The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy (fire.org)

https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet

#privacy #internet

The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy

https://expression.fire.org/p/the-papers-please-era-of-the-internet

#HackerNews #privacy #internet #security #surveillance #digitalrights

KIDS Act package in Congress combines KOSA and related bills, pushing platforms toward broad age verification and user age inference rules. 🔒
KOSA and SAFE BOTS provisions may pressure services to verify users' ages, impacting encrypted messaging and platform design choices. 🔐

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online

#TechNews #KIDSAct #Kids #KOSA #AgeVerification #Surveillance #Encryption #Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #Cybersecurity #Policy #TechPolicy #Internet #Governance

RED ALERT! The KIDS Act (H.R.7757) is being teed up for a vote in the House next week! This bill is an omnibus style package which includes horrible bills like the Kids Online Safety Act and the SCREEN Act! Call your Senators and Representatives ASAP!

Reading the latest version of the bill and it seems like House is sticking with their version of KOSA. This will set up a showdown between the House and the Senate as both chambers have dug in their heels regarding their version of KOSA. I doubt either chamber will fully get their way.

#Privacy #FreeSpeech #DigitalRights #Censorship #AgeVerification #KOSA #KidsOnlineSafetyAct #Internet #SocialMedia #UnitedStates #USA #US

https://linuxiac.com/cloudflare-unveils-pact-to-help-websites-fight-bots-without-captcha/

Cloudflare along with Mozilla, Google, and more are introducing PACT (Private Access Control Tokens) A way to identify legitimate traffic to a website (as opposed to bots/scraping) without relying on CAPTCHA's or using privacy invasive tracking

#Privacy #Security #internet #Browsers

Q: What animal or nonhuman being do you most identify with?

A: An ecosystem.

Spend some time with #CoryDoctorow in our latest Longreads Questionnaire: https://longreads.com/2026/06/17/questionnaire-cory-doctorow/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Longreads #Books #Authors #Tech #Interview #Internet

New blogpost, primarily for people providing Internet services in the UK who need to DNS (or otherwise) block domains for sanctions purposes:

"Internet services sanctions (June 2026)"

There are now *94* Internet services sanctions (up from 37 in January) and, for the first time, a punycode domain.

https://decoded.legal/blog/2026/06/internet-services-sanctions-june-2026/

#UK #Internet #law #telecoms #blog

#Petition in #Canada to stop bill c-22. Very important for #privacy! Sign here ⬇️ and share!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

#internet #rights #eff #vpn #quebec #ontario #bc #alberta #saskatchewan #manitoba #yukon #nwt #nunavut #pei #newbrunswick #labrador #newfoundland #novascotia #laws #c22 #billc22 #encryption #canpoli #cdnpoli #politics #politique #politiqueqc #carney #markcarney #lpc #CyberRights #cybersecurity #internetsecurity #webprivacy #internetprivacy #metadata #democracy #news #trending

Tutorial – How to bypass age verification https://peq42.com/blog/tutorial-how-to-bypass-age-verification/ #internet #privacy #technology #tutorial

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

UK plans to ban social media for under-16s by 2027, covering major platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and X under new safety rules. 📵
The policy includes mandatory age verification, possible overnight curfews, and stricter limits on livestreaming and stranger contact features. 🔐

🔗 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/uk-to-ban-social-media-for-kids-under-16-may-impose-overnight-curfews/

#TechNews #Europe #EU #UK #SocialMedia #Privacy #OnlineSafety #AgeVerification #DigitalRights #CyberSecurity #Policy #Safety #Kids #Children #Internet #Governance

What makes something "web-based" in 2026? @ricmac writes about today's tech ecosystem, and if the web is still truly made of people.

https://flip.it/LXjg7t

#Technology #Internet #ArtificialIntelligence

The UK plans to ban under-16s from major social media platforms by spring 2027, with age checks that could require more biometric and identity data. 🔒
Australia’s similar ban has seen many teens bypass restrictions, raising questions about privacy and the effectiveness of age-based enforcement. ⚖️

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/uk-social-media-ban-privacy

#TechNews #UK #SocialMedia #Privacy #AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #Proton #DataProtection #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Security #Policy #Technology #Internet #Freedom

🆕 blog! “Two Way TV - product photos of 1997's hottest gadget”

Back in the late 1990s, I did a brief stint of work experience at the BBC. One of the most memorable moments was sitting in on a meeting about early forms of Interactive TV.

I saw a demo of "Two Way TV". A flimsy grey box which (somehow) integrated with your OnDigital TV Box and…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/06/two-way-tv-product-photos-of-1997s-hottest-gadget/
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#BBC #history #internet #retrotech #tv

"Realizing your trove exists is terrifying. So is learning that it’s never been more vulnerable."

Bridget Read for New York/Intelligencer: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/your-digital-self-is-vulnerable.html

#Longreads #Privacy #Surveillance #Data #Technology #Internet

Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever

This article is more than 16 years old
In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was born..

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/oct/23/internet-40-history-arpanet

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore

Internet Directory
Human Curated
Human-Made Websites

Just like it used to be, and with a little effort it can be made that way again.

12000 sites

If one person can do this alone, how do you get this going and involve more people in the curation process? Validation etc would be important. What's stopping us?

Take back the internet.

https://earlyweblinks.com/
#90s #IndieWeb #Retro #internet #noAI #smallWeb #culture #web #webDev #early #old #2000s #lowTech #tech #art #TakeBackTheInternet

Right.

Internet safety / #OnlineSafetyAct in the UK is clearly going to be the topic of the day.

Child protection is essential, but I am highly sceptical of the proposed approach.

Keeping to my "more than three toots should be blogpost" rule, here's a brief - probably entirely as-expected - analysis from me:

https://neilzone.co.uk/content/files/2026-06-15_online_safety_phase_2.html

#UK #Internet #blog

"In December 1993, the New York Times published an article about the “limitless opportunity” of the early internet. It painted a picture of a digital utopia: clicking a mouse to access NASA weather footage, Clinton’s speeches, MTV’s digital music samplers, or the status of a coffee pot.."

https://www.goodinternetmagazine.com/the-web-we-lost/

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore

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#asitwasbefore

Dial up the old internet
https://dialuptheoldinternet.org/

An ode to the old Internet, a guide to digital archiving, a celebration of retro tech.

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #webzine #indie #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #protocols #creativity #asitwasbefore

The Boring Internet
The internet you grew up on isn’t dying.

A commercial veneer glued on top of it is.

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet/ascii

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #webzine #indie #press #writers #readers #fediverse #internet #history #protocols #creativity #asitwasbefore

As the Western world increases mass surveillance, censorship, and authoritarianism, Sri Lanka is doing the right thing and going in the opposite direction.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Online-Safety-Bill-to-be-repealed-this-month/108-342777

#west #western #westerners #surveillance #censorship #authoritianism #fascism #srilanka #freedom #freedomofspeech #internet #web #www #socialmedia

#tech #technology #BigTech #data #security #privacy #safety #InfoSec #IT #surveillance #computing #digital #online #internet #web #cloud #meme

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Meme, showing a continuous circle of data breach messages from corporations… Ahaha you're not gonna believe this but we had a bit of a data breach. Your data is probably for sale online now. That means someone could easily impersonate you. Going forward we're gonna need more of your data to make sure its you.

Cryptography as a tool of power
https://negativepid.blog/cryptography-as-a-tool-of-power/

#cryptography #history #IT #tech #privacy #Internet #tech #IT #science #STEM #computing #AI #quantumComputing #quantumPhysics #inventions #innovation #negativepid

Behold! The net cop gives expensive advice! You are basically requiring that I pay for yet another ERC20 cryptocurrency token just to send text messages.

From the Autonomi site:

"WHEN SOMEONE (A PERSON OR A COLLECTIVE) UPLOADS DATA THEY PAY A FEE TO DO SO."

"+1 Million tokens on offer for early contributors."

"MaidSafe are the team behind Autonomi ..."

Newscard has several selling points:

0. It's not for sale. Try that with Autonomi, Maidsafe, and a thousand others.
1. It is free, unlike your suggested cryptocurrency pump.
2. My solution is simple and elegant - naming small text files for retrieval.
3. Newscard uses existing infrastructure already in operation for decades.
4. Many mature client softwares and terminal emulators already exist for the task.
5. Newscard doesn't require investment or payment.
6. Newscard doesn't have an integrated, useless payment system.
7. Newscard is ANONYMOUS and uses The Onion Network by default.
8. Users won't lose their money when using Newscard.

And my Newscard solution doesn't require taking zillions of dollars from people who will likely never see a return on their token investment. Storage token sale schemes are a dime a dozen. I can't believe you think I have the credulity to swallow such a scheme.

For almost two decades running countless crews have claimed that they will, 'decentralize the Internet' if you give them your money.

Newsflash: The Internet already is decentralized. Decentralization is a basic part of the design of the Internet. It already routes around damage and censorship by default. Why do I need to pay for a crypto token for something that already exists? Decentralized Usenet has been in continuous operation for decades. I'm already using the 'decentralized Internet' for the Newscard protocol. I've been using the 'decentralized Internet' since forever! It doesn't need to be decentralized by crypto pump schemes. The Internet is already decentralized.

So we already have a decentralized Internet where data storage is abundant and cheap. And these token pumpers want to set themselves up as gatekeepers so we have to pay them to get the tokens to store our data. That is not decentralization. That is the essence of a centralized monetary gatekeeper!

You accused me of misusing Usenet. Yet I am only doing what people have done with Usenet for decades--posting encrypted messages. I'm not misusing Usenet. You're misusing my patience for cryptocurrency dumps and re-hashed token sales strategies.

#CryptoCurrency #Tokens #Decentralization #Usenet #NNTP #Internet #Censorship #Blockchain