Edward Ongweso Jr | Team Human

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? (The Guardian)

Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/eu-digital-surveillance-child-protection

#eu #european_union #mass_surveillance #surveillance #csam #child_sexual_abuse_material #internet #child_abuse #data_protection #encryption #messenger

The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer?

Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis

The Guardian

‘Encryption is deeply threatening to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal (The Guardian)

The woman in charge of the secure communication channel remains implacably opposed to the ‘disease’ of surveillance – and concerned about the sharing of personal data.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/18/encryption-is-deeply-threatening-to-power-meredith-whittaker-of-messaging-app-signal

#message_app #whatsapp #signal #facebook #meta #google #alphabet #privacy #surveillance #mass_surveillance #surveillance_capitalism #surveillance_advertising #privacy #data #data_mining #personal_data

‘Encryption is deeply threatening to power’: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal

The woman in charge of the secure communication channel remains implacably opposed to the ‘disease’ of surveillance – and concerned about the sharing of personal data

The Guardian
Leaked FBI Email Reportedly Shows Desperation to Justify Warrantless Wiretaps

"I urge everyone to continue to look for ways to appropriately use US person queries..."

Gizmodo
Lawmakers Are Kicking Warrantless Wiretapping Into Overdrive

Critics say a newly proposed update to the law would vastly expand the government's spying powers.

Gizmodo

The US isn’t just reauthorizing its surveillance laws – it’s vastly expanding them (The Guardian)

A little-known amendment to the reauthorized version of Fisa would enlarge the government’s surveillance powers to a drastic, draconian degree.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/house-fisa-government-surveillance-senate

Tags: #surveillance #mass_surveillance #nsa #fisa #government_surveillance #spying_law #Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act #privacy #human_rights

The US isn’t just reauthorizing its surveillance laws – it’s vastly expanding them

A little-known amendment to the reauthorized version of Fisa would enlarge the government’s surveillance powers to a drastic, draconian degree

The Guardian
Spying Expansion Could Hand 'Stasi-Like Powers' to Trump, Privacy Advocates Warn | Common Dreams

"In my opinion no country that has something like this to enter into force can still be considered to be free," said Edward Snowden.

Common Dreams

Ten years ago, Edward Snowden warned us about state spying. (...) worry about the future (The Guardian)

The abuses the Guardian helped him bring to worldwide attention go on: the authorities have merely made it harder to expose them.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/06/edward-snowden-state-spying-guardian-alan-rusbridger

news #press #newspaper #media #news_media #journalist #journalism #snowden #edward_snowden #censorship #surveillance #mass_surveillance #privacy #nsa #National_Security_Agency #secrecy #government #secret_service #state_spying

Ten years ago, Edward Snowden warned us about state spying. Spare a thought for him, and worry about the future

The abuses the Guardian helped him bring to worldwide attention go on: the authorities have merely made it harder to expose them

The Guardian

Excellente comparaison...
Le tweet ci dessous dit en substance :
"la data ce n'est pas de l'or, c'est de l'uranium.

Ça peut être dangereux, ça peut être utilisé à des fins militaires, [...]"

Meilleure comparaison trouvée à ce jour.
Et ça doit permettre de mieux discuter de ça avec les gens qui ne sont pas encore sensibles au sujet.

#data #surveillance #capitalisme #mass_surveillance #capitalismedecurveillance #surveillance_capitalism #gafam

https://twitter.com/FiloSottile/status/1162404848073170944?

Filippo Valsorda on Twitter

“Data is not the new gold, data is the new uranium. Sometimes you can make money from it, but it can be radioactive, it's dangerous to store, has military uses, you generally don't want to concentrate it too much, and it's regulated. Why keep uranium you don't need?”

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"They're Watching You"

"They're Watching You" - Recorded live at LinuxFest NorthWest. May 6th, 2017. Made possible by: - System76, https://system76.com/ - Pogo Linux, http://www.pogolinux.com/ - And Viewers Like You,