Mastodawn

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026

https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/meta-to-shut-down-instagram-end-to-end.html#privacy #righttoprivacy #socialmedia

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026

Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging oversight.

The Hacker News

Steven Saus 4d ago

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026 https://s.faithcollapsing.com/bza59#privacy #righttoprivacy #socialmedia

Meta to Shut Down Instagram En...

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026

Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging oversight.

The Hacker News

ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ Mar 8

RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/116176604411517279

#FightChatControl #StopChatControl #Privacy #RightToPrivacy #HumanRights #Surveillance #EU #Europe #Internet

Aby Mar 6

look im gonna need some of you all to start listening to me

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DHS BUILT A FACE SCANNING APP. YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE IN IT.

They came to his workplace armed with guns, gas canisters and artificial intelligence. He fought back with his quick wit and street smarts.

What happened next is a preview of what routine face scans could look like on American streets, in this special France 24–Mother Jones report.

Abdikafi Abdurahman Abdullahi, known as Kafi, is one of the few people willing to speak publicly about being subjected to the Department of Homeland Security’s new facial recognition tool, Mobile Fortify.

The Somali-American engineer-turned-Uber driver was waiting for a fare in an airport rideshare lot on January 7th, just hours after Renee Good was shot and killed by federal agents. As he watched a video of her death on his phone, there was a knock on his car door. Outside stood roughly a dozen ICE agents, demanding proof of his citizenship.

Kafi, who is Black and Muslim, refused to show his ID, arguing he was being racially profiled. Instead, he began filming, and his unflappable, mischievous comebacks transformed his video into a viral sensation.

The Department of Homeland Security officially acknowledged the existence of Mobile Fortify in January. But by then it had already been used over 100,000 times in American communities, according to recent court filings.

“This is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society that we have always professed to abhor here in the United States,” warned ACLU attorney Nate Wessler

https://youtu.be/fDsYzd4ITq0?si=MuhIisCXI0gwRbsF

#tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #AI #chatgpt #LLMs #policing #HumanRights #RightToPrivacy

ᚃᚓᚏᚌᚐᚂ ᚋᚐᚉᚉᚒ ᚌᚐᚇᚆᚏᚐ Mar 4

#EU #Europe #StopChatControl #Privacy #RightToPrivacy #HumanRights

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bur3yqsa44u4oroy3ohwjbol/post/3mg7tqtzwcc2j

Terminal Tilt Feb 28

Naomi Brockwell's latest video argues a pragmatic approach to privacy is wrong. I agree with her 100%. I believe the same people who argue that true privacy is impractical are the same people who believe "AI" is inevitable. They are driven more by convenience than values.

Dare to be inconvenienced.

Privacy is a right.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think you have to change everything at once and every step you take to improve your privacy is a win. Everyone has a different threat model. You should care about the data that is harvested at your expense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kpAFTj-x7g

#NaomiBrockwell #Privacy #NoAI #DigitalSovereignty #TechEthics #RightToPrivacy #YouTube #Video #DareToBe #DareToBeInconvenienced

The Argument Against Privacy That Sounds Smart But Isn't

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Maggie Pie Feb 25

Proud of myself exercising my #RightToPrivacy today by opting out of face scan technology at #TSA. I admit I was anxious going in, but it was such a non issue. The agent just nodded, took my ID, looked at my face with their eyes and through I went.
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#surveillance #eff #PrivacyRights

অর্ঘ্য 🏏📚 💻Feb 2

My use of mobile phones has been compulsive – has it been for better or for worse? We have lost so much of ourselves to smartphones: can we get it back? #DigitalDetox #RightToPrivacy

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/31/we-have-lost-so-much-of-ourselves-to-smartphones-can-we-get-it-back