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Sports fan, technologist, advocate for decency, equity, security and privacy.
Millions of people rely on anonymous access to lawful online speech. This week, the Senate is looking at four bills that could vastly expand age verification and make anonymous internet use much harder. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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The Trump admin has been trying to get its hands on everyone's data to help them go after immigrant communities, opponents, and dissenters. Now, the Senate might give them more power to spy on us, under the guise of stopping shoplifters. Congress must block CORCA.
Opinion | A new shoplifting bill obscures a dangerous loophole for ICE
CORCA empowers DHS to collect sensitive personal information from retail shoppers and share that information with agencies including ICE.
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"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.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 senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
acteff.org
Watch it till the end. This is moral clarity -- TMZ understands the moment, and what that Rand Paul kangaroo court was, better than any coverage I've seen so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zaO...
This Is Personal
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“Features like this are a good reminder that email tends not to be terribly private to begin with,” EFF’s @thorinklosowski.com told @huffpost.com. “Gmail’s consistent rollout of AI features in particular really showcases just how much access Google the company has to people’s lives.”
You Might Want To Disable This Controversial New Gmail Setting
“Features like this are a good reminder that email tends not to be terribly private to begin with,” one expert said.
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around 350,000 Haitians will officially lose their Temporary Protected Status today, as part of the Trump admin's ethnic cleansing operations this is v clearly illegal and immoral I wrote about the Supreme Court decision that's allowing it to happen anyway ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...
The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump Speak
No comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.
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Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · last wk.TPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
The public is catching on to Flock's surveillance scheme — and successfully fighting back against the company's efforts to expand its network of creepy cameras even more. Flock can't stop the power of the people.
Cecilia Vega says she was pressured by Bari Weiss and other CBS execs to include misinformation and political bias in reporting that aired this year. "Never in my career, until now, have I felt that those edits, that those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics."
“60 Minutes” correspondent says Bari Weiss pressured her to report on events that “never happened”
Cecilia Vega said CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pressured her to include “misinformation” and “political bias” in several news segments.
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You opened a credit card. ICE now knows where you live. Here's how when you open a credit card your address leaves your bank, goes through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE. ICE plans to use this data for immigration and 'voter fraud'. No warrant More: www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
related, I have sent this @drewmagary.bsky.social column to so many people lately. it really speaks to the moment of what ALL publishers — of any size, content type, funding model — are up against right now
Google hates you
"The repercussions of Google's pivot to AI will be vast and horrid."
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The SAVE America Act mandates that all voters must bring to the polls specifically a photo ID which has proof of citizenship “on the front of the document.” So REAL IDs don’t count. If the ID does not precisely conform to that standard, you must also bring separate proof of citizenship.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoScalise: "Anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID. This isn't complicated stuff."
And it’s going to sit in his “library” in 2 years. There’s your waste, fraud and abuse, MAGA
Urgent 🚨 Do not ignore this. Take action. Be brave! Be proactive! Protect yourself! #ICE & the rogue Trump administration can now monitor us in a new and far more nefarious way through apps on our phones that are selling our data. So limit your privacy/location on your apps. #SurveillanceState
With at least 80,000 Flock cameras across the country tracking our every move and collecting our personal information, it's no surprise that police are abusing their access to this invasive technology. Mass surveillance doesn't keep us safe.
Police keep losing their jobs for using Flock cameras to stalk people
Advocates say it’s too easy to abuse automated license plate reader technology.
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We have a big win! #StopKillingGames and #StopKillingInternet signed a joint letter opposing the UK government’s proposed VPN ban and we succeeded! Proud to stand alongside @mozilla.org , @proton.me @amnesty.org , Reporters Without Borders, and leading VPNs to defend a free and open internet. ...
#Tech | @proton.me Is your router watching you? 🤔 This video explains how your Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses their leased router to track the websites you visit, see your connected devices, and even detect your movement inside your home.
Your ISP Is Watching, and Your Router Is Its Eyes
YouTube video by Proton
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Online abuse is a very real and scary challenge caregivers and children everywhere are navigating, including at the Internet Society. Using encrypted tools and services is one of the best ways to keep children safe online. That's why the Internet Society has a Parents’ Guide to Encryption.
Keeping Kids Safe Online: Navigating the New Parents' Guide to Encryption - Internet Society
Do you know how you're keeping your kids safe online? Using encryption, there are simple changes you can make as a family to stay safe.
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There's another effort to break encryption in the US Senate! The STOP CSAM Act was added to the current version of the annual defense spending bill, known as the NDAA. If passed, it could require Internet infrastructure services and online platforms to break encryption to scan all data.
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ALT: This Is Fine Dog in Burning House
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A grown man, a billionaire, and the president, using his massive platform to sick a digital mob on literal 5 year olds. It’s not just pathetic; it's predatory, cowardly, and deeply broken behavior.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.Trump is now using his platform to attack kindergarteners because they are Muslim
Grindr has been caught sharing users' HIV status and precise location with advertisers without obtaining valid consent. They must immediately stop prioritizing profits over users’ safety, and make privacy the default across its platform. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF to Grindr: This Pride Month, Put Safety and Privacy Over Profits
This Pride month, we’re calling on the dating app Grindr to prioritize LGBTQ+ user safety by making privacy the default across its platform. That means no more sharing personal data with advertisers
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Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.
Apple's Hide My Email feature has a bug that's been exposing real email addresses, researcher claims | TechCrunch
Research appears to reveal a bug that could render the feature effectively useless.
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If you use Gmail, you need to read this. Google’s AI, Gemini, can read your emails, attachments, bank statements, etc. For many, this feature was switched on without consent. Here's how to turn it off 🧵 1/
Four years ago, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade. In that time, EFF has seen digital rights and reproductive rights become more and more intertwined. This includes the fight to protect free speech online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Four Years After Dobbs, Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Keep Coming for
This week marks four years since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade’s constitutional protections for people seeking abortion care. Anniversaries are a moment to take
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Do you need 2FA? Of course you do, you're on the internet, it's full of people trying to get into your accounts. You can either put your TOTP codes inside Proton Pass OR download our dedicated Authenticator app. (One of these is better, but we respect your ability to choose)
Tell Congress: Don't turn the internet into an age checkpoint. Whether websites start using age verification, estimation, or just broad restrictions on users they can’t classify, the result will be the same—less privacy and less access to knowledge online. act.eff.org/action/tell...
Tell Congress: Don’t Force Age Checks Online
Congress is preparing to vote on the KIDS Act, a sweeping internet bill that would pressure websites and apps to determine users’ ages before allowing them to read websites, send private messages, or participate in online communities.
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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. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Think Twice Before Buying or Using Meta’s Ray-Bans
Over the last decade or so, the tech industry has tried, and mostly failed, to make “smart glasses”—tech-infused glasses with cameras, AI, maps, displays, and more—a thing. But in the past year,
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1. To put it mildly, the Democrats have had a complicated relationship with the white working class at least since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. But things are going to be simple in the run up to November's midterm elections.
Retailers increasingly see themselves not just as sellers of goods but as media companies, using the data generated by millions of shoppers to help brands reach consumers and influence buying decisions.
Retailers are making billions selling ads, not just products
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