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Privacy and Surveillance boosted

[?]CubitOom » 🌐
@CubitOom@social.linux.pizza

It's crazy what a strong wind is capable of, it is almost like dystopian surveillance devices are not meant to be there.

Source:
reddit.com/comments/1uvorfo

    Nullstring 🏴‍☠️ boosted

    [?]CubitOom » 🌐
    @CubitOom@social.linux.pizza

    Dystopian surveillance systems and what you should not do to them

      Privacy and Surveillance boosted

      [?]Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm: » 🌐
      @markwyner@mas.to

      This is a privacy victory. It deserves to be celebrated. The Supreme Court ruled that geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment, 6–3.

      scotusblog.com/2026/06/court-r

      However, there’s a hidden detail that is worth flagging. And it’s not good.

      This ruling arose from Chatrie v United States. Google gave generic cell phone records to the cops. No specificity means unconstitutional. Maybe.

      The federal judge on the case agreed that it was unconstitutional. But she allowed evidence from the violation to be used anyway. Why? She cited that “even if there had been a violation of the Fourth Amendment, law enforcement officials had acted in good faith.”

      In. Good. Faith.

      This translates to “cops can violate the constitution if we believe their intentions are good.”

      How many cops do you know who act in good faith?

        Privacy and Surveillance boosted

        [?]ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊 » 🌐
        @dalfen@mstdn.social

        SCOTUS ruled that law enforcement "looking to obtain sweeping data on cellphone users in the vicinity of a crime scene must have a warrant."

        "...broad 'geofence' surveillance equals a search" under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, "which protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures."

        The admin had argued that police "didn't need a warrant for the information at all..."

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        upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/06/29

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          [?]OCTADE » 🌐
          @octade@soc.octade.net

          OS Age Verification: Millions Of Evil People With GPS In Your Kid's Pocket, Required By Law!

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adCMNAVBGSQ

          Age Verification is beyond Epstein 2.0.

          "You are basically laying out your children on a silver platter in the name of protecting them."
          "Once these OS-level age verification laws take hold, we're about 3 months from a real-time GPS-located database of verified children for creeps, politicians, and rich Ep-style people to use."

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            [?]OCTADE » 🌐
            @octade@soc.octade.net

            SMUD - an appropriate name for the electric company conducting surveillance for the police.

            The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

            https://youtu.be/onYWQJsWFpk

            Sacramento residents discovered their utility company has been secretly feeding their private energy data to police without warrants, leading to a massive surveillance operation that generated $94 million in fines. This explosive investigation reveals how SMUD transformed smart meters into government spy devices, monitoring when you shower, sleep, or use appliances.

            Innocent homeowners faced armed police raids for using electricity to power medical equipment or mine cryptocurrency. One resident was forced outside in his underwear at gunpoint, while another disabled veteran was threatened with arrest for refusing warrantless entry. The surveillance threshold dropped dramatically from 7,000 to just 2,800 kilowatt hours per month, making air conditioning use suspicious in Sacramento's brutal heat.

            Internal documents expose how SMUD analysts actively mined customer data for police, checking over 10,000 homes in a single month. Despite California law explicitly prohibiting utilities from sharing precise meter data without warrants, SMUD violated these protections daily for a decade.

            The Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit could reshape smart meter privacy nationwide. With the October 2025 court decision approaching, every American with a smart meter needs to understand how their utility company might be spying on them right now.

            @privacy@a.gup.pe @infosec@a.gup.pe @infostorm@a.gup.pe

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