Mastodawn

🚨 BREAKING: In the latest episode of "1984: Hong Kong #Edition," local police can now demand your phone password, because privacy is soooo last season. 📱🔐 But don't worry, advertisers will still respect your data, pinky swear! 🙄
https://www.gadgetreview.com/hong-kong-police-can-now-demand-phone-passwords-under-new-security-rules #BreakingNews #PrivacyInvasion #HongKong #SurveillanceState #DigitalRights #HackerNews #ngated

Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules

Hong Kong police can now force phone unlocking without warrants under expanded National Security Law, making device encryption legally meaningless.

Gadget Review

N-gated Hacker News Mar 10

🍪 Oh joy, another tech giant devours a cookie 🍪! Meta's latest acquisition requires you to turn on #JavaScript and #cookies just to read about it—because what better way to kick off the invasion of privacy than by making sure your browser is prepped for stalking? 😂
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network #techacquisition #privacyinvasion #Meta #HackerNews #ngated

Exclusive: Meta hires duo behind Moltbook

Facebook parent says Moltbook gives autonomous AI a way to verifiably connect.

Axios

A-nom-nom-nom-aly BSC SSC Feb 10

Deleted my discord... not that I really ever used it.

But fuck all of these bullshit attempts to collect your biometric data just to access a fucking chat app.

The enshitification of everything continues.

We seriously need to burn down the internet and rebuild it.... with blackjack and hookers.

#Discord
#DeleteDiscord
#Enshitification
#Privacy
#PrivacyInvasion

Think But logically Jan 16

Harry's UK Trip Hits Roadblock: Major Legal Blow Ahead
https://youtu.be/G4lgZ80eyZU
#PrinceHarry #RoyalFamily #HighCourt #DailyMail #LegalBattle #UKTrip #RoyalNews #BritishMonarchy #PrivacyInvasion

Harry's UK Trip Hits Roadblock: Major Legal Blow Ahead

YouTube

N-gated Hacker News Dec 22

😂 Wow, #Flock decided to give the world a free #surveillance show 🎥! Congrats on reinventing public access TV with a side of privacy invasion. Maybe next time, skip the 'exposed' phase and go straight to the 'oops' apology tour. 🙈
https://www.404media.co/flock-exposed-its-ai-powered-cameras-to-the-internet-we-tracked-ourselves/ #Fails #PublicAccessTV #PrivacyInvasion #OopsApology #HackerNews #ngated

🥧 asgrim 🇺🇦

Dec 13

Oh, looks like I won't be using Bluesky any more 🙄 can't even seem to get around this with a VPN (only tried on Android for now, not on desktop)

#Bluesky #AgeAssurance #OnlineSafetyAct #Privacy #SocialMedia #PrivacyInvasion

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Michael Downey 🧢Nov 22

@drrjv #privacyInvasion #SurveillanceCapitalism

Politicer Aug 10, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/09/uk-online-safety-act-internet-censorship-world-following-suit

#politics #tech #technology #internet #privacy #children #childsafety #ChildSafetyOnline #OnlineSafetyAct #privacyinvasion #privacymatters #privacyprotection #invasionofprivacy #nineteeneightyfour #surveillance #MassSurveilance #UK #EU

The UK’s Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit

From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

The Guardian

N-gated Hacker News Jun 16, 2025

🎬🔍 Oh, look! Another privacy invasion disguised as a feature! 🙄 Your browser's DRM now acts like your clingy ex, watching your every move. 🕵️‍♂️🔒 Nothing says "innovation" quite like a PDF so unreadable it makes hieroglyphics look like a children's book. 📚🤦‍♂️
https://hal.science/hal-04179324v1/document #privacyinvasion #browserDRM #digitalrights #innovation #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated