#SpyMarks .. yet another dystopic #SurveillanceCapitalism technology that is being forced upon us..

https://brand.io/article/spymarks

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49794615

RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/117246556482074388

Who wants this?!

#Privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism

I watched the 2hr video this morning. Things are *so so so bad*, it is unbelievable. #LG is just exemplaric of what happens all over the place. In the video a whole network of complicit corporations is exposed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

CC @EUCommission See toot above ☝️ .. Speed up regulation and enforcement please, before it is too late.

#Freedom #Democracy #technology #privacy #security #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechnoFascism

It becomes harder and harder to see how #Democracy can survive given the state of our modern technology, that has run totally amok.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/117229629451189798

#HumaneTechnology #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechnoFascism

Social coding commons » 🌐 2026-09-07
@smallcircles@social.coop

Whew, though not surprising at all in the age of #SurveillanceCapitalism and #TechnoFascism. #LG and #Samsung are known to be among the worst privacy invaders in TV land and beyond.

"LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices"

> "The researchers also documented remote code execution vulnerabilities in webOS that are currently moving through the responsible disclosure process. Because of the fact that the TV uses broad network listeners and data sweeps out of the box, the team's recommendation was straight-up disconnecting LG sets from the internet and using external streaming devices instead."

Perhaps they shouldn't do responsible disclosurre, but instead create such a huge #privacy scandal, that people return their TV's en masse, and regulation is made to forbid these practices once and for all.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

Do not connect your TV to the internet, or be content that Big Brother is watching you.

Whew, though not surprising at all in the age of #SurveillanceCapitalism and #TechnoFascism. #LG and #Samsung are known to be among the worst privacy invaders in TV land and beyond.

"LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices"

> "The researchers also documented remote code execution vulnerabilities in webOS that are currently moving through the responsible disclosure process. Because of the fact that the TV uses broad network listeners and data sweeps out of the box, the team's recommendation was straight-up disconnecting LG sets from the internet and using external streaming devices instead."

Perhaps they shouldn't do responsible disclosurre, but instead create such a huge #privacy scandal, that people return their TV's en masse, and regulation is made to forbid these practices once and for all.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

Do not connect your TV to the internet, or be content that Big Brother is watching you.

If you ever thought of chastising people for looking at their phone, consider this: If we end surveillance capitalism, the profit motive for hijacking everyone's attention disappears.

Let's put the blame where it belongs, because that's also where the solution is.

Also, for all you know, they might be talking someone off a ledge. Don't be too quick to deal out judgement, as the wizard said.

#SurveillanceCapitalism

There are false binaries everywhere.

Politics. Gender. And in mobile phones the assumption is a phone's O/S is either iPhone or Android.

Not true. In this age of surveillance capitalism on the cusp of being supercharged by AI, there is no time like the present to reduce the amount of breadcrumbs we leave to the bad guys.

And one of the most effective ways, with behaviour modification and internet hygiene, is opting out of this fake binary.

#privacy #auspol #surveillancecapitalism

https://tuta.com/blog/degoogled-phones

They see you when you're speaking, they know when you take a shit 🎶

Canadian workers speak out against growing screen time surveillance

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/td-bank-bell-workplace-screentime-monitoring-9.7296526

#Surveillance #CDNPoli #Banking #Capitalism #SurveillanceCapitalism #Resist

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@evacide/117044102199638267

FLOCK OFF!

#Flock #Surveillancecapitalism

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evacide » 🌐 2026-08-05
@evacide@hachyderm.io

You cannot make mass surveillance "safe" or "good" by adding more guardrails. The only way to make Flock safe is to get rid of Flock.

https://www.gpb.org/news/2026/08/05/analysis-more-guardrails-needed-prevent-police-misuse-of-flock-cameras

See how /e/OS protects my device from tracking attempts!
Mobile apps trackers are one of the most impactful threats regarding your privacy and your freedom.

#privacy #tracking #AppTracking #apptrackingprotection #eos #surveillancecapitalism

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Trackers blocked: 100% of all tracking attempts neutralized 21,659 just this week

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116968826554216628

"When it comes to making a new, good internet, there's plenty of room for labor law, civil rights legislation, antitrust, and other legal regimes. But privacy has the biggest constituency, gets us the most bang for the buck, and has the fewest harmful side-effects. It's a policy we can all agree on, even if we don't agree on much else. It's a coalition in potentia that would be unstoppable in reality." - @pluralistic

#privacy #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #tech #BigTech

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Cory Doctorow » 🌐 2026-07-23
@pluralistic@mamot.fr

Data brokers are a cancer. There's a direct line from the collection, retention and processing of our data to deepfake porn and phishing scams; racial discrimination in hiring and ICE roundups of migrants; targeted election interference and identity theft:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/06/privacy-first/#but-not-just-privacy

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/23/drop-a-dime/#privacy-theater

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A hedge maze; out of its center rises the bear from the California state flag. Various human figures struggle to escape it. At the maze's entrance stands an agonized figure, reaching towards it.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116884302738509527

"To the argument that certain technologies and surveillance are in some way inevitable, I don't believe that to be true. It certainly doesn't have to be. You don't need to buy or use these invasive technologies, and you can reject them. Friends don't let friends wear pervert glasses." - Zack Whittaker

#SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #surveillance #resist

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Zack Whittaker » 🌐 2026-07-08
@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social

Smart glasses with cameras and microphones built-in and facial recognition to come are the latest fad in surveillance tech.

For my blog & newsletter ~ this week in security ~ I wrote about why the backlash against smart glasses — aka "pervert glasses" — is justified from a security and privacy perspective. Please read and share!

More: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/reframing-smart-glasses-as-pervert-glasses/

Sign up/RSS for my weekly newsletter: https://this.weekinsecurity.com

What I think is unarguable at this point is Sillicon Valley wants a soul-sucking surveillance dystopia for 99.99999% of us. A place only billionaires have the privilege to escape from. #AI #SurveillanceCapitalism #SiliconValley

The Maltese police have opened a criminal investigation into adtech surveillance, and the defendant is my own health insurer

A national police force has, for the first time to my knowledge, opened a criminal investigation into the deployment of adtech surveillance to a person's device without consent. It has taken eighteen years.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/criminal-investigation-adtech-surveillance

#gdpr #eprivacy #adtech #SurveillanceCapitalism #CriminalComplaint #ComputerMisuse #malta #enforcement #consent #phorm

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The Maltese police have opened a criminal investigation into adtech surveillance, and the defendant is my own health insurer

I told them forced consent was unlawful. Five years later it cost Elkjop €1.8 million

Datatilsynet just fined Elkjop NOK 20 million (€1.8m) for the forced consent in its loyalty club — five years after I told their DPO it was unlawful.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/elkjop-forced-consent-fine

#gdpr #eprivacy #consent #enforcement #loyaltyclubs #SurveillanceCapitalism #spam #adtech #compliance

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I told them forced consent was unlawful. Five years later it cost Elkjop €1.8 million

The Beast behind the Browser: Every Privacy Vulnerability in Chrome and How to Catch It

A forensic reference to every client-side privacy vulnerability in Google Chrome — fingerprinting, storage tracking, header leaks — and how to detect each.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/the-beast-behind-the-browser

#SurveillanceCapitalism #adtech #martech #cookies #privacy #eprivacy #law #forensics

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The Beast behind the Browser: Every Privacy Vulnerability in Chrome and How to Catch It

Data Sovereignty in light of US uncertainty

EU and businesses are abandoning US tech giants for open source and self-hosted alternatives. Why data sovereignty matters now more than ever.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/data-sovereignty-in-light-of-us-uncertainty

#DataSovereignty #technology #SelfHosted #foss #gdpr #compliance #privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #infosec #cyber #security

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Data Sovereignty in light of US uncertainty

Digital Psychology: Why Privacy is so important for Self Determination

Psychographic profiling and surveillance capitalism erode our autonomy. Why privacy is fundamental to self-determination, free thought, and democracy.

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/why-privacy-is-so-important-for-self-determination

#privacy #SurveillanceCapitalism #psychology #manipulation #psychographics

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Digital Psychology: Why Privacy is so important for Self Determination

🚀 Bold ideas that define our relationship to technology and social organisation is at the heart of understanding and responding to privacy issues.

✅ We are committed to defending privacy rights with fresh ideas to emerging tech capabilities.

#privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #surveillancecapitalism

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Text cautions against surveillance capitalism and gives examples of a report highlighting that.

📲 Privacy (also social justice) and predictive technology is at odds with each other.
⚠️ Capitalism 101: "create the problem you want to solve in the world"
#privacy #privacymatters #surveillancecapitalism #predictiveai #algorithm

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Text describes how surveillance capitalism creates the crime it then tries to fix with tech.

📲 Computer vision is a privacy-degrading corporate activity. Maintaining Freedom of Thought, privacy, dignity and self-determination requires deliberate rejection of surveillance tech that multiplies "computer vision" capabilities in our day-to-day lives.

#privacy #privacymatters #panopticon #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #freedomofthought #computervision

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The text explains the role of computer vision in processing cognitive biometrics and calls to action to prevent surveillance capitalism's encroachment into our lives.

Plan B: growth maximising markets are instilling privacy-degrading human behaviour- from algorithmic manipulation, black posting to actively encouraging gambling. We need a Plan B for our privacy and our planet.

#planB #privacy #privacymatters #mentalprivacy #physicalprivacy #markets #surveillancecapitalism #gambling #predictionmarkets #algorithm #blackposting

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Text describes how surveillance capitalism and markets are invading our privacy in all shapes and forms.

Surveillance has harmful effects on cognition and identity - deeper research and social knowledge is needed to foster healthy communities.

#ai #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #socialmedia #blackposts #darkpatterns #privacy #privacymatters

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Text describes the harmful effects of surveillance on cognition, identity and mental health.

@Tutanota #Privacy is like #freebeer… it is better without #SurveillanceCapitalism. ✨ 👍

'Love without trust is the definition of an abusive relationship.'

That resonat with me—and it might explain why I stopped using smartphones.

I couldn’t pinpoint exactly why they made me feel uneasy, but I think I understand now. Years ago, I carried a work phone in a corporate environment where it had to be always on. The constant external pressure was exhausting. When I finally abandoned mobile phones altogether, I felt relieved. But comparing smartphones to abusive relationships crystallized something I’d been struggling to articulate: the erosion of autonomy, the constant surveillance, the feeling of being controlled.

Phones are addictive, creepy, and surprisingly political. Thanks to @pluralistic, I came across a brilliant feminist analysis by @mariafarrell that connected surveillance capitalism to gendered power dynamics—showing how these systems target and manipulate users in ways similar to how patriarchy itself operates. It’s a reminder that feminism offers practical insight into broader societal problems, but it can be extremely illuminating when applied to technology—and one day, maybe even help us build tech we can actually trust.

https://conversationalist.org/2019/09/13/feminism-explains-our-toxic-relationships-with-our-smartphones/ It’s worth reading.

#TechAbuse #DigitalRights #FeministAnalysis #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalAutonomy #TechAndGend #FeministTech #DigitalWellbeing

Whoops.

"Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock exposed the reasons cops conducted searches, and sometimes the specific searched license plates, in common search engines like DuckDuckGo and Bing, according to tests by privacy advocates and 404 Media and a statement from the company."

https://www.404media.co/flock-leaked-cops-license-plate-searches-via-duckduckgo-bing/

#privacy #surveillancecapitalism

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

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.

#SMUD #SmartMeters #EFF #Privacy #Utilities #Electricity #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Spying #4thAmendment #WarrantlessSearch #Constitution #CivilRights #Courts #Lawsuit #SCOTUS #Cops #Police #Extortion #Fraud

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