Texas Observer<p>“We’ve kind of forgotten about how big a behemoth the government has become as a surveiller of its populace.” </p><p>Our top story: Unpacking the millions spent on <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-based surveillance of the border ... and how the state's gaze has expanded well beyond the edges of our nation. <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">texasobserver.org/texas-dps-su</span><span class="invisible">rveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://texasobserver.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
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JiKo<p>In your experience, which of these breaks apps/websites the most? (For example, the app freezes or crashes.)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Survey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Pro-Palestinian protester’s lawyer stopped and searched at US border: ‘They were going to take my device’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/amir-makled-phone-search-border-immigration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/12/amir-makled-phone-search-border-immigration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USimmigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USimmigration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Detroit</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Catharina Bethlehem ☑️ Cath<p>Inside the secret surveillance operation on WikiLeaks | Interview with editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson by Rebecca Vincent: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RP_p89rI6E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=3RP_p89rI6E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikileaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikileaks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Assange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Assange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigBrotherWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherWatch</span></a></p>
Jon Snow<p>This will affect you even if you haven't enabled the so called "feature" or not even using Windows. This can ultimately spy on your conversations with somebody who uses Recall.</p><p>"That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows"</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copilot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Douglas Edwards 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇵🇦🇬🇱🇩🇰🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Remittancegirl</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://federate.social/@pgiulan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pgiulan</span></a></span> Since long before Trump even entered politics, or <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Palantir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palantir</span></a> existed, I've been convinced that <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a>, not revenue generation, was the real reason for <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/IncomeTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncomeTax</span></a> on working-class individuals (as opposed to plutocrats and corporations). There are many other ways to generate revenue, such as <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> and <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/LandValueTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandValueTax</span></a>, or just income taxation limited to corporations and very wealthy individuals. But those wouldn't enable the monitoring of everyone's economic life the way population-wide income taxation does.</p>
Marcel SIneM(S)US<p>Koalitionsvertrag: Wirtschaft hoffnungsvoll, Entsetzen bei Bürgerrechtlern | heise online <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Koalitionsvertrag-Wirtschaft-hoffnungsvoll-Entsetzen-bei-Buergerrechtlern-10346935.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/Koalitionsvertra</span><span class="invisible">g-Wirtschaft-hoffnungsvoll-Entsetzen-bei-Buergerrechtlern-10346935.html</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/%C3%9Cberwachung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Überwachung</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/VDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VDS</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Vorratsdatenspeicherung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vorratsdatenspeicherung</span></a></p>
Lisa Kalayji<p>I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this is one of the most dangerous pieces of software to be foisted on the consumer market.</p><p>"First, even if User A never opts in to Recall, they have no control over the setting on the machines of Users B through Z. That means anything User A sends them will be screenshotted, processed with optical character recognition and Copilot AI, and then stored in an indexed database on the other users’ devices. That would indiscriminately hoover up all kinds of User A's sensitive material, including photos, passwords, medical conditions, and encrypted videos and messages.</p><p>The presence of an easily searchable database capturing a machine’s every waking moment would also be a bonanza for others who don’t have users’ best interests at heart. That level of detailed archival material will undoubtedly be subject to subpoena by lawyers and governments. Threat actors who manage to get their spyware installed on a device will no longer have to scour it for the most sensitive data stored there. Instead they will mine Recall just as they do browser databases storing passwords now."</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Data</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
TechnoTenshi :verified_trans: :Fire_Lesbian:<p>Leaked internal data shows Meta complied with 94% of Israeli takedown requests since Oct 7, removing 90k+ posts and actioning millions more, largely targeting pro-Palestinian content globally. Israel leads global content censorship via Meta.</p><p><a href="https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data-israeli-censorship-meta" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dropsitenews.com/p/leaked-data</span><span class="invisible">-israeli-censorship-meta</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻💻<p>This new <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> nightmare (<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Copilot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copilot</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Recall" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recall</a>) is also a technological <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23sovereignty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a> nightmare. It should be banned in governments and businesses around the world (forget the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23TikTok" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TikTok</a> bullshit bans in various countries) <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23StrategicAutonomy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StrategicAutonomy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WeaponizedInterdependence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeaponizedInterdependence</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duzlkhi42vsn3nnmfdelix74/post/3lmklcju77s2f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:duzlkhi42vsn3nnmfdelix74/post/3lmklcju77s2f</a></p>
Autonomie und Solidarität<p>How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management</p><p>Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state<br>~ Blade Runner ~</p><p>"The UK is expanding its use of predictive policing and surveillance, framing it as a response to crime, protest, and public safety. But the direction is clear: more monitoring, earlier intervention, and more control over dissent.</p><p>In early April, The Guardian revealed that the Ministry of Justice is developing a “murder prevention” system. The tool aims to identify individuals judged to be at high risk of committing lethal violence, based on data drawn from multiple agencies—social care, policing, education. The government has framed the project as a research initiative to improve risk assessments and early intervention. But its underlying logic marks a shift toward ‘precrime’—managing individuals on the basis of what they might do, rather than what they’ve done."</p><p><a href="https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/04/11/how-the-uk-is-shaping-a-future-of-precrime-and-dissent-management/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">freedomnews.org.uk/2025/04/11/</span><span class="invisible">how-the-uk-is-shaping-a-future-of-precrime-and-dissent-management/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protest</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Court document reveals locations of <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> victims targeted by <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/NSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/court-document-reveals-locations-of-whatsapp-victims-targeted-by-nso-spyware/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/cour</span><span class="invisible">t-document-reveals-locations-of-whatsapp-victims-targeted-by-nso-spyware/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Christian Schwägerl<p>Journalist Carole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cadwalladr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cadwalladr</span></a> helped break the data abuse by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> with the Cambridge Analytica Story, effectively taking on all of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> . She was sued, digitally stalked, and paid a huge price for speaking truth to power, as you can see in this new talk at TED, a venue she has chosen very consciously. Her dire warning: Cambridge Analytica was chicken feed compared to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> coup happening today<br><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE&t=811s&pp=2AGrBpACAQ%3D%3D" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8Ab</span><span class="invisible">kNE&t=811s&pp=2AGrBpACAQ%3D%3D</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> Maker <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/NSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSO</span></a> Group Is Paving a Path Back Into <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s America</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/nso-group-the-vogel-group-lobbying-trump-administration/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/nso-group-the-</span><span class="invisible">vogel-group-lobbying-trump-administration/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>Inside a Powerful Database <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> Uses to Identify and Deport People</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/inside-a-powerful-database-ice-uses-to-identify-and-deport-people/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/inside-a-powerful-</span><span class="invisible">database-ice-uses-to-identify-and-deport-people/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Jon Snow<p>Microsoft is about to launch Recall for real this time</p><p>The long-delayed feature will begin gradually rolling out to Windows Insiders.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/646911/microsoft-recall-windows-insiders-preview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/646911/micro</span><span class="invisible">soft-recall-windows-insiders-preview</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copilot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/recall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“The UK’s AI Borders: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Anduril" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anduril</span></a>’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Autonomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomous</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Towers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Towers</span></a>”</p><p>by researcher Samuel Storey, hosted by the Migrants’ Rights Network</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“Criminalising people arriving via irregular routes has been a number one priority for successive UK governments. These silent, ever-watching towers are a physical marker of where the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hostile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hostile</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> begins”</p><p><a href="https://migrantsrights.org.uk/projects/hostile-office/the-digital-hostile-environment/ai-borders-anduril-autonomous-surveillance-towers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">migrantsrights.org.uk/projects</span><span class="invisible">/hostile-office/the-digital-hostile-environment/ai-borders-anduril-autonomous-surveillance-towers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Migrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Migrant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Criminalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Criminalisation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Border</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SentryTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SentryTower</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HomeOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeOffice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drones</span></a></p>
Some Bits: Nelson's Linkblog<p>Blue Shield / Google disaster: For three+ years Blue Shield has been giving Google private medical data that Google then used to target ads.<br><a href="https://news.blueshieldca.com/notice-of-data-breach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.blueshieldca.com/notice-o</span><span class="invisible">f-data-breach</span></a><br> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/blueshield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blueshield</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> #-</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Planning an international trip? Travelers should prepare for the possibility of extra scrutiny of their phones when crossing borders, especially when entering the United States.</p><p>The Canadian government warned travelers in a recent travel advisory that U.S. border agents are entitled to search your electronic devices and “don’t need to provide a reason when requesting a password to open your device.”</p><p>Some recent cases have made travelers nervous about their privacy, such as when a Brown University professor with a U.S. visa was deported to Lebanon after border agents found a photo of Hezbollah’s leader on her phone.</p><p>“While 100% privacy may be impossible in these situations, there are a few things you can easily do that make it much harder for someone to see your private data even with physical access to your device,” said Patricia Egger, head of security at encrypted service Proton Mail.</p><p>Here are tips on protecting your device privacy while travelling:"</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/internet-privacy-smartphones-travel-e0a3146ae7966ea0e4157dbfae1f6a81" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/internet-pr</span><span class="invisible">ivacy-smartphones-travel-e0a3146ae7966ea0e4157dbfae1f6a81</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BorderControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BorderControl</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a></p>
Marcel SIneM(S)US<p>Was sagt <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> dazu? Ist Teams noch eine sichere Kommunikationsplattform? Folgt nun ein <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/unplugMicrosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugMicrosoft</span></a> ?</p><p>In <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Teams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teams</span></a> & Co.: US-Regierung lässt angeblich KI intern nach Trump-Kritik fahnden | heise online <a href="https://www.heise.de/news/US-Regierung-sucht-angeblich-mit-KI-in-interner-Kommunikation-nach-Trump-Kritik-10345526.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/news/US-Regierung-suc</span><span class="invisible">ht-angeblich-mit-KI-in-interner-Kommunikation-nach-Trump-Kritik-10345526.html</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Demokratie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Demokratie</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Datenschutz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Datenschutz</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/%C3%9Cberwachung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Überwachung</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Meinungsfreiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meinungsfreiheit</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Zensur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zensur</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/unplugUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugUSA</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/unplugTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugTrump</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/unplugMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unplugMusk</span></a></p>
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