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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“The risk of being doxxed is top of mind for many movement workers․ Learn what you can do to care for your digital footprint without compromising your work․ eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08/doxxing-safety-pt-i-prevention-and-…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Last year, we published our rubric for what comprehensive, protective location privacy laws should look like․ Since then, state lawmakers nationwide have begun answering the call to regulate this invasive industry․ ef…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Grab a new t-shirt today, and show your support for digital rights by becoming a member of EFF! eff․org/join”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Being aware of any potential privacy risks is an important part of the decision to use any software, and that includes AI tools․ ssd․eff․org/module/privacy-considerations-with-ai-tools”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'The idea that an organization that is an alternative host—for email, websites, and other services—could be designated a terrorist organization simply for providing a service that a lot of people want…is scary,' EFF’s …”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“EFF is keeping a list of lawless ICE subpoenas to tech companies․ eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08/list-ice-subpoenas-tech-companies”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Young people deserve better than a policy built on panic․ We're happy to see France's top court acknowledge this and strike down the country's legislation banning social media for under-15s․ eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'Police can just sit down on their computer and search for those plates without a warrant from a judge․ So, it is a system tailor-made for abuse,' EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told Savannah's WSAV NBC3․ wsav․com/news/local…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'Obviously, there are a lot of problems with a site like this, starting with its potential use by stalkers,' EFF's ﹫evacide told ﹫Wired; also, 'the site did not seem to be good at the very thing it is claiming to …”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“EFF’s position is that ALPR mass surveillance—the indiscriminate, continuous collection and retention of location data on every driver, regardless of suspicion—should not exist․ Because it nonetheless does, EFF also urg…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“A statement from EFF Senior Counsel ﹫davidgreene about today's Meta settlement: 'Young users will now have less access to Meta products, and a lesser ability to exercise their rights to speak, access information and…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Young people deserve better than a policy built on panic․ We're happy to see France's top court acknowledge this and strike down the country's legislation banning social media for under-15s․ eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'AI has really supercharged the ability for information that was collected at one time to now be able to be used for a lot of other purposes,' EFF’s Nicole Ozer told CNN Newsource (via CBS Texas)․ cbsnews․com/texas/vi…”
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Dal Manifesto di oggi:
Terrorista è la piattaforma
di Mario Di Vito
Dati in pasto
Il collettivo italiano Autistici/Inventati sanzionato dagli Usa: «Aiutano gli Antifa». Per uscire dall’elenco dei cattivi deve fare abiura
Dal Manifesto di oggi:
https://ilmanifesto.it/terrorista-e-la-piattaforma?t=3I9GEJG6fcVicbwr2wdoX
Uscire dalla lista statunitense delle organizzazioni terroristiche non è difficile. Basta compilare un modulo online e lì dichiararsi ravveduti del proprio comportamento. Bizzarrie legate all’assurdità intrinseca della guerra che l’amministrazione Trump sta facendo agli «Antifa» e in generale a tutti quei gruppi «di sinistra» ritenuti responsabili di chissà quali violenze nel paese. Autistici/Inventati, in questo contesto, è accusato di offrire infrastrutture digitali a questi «gruppi violenti».
#LibertàDigitali #Antifa #USA #Autistici/Inventati #Internet #Eff
@scuola
@RFancio
@lealternative @filippodb
@Pare
@lindasartini
@DarioZanette
@X_net
@Khrys
@nemobis
@lgsp
@informapirata
@openiteste
@alephoto85
@informatica
@prealpinux
Alt...
Dati in pasto
Ospitano gli Antifa, e senza tracciarli. Gli Stati Uniti
sanzionano, con gli stessi strumenti usati contro
AlQaeda, il collettivo italiano Autistici/Inventati.
Punito il dissenso, ma anche una delle poche alternative
al dominio delle grandi piattaforme social
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Companies have a responsibility to protect the privacy of their users․ That responsibility does not end simply because they wish to avoid the ire of this administration․ eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08/some-tech-companies-h…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'All the employees that trusted the company with their information are at great risk,' EFF’s ﹫Adam_D_Schwartz told ﹫MiamiHerald․ 'We urge companies like Spirit not to do this․' miamiherald․com/living/travel/arti…”
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State attorneys general bypass legislatures, use courts to force #surveillance cameras into innocent people's bedrooms, shred online #anonymity, and impose extreme #speech #curfews.
Everyone then claps and cheers at how much safer the children are going to be now.
I'm going to be sick. We'll all be marched into camps at this rate. God help us all.
#EFF statement: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-statement-meta-settlement
Settlement (PDF, 122 pages): https://oag.dc.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/Settlement%20Agreement%20FINAL%20-%20Fully%20Executed.pdf
News article: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/26/meta-kids-safety-features-settlement-01050418
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Online platforms should not have to fight lengthy and costly legal battles before lawsuits can be dismissed under Section 230․
eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08/ninth-circuit-ruling-will-force-online-platforms-host-user-speec…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Add some whimsy to your suit with a privacy-minded Bigfoot pin 👣 shop․eff․org/products/bigfoot-pin”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'Anonymity provides you the space to either publish unpopular speech, or speech that is critical of powerful individuals,' EFF’s ﹫aaronmackey told Straight Arrow News․ And those powerful individuals could be 'folks …”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'Any claims that this company is providing family safety is in direct conflict with their business practices, which are endangering people by violating their privacy,' EFF’s Daly Barnett told Kidsburgh․ kidsburgh․org…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Social media bans and other age-based restrictions deny young people their rights to access information and speak online, EFF’s ﹫davidgreene told ﹫TheGuardian․ Non-governmental alternatives – such as parental cont…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“EFF is excited to be back at TechCrunch Disrupt! Stop by and see us in the Expo Hall, where you can learn all about our work defending privacy and free speech online․ EFF supporters can even get 25% off tickets here: …”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Did you know over 70% of EFF's funding goes directly toward ensuring EFF's lawyers, activists, and technologists can better push for your rights online? We take your support seriously and make the most out of your donat…”
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#EFF explains exactly why #ZeroKnowledgeProof as #AgeVerification is not safe, and is even more dangerous than typical age-verification schemes in that, not only does it still invade the privacy of your home, it also vests power in a single company or government agency to ban you from all of society—to un-person you—whenever it pleases.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/zkps-arent-age-verification-silver-bullets
It's just another censorship/surveillance scheme, no better than any other and in some ways worse.
Complain to your representatives!
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'Invasive searches like ALPR database queries must require a judicial warrant,' EFF’s ﹫cooperq told ﹫FastCompany․ 'Policymakers must seize this moment—when even the leading ALPR vendor has admitted they have done …”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“LISTEN: EFF’s Cara Gagliano joined ﹫sltrib ’s 'Mormon Land' to discuss the brief we filed on behalf of a prominent podcaster sued for trademark infringement by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for usin…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Flock has paired new reforms with a tone shift recognizing the dangers of their technology․ But don’t be fooled: their surveillance business model is the problem, and reforms can’t fix that․ eff․org/deeplinks/2026/08/…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Help us and Cloaked bring the fireside chat 'AI, Data Privacy and the Legislative Road to Personal Safety,' featuring EFF's Senior Policy Analyst Matthew Guariglia, to SXSW! Voting ends August 23rd․ participate․sxsw․c…”
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Most privacy advice is either too vague ("use strong passwords") or too technical to act on. EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense is the exception.
It's the Electronic Frontier Foundation's free guide: 35+ years of expertise as plain-language tutorials, no signup.
- Basics: how surveillance works, and how to build a security plan
- Tool Guides: Signal, password managers, 2FA
- Scenarios: protests, border crossings, AI tools
Start with "Your Security Plan." Free at ssd.eff.org
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Communities subjected to police surveillance technology must demand strict oversight and accountability, EFF’s Beryl Lipton told ﹫ABC7Chicago․ 'It remains incredibly important that law enforcement is transparent about…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“LISTEN: EFF’s Matthew Guariglia joined Florida’s WUSF Public Media today to discuss FLOCK ALPR cameras, along with Carl Gunn – the 'Flock Blocker' who has taken up sitting in a lawn chair and blocking Flock cameras with…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“'This is not a matter of a few people engaging in aberrant behavior,' ﹫evacide told ﹫19thnews of police abusing Flock ALPRs to stalk people․ 'These are just the people who have gotten caught, and who have gotten…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Chair of the CA Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection ﹫senatorcabaldon․bsky․social speaks in June on A․B․ 1709, the proposed social media ban for youth under 16 that threatens the pr…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Our friends at The Border Chronicle have launched Wall Watch, an interactive map documenting the growing infrastructure at the US-Mexico border, featuring surveillance data compiled by EFF․ wallwatch․theborderchronicl…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Companies offering online shopping are using AI-driven surveillance pricing to line their pockets․ How do you defend against it? Join our livestream with Q&A on August 12 to find out․
eff․org/livestream-sai”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Former EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn is taking you through the privacy battles that have shaped today's internet․ Watch her talk today at 3:00 pm PT on Creator Stage 1 at ⌗DEFCON! eff․org/deeplinks/2026/07/eff-b…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“KOSA doesn't just threaten free speech—it threatens privacy․ It will push more online services to age verification, requiring people to hand over more personal information just to read the internet․ eff․org/deeplinks/…”
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Default data leaks: How advertising SDKs trick developers into tracking
US probe: Many ad SDKs forward location data by default. Unclear docs, monetization pressure mislead developers.
#Datenschutz #EFF #IT #Mobiles #Werbebranche #SDK #Geodaten #Tracking #news
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online․ Take one minute to tell your senat…”
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#EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to Reject the #StealthCrawlerProhibitionAct
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“The SCREEN Act isn't just about adult websites․ It could require invasive age verification for nearly any online service that hosts a single piece of content deemed 'harmful to minors․' eff․org/deeplinks/2026/07/scree…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“The new CHATBOT Act doesn’t just require parental permission for teens to use AI․ It requires AI companies to build monitoring systems that store and analyze entire conversations, creating new privacy risks for entire f…”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“New episode of EFFector is up 🎧 This time, we're chatting with EFF Senior Security and Privacy Activist Thorin Klosowski about the health fitness tracker landscape and your privacy. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/202...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Tired of misleading cookie banners? The EU Commission has finally proposed a solution: set your privacy preferences in the browser once, and never see another banner. EFF joins a number of civil society organizations acr...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“EFF’s Atlas of Surveillance “has become a go‑to source for mapping police technology — which also includes drones, facial-recognition cameras and body cameras — with a searchable database that’s often more dependable tha...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“The KIDS Act will effectively create a new mass surveillance system, EFF’s India McKinney wrote for @ CoinDesk . Your current online usage is not necessarily linked to your specific identity; if this bill passes, tha...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“One bit of paperwork filed to California’s privacy agency lets you tell hundreds of data brokers to delete and stop selling your information. Here’s what to know about DROP. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/what...”
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A US appeals court (the Fourth Circuit) ruled border agents can manually search travelers' phones with no warrant and no individualized suspicion, treating it as 'routine' like inspecting luggage. The EFF argues a manual scroll reveals 'the sum of an individual's private life' just like a forensic search and should require a warrant. Entering the US? Reduce what's on your device and power it off first. #privacy #EFF #borders #indigoprivacy
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Age Verification and Age Gating: EFF Resource Hub
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🐦🔥nemo™🐦⬛ 🇺🇦🍉EFF-led coalition (15+ groups) urges the FTC to reject X’s bid to end/weaken a 2022 privacy oversight order. They say X missed the legal standard, leadership changes don’t remove obligations, and new AI/data uses increase—rather than reduce—need for scrutiny. Learn more: https://cyberinsider.com/eff-led-coalition-urges-ftc-to-reject-xs-bid-to-end-privacy-oversight/ 🔒📣🤖 #FTC #EFF #Privacy #ConsumerProtection #AI
Want to know what surveillance tech your local police use? The Atlas of Surveillance is a free EFF database that maps drones, license plate readers, and facial recognition by city and county. Search your area at atlasofsurveillance.org
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“When a license plate is captured by an automated license plate reader (ALPR), it’s instantly compared against a list of vehicles that the police are actively looking for, known as a “hotlist.” EFF has learned that one of...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Curious about what EFF thinks can help keep young people safe online while protecting the privacy of all users? Check out our Age Verification Hub at https:// eff.org/age or read our Privacy First whitepaper. ht...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“A lot has changed since the iPhone first introduced privacy permissions way back in iOS 4 with the ability to disable an app’s access to location. Here’s a deep dive into the variety of privacy and security settings on a...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Before you strap a dashcam to your face and sprint out into the world filming everything and everyone in your life, there are some civil liberties and privacy concerns to consider. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/...”
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Privacy Badger is a free browser extension from the EFF. It blocks cross-site trackers based on behavior, not a blocklist, and sends Global Privacy Control signals to opt you out of data selling. #privacy #browser #trackers #eff #indigoprivacy
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
““A core part of the danger of the proposed regime is there wouldn’t be much individuals can do to maintain their privacy,” EFF’s Chao Jun Liu told CNET. “It’s either fork over all your information or not have a phone num...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“EFF joined a letter with Human Rights Watch, Foxglove Legal and dozens more organizations telling the UK Home Office not to use racist and faulty AI facial age estimation tech on asylum-seeking children. https://www. ...”
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#EFF Joins 60+ Groups Urging the #UK to Halt Face Estimation at the Border
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/joins-60-groups-urging-uk-halt-face-estimation-border
#immigration #politics #privacy #FRT #FacialRecognition #biometrics #AgeVerification
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“RE: https:// infosec.exchange/@v3rbaal/1167 55866804362822 Many thanks to H4r0ld & V3rbaal's House Of Hacker Horrors for bringing EFF's designs to life! Show your support for privacy and free speech while leveling...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Learn how to push back on censorship and targeted surveillance facing LGBTQ+ communities. Join our livestream on June 17th at 9:00 am Pacific. https://www. eff.org/event/effecting-change -lgbtq-solidarity-against-tid...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“The latest episode of the EFFector Podcast is out! This time we're chatting with EFF's Rindala Alajaji about how police are really using the mass surveillance capabilities of license plate readers. https://www. eff.or...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“ICE has already shown itself to be a “rogue agency," EFF’s @ cooperq told NPR. "Could ICE start doing iris scannings of everybody they detain and then add that to their database and use that for further surveillance...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“The right way to protect abuse of AI-generated replicas is with a focus on privacy harms, not a new, easily bargained away, property right. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/tell -congress-just-say-no-no-fakes”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Surveillance pricing is bad for privacy, equity, and price transparency. So EFF supports a California bill which would ban this creepy practice. https://www. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/cali fornias-bill-ban-surveillan...”
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✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“Yeah, we know...we make great member gear! That's why we're offering our two new apparel items, the Claw Back t-shirt and Privacy Badger Crewneck, as a combo that you can choose when you become a member today. https://...”
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#LGBT Q&A: We’re Back With Season 2!
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lgbt-qa-were-back-season-2
✊ #DigitalRights updates from #EFF https://eff.org
“EFF’s Cindy Cohn joined Economicón, the YouTube interview program about privacy and the information society from Mexico, to discuss her new book, “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.”
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"While the [age verification] bill moved through the legislature, the OSI, FSF, Software Freedom Conservancy, and Linux Foundation all sat it out — no testimony, no public analysis, no formal opposition on the record."Are the adults listening?
California's computer age verification law is poison. The new California age verification law is a version of INGSOC's telescreen watching you. And the usual self-proclaimed software freedom fighters are AWOL as this attack on your freedom is executed.
Don't listen to apologists who claim this isn't a big deal. It is a huge deal. This law is not about protecting children. The California law is a ruse for laying the foundation and precedent for mandatory remote control of all operating systems. They are using children as a shield for their true intentions. It's called a 'subterfuge' or a 'pretext' to hide the real rationale. And in politics subterfuge is very common. These politicians don't care about your children. They care about control and information is control. Compliance with California's new law is highly corrosive to free software and deadly to personal privacy.
With the mandatory age verification API in place, legislators can later add more laws mandating retrieval of even more privacy-invasive information just to install and use any operating system. This is Big Brother's telescreen in your living room. And the Linux community is nearly silent on the matter, instead focused on artificial intelligence investment.
Where were the software freedom organizations when California was mandating installation of #spyware in all free and open source operating systems? Did they oppose it? Or did they support it by silence? The California age verification law is the greatest threat to software freedom in recent history., striking right at the root of software installation for all users. Yet (((crickets))).
Is silence really tacit support?
"While the [age verification] bill moved through the legislature, the OSI, FSF, Software Freedom Conservancy, and Linux Foundation all sat it out — no testimony, no public analysis, no formal opposition on the record."[https://boingboing.net/2026/03/02/californias-age-verification-law-could-regulate-every-linux-command.html]
Where were they when this mandatory spyware infrastructure was being shoved down our throats? Where were the self-proclaimed software freedom fighters? Where were the calls to action? I didn't see any.
Is silence golden ... or is gold buying silence?
Let these organizations know that you oppose California's age verification spyware law and that you expect them to rally in defense of true software freedom--freedom from government oversight of your software systems. Parents--and not the spyware state--should protect their children. The government is neither your parent nor your god nor your savior and the people should send a clear message stating that.
California, stay out of my operating system! And stay the hell away from children!
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the EFF is now launching "Encrypt It Already" a push to try and get companies to invest in stronger privacy protections for Data & communications
You can find out more at the announcement/article above, and the official website here: https://encryptitalready.org/
The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed
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.
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