Series: "Made in America, Watched Worldwide"

"Across the world, surveillance technology – often made by Silicon Valley and sold with the U.S. government’s blessing despite sanctions – is increasingly monitoring the moves of citizens who have done nothing wrong. The consequences of getting caught in this expanding digital cage can be dire..."
https://apnews.com/surveillance-digital-cage v @yaelwrites, et al.
#surveillance #DigitalSurveillance #tech #technology

Lifehacker: How to Stop Social Media Platforms From Tracking You When You Share Posts. “When you hit the share button on social media apps such as Instagram, Facebook, or Threads, these sites tack on a tracker to the link you’re sharing. This tracker means that Instagram can tell who you’ve shared the link with, and it likely uses this information to further optimize its algorithm for ads. […]

As expected, now a new service ``systemd-censord`` is being proposed for Debian.

[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2026/03/msg00018.html

#DigitalSurveillance #Debian #Systemd

Having a VERY annoying time with a job offering that requires to take an *external*, *automated*, *AI-driven*, *once-only* online test.

Just about as soon as I entered it locked controls, not letting me even click the help or info options, and started filling RAM until the tab crashed. Tried reloading, told me I had a few chances remaining. Restarted the test, RAM filled again, tab crashed. Tried again, test timeout.

And now I'm locked out of the external system so I can't even continue or request an alternative on this end.

I'm tempted to ask the job offerer for a manual, or at least human-driven test, but if that doesn't work I'm gonna pass on this offering.

The external test provider that repeatedly crashed was Pendula / SHL, btw. And I hear in this field they are one of the *better* ones! I've heard the ones used for universities are *ridiculous*.

#AntiAI #Pendula #DigitalSurveillance

Here's what concerns me most from a privacy perspective. These bills don't just verify age once. They create a persistent identity layer inside the operating system that applications can query at will.

The commercial age verification vendors who would provide this infrastructure (Yoti, Veriff, Jumio) charge $0.10 to $2.00 per check, require proprietary SDKs, demand API keys tied to commercial accounts, and operate cloud-only with no self-hosted option. Your age verification data goes to a third-party cloud service. Every time.

Compare this to what the EU built. The EU Digital Identity Wallet under eIDAS 2.0 is open-source, self-hostable, and uses zero-knowledge proofs. You can prove you're over 18 without revealing your birth date, your name, or anything else. No per-check fees, no proprietary SDKs, no data going to a vendor's cloud. The EU's Digital Services Act puts age verification obligations on Very Large Online Platforms (45M+ monthly users), not on operating systems. FOSS projects that don't act as intermediary services are explicitly outside scope. Micro and small enterprises get additional exemptions.

#ageverification #followthemoney #privacy #digitalsurveillance

@TheLastOfHisName https://beige.party/@TheLastOfHisName/116222062028401019

Iran Faces Widespread Internet Shutdown Amid Conflict and Infrastructure Damage

📰 Original title: The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/iran-faces-widespread-internet-shutdown-amid-conflict-and-infrastructure-damage/?redirpost=13447084-71f7-4e4e-ad90-3b3e5eaafd29

#technology #iran #internetshutdown #digitalsurveillance

Iran Faces Widespread Internet Shutdown Amid Conflict and Infrastructure Damage

📰 Original title: The Future of Iran’s Internet Is More Uncertain Than Ever

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/iran-faces-widespread-internet-shutdown-amid-conflict-and-infrastructure-damage/?redirpost=13447084-71f7-4e4e-ad90-3b3e5eaafd29

#technology #iran #internetshutdown #digitalsurveillance

In the age of mass #digitalsurveillance, people’s fundamental right to organize is under threat. 🫂

In its new guide, WIRED explores 5 tools and techniques that help grassroots movements oppose vast #surveillance powers and safeguard their #privacy.

@WIRED

Full guide:👇 https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-organize-safely-in-the-age-of-surveillance/

Gizmodo: Facing Backlash, OpenAI Amends Pentagon Deal to Add More Anti-Surveillance Verbiage. “News broke Monday night that OpenAI and the Pentagon have amended their controversial deal to include more words about privacy protections.”

The Tech ICE Uses To Find You

- With billions in new funding, ICE is buying the most powerful surveillance gear on earth to spy on civilians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1K7yLWs2DM

#Proton #ICE #DigitalSurveillance #Fascism