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strufe @strufe.bsky.social · 14h

Where in Belgium was this photo taken!? 🤔

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CCC @ccc.de · 14h

Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students and uses student data for MS’s own purposes. MS tried to shift all responsibility to comply with privacy laws onto schools noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-...

noyb win: Microsoft 365 Education tracks school children

Favorable decision by the Austrian DSB: Microsoft Education 365 may not track school kids and Microsoft is ordered to provide full access to kids' data.

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Thomas Griesbaum @tencate.bsky.social · 2d

Interessant auch dieser Thread bsky.app/profile/sour...

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) @kit.edu · 2d

#WLAN als „Spion“: Überwachungsfalle in Funknetzwerken. Neue Technik erkennt Personen ohne eigenes WLAN-Gerät anhand von Signalen in Funknetzwerken. Forschende @kastel-labs.bsky.social warnen vor Risiken für die #Privatsphäre und fordern Schutzmaßnahmen.
www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2025_... 📸 smarterpix

Symbolbild: Person hält Smartphone in der Hand, darüber grafische Symbole für WLAN und Router

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strufe @strufe.bsky.social · 2d

We show how mere sniffing of bfi reports (Wi-Fi 5 and above) suffices to identify individuals strolling through wlan-served environments. Check it out, also at ACM CCS next week!

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) @kit.edu · 2d

#WLAN als „Spion“: Überwachungsfalle in Funknetzwerken. Neue Technik erkennt Personen ohne eigenes WLAN-Gerät anhand von Signalen in Funknetzwerken. Forschende @kastel-labs.bsky.social warnen vor Risiken für die #Privatsphäre und fordern Schutzmaßnahmen.
www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2025_... 📸 smarterpix

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Plattform Privatheit @plattformprivat.bsky.social · 2d

Chatkontrolle: Immer mehr Warnungen vor dem Aufweichen sicherer Verschlüsselung | heise online www.heise.de/news/Chatkon...

Chatkontrolle: Immer mehr Warnungen vor dem Aufweichen sicherer Verschlüsselung

Nach Bürgerrechtsorganisationen machen IT-Verbände, der Kinderschutzbund und Pressevereinigungen gegen die geplante Durchleuchtung privater Kommunikation mobil.

www.heise.de

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Secuso Research @secuso.aifb.kit.edu · 2d

#SECUSO unterstützt Initiativen gegen #Chatkontrolle
Am 14. Oktober entscheidet der Rat der EU über einen Entwurf zur Kontrolle von privaten Chats, der es erlauben würde, Nachrichten auf den Endgeräten vor und nach der Verschlüsselung zu prüfen.
ℹ️ gi.de/meldung/chat...
@kastel-labs.bsky.social

Chatkontrolle: GI lehnt Verordnungsentwurf der EU ab

Unter der dänischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft wird derzeit über einen neuen Kompromissentwurf zur Chatkontrolle verhandelt, über den der Rat am 14. Oktober 2025 entscheiden soll. Der Entwurf würde eine a...

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Thomas Stadler @rastadler.bsky.social · 6d

Die anlasslose Chatkontrolle ist mit dem Telekommunikationsgeheimnis wie es das GG vorsieht, unvereinbar. Das ist ein Schritt in Richtung des totalitären Staates. netzpolitik.org/2025/fragen-...

Fragen und Antworten: Warum ist Chatkontrolle so gefährlich für uns alle?

Die Chatkontrolle gilt weithin als Ende der verschlüsselten und privaten Kommunikation, also als Gefahr für die Demokratie und technisches Sicherheitsrisiko für die digitale Welt. Wir erklären und kom...

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strufe @strufe.bsky.social · 11d

This isn't even funny in any funny way. I wonder at what stage someone will start fighting back, you're on a straight path to authoritarianism, and fast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_T...

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 11d

"AfD is not just Germany’s problem, Vox is not just Spain’s, and MAGA is not just America’s. They are expressions of a single political current, localised for context but feeding into the same transnational authoritarian project." www.euractiv.com/opinion/the-...

The far right is acting as one party. When will we? | Euractiv

Liberal institutions treat each surge of populism as a domestic challenge to be managed within national elections or courts. Meanwhile the far right amplifies each other’s victories, recycles each oth...

www.euractiv.com

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aurelsec @aurelsec.bsky.social · 11d

Tomorrow at 6:30 PM the EU Green Parliament group holds a webinar on #ChatControl
act.greens-efa.eu/chatcontrol

Stop Chat Control: Why scanning all our private messages is a very bad idea

🔴 Webinar - Tue 30 Sep 18.30h CEST

act.greens-efa.eu

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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthubert.bsky.social · 14d

"To ensure sovereignty, OpenAI for Germany will be supported by SAP’s subsidiary Delos Cloud, running on Microsoft Azure technology." - that is not how any of this works, Germany! openai.com/global-affai...

SAP and OpenAI partner to launch sovereign ‘OpenAI for Germany’

SAP and OpenAI launch OpenAI for Germany, a 2026 partnership to bring secure, sovereign AI to Germany’s public sector, enabling safe, efficient public services.

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Patrick Breitenbach @patrickbreitenbach.de · 15d

Made my day.
Söder ist nun auch international ne Witzwurst.

Sabine Hochfeld-Pauli @pauline1895.bsky.social · 15d

@volksverpetzer.de

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KASTEL Security Research Labs @kastel-labs.bsky.social · 15d

Transatlantic Exchange on Election Security: U.S. Delegation Visits KASTEL Security Research Labs
On September 19, a delegation of U.S. Secretaries of State from 12 states visited KASTEL Security Research Labs, accompanied by the Aspen Institute Germany. Read more: kastel-labs.de/news/

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 16d

It is Wednesday morning and I need $15,000 to fall from the sky so that a group of extremely high-risk activists can continue to get anti-doxxing protection and data-deletion services.

I am not enjoying this week. Zero stars on WeekAdvisor.

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strufe @strufe.bsky.social · 16d

So for this cause too EFF would work?

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strufe @strufe.bsky.social · 16d

Donations to? EFF?

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Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 16d

#Privatsphäre ist kein Luxus, sondern ein Schutzschild der #Freiheit. Deshalb streiten wir vor Gericht für das Recht auf Verschlüsselung, gegen Gesichtserkennung und für digitale Selbstbestimmung. Öffentlich, laut, unbeirrbar.👇
#DigitaleFreiheit #FreiheitVorGericht #FreedomNeedsFighters

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strufe @strufe.bsky.social · 20d

Can't be correct, is it!?

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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d

🇬🇧👍Estonia won't be approving #chatcontrol either.
👎But Germany's vote on Oct. 14th is still up in the air, risk of a dangerous coalition compromise.
💪28 days left to increase the pressure on your government and defend digital privacy and security: https://chatcontrol.eu

A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries color-coded by their government's stance on Chat Control in 2025. The legend indicates: green for "Not in favour," blue for "Undecided/Unclear," and red for "In favour."

Countries in favour (red) are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.

Countries not in favour (green) are: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia.

Countries undecided or unclear (blue) are: Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Romania.

The map includes the text "Is your government opposing it yet?" and a call to action at the bottom: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".

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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 27d

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

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Matt Ruff @bymattruff.bsky.social · 29d

My good friend @nisishawl.bsky.social, the author of Everfair and Kinning, is having a fundraiser for a book she literally dreamed into existence. You can check out the details here:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-nisi-...

Screen shot of the GoFundMe page for Nisi Shawl's Five Petals of Thought fundraiser.

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COSIC @cosic.bsky.social · Sep 10

"400 scientists speak out against chat control" in heise online:
heise.de/en/news/400-...
#ChatControl

400 scientists speak out against chat control

Researchers from 33 European countries protests against mass surveillance on end devices. They warn that it is of little use and endangers everyone's safety.

heise.de

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COSIC @cosic.bsky.social · Sep 10

"Hunderte Wissenschaftler:innen stellen sich gegen Chatkontrolle" in netzpolitik.org: netzpolitik.org/2025/offener...
#chatcontrol

netzpolitik.org

netzpolitik.org - Online-Medium für digitale Freiheitsrechte

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COSIC @cosic.bsky.social · Sep 10

"Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal" in Help Net Security: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/09/09/c...
#chatcontrol

Nearly 500 researchers urge EU to rethink controversial CSAM scanning proposal - Help Net Security

Nearly 500 researchers warn the new EU child abuse regulation could weaken encryption and privacy while failing to protect children.

www.helpnetsecurity.com

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COSIC @cosic.bsky.social · Sep 10

"It's just smoke and mirrors." Over 500 cryptography scientists warn that the EU’s #ChatControl proposal still breaks encryption, enables mass surveillance, and won’t work as promised. EU Council decides on Sept 12.
www.techradar.com/computing/cy...
@techradar.com

"It's just smoke and mirrors" – Over 500 cryptography scientists and researchers slam the EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats

EU Council members are sharing their positions on the so-called Chat Control bill in the coming days

www.techradar.com

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