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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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How do trackers see your internet browser? Find out with Cover Your Tracks: coveryourtracks.eff.org
Cover Your Tracks
See how trackers view your browser
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December 8, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How do trackers see your internet browser? Find out with Cover Your Tracks: coveryourtracks.eff.org
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“Universities have a duty of care for their students and the local community,” EFF’s @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy told @TheIntercept.com. “Surveillance systems are a direct affront to that duty for both.” theintercept.com/2025/11/24/...
How Corporate Partnerships Powered University Surveillance of Palestine Protests
Internal emails reveal U.S. universities’ playbooks for cracking down on the student movement for Palestine.
theintercept.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Universities have a duty of care for their students and the local community,” EFF’s @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy told @TheIntercept.com. “Surveillance systems are a direct affront to that duty for both.” theintercept.com/2025/11/24/...
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Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, EFF discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Cops Are Using Flock Safety's ALPR Network to Surveil Protesters
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, we discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national
www.eff.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Through an analysis of 10 months of nationwide searches on Flock Safety's servers, EFF discovered that more than 50 federal, state, and local agencies ran hundreds of searches through Flock's national network of surveillance data in connection with protest activity. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
we really, really need to push back against this shit
Algorithmic face scans are “dangerous, whether used to estimate our age, our name, or other demographics,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @PCMag.com. EFF favors “a ban on government use of this technology, and strict regulation… for corporate use.” www.pcmag.com/explainers/...
Give Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are Worried
From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithms get it wrong.
www.pcmag.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
we really, really need to push back against this shit
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Algorithmic face scans are “dangerous, whether used to estimate our age, our name, or other demographics,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @PCMag.com. EFF favors “a ban on government use of this technology, and strict regulation… for corporate use.” www.pcmag.com/explainers/...
Give Us Your Face or Lose Your Account: AI Age Verification Is Here, and Experts Are Worried
From Spotify to YouTube, platforms now demand biometric proof of age. Experts warn that you could lose access—and your privacy—if the algorithms get it wrong.
www.pcmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Algorithmic face scans are “dangerous, whether used to estimate our age, our name, or other demographics,” EFF’s Adam Schwartz told @PCMag.com. EFF favors “a ban on government use of this technology, and strict regulation… for corporate use.” www.pcmag.com/explainers/...
if you're in Wisconsin or Michigan, I recommend reaching out to your lawmakers to tell them you don't want this BS www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Pr...
www.eff.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
if you're in Wisconsin or Michigan, I recommend reaching out to your lawmakers to tell them you don't want this BS www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep ALPR data secret, making it clear that the public has a right to these records even when the government uses a third-party vendor to conduct surveillance and store personal data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are
A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep automated license plate reader (ALPR) data secret.The Skagit County Superior Court in Washington rejected the attempt
www.eff.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep ALPR data secret, making it clear that the public has a right to these records even when the government uses a third-party vendor to conduct surveillance and store personal data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
So excited that Wilson is looking to be the next Seattle mayor
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 AM
So excited that Wilson is looking to be the next Seattle mayor
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
never has another state's mayoral race given me so much hope
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
never has another state's mayoral race given me so much hope
great reminder to switch to a privacy-focused browser and use uBlock Origin, then delete all of your personal info from social media www.404media.co/the-future-o...
The Future of Advertising Is AI Generated Ads That Are Directly Personalized to You
"Advertisers are increasingly just going to be able to give us a business objective and give us a credit card or bank account, and have the AI system basically figure out everything else."
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
great reminder to switch to a privacy-focused browser and use uBlock Origin, then delete all of your personal info from social media www.404media.co/the-future-o...
we should all be covering our faces in public www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
we should all be covering our faces in public www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
We need to start pushing against Flock cameras jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/...
Leaving the Door Wide Open: Flock Surveillance Systems Expose Washington Data to Immigration Enforcement - Center for Human Rights
Summary Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks have become increasingly common in Washington state. Records obtained by UWCHR researchers via public records requests reveal that at least eight Washington state law enforcement agencies enabled direct, 1:1 sharing of their networks with U.S. Border Patrol at some point during 2025; effectively opening the “front
jsis.washington.edu
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We need to start pushing against Flock cameras jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/...
Delete your info from data brokers, starting with LexisNexis: www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Use this guide: inteltechniques.com/workbook.html
It's not enough to block ICE entirely, but it's a start.
Use this guide: inteltechniques.com/workbook.html
It's not enough to block ICE entirely, but it's a start.
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Delete your info from data brokers, starting with LexisNexis: www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Use this guide: inteltechniques.com/workbook.html
It's not enough to block ICE entirely, but it's a start.
Use this guide: inteltechniques.com/workbook.html
It's not enough to block ICE entirely, but it's a start.
You might want to delete your 23&Me account and have your info wiped www.theverge.com/news/669548/...
23andMe and its user data will soon belong to a pharmaceutical giant
Your spit samples are changing hands.
www.theverge.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
You might want to delete your 23&Me account and have your info wiped www.theverge.com/news/669548/...
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DOGE’s creation of one massive, omnipotent database could let authorities retaliate against critics of the government, undermine political foes or personal enemies, and target marginalized groups, EFF’s Tori Noble told @gizmodo.com.
With Its Destruction of Government Data Silos, DOGE Is Building a 'Surveillance Weapon'
There's a reason the government's vast trove of data is compartmentalized.
gizmodo.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
DOGE’s creation of one massive, omnipotent database could let authorities retaliate against critics of the government, undermine political foes or personal enemies, and target marginalized groups, EFF’s Tori Noble told @gizmodo.com.
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford
Amid a national sweep over student visas that has hit colleges across the U.S., the Trump administration on Friday canceled more than a dozen international student visas at the University of Californi...
www.latimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Stop everything babe there's a new Sleep Token song
April 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Stop everything babe there's a new Sleep Token song
If you or someone in your family have a student visa you need to make your social media profiles private and start scrubbing your pro-Palestine posts ASAP www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Rubio Orders U.S. Diplomats to Scour Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
The order comes as President Trump expands deportation efforts, including of students who have spoken out in support of Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If you or someone in your family have a student visa you need to make your social media profiles private and start scrubbing your pro-Palestine posts ASAP www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
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By the way: While this woman is in jail for her miscarriage, Georgia Republicans are considering a bill that would allow abortion patients to be prosecuted as murderers.
The point is more investigations like this, where all pregnancy loss is suspect bsky.app/profile/jess...
The point is more investigations like this, where all pregnancy loss is suspect bsky.app/profile/jess...
A Georgia woman has been arrested for how she disposed of her miscarriage.
Police say the woman was charged with “concealing the death of another person” and “abandonment of a dead body” because she put fetal remains in the trash.
jessica.substack.com/p/georgia-wo...
Police say the woman was charged with “concealing the death of another person” and “abandonment of a dead body” because she put fetal remains in the trash.
jessica.substack.com/p/georgia-wo...
Georgia Woman Arrested for How She Disposed of Miscarriage
3.25.25
jessica.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
By the way: While this woman is in jail for her miscarriage, Georgia Republicans are considering a bill that would allow abortion patients to be prosecuted as murderers.
The point is more investigations like this, where all pregnancy loss is suspect bsky.app/profile/jess...
The point is more investigations like this, where all pregnancy loss is suspect bsky.app/profile/jess...
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The bad news is that you, your siblings, and your close relatives' genetic information is now accessible to bad actors who could sell or exploit it in any number of ways but the good news is your boomer aunt has a printout saying she's 24% Italian. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Column | Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now
The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California’s attorney general has issued a privacy “consumer alert.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The bad news is that you, your siblings, and your close relatives' genetic information is now accessible to bad actors who could sell or exploit it in any number of ways but the good news is your boomer aunt has a printout saying she's 24% Italian. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:
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If you're wondering if your published work was stolen by Meta for their AI training, the answer is probably yes.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you're wondering if your published work was stolen by Meta for their AI training, the answer is probably yes.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...