Join us for our virtual social hour today at 7:30 PM! It's a great time to talk tech with others in South Florida. :) www.miamitech.club/events/

There are way more flashy things to talk about than securing our water supply, but we need to talk about it! www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit... @projectfranklin.bsky.social is trying to fix this! We need cybersecurity for our water! #Cybersecurity #Security #InfoSec

Hackers disrupt over 30 Minnesota water utilities in coordinated OT attack

The Minnesota IT Services (MNIT) agency activated its cybersecurity incident response capabilities across the entire state after hackers targeted more than 30 community water systems in "a coordinated...

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This DeFlock kickoff for Palm Beach County is happening today at 7PM!

Florida Digital Rights Association@fldigitalrights.org · last mo.

The Palm Beach and Treasure Coast DSA is kicking off an anti-flock interest group! @pbdsa.bsky.social democratic-socialists-of-america.solidarity.tech/pbtc-dsa-def... If you know people who would be interested in this initiative, please pass it along! #Flock #DeFlock #Florida #Privacy #ALPR

Eleven years. $5.5M. One competitive bid. A police goal of covering "the entire city perimeter" that no commission ever voted on. Our fifth city investigation is live: Hollywood, FL — built entirely on public records. deflockbroward.org/hollywood/

Hollywood | Deflock Broward

Eleven years. $5.5 million. A plan to cover "the entire city perimeter" that no one ever voted on. What the public record shows about Hollywood's ALPR program — from the 2014 LEARN enrollment nobody w...

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What if a social media platform didn't treat you poorly? That is what many regulations in the EU try to tackle as they confront Big Tech. They're not perfect, but they do show some of the questions we could be asking of how social media should be. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta

Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.

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Don't like being tracked everywhere you drive? You CAN fight back - many other communities have. DeFlock is organizing a national week of action against ALPRs. noalprs.com

National Week of Action Against ALPRs | DeFlock

Mass surveillance doesn't equal safety. Join the movement to dismantle automated license plate readers in our communities.

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Good news: Webring for video game websites just dropped! www.warppoint.games Let's go web 1.0 gotta love web 1.0 #Gaming #Web

The Palm Beach and Treasure Coast DSA is kicking off an anti-flock interest group! @pbdsa.bsky.social democratic-socialists-of-america.solidarity.tech/pbtc-dsa-def... If you know people who would be interested in this initiative, please pass it along! #Flock #DeFlock #Florida #Privacy #ALPR

Join us at 7:30 PM tonight in our virtual social hour! It's gonna be fun! Good chance we talk about e-readers tonight lol All in South Florida (and even the rest of Florida tbh) are welcome! More info: www.miamitech.club/events/ #Miami #Tech #Florida

Set a reminder for yourself to call your congressional representatives tomorrow! We can't let the government dismantle more of our digital freedom on Big Tech's behalf. #Privacy #Surveillance #KOSA

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · last mo.

‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...

What happened to discovering blogs? It can be hard to do that today, even if you want to use social media for that purpose. Bubbles looks like a neat way to find new blog posts from small or personal blogs! Seems like a great way to cut right to interesting writing! bubbles.town

If you like writing long threads on Bluesky, wait until you discover "blog posts." Start blogging with @pckt.blog, @leaflet.pub or @offprint.app today and get 25% off your first year, on us.

Summer of Standard.site - Bluesky

We've partnered with three blogging platforms built on AT Protocol — Offprint, Leaflet, and pckt.blog — to give you 25% off any annual plan this summer.

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Facial recognition is entering classrooms and campuses. We are tracking its spread and impact on privacy rights. pvcy.org/frtmap

It can be overwhelming to try to take back your privacy online. Why not start by learning from our trusted resources? Many of these sites focus on explaining digital privacy in an accessible way. :) www.miamitech.club/resources/ #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech

Tools for everyday convenience can easily serve surveillance, repression or warfare One company involved in that is Leonardo, Italy’s largest defence and aerospace company. Read our report with @corporatewatch.bsky.social

We are the group facilitating organizing against Flock in Miami-Dade County. If you or someone you know in Miami is concerned about all of the Flock cameras popping up near them, please reach out! #Flock #DeFlock #ALPR #MassSurveillance #Privacy #DigitalRights

Florida Digital Rights Association@fldigitalrights.org · 2mo ago

We are joining @deflock.org in saying that ALPRs need to be removed. The surveillance infrastructure needs to be taken down. If you live in Florida and are looking for how to take action, join us for the National Week of Action. Get in touch! www.fldigitalrights.org/the-state-of... #Flock #ALPR

Join us for our virtual social hour tonight at 7:30 PM! Hang out with other geeks in South Florida. :) www.miamitech.club/events/ #Miami #SouthFlorida #Tech #Privacy

A coalition of local groups will be hosting a teach-in against Palantir and their recent move to Miami. Happening on Monday, June 1 at 7 PM in North Miami Beach. Learn more about Palantir's role in mass surveillance that undermines your freedom. #Miami #Palantir #Privacy #Surveillance

A coalition of local groups will be hosting a teach-in against Palantir and their recent move to Miami. Happening on Monday, June 1 at 7 PM in North Miami Beach. Learn more about Palantir's role in mass surveillance that undermines your freedom. #Miami #Palantir #Privacy #Surveillance

Fight back. The decline in respect for human dignity through technology is not inevitable. Stop the bad ideas today. #Privacy #Linux #DigitalRights #AgeVerification

Liam @ GamingOnLinux@gamingonlinux.com · 2mo ago

Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems #Gaming #USA #PCGaming #US #AgeVerification #Linux #OpenSource

As Miami's role in the tech world continues to grow, we must also consider our role in manifesting the digital freedom we deserve. The question of whether technology will respect us or control us will be made in part by residents of this city. www.wlrn.org/science-tech... #Miami #Tech #AI

The long game behind Miami’s tech boom

With major players like Palantir, Meta and Citadel shifting operations to Miami in recent years, it can seem like it’s the outsiders transforming South Florida into a tech hub that can compete with th...

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We're affiliated with FLDR for organizing in Miami. Join us in this meeting if you want to learn how you can engage in South Florida!

Florida Digital Rights Association@fldigitalrights.org · 3mo ago

Reminder that we have our first meeting this Wed, May 20 at 7:30 PM. If you live in Florida and want to get involved in the fight for digital rights (and against things like Flock), please join us to learn more! www.fldigitalrights.org/general-meet... #Flock #ALPR #Florida #DigitalRights

We are having our first meeting! This will be to connect with technologists, activists, and concerned citizens so that we can get more organized and outline next steps for dealing with Flock and data centers across the state. May 20 at 7:30 PM www.fldigitalrights.org/general-meet... #Florida

General Meeting on May 20 - Flock, data centers, and team structure

With DeFlock announcing their week of action for August 16-22, we think it's a good time to have our first meeting!

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Join us in a few minutes for our virtual social hour! We'll be hanging out and shooting the breeze, maybe talking about the new @simplex public channel update? www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Privacy #Miami

Virtual social hour this Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Come join us and connect with others interested in technology in South Florida! www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Miami #Programming #Privacy #Linux

Virtual social hour this Wednesday at 7:30 PM. Come join us and connect with others interested in technology in South Florida! www.miamitech.club/events/ #Tech #Miami #Programming #Privacy #Linux

Plans for one data center get stopped while plans for another one get found out Okeechobee County stopped www.wlrn.org/government-p... Miami-Dade started www.wlrn.org/government-p... #DataCenter #AI #Tech #Florida #Miami

Scrapped data center in Okeechobee County mirrors rising opposition to data centers in South Florida

Plans for a 200-acre data center in Okeechobee County, about 60 miles west of West Palm Beach, have been scrapped amid widespread opposition against such projects.

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Today the FL Legislature will discuss congressional redistricting. They will also vote on the AI chatbot age verification bill which will force all Floridians to dox themselves to Big Tech. Please share these alternatives with your reps: www.fldigitalrights.org/alternatives... #Florida #Privacy

Alternatives to age verification for AI chats

There are more solutions to our tech problems than to just collect more information on people.

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The i-Ready lawsuit is a great example of national-seeming issues actually being local issues. Similar to Flock, the decision and responsibility of using i-Ready is being made by local government officials. The people it impacts are your neighbors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YeO...

i-Ready lawsuit spotlights student data and classroom screen time

YouTube video by NBC 6 South Florida

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