Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702

In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more time to fight! They are holding out for, at a minimum, the requirement of an actual probable cause warrant for FBI access to information...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Stop the OS Surveillance Mandate

The Stop the OS Surveillance Campaign as a digital rights group focuses on combating OS-level age-gating bills in the U.S.

Stop the OS Surveillance Mandate

Some fantastic news: beitmenotyou.online is now on the fediverse.

If you want updates from the site, including new blog posts and site news, you can now follow:
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The open social web keeps getting better. Are you following more blogs and independent sites through the fediverse yet?

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#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Blogging #IndieWeb #DigitalFreedom #Privacy #SelfSovereignty #Decentralisation

Be It Me Not You – Ebooks, Blog & Digital Freedom

I'm not leaving YouTube overnight, but I am slowly shifting more of my work over to Odysee and the wider LBRY ecosystem. I want a space that feels more aligned with creator control, open networks, and digital freedom.

Are you on Odysee yet?

https://odysee.com/@beitmenotyou

#Odysee #LBRY #YouTubeAlternative #DigitalFreedom #Decentralisation

Be It Me Not You

Photographer, writer & curious mind, exploring the intersection of tech, creativity & connection. Always pottering, always inspired, always exploring.

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Tails 7.6.2 is a reminder that privacy tools still need fast patching. I wrote about why this emergency release matters, what the sandbox flaw means in plain English, and why delaying updates can put sensitive files at risk.

How quickly do you update your privacy tools?
https://beitmenotyou.online/tails-7-6-2-is-out-why-this-emergency-privacy-update-matters-right-now/

#Tails #Privacy #Linux #Tor #DigitalFreedom

Tails 7.6.2 Is Out: Why This Emergency Privacy Update Matters Right Now – Be It Me Not You

If you’ve been enjoying what I create and want to support the work, there are now two ways to do it.

Donate in crypto:
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Oh no! The federal #AgeVerification bill known as H.R.8250 has been introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer to the #Congress as it targets operating systems in device level, but it will unconstitutionally affect the #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment of the U.S. #Constitution. Please make this stopped! #PrivacyFirst #DigitalFreedom #NoAgeSignals #StopOSSpies

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info

Most systems are not neutral.

Systems Against the Self explores how modern technology, platforms, and structures shape behaviour, identity, and freedom, often without you noticing. It is a clear, thought-provoking read for anyone interested in privacy, decentralisation, and self-sovereignty.

https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

#SelfSovereignty #Decentralisation #Privacy #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights #Web3

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age by Michael J. Burgess