With the US Senate agreeing to reauthorize #FISA there has been no better time to start using end-to-end #encryption. 🔒

We don't need more #surveillance. 🕵️

Please contact your representatives and say NO to warrantless surveillance!

👉 https://act.eff.org/action/tell-the-u-s-senate-stop-risaa-the-fisa-mass-surveillance-expansion

Tell the U.S. Senate: STOP RISAA, the FISA Mass Surveillance Expansion

We all deserve privacy in our communications. Part of that is imposing limits upon the government’s ability to collect and access them.

^act.eff.org

Let's use @protonprivacy and @Tutanota products.
Encryption is the single best hope against surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/house-section-702-vote/

#security #cybersecurity #infosec #nationalsecurity #nsa #fbi #section702 #privacy #government #surveillance #e2ee #tech #proton #protonmail #tuta #tutanota #bigtech #degoogle

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

Random strangers getting paid to 'relay' YOUR texted login codes from THEIR phone numbers.

Privacy & security nightmare fuel.

Industry is turning away from texted verification because they are insecure... so what is #telegram thinking?

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/25/telegrams-peer-to-peer-sms-login-service-is-a-privacy-nightmare/

#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #doxxing #stalking #surveillance

"Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal"

Das ist vorsätzliches Umgehen von Sicherheitsmaßnahmen und eine illegale Überwachung/Spionage. Wer Meta/Facebook noch in irgendeiner Weise vertraut, der sollte sich gut überlegen, was Vertrauen für ihn bedeutet.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

#vpn #surveillance #snooping #facebook #meta #vertrauen

📢 Today at 14 CET we will be holding our very first Reddit #AMA! 📢

Join in to ask us any questions you might have related to Tuta, #encryption, #surveillance, #privacy, our favorite ice cream flavors, and more!

👉 https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1bo6pcx/we_are_tuta_formerly_tutanota_we_just_launched/

We hope to see you there!

I'm still wondering whether I should install KDE Connect or not. On the one hand, great smartphone integration on the computer, on the other hand: do I really need it? Longer battery life is more important to me, and for the few times I want to transfer photos to the computer, I can also connect the USB cable.

#grapheneos #kdeconnect #kde #kdeplasma #degoogled #pixel #privacy #surveillance #linux #bigdata #fedora #unix #freebsd

We had a great talk with XMTP_Labs last week 🎙️
https://blog.xmtp.com/tuta/

We love seeing more companies embrace #privacy & join the fight against #bigtech & government #surveillance. ✊🔒

Here's to making the #web a better place #together! 🥂

Spread the word! 📢

Today's vote can expand the US FISA §702 - or rein in warrantless #surveillance if we're loud enough!

@fight is calling for support of the good amendments & against the bad—and could use a signal boost.

👉 https://end702.com
👉 +1-517-200-9518

Tell Congress: Don’t Sell Out our Privacy in a Secret Session

We have to ACT NOW. Call Schumer, Jeffries, and key Democratic leadership and demand they STOP pushing racist, mass surveillance.

^{Fight for the Future}

#AI is used for more than just #ChatGPT 🤖

Algorithms analyze your behavior patterns & can monitor entire populations with little effort. 🔎

We need strong legislation to protect against expansion of the #surveillance state! 🚫🕵️‍♀️

👉 https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2024/02/02/artificial-intelligence-the-new-eyes-of-surveillance/

Fuck-you-Google: always

Google Update Reveals AI Will Start Reading All Your Private Messages
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/01/27/new-details-free-ai-upgrade-for-google-and-samsung-android-users-leaks/

#FuckYouGoogle #privacy #surveillance #AI #Bard #Android

Google Update Reveals AI Will Start Reading All Your Private Messages

New warning as AI suddenly targets billions of private messages on smartphones…

^{Zak Doffman (Forbes)}

»Die umfassende Überwachungsmaschinerie, die für digitale Werbung entwickelt wurde, ermöglicht nun direkt die Massenüberwachung durch den Staat« [1] Zitat von @wchr.

Daher: Ein Tracking- und Werbeblocker gehört auf jedem Smartphone/PC/Netzwerk zur Grundausstattung! [2] 👇

[1] https://www.heise.de/news/Gezielte-Werbung-Israelischer-Verein-wirbt-mit-5-Milliarden-ueberwachten-Geraeten-9609259.html
[2] https://www.kuketz-blog.de/empfehlungsecke/#adblocker

#tracking #datenschutz #surveillance #staat #werbung #ads #adaway #adguard #netguard #rethinkdns #pihole #ublockorigin

Personalisierte Überwachung statt Werbung: Handydaten ausgewertet und verkauft

Der Fall Patternz gibt neue Einblicke in den staatlich-industriellen Überwachungskomplex. Die Technik kann auch Kinder und Wege einer Zielperson identifizieren.

^{Stefan Krempl (heise online)}

"We launched a product and we don't care about what works and what doesn't."

Sounds unacceptable to you? To me too. But that doesn't mean I want to creep on you to figure it out.

Here's what to expect on @matrix's website

https://ergaster.org/posts/2024/24-tracking-what-works/

#privacy #analytics #surveillance

Ergaster - Tracking what works, not people

One of the most important activities to make Matrix a mainstream protocol is lowering the barrier to entry for the general public. The Matrix.org website is a critical step of the onboarding.

^ergaster.org

We've teamed up with other #privacy focused companies to fight against the #surveillance pushed by the #EU Chat Control Bill. 💪

You are not a criminal & shouldn't be treated like one.👮‍♂️

Contact your representatives and make your #voice heard! 📣
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImM88kFB6No

Today, we call on all Interior, Justice & Economy ministers of EU countries, to choose the right side: #privacy or #surveillance.

Together with other privacy-first companies we call on our ministers to defend encryption & protect privacy. 🔒

Read the full text here: https://tuta.com/blog/open-letter-encryption-eu

#chatcontrol #encryption #security #cybersecurity

📫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

Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service

The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 772 external partners for targeted advertising.

^{Edward Komenda (Proton)}

Are you already fed up with Christmas carols?

Here's a hilarious one that will make you smile. 😉

Happy holidays and happy encrypting! 🔒

#encryption #privacy #christmas #santa #surveillance

The location of your data cannot guarantee freedom from #surveillance. 📷

#Switzerland has long been treated as a safe haven for your #data, but the Swiss government actively works with the EU and US by sharing data with #law enforcement and #intelligence agencies. 🚨

Protect your #privacy and your data by choosing strong #encryption! 💪 🔒

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/swiss-privacy-is-an-illusion

🎙️ Cox Media Group's Active Listening Technology is being used to collect to your conversations and use them to push ads. 😱

CMG boasted, "This is a world where no pre-purchase murmurs go unanalyzed, and the whispers of consumers become a tool for you to target, retarget, and conquer your local market." 🎯

Don't make yourself an easy target for predatory advertising agencies, choose #privacy respecting solutions instead!🔒💪

👉 https://tuta.com/big-tech-alternative
#encryption #surveillance #creepy

Big Brother is watching you - now also via Google's & Apple's push. 🤬

That's why we don't use Google Push. When using Tuta, Google sees nothing! 💪

✅ Zero tracking
✅ Fully encrypted
✅ Maximum privacy

The data they don't get, they can't hand out to authorities! Go secure now: https://tuta.com/create-email-account?t-src=m

Here's more info on why we don't use Google Push and do not send any info via Apple notifications: https://tuta.com/blog/open-source-email-fdroid
#security #privacy #google #apple #notifications #surveillance #tracking

🚨Warnings from Sen. Ron Wyden reveal that governments around the world are #spying on #Google and #Apple push notifications. 🕵

Tuta introduced our own custom push notification system for #Android devices which are fully encrypted and #surveillance resistant. We include minimal information in #iOS push notifications to counter this threat.🔒

Surveillance requests should be transparently disclosed by Apple and Google, not silenced by a gag-order! 🤐

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/open-source-email-fdroid

Interessanter Beitrag von netzpolitik.org. So etwas in der Richtung hatte ich bereits geahnt - und ist einer der Gründe, weshalb mein Gerät googlefrei ist. Aber lest selbst. 👇

"Push-Dienste: Behörden fragen Apple und Google nach Nutzern von Messenger-Apps"

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/push-dienste-behoerden-fragen-apple-und-google-nach-nutzern-von-messenger-apps/

#google #apple #surveillance #tracking

Push-Dienste: Behörden fragen Apple und Google nach Nutzern von Messenger-Apps – netzpolitik.org

Smartphone-Apps verschicken Benachrichtigungen über Apple und Google, auch vermeintlich sichere Messenger. Damit können Behörden Nutzer-Daten bei Smartphone-Firmen abfragen. Bis jetzt verweigern alle Beteiligten Auskunft darüber.

^{netzpolitik.org}

⚡Breaking News⚡
The #surveillance program known as Data Analytical Services (previously known as Hemisphere) has been actively collecting trillions of domestic call records from Americans including those of individuals not suspected of any crimes.🕵️ 📱

Telecom provider AT&T has been collecting and saving call data on behalf of law enforcement agencies without any legal requirement to do so. 👨‍⚖️

More here: https://www.wired.com/story/hemisphere-das-white-house-surveillance-trillions-us-call-records/

#privacy #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism #att #telecom

🚨 Another EU mass surveillance attempt. Will kill privacy on web. Must not pass. 🚨

“[A]ll web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to trust the certificate authorities and cryptographic keys selected by EU governments.

These changes radically expand the capability of EU governments to surveil their citizens by ensuring cryptographic keys under government control can be used to intercept encrypted web traffic across the EU.”

https://last-chance-for-eidas.org

#eu #privacy #surveillance #eidas

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France passes bill allowing police to remotely activate cameras on citizen's phones:

https://gizmodo.com/france-bill-allows-police-access-phones-camera-gps-1850609772

Tags: #Surveillance #france #cops #smartphones

France Passes New Bill Allowing Police to Remotely Activate Cameras on Citizens' Phones

The bill will reportedly apply to suspects in crimes that are punishable by a minimum of five years in jail.

^{Kevin Hurler (Gizmodo)}

Mozilla: "In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. It would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list. Such a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments"

https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2023/06/26/france-browser-website-blocking/
#france #browser #cybersecurity #mozilla #security #surveillance

France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet - Open Policy & Advocacy

Article 3 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites on a government provided list encoded into the browser.

^{Udbhav Tiwari (Open Policy & Advocacy)}

10 years ago, Edward Snowden changed the world. The 'Snowden leaks' were a wake-up call: The conspiracy theory that Secret Services were monitoring our private conversations has proven to be true.

Public backlash after this revelation might have bought us years in our fight for privacy. However, today governments around the world are again pushing for more surveillance. This must be stopped! 🔒

https://tutanota.com/blog/snowden-leaks-nsa-surveillance-ten-years

#privacy #surveillance #snowden #nsa #fbi #secretservice

The Snowden Leaks May Have Bought Us Years in Our Fight for Privacy.

Ten years after Edward Snowden revealed extreme surveillance mechanisms of the NSA, push for more surveillance continues.

^Tutanota

The #EarnItAct is one of the worst #surveillance bills out there. We've killed it twice, let's do so again! 💀

We've joined 130+ orgs to stop EARN IT from being passed as law.

You can help by signing the petition. Do so now!!! 👉 https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption

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Der #EarnItAct ist eines der schlimmsten #Überwachungsgesetze.

Wir haben uns 130+ Orgs angeschlossen, um zu verhindern, dass EARN IT verabschiedet wird.

Hilf uns & unterzeichne die Petition! 👉 https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/earn-it-barr-encryption.

#StopEarnItAct

The EARN IT bill is back. We've killed it twice, let's do it again! 💀💀💀

EARN IT bill is aiming at scanning our messages and photos, but opposition is HUGE.

^Tutanota

Content warning: fediblock and raspberry pi (we knew thee well) Click to open/close