Lockdown Systems will be at DEF CON this week! ☠️🐢 Come meet our collective members @micahflee.com, @yaelwrites.com, and @redshiftzero.bsky.social at the Vegas conference, and get some stickers from us! Here's where we will be 👇️ 1/4
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Lockdown Systems is an international worker-owned collective that builds freedom and privacy technologies that empower people to take control of their own data, choose what they reveal to the world, and protect themselves from unwanted surveillance.
We just released a security update for OnionShare! 🧅➕ Here's what we changed: - Updates bundled Tor from 4.9.9 to 4.9.11 that fixes a security vulnerability - Updates Python dependencies If you use OnionShare, it's time to update your desktop application! onionshare.org#download
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OnionShare is a tool for anonymous peer-to-peer file sharing, chatting, and web hosting.
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Good news! You can now pay for a Cyd Premium subscription monthly instead of yearly! 📆🐦️ You will still save money if you purchase a yearly subscription, but you now have the option to try Cyd Premium for a few months first. lockdown.systems/cyd-premiis-...
Cyd Premium is now available for $4/month
We're excited that you can finally get Cyd Premium accounts for $4 USD / month instead of paying $36 USD / year. Paying annually is still a better deal, but it's a lot cheaper now to just try it out. ...
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New data were published this week, but the underlying issue remains: *Since ICE and CBP were funded through the budget reconciliation process, bypassing the normal appropriations process and the transparency requirement, there is no longer a legal requirement for them to publish data.*
In July 2025 we started the ICE Detention Map project to show ICE's reported detention centers. This data came from public records shared by ICE. But since April 9th 2026, ICE stopped sharing this data, entirely. Read more about what happened here: lockdown.systems/fragile-dhs-...
I cannot emphasize enough how much we should all get the fuck off of X. This includes every politician and progressive group.
There is simply no ambiguity in what Elon Musk is arguing and endorsing here.
In July 2025 we started the ICE Detention Map project to show ICE's reported detention centers. This data came from public records shared by ICE. But since April 9th 2026, ICE stopped sharing this data, entirely. Read more about what happened here: lockdown.systems/fragile-dhs-...
Fragile DHS/ICE Transparency
Starting in July 2025, we ran a project called ICEWatch that displayed data on detentions. It simply downloaded data that ICE was already publishing and rendered it on a map. Facility by facility, you...
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We are pleased to be joining Bluesky today with this new account! 🦋 We are Lockdown Systems, a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data. 1/3
If you're enjoying Cyd, you might also be interested in following Cyd's organization, Lockdown Systems! 🐢 Lockdown Systems just joined Bluesky today. On that account, we will share news about Cyd too, but also about all our numerous other projects! You can follow us at @lockdownsystems.bsky.social
We are pleased to be joining Bluesky today with this new account! 🦋 We are Lockdown Systems, a worker-owned collective building freedom and privacy technologies to inform the public, fight surveillance, and empower people to take back control of their own data. 1/3