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ifnotnowboston, 13 days ago to random

URGENT: Within hours, Congress will vote on legislation that criminalizes student protest under the guise of fighting antisemitism. Write your rep now and tell them to vote NO on this authoritarian campus crackdown.

https://act.newmode.net/action/ifnotnow/tell-congress-don’t-attack-and-criminalize-students-protesting-palestinian-rights

RTP, 14 days ago to news

Car Manufacturers Betrayed Customers By Sharing Location Without Warrant -- After Some Pledged Not To

#News #privacy #cars #automotive #automobiles #EV #Toyota #Hyundai #Nissan #Subaru #Volkswagen #BMW #Mazda #Mercedes #Kia #Volvo #GPS #geolocation #location #tracking

https://www.pcmag.com/news/senators-car-companies-are-giving-location-data-to-police-without-a-warrant

RTP, 28 days ago to privacy

Run / offer USA based service?

If this FISA provision passes, silent spying assistance might be enforced

Call Your Senator: 202-899-8938
#Urgent

#TakeAction #CallYourSenator #Privacy #HumanRights #Business #USA #FISA #economy #surveillance

RTP, 1 month ago to China

China Increases Phone Checkpoints To Inspect For Network Software To Bypass The Great Firewall

#GFW #TGFW #China #surveillance #privacy #theGreatFirewall #GreatFirewall #policing #internet #censorship #Tor #I2P #shadowsocks

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/phones-police-checks-03262024133232.html

RTP, 2 months ago to news

The Government Really Is Spying On You... And It's "Legal" (though not ethical)

"Any nightmare use for data you can think of will probably eventually happen,” Tau said. “It might not happen immediately, but it’ll happen eventually.”

#News #privacy #HumanRights #government #privatization #MassSurveillance #cybersecurity #publicprivatepartnership

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/02/28/government-buying-your-data-00143742

RTP, 2 months ago to news

How Surveillance Capitalism Is Changing Our Most Intimate Relationships

"It's a mass surveillance infrastructure. An ecosystem keeping track of us for power and profit."

(We may have taken for granted simple things, like taking a walk with a friend without every ring doorbell listening in)

#News #surveillance #privacy #IoT #InternetOfThings #Relationships #fascism #massSurveillance #HumanRights

https://newrepublic.com/article/178268/surveillance-changing-intimate-relationships

RTP, 2 months ago to news

Fujitsu's Faulty Accounting Software Sent Innocent Postal Workers To Prison

According To The Report, This Life Changing Bug Issue Was Known From The Start

#News #tech #Fujitsu #Law #Justice #bugs #postal #UK

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/fujitsu-bugs-that-sent-innocent-people-to-prison-were-known-from-the-start/

georgetakei, 3 months ago to random

It does sound like an ominous sign for something far worse to come.

RTP, 3 months ago to ai

Nice Article By Dr Joy Buolamwini:

"THE BATTLE FOR BIOMETRIC PRIVACY"

"In 2024, some governments will likely adopt biometric mimicry to support psychological torture...

"Generative AI tools also give intelligence agencies the ability to create false evidence, like a video of an alleged coconspirator confessing to a crime. "

#AI #artificialIntelligence #privacy #surveillance #Biometrics #infosec #cybersecurity #ethics

https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-for-biometric-privacy/

RTP, 3 months ago to Facebook

📰 Each Facebook User Is Monitored By Thousands Of Companies

#Facebook #SocialMedia #FB #privacy #surveillance #massSurveillance #ethics #advertising #databrokers

https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/each-facebook-user-is-monitored-by-thousands-of-companies-a5824207467/

RTP, 4 months ago to ethelcain

#WarOnDrugs = #PoliceMilitarization + Constant Prisoner Flow

#PrisonForProfit = #Lobbies To Protect Interests (while court precedents destroy constitutional rights for all, via)

🚨 📰NEWS: #Alabama prisons caught organ harvesting w/out consent? = #criminal

#HumanRights #USA #policing #organharvesting #Law #Justice

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/11/alabama-prison-missing-organs

RTP, 4 months ago to email

📫GREAT Reason To Both Use / Support @thunderbird #Thunderbird

New Microsoft #Outlook Collects / Shares Your Data w/Over 772 Parties

#email #communication #FOSS #Microsoft #Thunderbird #Mozilla #encryption #crypto #e2ee #infosec #Proton #surveillance #cybersecurity #privacy #News

https://proton.me/blog/outlook-is-microsofts-new-data-collection-service

RTP, 4 months ago to opensource

📰 We Need More Richard Stallman, Not Less

#FSF #Stallman #RMS #opensource #FOSS #Linux #development #FreeSoftwareFoundation #copyleft

https://ploum.net/2023-06-19-more-rms.html

RTP, 4 months ago to news

Major Pharmacies Sharing Private Medical Records With Police Without Warrants

Rite Aid Also Recently Penalized For Mass Facial Recognition On Customers (previous video)

#News #medicine #Law #privacy #4thAmendment #righttoprivacy #RiteAid

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/12/28/every-major-pharmacy-chain-is-giving-the-government-warrantless-access-to-medical-records/

RTP, 4 months ago to news

📡 🔎 🚘 Cars Have Become Modern Computers On Wheels: And Police Have Easy Access To Your Data / Phone

#News #smartcars #IoT #smartphone #policing #law #tech #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity

https://therecord.media/cars-computers-on-wheels-law-enforcement-berla-corporation

RTP, 4 months ago to news

🔎 Use Biometrics Authentication For Your Phone?

In US, You Could Be Compelled to Unlock - For Biometrics

Supreme Court Rules You Do Not Have To Provide Passcodes (5th amendment / testimony)

#News #biometrics #policing #KnowYourRights #authentication #SupremeCourt #USA #infosec #cybersecurity #privacy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/suspects-can-refuse-to-provide-phone-passcodes-to-police-court-rules/

RTP, 5 months ago to infosec

⚠️ LogoFAIL: Windows / Linux UEFI Hardware Vulnerable With Persistence

(get patched)

#infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #security #Linux #Windows #Blackhat #Windows #Linux #logoFAIL #UEFI #BIOS #firmware

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/xrk3chJJtiq94cPKstwfj9

RTP, 5 months ago to ai

💻 Computer Scientist Joy Buolamwini Warns Facial Recognition Technology Is Riddled w/Biases Of Its Creators

As Is Case w/All AI: including "Predictive Policing", w/can lead to harassment & worse - w/guilt by relative / association

#AI #artificialIntelligence #predictivepolicing #HumanRights #privacy #surveillance #MassSurveillance #Infosec #cyber

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/28/1215529902/unmasking-ai-facial-recognition-technology-joy-buolamwini

RTP, 5 months ago to privacy

:tor: Use Tor?

Tor Project Annual State Of The 🧅 Onion Now Live On Youtube

#Tor #privacy #HumanRights #anonymity #anonymous #StateOfTheOnion #video #tech #computing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFL0kXu440

gabriel, 6 months ago to random

Why eIDAS 2.0/EU Digital Wallet is not Trustworthy & How to Make it Trustworthy
You might find this interesting @RTP @gianmarcogg03
From what I understand, he's building a product that he thinks can help, but I appreciate many of the points made on the identity side.

RTP, 6 months ago to news

eIDAS: EU Enforcing Gov Approved HTTPS Certs Presents MITM Threat

#News #Tech #infosec #Europe #eIDAS #mitm #cybersecurity #governance #https #TLS #certificateAuthority #Peertube #privacy #surveillance #www #web #internet

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/ssskMM6dNG8hM1FUzP4xfA

RTP, 6 months ago to KindActions

:tor: Tor Project Needs Our Help

📉 Donations Down This Year

:tor: Tor: Not Only A Browser For Privacy Online:

It's Also An Essential Tool #Journalists / Vulnerable Populations Around The World Use To Access Internet / Bypass Censorship.

💡 ❤️ Tor is FREE. So worth it.

(I donated)

#TorBrowser #nonprofit #charity #donate #proxy #encryption #crypto #infosec #cybersecurity #censorship #internet #GreatFireWall #Snowflake #privacy

🔗 :tor: Tor Project Donation Page: https://donate.torproject.org