WabiSaabyJan 8
Electronic Frontier Foundation
With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/ice-going-surveillance-shopping-spree
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree

We need to have a hard look at the surveillance industry. It is a key enabler of vast and untold violations of human rights and civil liberties, and it continues to be used by aspiring autocrats to threaten our very democracy. As long as it exists, the surveillance industry, and the data it generates, will be an irresistible tool for anti-democratic forces.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Show threadPeter RileyJan 7

@eff @molly0xfff @pluralistic

https://www.citationneeded.news/the-year-of-technoligarchy/

#Enshittification #Technoligarchy #Trumpland

The year of technoligarchy

In 2025, Trump brought tech executives into power to dismantle regulators and write their own rules. But the instabilities they’re creating may be their downfall.

Citation Needed
Show threadJbrown, EsqJan 7

@eff #GENERALACTION NOW! No idea how much of this bullshit americans will tolerate, but its stunning they've tolerated this much. I think most people are mis-educated, or something. If you have even the smallest education, namely a history education, you understand everything that is happening and you FIGHT UNTIL THE FASCISTS ARE DEAD.

You dont LET THEM INTO YOUR STATE.

Show threadVeeJan 7
@jbrownesq @eff 👍
Show threadMiha MarkičJan 8
@jbrownesq @eff For one, it doesn't seem that the weapons they hold at home are actually useful to fight off evil governments
Show threadJbrown, EsqJan 8

@mihamarkic @eff the entire stated purpose of ALL THOSE GUNS americans own ISNT to fight back against a tyrannical government, which is literally the reason millions openly claim when buying tons of guns?

No, even if it was only handguns, 100 million handguns is something to be concerned about. This is one of the reasons the US fled vietnam in defeat -- there was no reasonable way to defeat an armed, distributed populace that would fight to the death.

Its all coming back home now, isnt it.

Show thread🍀March Mastodoness🍀Jan 8
@eff https://privacyguides.org
Privacy Guides

Massive organizations are monitoring your online activities. Privacy Guides is your central privacy and security resource to protect yourself online.

Privacy Guides
Show threadKBSezJan 8

@eff

#ICE -- Not the FBI, not DEA, not CISA not DHS or even CIA

ICE

What experienced law enforcement expert would chose that agency over FBI who investigates crimes, prevents terrorism or Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency

Who in their right mind thinks immigrants are more dangerous than terrorism or cybersecurity that could bring this country to its knees?

Exactly. No on in their right mind.

Show threadLeon Rodgers 🌉Jan 8
@kbsez @eff They're putting all their eggs in the Homeland Security Investigations basket. I'm suprised they haven't totally defunded the FBI in favor for them.