sharing your surveillance report has been made fun fun fun fun don’t worry about it its all good we’re not using this data against you except we might in the future
LISTEN: Those “year-in-review” insights from your apps might seem fun to see and share, but they’re a symptom of the surveillance culture that permeates the internet and threatens your privacy, EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social told @KCBSRadio.bsky.social.
www.audacy.com/podcast/kcb...
www.audacy.com/podcast/kcb...
December 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
sharing your surveillance report has been made fun fun fun fun don’t worry about it its all good we’re not using this data against you except we might in the future
surveillance pricing is another slob-of-a-practice that just shows us when an opportunity rises to optimize for profit it will be taken
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
surveillance pricing is another slob-of-a-practice that just shows us when an opportunity rises to optimize for profit it will be taken
chat control is bad news
As we approach the final negotiations of this regulation, we urge lawmakers in the EU to work on a final text that fully protects users’ right to private communication and avoids intrusive age verification mandates. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the
www.eff.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
chat control is bad news
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As we approach the final negotiations of this regulation, we urge lawmakers in the EU to work on a final text that fully protects users’ right to private communication and avoids intrusive age verification mandates. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the
www.eff.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
As we approach the final negotiations of this regulation, we urge lawmakers in the EU to work on a final text that fully protects users’ right to private communication and avoids intrusive age verification mandates. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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🍪🇪🇺 Pay or Okay systems require payment if you want to reject #cookies, nudging 99.9% of users to consent. Given the upcoming guidelines by the #EDPB on this highly controversial approach, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices.
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
‘Pay or Okay’ study: Users prefer a tracking-free “third option”
Given the upcoming "Pay or Okay" guidelines by the EDPB, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices
noyb.eu
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🍪🇪🇺 Pay or Okay systems require payment if you want to reject #cookies, nudging 99.9% of users to consent. Given the upcoming guidelines by the #EDPB on this highly controversial approach, noyb has commissioned a study about user choices.
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
Read it here 👉 noyb.eu/en/pay-or-ok...
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New York's new algorithmic pricing law does not prohibit surveillance pricing or meaningfully explain how algorithms influence prices. But as Stephanie T. Nguyen outlines, it does offer some new ways for researchers to examine these practices. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-test-...
How to Test New York’s Algorithmic Pricing Law | TechPolicy.Press
New York’s ADPA exposes algorithmic pricing. Stephanie T. Nguyen discusses how these disclosures could reveal fairness issues and potential consumer impacts.
www.techpolicy.press
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New York's new algorithmic pricing law does not prohibit surveillance pricing or meaningfully explain how algorithms influence prices. But as Stephanie T. Nguyen outlines, it does offer some new ways for researchers to examine these practices. www.techpolicy.press/how-to-test-...
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Many tech platforms lack specific policies addressing climate disinformation, and even those that have rules struggle to enforce them effectively, write Alice Hunsberger, Pinal Shah and Theodora Skeadas. A recent seminar explored why platforms fail to address the problem, and what could be done.
Why Platforms Don’t Catch Climate Misinformation — and How to Change That | TechPolicy.Press
While most Americans believe that climate change is real and human-caused, online misinformation continues to erode public trust in climate science.
www.techpolicy.press
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Many tech platforms lack specific policies addressing climate disinformation, and even those that have rules struggle to enforce them effectively, write Alice Hunsberger, Pinal Shah and Theodora Skeadas. A recent seminar explored why platforms fail to address the problem, and what could be done.
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Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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Slop Evader — Tega Brain
A browser extension for avoiding AI slop. Download it for Chrome or Firefox. This is a search tool that will only return content created before ChatGPT's...
tegabrain.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Search tool that only returns content created before ChatGPT's public release
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Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇 #hacker-news
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“Generative AI is genuinely useful in some contexts, profoundly useless in others, & decidedly unproven in most,” @katie-drummond.bsky.social writes, offering a reality check on how to think about the technology. “It is situationally dependent. It is not a monolith.” www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...
The Worst Thing About AI Is That People Can’t Shut Up About It
A plea from WIRED’s top boss: Say less.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
“Generative AI is genuinely useful in some contexts, profoundly useless in others, & decidedly unproven in most,” @katie-drummond.bsky.social writes, offering a reality check on how to think about the technology. “It is situationally dependent. It is not a monolith.” www.wired.com/story/ai-jou...
slopaganda
"The current disinformation and slop phenomenon on the internet today makes the days of ‘Russian bot farms’ seem quaint; the problem is now fully decentralized and distributed across the world and is almost entirely funded by social media companies themselves."
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
slopaganda
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Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you
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ExposedByDefault - What Your Browser Reveals About You
Discover all the information your browser shares automatically, including fingerprints, permissions, hardware, and privacy settings. 100% client-side, no data is sent.
neberej.github.io
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you
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NYC Privacy Day today at the Bloomberg Center
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
NYC Privacy Day today at the Bloomberg Center
According to Google:
"Slop" refers to spilled or soft, wet, low-quality materials, such as soft mud, watery liquid food, or animal feed made from kitchen waste. It can also describe low-quality AI-generated content that floods the internet, similar to spam.
"Slop" refers to spilled or soft, wet, low-quality materials, such as soft mud, watery liquid food, or animal feed made from kitchen waste. It can also describe low-quality AI-generated content that floods the internet, similar to spam.
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
According to Google:
"Slop" refers to spilled or soft, wet, low-quality materials, such as soft mud, watery liquid food, or animal feed made from kitchen waste. It can also describe low-quality AI-generated content that floods the internet, similar to spam.
"Slop" refers to spilled or soft, wet, low-quality materials, such as soft mud, watery liquid food, or animal feed made from kitchen waste. It can also describe low-quality AI-generated content that floods the internet, similar to spam.
The beginning of the Slope www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Intensification - Kate Crawford - Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop
AI slop isn’t invested in the order of events or even looking like reality. The slop is not the territory: it just smothers it in synthetic goop. It’s flooding the zone with AI shit.
www.e-flux.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The beginning of the Slope www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Almost everyone is an AI optimist (based on raised hands). That’s scary #privacysymposium2025
May 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Almost everyone is an AI optimist (based on raised hands). That’s scary #privacysymposium2025
will be reporting from Privacy Symposium this week #privacysymposium
May 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
will be reporting from Privacy Symposium this week #privacysymposium
the more I try to explain why privacy matters the more resistance I get. I wonder if there’s a hidden law explaining this?
March 2, 2025 at 9:09 AM
the more I try to explain why privacy matters the more resistance I get. I wonder if there’s a hidden law explaining this?
1.3% is dangerously low
January 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
1.3% is dangerously low
happy data protection day! 🥳
January 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
happy data protection day! 🥳