RE: https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/31/cal-matters-the-form-asked-my-permission-to-share-my-health-data-then-it-wouldnt-let-me-say-no/

very dark patterns in US health care system "The privacy notice literally describes “Say No Thanks” as a choice, but doesn’t let me pick it." #privacy #surveillancecapitalism #healthcare #dataProtection

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose » 🌐 2026-05-31
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Cal Matters: The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.. “To experience what patients have to do to opt-out of having their data shared, I went to doctor’s appointments in seven states. One clinic showed me how easily dark patterns force patients to share their data with big healthcare networks, even when the privacy form they’re signing […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/31/cal-matters-the-form-asked-my-permission-to-share-my-health-data-then-it-wouldnt-let-me-say-no/

• #darkPatterns
• #healthcare
• #medicine
• #onlineSafety
• #personalInformation
• #privacy
• #protectedHealthInformationPHI
• #security

#Linux distributions being exempt from age verification laws shines better light on the true colors of the cryptofascists pushing #earlyCompliance instrumentation for #surveillanceCapitalism in the Linux stack.

You don't fight #fascism with compliance.

#JustDoingMyJob #systemd #compressTheKillChain

what is the datafied web? how to study it? and reimagine it? we chat in Internet Histories journal ✨🐰🦔🐨🐢🦉🐿️🦙🦆💬 https://jonathangray.org/2026/05/18/datafied-web
with @nthylstrup Miglė Bareikytė, Carolin Gerlitz, @sebgiessmann @annehelmond Ian Milligan & Valérie Schafer.
come for the datafied web - stay for the AI #slop #adtech #deepfakes #bots #leaks #trolls #bubbles #linkrot #fintech #osint #dataloss #softwaredecay #venturecapital #platformlabour #webarchives #diywebsites #algorithms #surveillancecapitalism #poeticcomputation & more 😋

"A world without the possibility of undetected dissent is a world where state power faces no friction. Even in democracies, this is dangerous. The capacity to act outside official channels, to organise without surveillance, to maintain private spaces—these are not merely conveniences. They are preconditions for the meaningful exercise of freedom."

- by Antoin O Lachtnain from @Tupp_ed's The Gist.

#TheGist #Surveillance #Crime #Criminalisation #Freedom #Dissent #SurveillanceCapitalism

Je m'accuse, on s'accuse – a reaction piece I published on Substack on the misguided moral outrage of LLMs.

👉 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/je-maccuse-on-saccuse

#philosophy #moraloutrage #rationality #freespeech #aiethics #llms #surveillancecapitalism #criticaltheory #scapegoating #blog #substack #podcast #aisafety #enlightenment #mythos #bigtech #airegulation #philosophyofmind #moralpanic #artificialintelligence

Makes more surveillance possible.
#surveillance #surveillancecapitalism

Ron Deibert: “spyware is only the sharp point of the spear in a massive, growing, and largely unregulated surveillance marketplace that is deeply anchored in the personal data surveillance economy.”
#surveillance #surveillancecapitalism

https://citizenlab.ca/ron-deibert-speaks-at-the-osce-supplementary-human-dimension-meeting-ii/

The ACLU sued a landlord for forcing AI surveillance into tenants' homes.

This isn't a dystopia. It's just a Friday.

Your rental is watching you. Here's how to lock them out.

Ep 25 → impracticalprivacy.com

#Surveillance #Privacy #TenantRights #IoT #surveillancecapitalism #privacymatters #rentersrights #smarthome #surveillancestate #lease

Your landlord doesn't just own the walls. They own the data.

Smart locks. Thermostats. Water sensors. They are logging your comings, goings, and habits to the cloud. And you didn't choose them.

Stop renting a surveillance node. Start reclaiming your sanctuary.

🎧 Ep 25 is live: impracticalprivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #TenantRights #DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #RentersRights #SmartHome #IoT

Cities aren't just installing parking apps. They are signing contracts that outsource surveillance to the private sector.

When you pay for street parking, you aren't just paying the city. You're paying a data broker.

The ecosystem looks like this:

Vendor collects GPS, plate, payment.
Broker aggregates it with shopping/browsing data.
Insurer/Campaign/Police buys access.

🔗 ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#TechPolicy #SurveillanceCapitalism #OpenStreetMap #Privacy #MunicipalTech

This came out already last year, but the points are still valid. Zuboff is one of my favorite thinkers.

"We rushed to the internet, thinking of the democratization of knowledge and communication. But what we ran to with open arms has actually become a surveillance prison with no bars or guards, but also no exit, no escape."

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-12-15/shoshana-zuboff-philosopher-ai-is-surveillance-capitalism-continuing-to-evolve-and-expand.html

#ai #SurveillanceCapitalism

Your parking app doesn't just want your money. It wants your GPS history, your device fingerprint, your license plate, and the right to sell all of it to anyone with a checkbook.

You consented to parking. You got surveilled.

New episode of Impractical Privacy breaks down the Parking Lot Panopticon — and how to fight back.

🎧 ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#ImpracticalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #Surveillance #PrivacyRights #DigitalRights #Opsec

🤖 The "harmless" robot vacuum is actually an autonomous surveyor.

In Ep 23 of Impractical Privacy, we peel back the lid on smart vacuums. From LiDAR mapping your home's exact layout to the "bystander problem" affecting your guests, discover how to reclaim your domestic privacy.

🔊 Listen: ImpracticalPrivacy.com

#Privacy #SmartHome #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechPolicy #ImpracticalPrivacy #IoT #Surveillance #PrivacyTools #DigitalRights

THIS! Is scary as sh*t!

**A 770% surge in government requests to Big Tech is reshaping parenting**

https://proton.me/blog/big-tech-government-requests-parenting

And I don't think this is just hitting 'parenting' only, but is much broader. It's about *everybody.* Shocking was that FISA (US foreign intelligence) has encountered a nearly 25x increase in the last 11 years. And it's only to get worse.

#BigTech is **NOT** your friend!

This is an analysis written up by @protonprivacy

A comment on this analysis is also quite interesting (from the 'parent' angle):

> As parents, we install baby gates and childproof our homes to protect what matters most. But one of the biggest risks our kids face today isn’t physical, it’s digital, and often left wide open.

#SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #parenting #sharenting #SocialMedia

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Infographic showing the massive increase of data shared from Meta, Apple and Google to US authorities over the period of 11 years (2014 to 2025).

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Data requests from EU countries in H1 2025 to Meta, Google and Apple, showing Germany with the vast majority of data requests, followed by France (with approx. a third only) and followed by a tail from other countries.

This is your periodic reminder that Google is not your friend - they are a giant vampire squid, the foundation of the surveillance state.

We wrote this tear-down last year, and it still hits hard to see their real (vampire) face:
https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-your-enemy-pt-1-google/

I just updated it with a couple of @FTM_nl article links 😀

#bigTech #Google #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #privacy

Banger video by Benn Jordan about the wisdom of running cloud-connected (and even non-cloud-connected) surveillance cameras inside or outside your home. Lot's of things that I had not even considered.

Being outside the US I hope some of the more distopic elements apply less to me but that may be wishful thinking. Actually, let me rephrase that. I'm certain it applies "less to me" but I'm not sure by how much.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMIwNiwQewQ
#surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #capitalism

Nothing to see here folks.

"Age verification company Yoti kept geolocation data for five years - Spain Slaps Yoti With €950,000 Fine Over Biometric Data"

#surveillancecapitalism #privacy

https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/yoti-spain-aepd-fine-biometric-data-gdpr-2026/

Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance

"In the pandemic’s bewildering early days, millions worldwide believed government officials who said they needed confidential data for new tech tools that could help stop coronavirus’ spread. In return, governments got a firehose of individuals’ private health details, photographs that captured their facial measurements and their home addresses.

Now, from Beijing to Jerusalem to Hyderabad, India, and Perth, Australia, The Associated Press has found that authorities used these technologies and data to halt travel for activists and ordinary people, harass marginalized communities and link people’s health information to other surveillance and law enforcement tools. In some cases, data was shared with spy agencies."

https://apnews.com/article/technology-police-government-surveillance-covid-19-3f3f348d176bc7152a8cb2dbab2e4cc4

#surveillance #Covid19 #Autoritarisierung #Pandemie #Digitalisierung #Corona #antireport #Überwachung #DigitaleTransformation #Technology #Tech #SurveillanceCapitalism

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Gloomy picture shows several flashing cameras on a wall of a house

What If Technology Respected You?

Big Tech is built on surveillance and extraction. It doesn’t have to be.

In this week’s episode, Aral Balkan explores how corporate power reshaped the internet—and what reclaiming it could look like.

🎧 Listen now: https://youtu.be/wUuJ9eE86lI

#DigitalCommons #FOSS #Privacy #TechEthics #SurveillanceCapitalism

@BobLefridge

Edit/additional note: Charlotte McLauchlan is not a journalist, but a paid consultant/writer. So, let's guess why she's written this piece ...

There are multiple angles to this:

Yes, social media is bad (for kids). So, go against the US Surveillance Tech social media mega conglomerates to get it right! Bust them in court to eternity for ludicrous sums of $$$ until they stop abusing their position.

Age gates are bad. They massively torpedo people's privacy. It needs to be a social **right** to get certain information anonymously (e.g. mental health, gender issues, and all kinds of other things).

Who's behind this? Predominantly the decision to adopt age gates has been driven and fuelled by Meta and other social media giants. Estimates are that Meta has put approx. US$ 2 billion into this in lobbying and funding of 'interest groups' that are supposedly pro-family and for child protection. Meta has the most to gain (exclusion of smaller competition that can't afford it, plus *verified* identity data of users for better targeting ads and campaigns).

#SurveillanceCapitalism #NZpol #AgeRestriction #AgeGate

Are you telling me some #Apple cultists have just realized they're part of a cult? Amazing astuteness.

Kinda cute to see them ponder what's worse: liquid icons, age verification, or >25 yrs of self-inflicted servitude to the designer overlords that failed them.

#enshittification #iOS #surveillancecapitalism

Age verification law destroyes the E2EE cryptosystem

#meta #instagram #facebook #surveillancecapitalism

Opt out of global #data #surveillance programs

Help make mass surveillance of entire populations uneconomical! We all have a right to #privacy, which you can exercise today by #encrypting your #communications and ending your reliance on #proprietary services.

There’s a section for nearly ever operating system.

https://prism-break.org/en/

#security #computers #safety #SurveillanceCapitalism #authoritarian #Orwellian #spying

Cars as Cameras

A short overview of #Tesla #surveillance features and lessons for attack.

„Most expect to be captured on video when walking through downtown streets, which are often littered with traditional types of security cameras, such as the dome cameras, bullet cameras, or the newer remote controlled PTZ (Point, Tilt, Zoom) cameras. Previously, this was less expected in residential neighborhoods, which now have an increasing amount of home surveillance systems like Amazon’s Ring or Google Nest cameras.

Police departments have seized on the increasing popularity of these devices and struck deals with their parent companies to directly incorporate them into existing surveillance networks and access data without the knowledge or permission of the camera owner. Some doorbell style cameras offer forms of audio surveillance as well…
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Even without being bugged, almost every modern car contains technology that logs your trips (and much more) and can be easily accessed by law enforcement."

https://anarchistnews.org/content/cars-cameras

#Data #Privacy #Musk #Technology #SurveillanceCapitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism

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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

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

As of today, about half of all U.S. states have some form of age verification law around. Not just the US, but the UK, Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and of course the EU, all either already have, or are planing Age verification laws.

#AgeVerification #Linux #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy

#Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance

„Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it….“

https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/

#Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy #Data #Datenschutz #Privacy #Repression

These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and #surveillance #BigTech

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/these-alternatives-to-popular-apps-can-help-reclaim-your-online-life-from-billionaires-and-surveillance/

#Data #Privacy #Capitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism #twitter #Musk #Bluesky #Meta #instagram #antireport

Oftentimes we find people that gives us erroneous advice (even if they have good intentions) regarding digital privacy, but I found some trustworthy resources while exploring the internet, which are:

The New Oil: https://thenewoil.org/

Privacy Guides: https://www.privacyguides.org/

Techlore: https://techlore.tech/

Electronic Frontier Foundation: https://www.eff.org/

Awesome Privacy: https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy

#DigitalPrivacy #Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare

"Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt and how hard you hit the brakes.

That’s according to new findings from Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included project. The #nonprofit found that every major car brand fails to adhere to the most basic privacy and security standards in new internet-connected models, and all 25 of the brands Mozilla examined flunked the organization’s test.

#Mozilla found brands including #BMW, #Ford, #Toyota, #Tesla, and #Subaru collect #data about drivers including race, facial expressions, weight, health information, and where you drive. Some of the cars tested collected data you wouldn’t expect your car to know about, including details about sexual activity, race, and immigration status, according to Mozilla."

https://gizmodo.com/mozilla-new-cars-data-privacy-report-1850805416

#Privacy #Surveillance #Data #SurveillanceCapitalism

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Straße mit leuchtenden Zahlen auf welcher Autos fahren

Hey, maybe don’t verify yourself on LinkedIn. What an absolute shitshow:

#privacy #linkedin #surveillancecapitalism

https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/