N-gated Hacker News19h ago
🚨 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
Show threadʙwɑnɑ нoɴoʟʊʟʊ 1d ago

@Lazarou They will try again and again until resistance tires or has a slip-up. If they can't pass it by force, they might try to sneak it in bit by bit, or piggybacking it with something else, or use a backdoor to pass it... 🙄

#ChatControl #Chatkontrolle #SurveillanceState #Überwachungsstaat #PiecemealTactics #Salamitaktik #AttritionPolicy #Zermürbungstaktik

AdventureTense2d ago

It is NOT the responsibility of government or large tech companies to police everyone using electronic devices at login.

To prove age, requires proof of identity, then comes surveillance.

We need to preserve freedom.

INSTEAD, it MAY be the responsibility of government and tech companies, to create useful tools that PARENTS can use to determine the level of protection required for their kids.

#AgeVerification #SurveillanceState #BigTech #Freedom #ParentalControls

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/apple-begins-age-checks-in-the-uk-with-latest-ios-update/

Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update

Move follows government pressure on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online.

Ars Technica
Harold Smith2d ago

"Laut israelischen Angaben gelang es dem Auslandsgeheimdienst Mossad, Irans Verkehrskameras zu hacken und so Bewegungsprofile relevanter iranischer Führungspersonen zu erstellen. Dadurch war es bereits am ersten Tag des Kriegs möglich, den iranischen Revolutionsführer Ali Chamenei zu töten."

O.O

https://www.akweb.de/politik/ein-krieg-greift-um-sich-angriff-iran-usa-israel-libanon/

#surveillancestate #Israel #IranWar

Ein Krieg greift um sich

Der US-israelische Angriff auf Iran könnte sich als Fehlkalkulation erweisen

Subconscious Proxy3d ago

Iran Build a Vast Camera Network to Control Dissent. Israel Turned it Into a Targeting Tool
https://broadbandbreakfast.com/iran-build-a-vast-camera-network-to-control-dissent-israel-turned-it-into-a-targeting-tool/

#SurveillanceState #MassSurveillance #Iran #Israel #Cybersecurity #DigitalRights #Privacy #FacialRecognition #TechEthics

Show threadKevin Karhan 4d ago

@alissaazar the problem is the sheer existance of the #AmericanGestapo to begin with!

#USpol #fascism #SurveillanceState #ICE

WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business4d ago

The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/the-rise-of-the-ray-ban-meta-creep/

Enola Knezevic5d ago

Systemd: preemptive compliance with fascism (HT: @aral )

#ageVerification #FOSS #FLOSS #surveillance #surveillanceState

𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖑™Mar 19

📱 Even if you closed every legal loophole the data economy remains and the incentives stay intact. Why does this data exists at this resolution, at this scale, in the first place?

https://newrepublic.com/article/205956/americanized-tiktok-backdoor-ice-surveillance #SurveillanceState

OccuWorldMar 19

Kash Patel admits under oath FBI is buying location data on Americans

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/kash-patel-fbi-location-data

doing that without a warrant is an outrageous end run around the fourth amendment. It’s particularly dangerous given the use of artificial intelligence to comb through massive amounts of private information.

#FBI #SurveillanceState #ConstitutionalViolation #Privacy #LocationData #USA #KashPatel