Mastodawn

Nov 28, 2024

Facial Recognition is slowly
getting embedded in most systems in the name of security.

This needs to stop.

Not only it will not help, but it will definitely harm a lot of innocent people: Identity theft and doxing when the inevitable data breaches happen. False positives, which can be very high and even higher for people of color. Normalized discrimination for many.

We collectively need to
refuse each time facial recognition is requested, and we need to write to our public representatives to demand better legislation against it.

If we do not refuse to participate and
we do not fight for our privacy rights collectively, we will lose them.

Here's how it works for airports in the US: https://gizmodo.com/senators-say-tsas-facial-recognition-program-is-out-of-control-heres-how-to-opt-out-2000528310

#Privacy #Biometrics #FacialRecognition #SecurityTheater

Senators Say TSA's Facial Recognition Program Is Out of Control, Here's How to Opt Out

You can opt out of facial recognition at airports, for now, but the TSA has indicated it wants to make the invasive technology a requirement.

Gizmodo

Bill Bernard 1d ago

🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)Dec 9

Because age verification is really just there to:

- suppress queer information
- restrict abortion access
- gatekeep sexual education
- slurp up more personal data for marketing

"But think of the children!"

Maybe we should think about the corporations that prey on their attention-spans and self-esteem instead.

Sign stuff here:
https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org

Info on how to help here:
https://docs.fightforthefuture.org/s/637497e2-8a61-42aa-82fe-1b847e113ebb#h-what-are-online-id-checks-and-why-are-they-a-threat

#CallToAction #Activism #InternetSafety

ONLINE ID CHECKS WILL RUIN THE INTERNET

Fight for the Future

Bill Bernard 1d ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 1d ago

With Encrypt It Already, we’re pushing on tech companies to deliver stronger privacy protections to their users by enabling and expanding the use of end-to-end encryption across their products or services. https://encryptitalready.org/

Encrypt It Already

Bill Bernard 1d ago

Sammiej 2d ago

When your password leaks:
→ Change your password
→ Problem solved

When your biometric data leaks:
→ You can't change your face
→ You can't change your fingerprints
→ The compromise is permanent
→ Your biometric data is in breach databases forever

This is why facial recognition for age verification is dangerous.

#Biometrics #Privacy #Discord

Bill Bernard 3d ago

Happy Friday!

This is your recurring reminder that the cloud is just somebody else's data center in many ways:

They may have legal requirements that allow government access to your stored data and running systems - and may even not be able to tell you that access has occurred.

They may have a different idea of who is "authorized" to see your data and who isn't.

They may have a different idea of what they can use your data for than you do.

Choose your cloud partners carefully.

#Privacy

Bill Bernard 3d ago

It's that time again, the 3rd Thursday of the month, and that means time to meet up for @BurbSecWest. I look forward to seeing everyone out there. Details for where and when are available here: https://burbsec.com/west/, but the TLDR version is 6:00pm at Granite City, Naperville.

I look forward to seeing you there.

#BurbSecWest
#Naperville
#Cybersecurity
#Socializing

Bill Bernard 4d ago

If you're one of my connections or you've just stumbled across my profile you should know that I take privacy and security seriously. That's why I choose to publish on a platform that has as little tracking as I could find. That's why I don't demand that you "log in" to read my content.

Please know, whether you go directly to my site: https://www.between-two-firewalls.com, or you follow the site on the Fedieverse via @posts, your privacy is protected unless you choose to interact.

Bill Bernard 6d ago

I don't get it. How does showing my ID to your website protect kids? After all, I'm not a kid. My ID doesn't belong to a kid. How is violating my privacy to use a solution like Discord solve for keeping kids away from "icky" stuff online?

You may not be too shocked to hear this, but I don't really think that "age verification" solutions on general-use web sites is the way to protect kids online. But it is a great way to erode (if not dismantle) online privacy.

https://www.between-two-firewalls.com/how-does-showing-my-id-to-your-website-protect-kids/

#Privacy

Bill Bernard Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day!

#Linux
#IYKYK

Bill Bernard Feb 14

Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 14

Wikipedia exists because millions of people can write and share knowledge without the platform facing liability for every edit. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-wikipedia-defends-its-editors

The Internet Still Works: Wikipedia Defends Its Editors

Section 230 helps make it possible for online communities to host user speech: from restaurant reviews, to fan fiction, to collaborative encyclopedias. But recent debates about the law often overlook how it works in practice. To mark its 30th anniversary, EFF is interviewing leaders of online...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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