When I first started calling Silicon Valley’s business model “people farming” I was told I was being hyperbolic and alarmist.
I don’t get told that much anymore.
#SiliconValley #BigTech #AI #surveillance #capitalism #PeopleFarming
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24/7 GPS monitoring of migrants enabled the UK Home Office to collect vast amounts of personal data, invading people’s privacy and inflicting psychological burdens.
It’s a punitive and offensive measure that has rightly been found unlawful by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
#migrants #ukpolitics #surveillance #privacy #GPS #GDPR
https://www.wired.com/story/gps-ankle-tags-uk-privacy-illegal/
Until abortion access is fully legal, digital surveillance poses a significant threat. We’ve gotten better at answering questions about how to keep each other safe. Here’s what we’ve learned.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/two-years-post-roe-better-understanding-digital-threats #abortion #surveillance
So... the #FBI ran a Truman Show on this 🇨🇳spy for 8 years?
Wild.
#espionage #surveillance #china #spy #investigation #counterintelligence #intelligence #CIA #China
SCOOP from Reporting Fellow Francesca D'Annunzio: Texas Department of Public Safety is committing to a five year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI #surveillance tool that can track cell phones without a court order. (🧵 1/2) https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-tangle-cobwebs/
#Texas #politics #USpol #news #police #tech #privacy #HumanRights #activism #AI
Great interview with @Mer__edith in @WIRED from @agreenberg talking @signalapp, #surveillance, #privacy and #sustainability
"Signal is a nonprofit because a for-profit structure leads to a scenario where one of my board members goes to Davos, talks to some guy, comes back excitedly telling me we need an AI strategy for profit. Or another one of my board members comes in, gets really nervous that our revenue model, whatever it is, isn’t bringing in something that meets our goals and says, “Well, maybe we can start collecting metadata. Maybe we can reduce the focus on privacy, because of course our primary objective function, as a traditional for-profit, is revenue and growth.” And privacy in an economy powered by surveillance will necessarily hamper those."
Governments worldwide are training AI models to use them - on US. Cameras are found wherever we go, with growing amounts of footage evaluated not by humans, but #AI!
Under the cover of "fighting crime" this prepares the ground for widespread, automated mass #surveillance.
They are:
✔ Preparing the legal framework
✔ Expanding surveillance infrastructure
✔ Exploring new use cases
More & Sources:
🇬🇧 https://madeindex.org/blog/ai-mass-surveillance-human-rights-violations-made-in-germany
🇩🇪 https://madeindex.org/de/ki-massenueberwachung-menschenrechtsverletzungen-made-in-germany
📷 #Germany has unleashed self-learning¹ AI camera systems on it's citizens.
AI + Mass Surveillance = Human Rights violations Made in Germany:
🇬🇧 https://madeindex.org/blog/ai-mass-surveillance-human-rights-violations-made-in-germany
🇩🇪 https://madeindex.org/de/ki-massenueberwachung-menschenrechtsverletzungen-made-in-germany
Sources:
¹https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXQ_E6AZTXQ&t=158
#Tech #Privacy #Government #Artificialintelligence #Software #IT #News #Mannheim #Deutschland #KI #MadeinGermany #HumanRights #Surveillance #kunstlicheintelligenz #uberwachung #AI #camera #regierung #nachrichten #georgeorwell #german #deutsch #BadenWurttemberg #parody
"Stopping a company you distrust from profiting off your personal data shouldn’t require tinkering with hidden settings and installing browser extensions. Instead, your data should be private by default. That’s why we need strong federal privacy legislation that puts you—not Meta—in control of your information.
Without strong privacy legislation, Meta will keep finding ways to bypass your privacy protections and monetize your personal data. Privacy is about more than safeguarding your sensitive information—it’s about having the power to prevent companies like Meta from exploiting your personal data for profit."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/mad-meta-dont-let-them-collect-and-monetize-your-personal-data
#SocialMedia #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Privacy #Surveillance #DataProtection
New from Francesca D'Annunzio: Under Governor Greg Abbott's multi-billion dollar border security bonanza, Operation Lone Star, the Rio Grande no longer holds back law enforcement efforts. Today's digital border reaches across Texas and beyond. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-surveillance-arsenal-artificial-intelligence-lege/
This story is presented in partnership with the Pulitzer Center.
#surveillance #tech #SocialMedia #GregAbbott #police #border #privacy #security #USpol #politics #news
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🗽 9/11 #UPDATE | #FINALLY THE #GOOD_CITIZENS (THE REAL PATRIOTS;) OF NEW YORK COMING FORWARD! TY NEW YORK! 🇮🇱 🐍 🇱🇷
“They Ended My Career To Hide The Truth About 9/11!” ??? - Fmr #Congressman #Curt_Weldon 🔥
#Davidv Brief Below: 💯% STAGED?? imho
..9/11 WAS A #SETUP to SPEARHEAD #FAKE #DOMESTIC_TERRORISM in the #USA HOMELAND while the ALCOHOLIC #Bush shows off his Golf Swing.. REMEMBER?
Again 💯% STAGED?? Proof below.
The September 11 attacks of 2001 caused the deaths (AKA #MURDERS) of 2,996 people, including 2,977 #victims and 19 "DEAD" #hijackers (NO #WITNESSES) who "ALLEGEDLY" committed #murder_suicide?? Thousands [a] more were injured, [3] [4] and #long_term #health_effects have arisen as a #consequence of the attacks. Many Jumped to thier deaths escaping fire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_September_11_attacks
The Collapse of the USA ROMAN EMPIRE? #What_happened and #Why?? A walk down Memory Lane.
IRAQ, WMD'S and BUSH Spearheaded by the #ASKENAZI_JEWs to TAKEOVER OF OUR USA GOVERNMENT!?? ONE #BIG_SETUP (OCCUPATION) SO THAT THE #ALCOHOLIC #BUSH COULD #WIN THE #NEXT #ELECTION BY STOPPING THE SALE OF #OIL, OUT OF #IRAQ, to be #SOLD in #EUROS NOT #USD!!?? (Hmm its always about the #MONEY THEY/THEM/THEIR #GOD ISNT IT?)
>>Then came #Afghanistan >> #Heroin_trafficking AND #RAPING OF #URANIUM TO BUILD MORE #NUKES!
>> then jump to #Iraq (NO #WMD's)
>> Institutionalized Money Laundering Worldwide
>> #Surveillance of the masses by #illegal privately owned #LOS (Low orbiting satellites).
ELON MUSK NOW RUNNING OUR GOVERNMENT FOR THE ASKENAZI DIRT BAG JEWS THAT ALL SHOULD BE HANGING FROM THE NEAREST TREE.
>> COVID #RELEASE OF #MAN_MADE_VIRUS >> MAN MADE DEFECTIVE VACCINES MURDERING MILLIONS across the world
#BIG_PHARMA #JEWISH_OWNED!
>> now jump to #NATO Ukraine with FAKE USA #PROPPED UP PUPPET PRESIDENT who is a PAST UKRAINIAN SIT COM ACTOR. A little guy who thinks he is Nepolean #BONOFART!
>> Take down #Russia (World Dominance) #NEO_CONS = ASKENAZI JEWS, Christian Nationalists, Heritage Foundation, AIPAC Lobbyists, KKK, Pagan Zionists,
>> TAKE DOWN China.. (Economic Dominance) = Computer Chips AND CENTRALIZED BITCOIN SHITCOIN (askenazi jews moved money out of offshore trusts (that we exposed btw) and moved their PREVIOUSLY Launder MONEY INTO bitcoin SHITCOIN >> NOW #WORTHLESS!
>> #SWEAT_SHOPS AKA SLAVE CAMPS out of #Taiwan by the USA TO SECURE SUPPLY CHAINS THAT WALMART AND AMAZON BUILT (aka Sherman Anti Trust Violations)) =FELONIES.
China say no to #TAIWAN.. China says BUILD YOUR OWN #MANUFACTURING_BASE AND PULL MILLIONS OUT OF POVERTY LIKE WE HAVE DONE FOR THE LAST 3 DECADES WHILE YOU.. >>USA SAT ON HANDS DISRUPTING WORLD PEACE AND CREATING PROXY WARS!
PLAN? 💯% WORLD #DOMINATION WITH #NATO allies VIA UNENDING PROXY WARS who are in fact OUR #REAL_ENEMIES AND the REAL #TERRORISTS = #Israeli's
--all the while creating division, distraction and manipulation by Main Stream News >> Psychological Warfare against its own USA citizens..
2,996 people #MURDERED IN #PLAIN_SIGHT!?
Many #jumped to their #deaths.
I remember that day Vividly; My first thought immediately was HEY when is that movie coming out.. It looked like a #STAGED Hollywood Movie to me.. Then to find out it happened in #real_time?
At that same time I just received 100k check on my desk for the online traffic we had built. Making in excess of 400k per month for the next 7 years --until IP was #stolen. (#IP_THEFT #RTB, #HFT)
#WE_THE_PEOPLE DEMAND SERIOUS #INVESTIGATION INTO the #TAKE_DOWN of 9/11 Towers.
Think about it. I was trained in #demolition_deconstruction (RIGGER) as a commercial underwater Heli/OX Saturation Diver in #Commercial_Diving_School.
I worked OFFSHORE DIVING SATURATION PLATFORM #SPAR (Underwater #welding Dry Habitat dropped 300 feet below).
Certified Commercial HELI/OX Professional #Saturation Diver (Browning & Company, #Pemex_Pipeline, (Bay of Campeche, Yucatan)
All charges (explosives) are laid out at the 4 beams and then fired off --one at a time in sequence (think 4th of #July) --in order for the buildings to fall in #PANCAKE_PATTERN...
#WHY?
So that the #surrounding buildings do not get #damaged as well..
BIGGER #HIT to #insurance_companies.. ouch!
(1) One Building Falling a #PAN_CAKE Patterned Formation is somewhat.. #ACCEPTABLE w/o charges.
.. BUT #TWO_BUILDING FALLING IN A #PANCAKE_PATTERN WITHOUT CHARGES IS #FAKE (AKA 💯% #STAGED) imho
AND why at first glance it SCREAMED a HOLLYWOOD MOVIE!? for anyone with 1/2 a Brain.
#MAJOR_COVERUP.. HERE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Remember they brought in the #ISRAELIS (demolition destruction team aka NOW THE REAL TERRORISTS) to take down of the #FLORIDA_CONDO??
My “JUST A GUESS” IS THAT #THEY ( #ASKENAZI_JEWS) ARE THE #ONES who #PLANTED the charges in 9/11..
Start your investigation there. You will find the answers!
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Compromised? In this interview, https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-the-road-is-federal-employee I speak to a systems security specialist who found privacy problems surrounding the HR@opm.gov email servers #IT #security #natsec #nationalsecurity #cybercrime #cybersecurity #hacking #surveillance #malware #email #DOGE #Musk #treasury #OPM #FAA #FEMA #education #privacy #PII
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
The UK is rogue in trying to order a backdoor to Apple encryption.
US lawmakers slam the UK's secretive order, calling it what it is:
🔥 'Dangerous' for global cybersecurity
🔥 'Effectively a foreign cyberattack'
The Home Office must back off ✋
#encryption #surveillance #e2ee #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #Apple #privacy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/13/apple-uk-security-back-door-adp/
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🚨Best News of the Year: We've stopped a backdoor law in France
Encryption backdoors must never be allowed. We at Tuta will continue to fight against mass surveillance! ✊
AMERICAN PANOPTICON
The #Trump admin is pooling #data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
by Ian Bogost & Charlie Warzel
If you were tasked with building a #panopticon, your design might look a lot like the #information stores of the US federal govt—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from #citizens.
#law #privacy #InfoSec #AmericanAutocracy #tech #DOGE #Musk #surveillance
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/american-panopticon/682616/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxc3WqSyzCi3gasJ-au_BC9g&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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"- In March 2025, senior members of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) living in exile were targeted with a spearphishing campaign aimed at delivering Windows-based malware capable of conducting remote surveillance against its targets.
- The malware was delivered through a trojanized version of a legitimate open source word processing and spell check tool developed to support the use of the Uyghur language. The tool was originally built by a developer known and trusted by the targeted community.
- Although the malware itself was not particularly advanced, the delivery of the malware was extremely well customized to reach the target population and technical artifacts show that activity related to this campaign began in at least May of 2024.
- The ruse employed by the attackers replicates a typical pattern: threat actors likely aligned with the Chinese government have repeatedly instrumentalized software and websites that aim to support marginalized and repressed cultures to digitally target these same communities.
- This campaign shows the ongoing threats of digital transnational repression facing the Uyghur diaspora. Digital transnational repression arises when governments use digital technologies to surveil, intimidate, and silence exiled and diaspora communities."
https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-language-software-hijacked-to-deliver-malware/
#CyberSecurity #Malware #Spearphishing #China #Uyghurs #Xinjiang #Surveillance
Maybe instead of building global police states, parents should just parent their children...
#foodforthought #censorship #privacy #surveillance #internet #wtf #childsafety
Outlook not so good 🎱
Police tech doesn’t predict crime. It predicts policing.
Based on biased data, it brings more of the same – racist policing and poverty punishment.
Read our latest blog on why crime 'predicting' police tech must be BANNED ⬇️
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/why-predictive-policing-must-be-banned/
#policing #AI #precrime #justice #criminal #police #ukpol #ukpolitics #surveillance
Attending a #Protest | #Surveillance Self-Defense.
“For quick reference…a handy #guide designed to be printed, folded, and carried in your pocket
(PDF download)...“ |
from Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF
If you hate Tesla, and honestly, who doesn't, (often hated a good deal) Microsoft has decided to partner with Elon Musk.
"Microsoft’s Partnership With Elon Musk’s Grok AI Isn’t a Feature—It’s a Liability "
(Update: clarifying this was a specific case, not general case... although, lots of cameras wandering around everywhere nowadays)
"Food Delivery Robots Are Feeding Camera Footage to the LAPD, Internal Emails Show"
(9/28/2023)
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This was not hard to predict. #Data governance needs to go beyond a data entry for "Reason?" as that is clearly too vague. If #California wants to continue deploying and operating #ALPR technology, we need #datagovernance and accountability NOW.
#flock #deflock #alprspotting #ice #fuckICE #surveillance #policestate
Law enforcement agencies are violating California law and sharing license plate reader data with federal authorities https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2025/06/california-police-sharing-license-plate-reader-data/
#Trump admin halts scheduling of ALL new #StudentVisa appointments
Trump ordered US #missions abroad to stop scheduling new appointments for student & #exchange visitor #visa applicants as the #State Dept prepares to expand #socialmedia vetting of all #ForeignStudents, acc/to an internal cable seen by Reuters on Tues.
#law #AbuseOfPower #immigration #surveillance #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #dictatorship #tyranny #authoritarianism #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-halts-scheduling-new-student-visa-appointments-2025-05-27/
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This week's net.wars, "Nephology", attends the US House Judiciary Committee's Thursday hearing on "Foreign Influence on Americans' Data Through the CLOUD Act", at which four experts expertly defended encryption: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/06/nephology/ #NetWars #USpol #surveillance #encryption #Apple #UK
Ummmm…
Not okay.
The #USArmy has announced that it is swearing in 4 #tech execs from #Palantir, #Meta, #OpenAl, & #ThinkingMachinesLab — as #ArmyReserve lieutenant colonels.
