So the @eff has finally responded to #California's OS-level age verification law known as the Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043) as a warning to everyone about this #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment threat. #DigitalRights #DigitalDemocracy #DigitalFreedom #StopOSSpies #CyberSecurity #NoOSSpies #PrivacyFirst #Linux
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/ab-1043s-internet-age-gates-hurt-everyone?language=en
US Government Uses Advertising Data to Track Citizens Without Warrants
CBP and ICE have spent millions purchasing location data from advertising brokers — enabling government surveillance without warrants or probable cause. This bypasses Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Advertising companies collect vast location data from smartphones and apps. Data brokers aggregate this information and sell it to the highest bidder, including government agencies. Users are often unaware their data is being collected, analyzed, and sold.
Immigrant communities face particular risk. ICE uses location data to track and detain undocumented individuals. Activists and protesters are similarly vulnerable to monitoring.
What's needed:
Laws requiring warrants for location data access
Regulation of data brokers
Privacy-by-design technology: encrypted location services, privacy-preserving advertising
The normalization of constant tracking threatens fundamental rights to freedom of movement and association.
https://newsgroup.site/us-government-advertising-data-surveillance-tracking-2026/
#Privacy #Surveillance #FourthAmendment #DataBrokers #CBP #ICE #CivilLiberties
Stop S08102A: How New York’s Proposed Digital ID Bill Threatens Privacy and the Internet
The internet has long been one of humanity’s most dynamic spaces, a place where creativity, connection, and information flow freely across borders and boundaries. For decades, it has thrived on decentralization, anonymity, and the ability for individuals to interact without constant oversight. But now, with New York’s proposed bill S08102A, that freedom is under serious threat. This is not a minor tweak or a simple safety measure. It is a sweeping, invasive attempt to embed a device-level […]
State Level VPN Restriction Attempts Trigger Dangerous Constitutional Pressure
State Level VPN Restrictions raise major First and Fourth Amendment risks while exposing how weak state internet enforcement can become.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/tech-news/state-level-vpn-restriction-attempts/
Senator Rand Paul's hearing of Secretary of Homeland Security nominee Markwayne Mullin brilliantly exposes Mullin's violent temperament and why he should not head the Departmant of Homeland Security (an illegitimate agency in its own right).
#DHS #abolishDHS #abolishICE #accountability #dueProcess #excessiveForce #FourthAmendment #ICE #MarkwayneMullin #RandPaul #USSenate #WarOnDrugs
RE: https://mastodon.social/@knoppix95/116234366116470824
We urge anyone affected by this OS-level legal issue to write down notes to their local representatives and push for these laws to be repealed or replaced. #MidnightBSD needs them to get rid of these laws, especially those bills that are unconstitutional to the #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment. #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights #NoOSSpies #Spyware #CyberSecurity #PrivacyFirst
⚠️ The reason why the politicians, especially lawmakers, make #AgeVerification laws such as those that target OSes and app stores.
Because they don't understand the meanings of both the #FirstAmendment and #FourthAmendment. So this is considered unconstitutional.📄 #DigitalFreedom #PrivacyFirst
Repost this if you want to respect privacy and have #DigitalFreedom from all oppressive age verification laws like those that target operating systems and app stores. #PrivacyFirst #CyberSecurity #DigitalRights #StopOSSpies #NoAgeSignals #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #Linux
New legislation aims to roll back the expanded definition of Electronic Communications Service Providers and tighten FBI wiretap rules. It would restore stricter warrant requirements under the Fourth Amendment and curb data‑broker access to Section 702 data. Could this shift protect privacy or hinder investigations? Read more to find out. #ECSProvider #Section702 #FBIwiretap #FourthAmendment
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/bill-repeal-expanded-ecs-provider-definition-curb-fbi-wiretaps
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