a annoncé le déploiement d’un système de surveillance aux connexions trumpistes avant d’y renoncer.

https://stup.media/cest-quoi-le-probleme-avec-discord/

#Surveillance #Cybersurveillance #DonnéesPersonnelles

Today in Labor History March 8, 1971: The Citizens Committee to Investigate the FBI stole 1,000 documents from the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania. They later released the documents to newspapers, revealing the FBI’s COINTELPRO program, which harassed, imprisoned & murdered US political dissidents. According to Noam Chomsky, 40% of the documents were dedicated to political surveillance. James Ellroy wrote about the burglary in his 2009 novel, “Blood’s a Rover.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #fbi #cointellpro #noamchomsky #jamesellroy #novel #books #writer #author #surveillance #journalism #prison #murder @bookstadon

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Cover of James Ellroy’s novel, “Blood’s a Rover.”

"Caitlin Kalinowski, who had been leading hardware and robotic engineering teams at OpenAI since November 2024, announced she has left the company.

“I resigned from OpenAI,” she posted on X and LinkedIn. “I care deeply about the Robotics team and the work we built together. This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got. This was about principle, not people. I have deep respect for Sam and the team, and I’m proud of what we built together.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​”

Her departure comes amid an escalating dispute over how far AI companies should go in supporting U.S. military uses of the technology. In recent days, negotiations between the Pentagon and Anthropic collapsed after the company pushed for strict limits on domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons. Soon after, OpenAI reached its own agreement with the Defense Department to deploy its models on a classified government network."

https://fortune.com/2026/03/07/openai-robotics-leader-caitlin-kalinowski-resignation-pentagon-surveillance-autonomous-weapons-anthropic/

#OpenAI #Robotics #Surveillance #AutonomousWeapons #USA #Trump #Pentagon #DoD

What does it mean when #BigTech goes to war?

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5744/what-does-it-mean-when-big-tech-goes-war

#privacy #surveillance #AI #MassSurveillance #politics

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a #surveillance network on #California's border

https://themarkup.org/privacy/2026/03/06/he-saw-an-abandoned-trailer-then-he-uncovered-a-surveillance-network-on-californias-border

#privacy #politics #CBP

Live Mint: #OpenAI’s Head of Robotics Resigns Over Company’s #Pentagon Deal - https://www.livemint.com/companies/openais-head-of-robotics-resigns-over-company-s-pentagon-deal-11772923969241.html

"…But surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got.” -- Caitlin Kalinowski on Twatter

That #OpenAI claims redlines regarding #DomesticSurveillance and #AutonomousWeapons tells you they were hired to do exactly that. The #US sought #surveillance and #MurderBots.

#USPol #USA

@BlueDot

#Privacy, #BigTech, and #Orwellian and #Braburyan #Totalitarian #Surveillance state.

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...political, ethical, etc. leanings of the site you are suggesting!?!

OFC, I'd like to avoid falling into the same trap again, as you can easily understand.

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@BlueDot

#Privacy, #BigTech, and #Orwellian and #Braburyan #Totalitarian #Surveillance state.

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Good idea.

I had been using Archive.IS. (I think, a white frequented URL.
.mIn the meantime, I read in an article, that it was a Russian (spy?) site, presumably profiling people., so I was using a VPN. With alternating countries. Needless to say, they soon found out and are now blockinat least 2 VPNs, alas.

Any idea about the ownership and the...