You know, all the shit we know about North Korea and how they love snooping on their citizens and users of their Intranet and their Linux distro?

We're just fucking speed running all that AND a bag of chips, and North Korea is probably even telling us "Whoa slow up there!"

In the words of a certain egg shaped mad scientist... "SNOO-PINGAS USUAL, I SEE!"

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/

#PrivacyInvasion #TheInternetSucks #FuckCapitalism

Ah yes, in today's episode of "Things We Gave Up for Slightly Better Cat Memes," we proudly nod along as Big Brother tucks us in at night with a warm, invasive embrace. πŸ˜΄πŸ” Who needs privacy when you can trade it for targeted ads and a false sense of security? πŸ“±πŸ’‘
https://vivianvoss.net/blog/why-we-accepted-surveillance #ThingsWeGaveUp #PrivacyInvasion #TargetedAds #CatMemes #DigitalSecurity #HackerNews #ngated
Why We Accepted Surveillance as Default β€” Vivian Voss

Thirty years ago two men in New York invented the third-party cookie. Google paid $3.1 billion for the company. 600 billion bid requests per second later, the question is still unanswered: what if the browser had defended the user?

Vivian Voss
🚨 BREAKING: In the latest episode of "1984: Hong Kong #Edition," local police can now demand your phone password, because privacy is soooo last season. πŸ“±πŸ” But don't worry, advertisers will still respect your data, pinky swear! πŸ™„
https://www.gadgetreview.com/hong-kong-police-can-now-demand-phone-passwords-under-new-security-rules #BreakingNews #PrivacyInvasion #HongKong #SurveillanceState #DigitalRights #HackerNews #ngated
Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules

Hong Kong police can now force phone unlocking without warrants under expanded National Security Law, making device encryption legally meaningless.

Gadget Review
πŸͺ Oh joy, another tech giant devours a cookie πŸͺ! Meta's latest acquisition requires you to turn on #JavaScript and #cookies just to read about itβ€”because what better way to kick off the invasion of privacy than by making sure your browser is prepped for stalking? πŸ˜‚
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network #techacquisition #privacyinvasion #Meta #HackerNews #ngated
Exclusive: Meta hires duo behind Moltbook

Facebook parent says Moltbook gives autonomous AI a way to verifiably connect.

Axios

Deleted my discord... not that I really ever used it.

But fuck all of these bullshit attempts to collect your biometric data just to access a fucking chat app.

The enshitification of everything continues.

We seriously need to burn down the internet and rebuild it.... with blackjack and hookers.

#Discord
#DeleteDiscord
#Enshitification
#Privacy
#PrivacyInvasion

Harry's UK Trip Hits Roadblock: Major Legal Blow Ahead

YouTube
πŸ˜‚ Wow, #Flock decided to give the world a free #surveillance show πŸŽ₯! Congrats on reinventing public access TV with a side of privacy invasion. Maybe next time, skip the 'exposed' phase and go straight to the 'oops' apology tour. πŸ™ˆ
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/ #Fails #PublicAccessTV #PrivacyInvasion #OopsApology #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, looks like I won't be using Bluesky any more πŸ™„ can't even seem to get around this with a VPN (only tried on Android for now, not on desktop)

#Bluesky #AgeAssurance #OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy #SocialMedia #PrivacyInvasion

The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit

From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian