#Microsoft is too addicted to #AI. Not everything needs a fucking AI tie-in (or in this case summaries from #Notepad!)
So thankful that there's no AI integration into #LinuxMint.
How do people not realize that all these AI integrations will most definitely be used as a #surveillance mechanism? #privacy #security
https://www.theverge.com/news/629412/windows-11-notepad-ai-summaries-snipping-tool
We're talking about the company controlled by a guy who sent money to Trump, changed the Washington Post into Republican propaganda.
You sure you want him to record what you say in private?
"Starting on March 28, recordings of everything spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud."
“The eyes and ears that decapitated Hezbollah”
by Anis Raiss in The Cradle
“As Hezbollah reels from a wave of assassinations deep within its strongholds, an unseen war rages – one fought not with bullets, but with hacked signals, infiltrated networks, and a digital battlefield where every movement is mapped before it happens”
https://thecradle.co/articles/the-eyes-and-ears-that-decapitated-hezbollah
Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public | BBC News
Wow, it has actually hit the BBC as a story.
Maybe the world is changing a bit?
Workers deserve a say in how their data is used. By providing opportunities for learning and discussion, we can help workers better advocate for their rights in the face of increasing #surveillance. Full report here: https://cdt.org/insights/what-do-workers-want-a-cdt-coworker-deliberative-poll-on-workplace-surveillance-and-datafication/ #Privacy #WorkersRights
PART II: USA Corporate Governed "Freedom Cities"
Watch On #Peertube
#privacy #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #freedomcities #USA #dictatorship #monarchy #bigtech #surveillance #massSurveillance #publicPrivatePartnership #fascism
A Chinese professor of Kobe Gakuin University in Hyogo Prefecture returned to Japan in January after going missing during his temporary stay in China, university officials said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/missing-chinese-back-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #hyogo #universities #literature #surveillance #espionage
Gestern beim Einsteigen in Atlanta musste ich keinen Ausweis und keinen Boardingpass zeigen. Der Herr am Gate bat mich lediglich kurz herzuschauen und wusste, wer ich bin. Als ich fragte, woher er das weiß, meinte er: Gesichtserkennung.
Ist das normal? Ich fliege ja nicht so oft. Und woher hatte er meine Daten? Werden die direkt vom Ausweis-Scannen bei der Einreise an die Airline übertragen? Und muss man mich da nicht wenigstens um Zustimmung bitten?
A New Era of Attacks on Encryption Is Starting to Heat Up | WIRED
Officials in the UK, France, and Sweden have all made moves since the start of 2025 that could undermine or eliminate the protections of end-to-end encryption, adding to a multiyear European Union plan to scan private chats and Indian efforts that could damage encryption.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-era-of-attacks-on-encryption-is-starting-to-heat-up/
What could Apple’s high court challenge mean for data protection? | Technology | The Guardian
https://alecmuffett.com/article/112781
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #apple #surveillance #tcn
Apple Challenges UK Government’s Demand for iCloud Backdoor in Court
#Apple #iCloudPrivacy #iCloud #Surveillance #DataProtection #Encryption #TechPolicy #PrivacyMatters #Cybersecurity #GovernmentSurveillance #PrivacyRights
What could Apple’s high court challenge mean for data protection? | Technology | The Guardian
“The investigatory powers tribunal has also had a tendency to find in favour of the UK government, where it claims surveillance powers are necessary in the interests of national security,” says Lock.
"Privacy policies are more aptly referred to as *surveillance policies*, and that is what I suggest we call them."
—Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Our challenge against UK’s secret TCN powers | Privacy International + Liberty file suit against the UK government regarding Apple backdoor demand
https://alecmuffett.com/article/112774
#EndToEndEncryption #HomeOffice #apple #surveillance #tcn
If you have Yahoo mail, terms of service changed & you are signing off your data
March 2025, Yahoo mail started forcing changes to the UI in yahoo mail. With it, new changed terms of services. In short, they will sell your yahoo mail data to companies.
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/1jaud4r/if_you_have_yahoo_mail_terms_of_service_changed/
ICE is using a tool called SocialNet to access public data from over 200 platforms, mapping out individuals’ activities, movements, and relationships.
https://www.404media.co/the-200-sites-an-ice-surveillance-contractor-is-monitoring/
You’ll be shocked to see how many services you trust are on the list.
To name a few: Bluesky, Reddit, Rumble, Telegram, Signal, DuckDuckGo.
Apps that aren’t on the list (for now):
Messenger: WireMin, SimpleX Chat
Mail: Tutanota
Browser: Brave, Tor
Photo: ente, Immich
From: blenderdumbass . org
It is estimated that by 2030 the child-surveillance industry will grow to $500 billion. An industry that capitalizes on bogus fears and causes anxiety in parents and children ( for different reasons ). And an industry that is both directly and indirectly causing the privacy nightmare that we are experiencing. On many levels...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/_500_billion_industry_that_causes_not_only_the_loss_of_freedom_but_also_increases_anxiety
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