Mastodawn

Seize 13h ago

14h ago

Ways you can help me write again:

💰 Deposit a living wage in my bank account.

💼 Help me find a job opening with a fitting position.

Hire me to write for your organization!

#GetFediHired #FediHired

Seize 18h ago

Lawkid 18h ago

American airlines cybersecurity: your luggage arrives before your data breach notification does. #databreach #roasted

Seize 1d ago

War and Peas 🧿2d ago

Putting art on your wall transforms those ordinary moments when you're just walking past into tiny moments of joy – like discovering a twenty in an old jacket, except it happens every single time you notice it.

A response to recent reporting in Germany, in service of clarity and accountability:

First, it’s important to be precise when it comes to critical infrastructure like Signal. Signal was not “hacked” — in that our encryption, infrastructure, and the integrity of the app’s code was not compromised. 1/

Seize Apr 27

The New Oil Apr 27

#Colorado Adds #OpenSource Exemption to Age-Attestation Bill

https://linuxiac.com/colorado-adds-open-source-exemption-to-age-attestation-bill/

#privacy #FOSS #Linux #AgeVerification #IdentityVerification #System76

Colorado Adds Open-Source Exemption to Age-Attestation Bill

System76’s Carl Richell says Colorado SB51 has gained a strong open-source exemption after passing a House committee.

Linuxiac

Seize Apr 24

Privacy Guides Apr 24

A bill for the people? We nearly forgot the government could do that 👀

The US government regularly gets around the 4th Amendment by buying data from “third-party” data brokers, to invade your privacy with no oversight.

Why this is legal? We have no idea, but Rep. Thomas Massie (KY) just introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act (with help drafting from Naomi Brockwell!) which closes this loophole.

The bill would mandate warrants for all surveillance, including a ban on invasive AI and facial recognition mass surveillance in public spaces 💪

Check it out here and let us know what you think: https://surveillanceaccountability.com

#SurveillanceAccountabilityAct #Privacy #USpol #Surveillance #USgov #USA

The Surveillance Accountability Act | Protect Privacy, Take Action Now

Support privacy rights with the Surveillance Accountability Act. Learn how it aims to limit government data collection and protect your freedoms. Join the movement today.

The Surveillance Accountability Act

Seize Apr 24

Apr 24

In my work as a privacy advocate, I regularly encounter two types of discourse:

1: The abdication mindset: The idea that privacy is dead, implying it's not worth putting any effort to protect personal data anymore. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy, privacy is dead if you let it die.

2: The absolutist mindset: The idea that for anything to have value in data privacy it needs to be 100% perfectly private and secure. But the reality is much more nuanced than this.

Even if they sound like diametric opposites, both those ideas can be very damaging to privacy.

Privacy isn't just about the tools we use. Privacy is a culture we need to build, together.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/17/privacy-is-not-dead/

#Privacy #DigitalRights #PrivacyIsNotDead

No, Privacy is Not Dead: Beware the All-or-Nothing Mindset

Privacy is only dead if we let it die. Be careful about the all-or-nothing mindset in data privacy, it can do more damage than good to the cause. While striving for improvements, do not forget to cheer and celebrate each small win.

Privacy Guides

Seize Apr 24

Weird Socks Apr 23

Today in #NotTheOnion

Seize Apr 23

BeefGriller is antifa Apr 23

I just found a typo in the #Eshell manual on the GNU website. I’m not sure who to contact about this, but I’d like to tell someone who could possibly fix it. #Emacs