End of “Chat Control”: EU Parliament Stops Mass Surveillance in Voting Thriller – Paving the Way for Genuine Child Protection!

The controversial mass surveillance of private messages in Europe is coming to an end. After the European Parliament had already rejected the indiscriminate and blanket Chat Control by US tech companies on 13 March, conservative forces attempted a democratically highly questionable maneuver yesterda

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GrapheneOS announces it will refuse to comply with age verification laws, even if it means losing market access in certain regions. 📱
The privacy-first Android fork remains committed to not requiring personal data or accounts, keeping its services available worldwide. 🌍

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-refuses-age-verification/

#TechNews #GrapheneOS #Privacy #OpenSource #Android #AgeVerification #DataPrivacy #UserControl #Tracking #Security #FOSS #PrivacyRights #Transparency #DigitalRights #DigitalFreedom

Android-Based GrapheneOS Refuses Age Verification, May Exit Regions That Enforce It

The privacy-focused Android fork would rather lose market access than collect user data at setup.

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GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

Doesn’t care if its devices can’t be sold in regions that require ID verification.

Tom's Hardware

We went from “old man yells at cloud” to “old man has rational conversation with Claude.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3AtWdeu_G0

#BernieSanders #Claude #AI #Anthropic #PrivacyRights

Bernie vs. Claude

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🚨 FBI confirms it's buying location data from brokers to track Americans' movements without warrants. Privacy advocates raise alarms over mass surveillance bypassing 4th Amendment protections. Thoughts? https://cyberinsider.com/fbi-confirmed-its-buying-data-that-can-be-used-to-track-people/ #FBISurveillance #PrivacyRights #BigBrother

I guess nowadays even regular people& citizens are also terrorist or a threat…? What the fck is wrong with governments…

FBI confirmed it’s buying data that can be used to track people

The FBI has resumed buying commercially available data that can be used to track people’s movements, according to Kash Patel.

CyberInsider
Africa: Rapid Rise of Smart City Surveillance Tech Across Africa to Spy On Citizens: [IPS] Brighton, UK -- A massive expansion of AI-enabled surveillance of public spaces across Africa is violating citizens' freedoms and the fundamental human right to privacy, warns a new report by the Institute of Development Studies. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRYSVw #SmartCities #Surveillance #PrivacyRights #AIEthics #HumanRights
Federal Right To Privacy Act

I'm in a state of being both excited and horrified of what this revelation will bring. Learning what they are doing now galvanizes more people to adopt privacy goals and informs us of what else we can (if anything) to further stem the flow of our data.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/the-wyden-siren-goes-off-again-well-be-stunned-by-what-the-nsa-is-doing-under-section-702/

#privacy #privacyrights

The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing Under Section 702

Senator Ron Wyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the American public “will be stunned” to learn what the NSA has been doing. If you&#8…

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The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing Under Section 702

Senator Ron Wyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the American public “will be stunned” to learn what the NSA has been doing. If you&#8…

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