Video surveillance in use @kakure@mastodon.online

@eff I think this is worth repeating:

> The mobile network does not encrypt calls or text messages end-to-end, nor does it conceal your location.

It *could* do these things. We have technologies that can do these things. But mobile networks just don't do it.

Imagine Star Wars, but, every droid in the galaxy is literally run by the Empire, they talk home to Coruscant every night for software updates, and the Rebel Alliance thinks this is just fine and doesn't understand how come they keep losing key battles

That's our future if we don't change the trajectory we're on.

I don't know how to make anyone who matters understand that.

It's International Women's Day!

And this bot is on fire, automatically posting the pay gap for all the orgs tweeting how supportive they are of women.

Great bit of open data activism...

https://twitter.com/PayGapApp

Europol becoming closer to "mass surveillance" style NSA according to report:

#News #Privacy #Europol #Interpol #NSA #EU #UK #Europe #Policing #Surveillance #MassSurveillance

https://delano.lu/article/europol-is-moving-closer-to-be

User accounts are so often a method of tracking users, yet they are not a requirement for running most internet services. #FDroid #Jitsi #CleanInsights #Wikipedia #Briar #FirefoxFocus all provide shining examples of working without accounts. https://f-droid.org/2022/02/28/no-user-accounts-by-design.html

The phone number bulldozer keeps excluding unphoned from social life.

The classifieds platform ebay-kleinanzeigen wants me to give them my phone number, or I can't use the web interface to contact sellers.

I'm not one to fall for this, and usage terms don't mention it. So I tried to complain to them directly.

Of course, there's no contact form.

#privacy #phonenumber #exclusion

#ClearviewAI says it is close to 100bil images to "identify everyone in world" according to pitch to investors.

+ private sales.

So much for keeping promises of gov only.

It's worrying ethical lines can be so blurry for the mass #surveillance industry.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20220218/13594848498/clearview-pitch-deck-says-aiming-100-billion-image-database-restarting-sales-to-private-sector.shtml

Anyone know how to get out of #Ukraine? I hear there are no flights or trains. Perhaps private shuttle buses or something like that?

Specifically interested in getting from Kropyvnytskyi (Кропивни́цький) to the EU (or at least further west) somehow.

Asking for a family member.

Boosts appreciated.

Do not install anything from Nvidia's website and disable GeForce Experience updates until Nvidia lets everyone know that things are back under control. The attackers (Russia more than likely) could use the software to push out malicious software to consumers. https://wccftech.com/nvidia-hit-by-major-cyberattack-that-may-have-completely-compromised-parts-of-its-business/

Tor was blocked in Russia leading up to #Ukraine.

Attacks on #privacy are pushes towards #Authoritarianism /#Totalitarianism (no matter where you are, or where you stand).

#PrivacyMatters.

#Tutorial: How to bypass #Tor censorship in #Russia:

#HumanRights #Surveillance #Censorship

https://forum.torproject.net/t/tor-blocked-in-russia-how-to-circumvent-censorship/982

If you are in the EU 🇪🇺, sign ✍️: https://reclaimyourface.eu/
#FacialRecognition intrusive systems must not be developed, deployed (even on a trial basis) or used by public or private entities insofar as they can lead to unnecessary or disproportionate interference with people’s fundamental rights

@mplammers The "5G vaccine" believers (most of which, hopefully, are just trolls) think that governments need to implant a chip under your skin to track you. Meanwhile, they can already do that with your phone, they just need to complete their databases to match every person's ID to their phone number. In the majority of the world's countries, they already have this.

Examples of things I can't do anymore, or am experiencing trouble because of my surveillance refusal:

- Finding a house
- Work with Windows computers
- Have a creditcard
- Read or watch the news
- Order food or grocery delivery
- I have to pay more in supermarkets (discount only for surveillance accepters)
- Buy things online
- Partake in your on-platform group chats
- Partake in FOSS development on Github (even Mastodon..)
- Donations to charity and FOSS projects
- NEW: Getting a vaccination

Your timely reminder that https://haveibeenpwned.com is full of tracking devices including the Goo-sual suspects.

https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/en/results?url=http%3A%2F%2Fhaveibeenpwned.com

#privacy

#doingitwrong

Here's a gentle reminder that #FDroid doesn't tax #android app developers in any way. However we humbly ask you to support us with your donations. https://f-droid.org/donate