Mastodawn

We're open to suggestions on a better archiving site since there are some complaints about the one we've been using. archive.org has repeatedly removed archives upon request by companies covering up what they've done to GrapheneOS so their service isn't acceptable.

UninterestedNerd Feb 21

Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 21

A few simple steps can drastically decrease the amount of personal information that’s available about you online. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-manage-your-digital-footprint

How to: Manage Your Digital Footprint

Search for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity...

UninterestedNerd Nov 23

Electronic Frontier Foundation Nov 23

EFF is defending free expression:
🧑‍⚖️ Fighting social media surveillance waged against students
🧑‍💻 Exposing dangerous legislation that enables easy censorship
🙅‍♀️ Opposing age verification laws that would require internet ID checks

Learn more—Take Back CTRL today: https://takebackctrl.org/stay-loud

UninterestedNerd Nov 22

Electronic Frontier Foundation Nov 22

Colorado is off to an important start with its AI Act, which protects us from automated decision-making. Now that state should strengthen its law, and other states should enact their own laws. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/strengthen-colorados-ai-act

Strengthen Colorado’s AI Act

Powerful institutions are using automated decision-making against us. Fortunately, workers, patients, and renters are resisting. The Colorado AI Act is a good step in the right direction. Still, EFF urges Colorado to strengthen it, especially in its enforcement mechanisms.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

UninterestedNerd Nov 13

Images taken by flock cameras are public information? I bet we're a few stalked politicians away from getting these cameras removed 😂

UninterestedNerd Nov 13

Electronic Frontier Foundation Nov 12

A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep ALPR data secret, making it clear that the public has a right to these records even when the government uses a third-party vendor to conduct surveillance and store personal data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/washington-court-rules-data-captured-flock-safety-cameras-are-public-records

Washington Court Rules That Data Captured on Flock Safety Cameras Are Public Records

A Washington state trial court has shot down local municipalities’ effort to keep automated license plate reader (ALPR) data secret.The Skagit County Superior Court in Washington rejected the attempt to block the public’s right to access data gathered by Flock Safety cameras, protecting access to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

UninterestedNerd Nov 12

Electronic Frontier Foundation Nov 12

“Honestly, it is pretty abhorrent that the city tried to make all of these arguments in the first place, but it’s great that the court reaffirmed that these are public records,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @404mediaco. https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-flock-surveillance-images-are-public-records-that-can-be-requested-by-anyone/

Judge Rules Flock Surveillance Images Are Public Records That Can Be Requested By Anyone

A Washington judge said images taken by Flock cameras are "not exempt from disclosure" in public record requests.

404 Media

UninterestedNerd Nov 12

GrapheneOS Nov 11

Android 16 QPR1 is finally being pushed to the Android Open Source Project. This should have happened on 2025-09-03. We migrated to full Android 16 QPR1 kernel code (GPLv2 tarball) and firmware in September. We couldn't migrate userspace to QPR1 without it being pushed to AOSP.

UninterestedNerd Oct 14

Electronic Frontier Foundation Oct 14

Victory! California passes a good first step to regulating AI-written police reports: S.B. 524, a bill that forces transparency onto the process of what is writing what.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/victory-california-requires-transparency-ai-police-reports

Victory! California Requires Transparency for AI Police Reports

California Governor Newsom has signed SB 524, making California the second state to take an important first step toward regulating AI police reports.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

UninterestedNerd Oct 7

Electronic Frontier Foundation Oct 6

“The idea that law enforcement would be masked and and therefore unaccountable to the people they are serving is really anathema to American values,” EFF’s @davidgreene told @technologyreview. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1124912/effort-track-ice-raids-offline/

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

MIT Technology Review