After banning foreign routers, #FCC says existing ones can get updates until 2029

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/fcc-slightly-relaxes-foreign-router-ban-allows-software-updates-until-2029/

#cybersecurity #router #RouterBan #internet #politics

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/116561792802802294

demanding everybody submits to #spyware and 24/7 #surveillance is digital slavery. it turns anywhere there is a mobile phone into an open prison.

you are gaslighting people to trap generations, now and forever, into open prisons controlled with #mobile tech and the #internet.

the Digital Services Act will turn #techbros into a globalized tyranny.

this isn't about protecting children.

this is about Brussels complicity in #USA #SiliconValley #fascism.

European Commission » 🌐 2026-05-12
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

The message from Europeans is clear: children deserve a digital world where they can grow up free, safe and protected.

From harmful content and cyberbullying to addictive online designs, concerns about the risks children face online are growing across Europe.

Tech providers are responsible for the safety of their products and their safe use. Let us give childhood back to our children.

That is Europe's principle; that is the basis of the Digital Services Act.

More: https://link.europa.eu/pQ7Cp4

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An infographic featuring the text "92% of Europeans say children’s protection online is high priority" above an illustration of a grayscale hand holding a smartphone. The phone displays two stylized children in front of it and a blue shield icon with a padlock to the right, surrounded by faint blue stars. The footer attributes the source to "Eurobarometer, May 2026" and includes the European Commission logo.

"As online content increasingly becomes abstracted from the original work, what purpose does making the full version even serve?"

Mia Sato for The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/report/920005/social-media-clipping-podcasts-clavicular-marketing-mrbeast

#Longreads #Internet #Tech #SocialMedia #Clipping #Algorithms #Viral

PSA

#propaganda #unix_surrealism #internet #brave #www #comic

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BRAVE BROWSER DOES NOT EXIST STOP USING NONEXISTENT SOFTWARE

Mozilla, Proton, Mullvad, Tor Project, and EFF signed a letter opposing UK online age-verification proposals over privacy and surveillance risks 🌐
The coalition warned mandatory age gates could centralize identity checks, weaken anonymity, and push open web toward closed, monitored platforms 🔒

🔗 https://cyberinsider.com/mozilla-mullvad-proton-sign-letter-opposing-uk-age-verification/

#TechNews #Mozilla #Proton #Mullvad #Tor #UnitedKingdom #EFF #Privacy #Cybersecurity #OpenSource #FOSS #VPN #Surveillance #UK #DigitalRights #Internet #Freedom #AgeVerification

The final phase of the Mandating Honeypots project is officially live.

It transforms the vulnerability identified in Phase 2 into a local parental control tool that proves digital ID verification isn’t necessary; we can protect children without needing to compromise privacy and data security.

I’m looking forward to hearing the community’s thoughts on this.

GitHub repo here: https://github.com/Tori-Tech/Mandating-Honeypots-Project

@eff
#infosc #privacy #security #tech #ParentsDecideAct #internet

No.

#Internet

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Simple line art cartoon. Large hand holds a small green frog, while another large hand points finger at the frog. Text: "DISABLE YOUR AD BLOCKER TO VIEW THIS SITE". Small frog says: "No."

I don't think the UK is listening. A public consultation in underway and closes on May 26 if you want to say your piece.

PC Gamer: Mozilla, Stop Killing Games and more team up to tell the UK to stop making the internet worse https://www.pcgamer.com/software/mozilla-stop-killing-games-and-more-team-up-to-tell-the-uk-to-stop-making-the-internet-worse/

Here's the joint statement: https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/files/2026/05/UK-joint-statement-against-age-gates_final.pdf #internet #ageverification #privacy

@Tutanota Unfortunately, I think this letter will fall upon deaf ears. As we've learned from their response to the OSA repeal petition, their response to any criticism of these laws is to 1: Glaze said laws 2: Imply critics of the laws are sex pests/pedophiles/etc. and 3: Enact even more fascist legislation.

The UK Government (and I'm sure plenty of other governments) is willing to die on the hill of these thinly veiled mass surveillance/censorship laws. They won't stop unless the courts/a future parliament/a general strike forces them to. Because enacting a fascist police state is just too good to pass up.

I would be glad to be wrong and they actually listen but I don't think that will be the case.

#Privacy #Censorship #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Internet #SocialMedia #UK #UnitedKingdom

"browsing the internet feel like living in a dystopian hellscape, and annoying cookie banners and consent forms are right at the top of that list." -- "uBlock Origin icon and go to Settings > Filter lists > Annoyances. Enable EasyList Cookie to hide cookie banners"

https://lifehacker.com/you-can-block-those-annoying-cookie-banners-on-every-we-1848936142

#bureaucracy #dystopia #nightmare #ublock #ublockorigin #eu #gdpr #eubureaucracy #consent #block #filter #www #browsing #internet #hellscape #cookies #cookiebanners

@EUCommission "browsing the internet feel like living in a dystopian hellscape, and annoying cookie banners and consent forms are right at the top of that list." -- "uBlock Origin icon and go to Settings > Filter lists > Annoyances. Enable EasyList Cookie to hide cookie banners"

https://lifehacker.com/you-can-block-those-annoying-cookie-banners-on-every-we-1848936142

You are talking about free press, but how can we read the free press when it's blocked by cookie popups?

I think EU and its bureaucracy GDPR is to blame!

#bureaucracy #dystopia #nightmare #ublock #ublockorigin #eu #gdpr #eubureaucracy #consent #block #filter #www #browsing #internet #hellscape #cookies #cookiebanners

real talk: you don't need to give your phone number just to have an email

I made one at https://qrypty.com in 10 seconds. no name, no phone, no verification. just works.

I use it for online shopping, free trials, random signups — keeps my real inbox clean and my info private.

try it or send to someone who needs it

https://qrypty.com

#fyp #viral #share #boost #tech #life #tips #lifehack #free #internet #privacy #trending #repost #follow #new #app #useful #hack #daily #musthave

Signal is developing a standalone desktop app without requiring a smartphone for setup or use, based on recent open-source code changes. 🖥️
The update adds more desktop controls while keeping end-to-end encryption, improving device independence with a privacy-first design. 🔐

@signalapp

🔗 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-desktop-without-a-mobile-phone-standalone-version-in-development/

#TechNews #Signal #Messaging #Privacy #E2EE #Encryption #EndToEndEncryption #OpenSource #FOSS #Cybersecurity #Security #Data #Internet #Freedom #Software #Tech #Communication

Greece plans to require social media users to verify real identities, limiting anonymity to curb abuse and misinformation, raising privacy risks ⚖️
Officials say pseudonyms may remain but tied to real identities, highlighting tensions between state oversight, platform control, and user anonymity 🔐

🔗 https://www.euractiv.com/news/greece-to-ban-anonymity-on-social-media/

#TechNews #Greece #SocialMedia #Privacy #DigitalRights #Cybersecurity #Surveillance #FOSS #Security #Data #Internet #Freedom #Censorship #Regulation #Tech #Europe #EU #Greek

Turkey plans to ban unlicensed VPNs and require approved providers to log user activity and share data with authorities, restricting anonymous access. 🚫
VPN signups surged as users seek privacy tools amid blocks, highlighting tensions between state control, surveillance risks, and user autonomy online. 🔐

🔗 https://reclaimthenet.org/turkey-to-ban-anonymous-vpns

#TechNews #Turkey #VPN #Cybersecurity #Privacy #Surveillance #FOSS #Security #Data #Internet #Freedom #Censorship #Encryption #Tech #Europe #EU #Türkiye #Anonymity

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed:
CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more.

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe compromises inside data centers and on personal devices.

🌐 https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/as-the-most-severe-linux-threat-in-years-surfaces-the-world-scrambles/

#web #linux #internet #network #copyfail

Proton CEO Andy Yen warns global age-verification laws could end anonymity via ID or biometric checks and centralized databases. 🔐
He calls for open-source, on-device, encrypted checks, warning they could expand controls, reducing user control and enabling tracking. ⚠️

@protonprivacy

🔗 https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/proton-ceo-warns-global-age-verification-push-will-mean-the-death-of-anonymity-online

#TechNews #Proton #Privacy #AgeVerification #Cybersecurity #Encryption #FOSS #OpenSource #DataProtection #Surveillance #BigTech #Security #DigitalRights #Anonymity #Internet

Why does every individual site need to work out whether I'm a bot or not?

Surely there must be a better way than having to wait 10 seconds for EVERY SINGLE SITE ON THE INTERNET to verify that I'm a human?

Just as we once taught ourselves to use passwords we would never remember, but a computer could guess in seconds, we now seem to be at a point where humans are being frustrated by every site wanting to make sure we're real.... but computers just work around it (or move to the next site)....

#Verification #Technology #Frustration #Robots #Bot #Internet

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Black screen with "Making sure you're not a bot!" in yellow and a big blue cog underneath

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Swirling green dots with text "Verifying..." on the left. The Cloudflare logo with privacy and help links on the right all on a white background

#ICYMI, here's a detailed article from @eff entitled, "10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification".

Review this to understand better why age verification on the Internet is a horrible freedom-suppressing idea.

#ageverification #censorship #privacy #internet

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-not-so-hidden-dangers-age-verification

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...it turns out those who believe in the "Dead Internet Theory", the idea that the internet is driven mostly by bot activity, might be onto something. According to a new study, 35.3 percent of websites were created with the help of AI.

https://flip.it/YBNecB

#AI #DeadInternetTheory #Internet #Web

RE: https://ieji.de/@GalacticGoddess/115652094528258948

Canadians!

Another reminder that these bills are rapidly progressing through the chambers. Bill C-12 passed while Bills C-8, C-9, and S-209 passed their first chambers and are rapidly progressing through their second chambers.

If these bills weren't bad enough, the Canadian government is trying to rush a bill that's essentially the United States' FISA and CLOUD Act rolled into one: C-22, the Lawful Access Act.

C-22's guardrails protecting encryption are extremely flimsy and easily bypassed (i.e. the definition of a "systematic vulnerability" won't be legally defined until after the bill is passed).

Please call your Senators and House of Commons Reps ASAP!

If you live in Canada, sign the petition against C-22: https://www.internetsociety.org/our-work/internet-policy/keep-canada-protected/

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #Censorship #DigitalRights #Encryption #Internet #Canada

Proton analyzed 54k profiles using 2025 ad auction data, estimating US user value at $1,605/year, ranging from $31 to $17,929 by age, device, and behavior. 📊
Desktop users generate ~4.9× more value than Android users, and the top 10% of profiles account for 43% of total advertiser value. 🔒

@protonprivacy

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/what-is-your-data-worth-to-google

#TechNews #Google #Proton #AdTech #Privacy #DataEconomy #Surveillance #FOSS #Encryption #Security #BigTech #DigitalRights #Transparency #Internet #Data #Ad #US #USA

#FCC's Foreign-Made #RouterBan Expands to Portable #WiFi Hotspot Devices

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fccs-foreign-made-router-ban-expands-to-portable-wi-fi-hotspot-devices

#cybersecurity #politics #internet

«Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine:
Back in March, Firefox 149 was released with many changes, like a free built-in VPN, a Split View that allows the loading of two pages side by side, and the XDG portal file picker as the new default on Linux.»

…or/and use and config the @ublockorigin plugin for more security and privacy in Firefox.

🦊 https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine/

#firefox #AddBlock #brave #browser #vpn #web #webbrowser #internet #security #privacy #linux #filepicker #xdg

«#Proton CEO warns global #ageVerification push will mean "the death of anonymity online"
Protecting children #online is crucial, but forcing every user to hand over their ID is a privacy #nightmare waiting to happen, according to the head of the #Swiss #privacy firm»

It's never about #childProtection that's just an argument to convince people to voluntarily hand over their #personalData. In today's #Internet, people are the product and the #web is their #market.

👉 https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/proton-ceo-warns-global-age-verification-push-will-mean-the-death-of-anonymity-online

«Librecast - Decentralisation and Privacy with Multicast»

Do any of you know this and use it? What is this good for and is it almost like the Gemini protocol?

🌐 https://librecast.net
@librecast

#librecast #gemini #internet #web #internet #privacy #muticast #askfedi #decentralization #geminiprotocol #privacy #security

How the Internet reshaped criminal activity
https://negativepid.blog/how-the-internet-reshaped-criminal-activity/

#cyberCrime #criminology #internet #MO #networking #onlineBehaviour #humanBehaviour #onlineSafety #behaviouralStudies #identity #negativepid

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

“Stop Online ID Checks
"Tell your lawmakers: we need common-sense, privacy forward solutions, NOT ID checks for the internet!" #privacy #surveillance #law #internet”

https://bookmarks.kvibber.com/m/c33612cdfe9fa0a3823cc80c955bf55e

🤖 via RSS feed. Not an endorsement.

Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors.

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Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here

Bram Cohen and BitTorrent
https://negativepid.blog/bram-cohen-and-bittorrent/

#bramCohen #bitTorrent #onlineStreaming #fileDistribution #networking #internet #internetArchitecture #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #inventions #innovation #negativepid

The MP3 fatigue
https://negativepid.blog/the-mp3-fatigue/

#music #MP3 #vinyls #analogueMusic #fileFormats #soundCompression #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #inventions #innovation #digitalRights #copyrights #streamingServices #negativepid

European open-source communities
https://negativepid.blog/european-open-source-communities/

#openSource #openCode #openSoftware #onlineCommunities #Europe #openProjects #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #innovation #negativepid

FTC in settlement talks with advertising companies it was investigating for possible violation of antitrust laws by coordinating boycotts against platforms including X. https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/ftc-in-settlement-talks-with-ad-companies-in-boycott-probe/ar-AA20IXJH #FTC #Advertising #SocialMedia #AntiTrust #Boycott #X #BrandSafety #Internet #DigitalContent #Adtech #ContentModeration

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Smart Phone

How architecture shapes user behaviour
https://negativepid.blog/how-architecture-shapes-user-behaviour/

#SoftwareArchitecture #cyberpsychology #psychology #onlineBehaviour #humanBehaviour #onlineSafety #behaviouralStudies #socialMedia #onlineForums #identity #Internet #tech #IT #mentalHealth #AI #negativepid

Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web
https://negativepid.blog/tim-berners-lee-and-the-world-wide-web/

#timBernersLee #WWW #worldWideWeb #internet #internetInventions #browsers #Netscape #InternetExplorer #research #negativepid

High tech, low life: the cyberpunk world
https://negativepid.blog/high-tech-low-life-the-cyberpunk-world/

#cyberpunk #internetCultures #digitalSociety #cyberpsychology #psychology #onlineBehaviour #humanBehaviour #socialMedia #onlineForums #identit #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #innovation #negativepid

There are many reasons why I'm against age verification and social media bans for teens.

Youth is part of society and their voices should be heard. When we take a look on how they use social media, we can see they use them for expressing themselves, mobilizing for important causes such as climate action and fair wages.

Imposing restrictions on young people is not the way to protect them. In fact, it's taking their right to freedom of expression and speech. It also harms society as young people very often have smart and accurate ideas on how to make society better.

Another reason is that to verify age, you need to collect ID. This exposes people to risks such as exploitation, identity theft, fraud, scams, etc. Breaches are happening, we saw many severe breaches in the past. Making the use of ID documents mandatory for age verification would make life easier for cybercriminals.

There are more reasons.

Yes, we need to act to protect children and fight against child abuse. There is no doubt about it. But what we need to do it in a reasonable, safe and transparent way that is not cutting young people from social media, or exposes people to risks to their privacy.

#AgeVerification #privacy #HumanRights #SocialMedia #security #youth #activism #democracy #technology #internet #SocialWeb

How the Internet reshaped criminal activity
https://negativepid.blog/how-the-internet-reshaped-criminal-activity/

#cyberCrime #criminology #internet #MO #networking #onlineBehaviour #humanBehaviour #onlineSafety #behaviouralStudies #identity #negativepid