In an EO today, #trump called for DHS to work with the Social Security Admin and MAKE A LIST OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS in each state.

(Note: For months, the DOJ has been demanding detailed voter info. Many states have complied. The DOJ has sued those that didn't.)

Trump's EO also ~"seeks to bar the #USA Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on each state’s approved list" (but the president may not have that power ).

#USpol #overreach #voting #privacy
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https://www.kdrv.com/news/national/trump-signs-order-directing-creation-of-a-national-voter-list-a-move-sure-to-face/article_c5d4f5b9-8441-52c4-94a1-ef39cf58ee79.html

Alternate headline: NZ police 'fail' to locate delete button on illegal pictures and fingerprints.

Police yet to investigate what technology is needed gather intelligence as part of new bill | RNZ News

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590815/police-yet-to-investigate-what-technology-is-needed-gather-intelligence-as-part-of-new-bill

The new bill would give police new powers but just how far it goes will now be fought over in select committee.

#NZPol #overreach #itscomplicated

Profoundly stupid and staggeringly short sighted.

The current american administration has likely presided over & accelerated the largest exodus of intellectual capital the US has ever had. They've achieved this by de-funding, sabotaging and disbanding the exact organisations that bright minds congregate at.

Now it seems they wish to stunt and disable their next generations advancement by hobbling the young peoples free access to the fundamental tools used to live and work in the technology age.

Such measures, will likely limit the next generations ability to advance, providing the administration a method to monitor, stifle and harass any growth the next generations american might make, based on their perverse ideological concepts & perceived wrong doing.

This is tantamount to facilitating child abuse and grooming at corporate and governmental scale.

https://techstory.com.au/2026/03/02/california-mandates-age-verification-across-all-operating-systems/

#Regression #Oppression #America #Grooming #ChildAbuse #Stupidity #Failure #overreach #Devolution #Linux

If somebody wants to make cellular modem kill switches for autos this is a great reason.

https://youtu.be/rcjGx8RpiqE

Most autos that have cellular and bluetooth hookups use a module. That is because of the costs of testing and licensing a circuit board for every revision if it has the radio hardware on board. Same thing is done in laptops and computers for their WIFI/Bluetooth hardware.
#maker #electronics #overreach
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I wonder how many Nitro subscriptions they lost. Has anyone got the graph? :)

https://discord.com/blog/getting-global-age-assurance-right-what-we-got-wrong-and-whats-changing

I would be happy that there is more transparency coming but most of this is still "plans as usual, we just reworded some things to make them sound better" and I have no reason to return to Discord as an active user.

When trust is burned, I don't tend to give companies second chances; that's for only friends.

#Discord #Enshitification #Overreach #Privacy #AgeVerification