Miami Tech Enthusiast Club 📎
@miamitech.club
MTEC (Miami Tech Enthusiast Club) is a club dedicated to fostering a local community who are interested in technology in the broadest sense while facilitating advocacy for digital and consumer rights.
https://www.miamitech.club/
https://www.miamitech.club/
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NEW BLOG: The GUARD Act would regulate how minors interact with AI chatbots—but its sweeping bans and mandatory age checks threaten lawful expression, anonymous access, and privacy for everyone. CDT’s @beccabranum.bsky.social breaks down why we should be concerned: cdt.org/insights/thr...
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
NEW BLOG: The GUARD Act would regulate how minors interact with AI chatbots—but its sweeping bans and mandatory age checks threaten lawful expression, anonymous access, and privacy for everyone. CDT’s @beccabranum.bsky.social breaks down why we should be concerned: cdt.org/insights/thr...
Two tech related pieces of legislation to watch in Florida:
1. DeSantis proposes AI bill of rights
www.flgov.com/eog/news/pre...
At first blush doesn't seem sketch to us, but important to be aware of it.
#Florida #Miami #Tech #AI #Privacy #Security
1. DeSantis proposes AI bill of rights
www.flgov.com/eog/news/pre...
At first blush doesn't seem sketch to us, but important to be aware of it.
#Florida #Miami #Tech #AI #Privacy #Security
Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Proposal for Citizen Bill of Rights for Artificial Intelligence | Executive Office of the Governor
www.flgov.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Is your phone listening to you? Can the government read your text messages? Why is printer ink so expensive? Digital Rights Bytes answers common questions about technology that have been bugging you. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/
Welcome to Digital Rights Bytes
Digital Rights Bytes
www.digitalrightsbytes.org
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Is your phone listening to you? Can the government read your text messages? Why is printer ink so expensive? Digital Rights Bytes answers common questions about technology that have been bugging you. www.digitalrightsbytes.org/
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🕵️ noyb is #hiring!
🔎 We are currently looking for a Full Stack Developer and an IT-Project Manager.
For more information, click here 👉 noyb.eu/en/jobs
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
#railsjob #techjob #rubyonrails #devjob
🔎 We are currently looking for a Full Stack Developer and an IT-Project Manager.
For more information, click here 👉 noyb.eu/en/jobs
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
#railsjob #techjob #rubyonrails #devjob
https://noyb.eu/en/jobs
noyb.eu
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🕵️ noyb is #hiring!
🔎 We are currently looking for a Full Stack Developer and an IT-Project Manager.
For more information, click here 👉 noyb.eu/en/jobs
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
#railsjob #techjob #rubyonrails #devjob
🔎 We are currently looking for a Full Stack Developer and an IT-Project Manager.
For more information, click here 👉 noyb.eu/en/jobs
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
#railsjob #techjob #rubyonrails #devjob
If anyone is thinking about starting a local club or advocacy group about digital rights, we will be happy to share what we've learned so far. It's small, but it could give you the head start you need for reaching your community.
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #RightToRepair #ConsumerRights
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #RightToRepair #ConsumerRights
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If anyone is thinking about starting a local club or advocacy group about digital rights, we will be happy to share what we've learned so far. It's small, but it could give you the head start you need for reaching your community.
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #RightToRepair #ConsumerRights
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #RightToRepair #ConsumerRights
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We did it! Hosted another Flock camera community discussion in my rural WA town, and the sheriff came to confirm they won’t be renewing the contract or considering them again.
This is why I believe so strongly in neighbor-run town halls, especially trying it before ex: a lawsuit or ballot measure.
This is why I believe so strongly in neighbor-run town halls, especially trying it before ex: a lawsuit or ballot measure.
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We did it! Hosted another Flock camera community discussion in my rural WA town, and the sheriff came to confirm they won’t be renewing the contract or considering them again.
This is why I believe so strongly in neighbor-run town halls, especially trying it before ex: a lawsuit or ballot measure.
This is why I believe so strongly in neighbor-run town halls, especially trying it before ex: a lawsuit or ballot measure.
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You requested it, now it’s here - introducing Proton Sheets! The privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets.
Spreadsheets form the framework of modern businesses, and with Proton Sheets, you can ensure your data is private and secure.
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Spreadsheets form the framework of modern businesses, and with Proton Sheets, you can ensure your data is private and secure.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
You requested it, now it’s here - introducing Proton Sheets! The privacy-first alternative to Excel and Google Sheets.
Spreadsheets form the framework of modern businesses, and with Proton Sheets, you can ensure your data is private and secure.
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Spreadsheets form the framework of modern businesses, and with Proton Sheets, you can ensure your data is private and secure.
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"Everyone on every side of KOSA and age verification... have a shared frustration in what tech companies are able to do to us every day. Congress is giving all of us crumbs rather than doing what needs to be done.” - @sarahephilips.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/83712...
www.theverge.com/policy/83712...
A leading kids safety bill has been poison pilled, supporters say
App store age verification is beginning to take center stage.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"Everyone on every side of KOSA and age verification... have a shared frustration in what tech companies are able to do to us every day. Congress is giving all of us crumbs rather than doing what needs to be done.” - @sarahephilips.bsky.social
www.theverge.com/policy/83712...
www.theverge.com/policy/83712...
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Really great coverage from @wired.com about our week of action against online ID verification and how these bills are setting a dangerous precedent by making the internet more exploitative rather than safer.
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Really great coverage from @wired.com about our week of action against online ID verification and how these bills are setting a dangerous precedent by making the internet more exploitative rather than safer.
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
www.wired.com/story/age-ve...
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Day 3 of our week of action against online ID checks 🙌🏽 we’ll be hosting a live panel on LinkedIn today with @eff.org and other digital rights experts discussing the threat of online age + ID verification to the internet we love and the tools we can use to fight back.
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Day 3 of our week of action against online ID checks 🙌🏽 we’ll be hosting a live panel on LinkedIn today with @eff.org and other digital rights experts discussing the threat of online age + ID verification to the internet we love and the tools we can use to fight back.
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
Join us! FFTF.link/noidchecks
Write up we did about how this week is going in the fight against bad internet bills in the US. So far, we are in the fight!
discuss.techlore.tech/t/action-onl...
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #StopAgeVerification #StopOnlineIDChecks
discuss.techlore.tech/t/action-onl...
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #StopAgeVerification #StopOnlineIDChecks
[Action] Online ID Checks will Ruin the Internet - campaign against age verification by Fight for the future
Tomorrow, Dec 2, the US House Energy & Commerce Committee is holding a hearing to review all of the age verification and censorship legislation that has been proposed so far. In response to this most...
discuss.techlore.tech
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Write up we did about how this week is going in the fight against bad internet bills in the US. So far, we are in the fight!
discuss.techlore.tech/t/action-onl...
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #StopAgeVerification #StopOnlineIDChecks
discuss.techlore.tech/t/action-onl...
#Privacy #Security #DigitalRights #StopAgeVerification #StopOnlineIDChecks
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Some key takeaways from today’s hearing:
-Many acknowledged that Senate KOSA is a threat to free expression.
-Bills discussed have similar issues to KOSA, esp online ID checks.
-The bad idea that surveillance + censorship will keep kids safe online drove the discussion.
KEEP AT EM! ✊
-Many acknowledged that Senate KOSA is a threat to free expression.
-Bills discussed have similar issues to KOSA, esp online ID checks.
-The bad idea that surveillance + censorship will keep kids safe online drove the discussion.
KEEP AT EM! ✊
NEW: We hosted a live-stream of today's House Energy & Commerce committee hearing to provide commentary + analysis as Congress considers bills that would mandate online ID checks across the internet and censor very important resources for young people.
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/stop...
Stop Online ID Checks Week of Action
Stop Online ID Checks WEEK OF ACTION December 1-5 WHAT TO DO
www.fightforthefuture.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Some key takeaways from today’s hearing:
-Many acknowledged that Senate KOSA is a threat to free expression.
-Bills discussed have similar issues to KOSA, esp online ID checks.
-The bad idea that surveillance + censorship will keep kids safe online drove the discussion.
KEEP AT EM! ✊
-Many acknowledged that Senate KOSA is a threat to free expression.
-Bills discussed have similar issues to KOSA, esp online ID checks.
-The bad idea that surveillance + censorship will keep kids safe online drove the discussion.
KEEP AT EM! ✊
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Showing ID online isn't the same as showing it to a human offline.
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Showing ID online isn't the same as showing it to a human offline.
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.
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It’s Day 2 of our week of action against online ID checks + we need you to make some noise and call your reps letting them know censorship bills like KOSA + Online ID Checks are EXTREMELY unpopular & they are doomed to fail 💅
Call Now +1 248-331-8665 or use our call tool: www.badinternetbills.com
Call Now +1 248-331-8665 or use our call tool: www.badinternetbills.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It’s Day 2 of our week of action against online ID checks + we need you to make some noise and call your reps letting them know censorship bills like KOSA + Online ID Checks are EXTREMELY unpopular & they are doomed to fail 💅
Call Now +1 248-331-8665 or use our call tool: www.badinternetbills.com
Call Now +1 248-331-8665 or use our call tool: www.badinternetbills.com
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NOW: Congress is holding a hearing on 19(!) kids safety bills and several would age-gate/censor the internet, particularly for LGBTQ youth.
Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions, join us here! www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmN...
Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions, join us here! www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmN...
Bad Internet Bill Theater 3000: Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online
YouTube video by Fight for the Future
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NOW: Congress is holding a hearing on 19(!) kids safety bills and several would age-gate/censor the internet, particularly for LGBTQ youth.
Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions, join us here! www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmN...
Our policy counsel + members of our team are live-streaming analysis and reactions, join us here! www.youtube.com/live/GwAAPmN...
Sign this petition by @fightforthefuture.org to send a message to Congress that we will not accept the loss of privacy that comes with online ID checks and age verification!
And then call them directly and tell them again!
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#DigitalRights #Privacy #Security
And then call them directly and tell them again!
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#DigitalRights #Privacy #Security
ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Sign this petition by @fightforthefuture.org to send a message to Congress that we will not accept the loss of privacy that comes with online ID checks and age verification!
And then call them directly and tell them again!
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#DigitalRights #Privacy #Security
And then call them directly and tell them again!
www.stoponlineidchecks.org
#DigitalRights #Privacy #Security
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You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
You shouldn’t have to present your ID, credit card info, or face to be scanned just to access your favorite sites, news, or games yet this is the growing reality for Internet users globally. We need a firestorm to take down online ID checks for good-- so we planned one. Join us for a week of action!
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The House Energy and Commerce committee is holding a hearing TOMORROW DEC 2 on multiple "online safety" bills. It's a 19-package bill FILLED with age verification and censorship that they want to ram through and force on the American population.
WE CANNOT LET THEM
The House Energy and Commerce committee is holding a hearing TOMORROW DEC 2 on multiple "online safety" bills. It's a 19-package bill FILLED with age verification and censorship that they want to ram through and force on the American population.
WE CANNOT LET THEM
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The House Energy and Commerce committee is holding a hearing TOMORROW DEC 2 on multiple "online safety" bills. It's a 19-package bill FILLED with age verification and censorship that they want to ram through and force on the American population.
WE CANNOT LET THEM
The House Energy and Commerce committee is holding a hearing TOMORROW DEC 2 on multiple "online safety" bills. It's a 19-package bill FILLED with age verification and censorship that they want to ram through and force on the American population.
WE CANNOT LET THEM
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Congress is moving toward a nationwide age-verification mandate, but instead of verifying age on every website or app, lawmakers want to make app stores do it.
www.theverge.com/pol...
#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #tech
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www.theverge.com/pol...
#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #tech
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A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress
The bill takes aim at Apple and Google’s app stores.
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Congress is moving toward a nationwide age-verification mandate, but instead of verifying age on every website or app, lawmakers want to make app stores do it.
www.theverge.com/pol...
#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #tech
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www.theverge.com/pol...
#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #tech
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There will be a hearing on **Dec 2** to cover a slew of bills to further erode privacy in the US and give the government more control over our lives. Call your representatives and tell them you do not support bills that destroy our digital privacy, like KOSA.
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
Chairmen Guthrie and Bilirakis Announce Legislative Hearing on Protections for Children and Teens Online
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
energycommerce.house.gov
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There will be a hearing on **Dec 2** to cover a slew of bills to further erode privacy in the US and give the government more control over our lives. Call your representatives and tell them you do not support bills that destroy our digital privacy, like KOSA.
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
As MTEC tries to do more, we also want our experience to help other see that they can take action to fight for digital rights. We don't have sit passively while governments pass legislation that takes more freedom. We can get organized and fight back!
discuss.techlore.tech/t/i-want-you...
#Privacy
discuss.techlore.tech/t/i-want-you...
#Privacy
I want YOU for digital rights activism
In October 2025 I started a project that I had been thinking about since the beginning of the year - making a club. It would be a club that fosters a local community, but one which also spends some t...
discuss.techlore.tech
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As MTEC tries to do more, we also want our experience to help other see that they can take action to fight for digital rights. We don't have sit passively while governments pass legislation that takes more freedom. We can get organized and fight back!
discuss.techlore.tech/t/i-want-you...
#Privacy
discuss.techlore.tech/t/i-want-you...
#Privacy
There will be a hearing on **Dec 2** to cover a slew of bills to further erode privacy in the US and give the government more control over our lives. Call your representatives and tell them you do not support bills that destroy our digital privacy, like KOSA.
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
Chairmen Guthrie and Bilirakis Announce Legislative Hearing on Protections for Children and Teens Online
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
energycommerce.house.gov
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There will be a hearing on **Dec 2** to cover a slew of bills to further erode privacy in the US and give the government more control over our lives. Call your representatives and tell them you do not support bills that destroy our digital privacy, like KOSA.
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
The time to act is now!
#Privacy
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Patent challenges at USPTO aren’t perfect, but they’re a realistic way to fight junk patents. USPTO is trying to take that option away. Submit a public comment while you still can.
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF sup...
www.eff.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Patent challenges at USPTO aren’t perfect, but they’re a realistic way to fight junk patents. USPTO is trying to take that option away. Submit a public comment while you still can.
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🇪🇺Misleading headlines: #chatcontrol is not dead, it is being privatized! 🚨
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
November 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🇪🇺Misleading headlines: #chatcontrol is not dead, it is being privatized! 🚨
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
EU governments voted today for:
🔍 Warrantless mass surveillance
🆔 Mandatory ID for everyone (End of anonymity)
🚫 Digital house arrest for teens
The fight continues! 👇 […]
[Original post on digitalcourage.social]
Join us at today at 7:30 PM ET as we hang out with nerds in Miami! These are casual calls where we discuss anything we want about tech. Towards the end we talk about the latest in organized action we can take to fight for digital rights.
Join here: mtec.bearblog.dev/events/
#Miami #Florida #Tech
Join here: mtec.bearblog.dev/events/
#Miami #Florida #Tech
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Join us at today at 7:30 PM ET as we hang out with nerds in Miami! These are casual calls where we discuss anything we want about tech. Towards the end we talk about the latest in organized action we can take to fight for digital rights.
Join here: mtec.bearblog.dev/events/
#Miami #Florida #Tech
Join here: mtec.bearblog.dev/events/
#Miami #Florida #Tech