The US-Israel war on Iran has emitted 5 million tonnes of CO₂ₑ in its first 14 days. The world currently has 0.6 million tonnes of novel and permanent CO₂ removal (CDR) capacity annually.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/middle-east-iran-conflict-environment-climate

"A French aircraft carrier was tracked in real time via a sailor’s Strava activity, exposing a persistent operational security flaw.

Le Monde revealed that France’s aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was tracked in real time through an officer’s activity on the Strava app. A sailor unknowingly shared running data from the ship, exposing its location in the Mediterranean. The French sailor’s public Strava profile, set as “public,” revealed the near real-time location of the aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, near Cyprus and Turkey."

This is not an isolated incident. In 2018, Strava’s global heatmap revealed the locations and patrol routes of military bases in places like Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, simply because soldiers were recording their runs.

More recently, Strava data has exposed the movements of security teams protecting world leaders, including routes that revealed private residences and travel patterns.

There have even been cases where activity data from naval bases was used to infer submarine patrol schedules, based on when personnel suddenly stopped logging workouts.

https://securityaffairs.com/189696/intelligence/french-aircraft-carrier-charles-de-gaulle-tracked-via-strava-activity-in-opsec-failure.html

#GlobalPol #ww3 #Iran #France #israel #US #tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #OpSec

⚖️ Companies are trying to use #pseudonyms to get out of GDPR compliance. This could soon be made easier – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes. Watch now to learn more!

👤 featuring data protection lawyer Levan Lobzhanidze

#GDPR #EU

RE: https://chaos.social/@bitsoffreedom/116204497093736465

🥳 Court victory against Meta 🎉

Today, a Dutch judge ruled in favour of EDRi member @bitsoffreedom of Freedom in the appeal vs. Meta.

Facebook and Instagram users will be free to choose how information appears in their feed - and not be forced into algorithmic timelines - will remain intact.

But the fight isn’t over as Meta is still ignoring these rules in other European countries.

💪 We will keep pushing to make sure the law is respected everywhere.

More details ➡️ https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2026/03/10/court-again-rules-in-favor-of-bits-of-freedom-freedom-of-choice-for-instagram-and-facebook-users-remains-intact/

(1/5) I want to share a personal story today. This will be a thread, so please bear with me.

I’m pursuing a master’s degree in digital society alongside my work. Yesterday, I started to attend a course on research methods in the social sciences. The lecturer told us that our assignment would be to perform a research task using a slop machine.
I protested, of course, making my case why I considered using slop machines in research and educational highly unethical. (...)