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The revised GUARD Act still relies on intrusive age-verification systems, vague legal definitions, and steep penalties for developers building conversational AI tools. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/congress-narrowed-guard-act-serious-problems-remain

Congress Narrowed the GUARD Act, But Serious Problems Remain

The concerns driving this bill are real. Some AI systems have engaged in troubling interactions with vulnerable users, including minors. But the right answer to that is targeted enforcement against bad actors, and privacy laws that protect us all.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

circumspicio May 8

Electronic Frontier Foundation May 8

Internet Enshittification is real. We need to dissenshittify now. Join Wendy Liu and Cory Doctorow to find out how on May 14 at 11 am PT https://eff.org/livestream-doctorow

EFFecting Change: How to Disenshittify the Internet

The internet didn’t get worse by accident; it’s been systematically molded into what we have today. Join Wendy Liu live in conversation with Cory Doctorow about Cory's latest book, Enshittification. Cory makes it clear: platforms are not as promised, Big Tech is profiting, and you should be...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

circumspicio May 2

Elena Rossini ⁂Apr 16

Yesterday I had the incredible opportunity of giving a presentation for the service numérique of the French Ministry of Culture, as part of their experiment with the Mastodon instance @cercle

My talk: "The Fediverse: the original promise of the internet"

It was super inspiring to listen to all the talks of the participants, from the @palaisdetokyo to @LeMuseum. And the results of the poll by @imacrea were fascinating! I will write more soon. For now: THANK YOU for having me there ❤️

circumspicio Apr 28

evacide Apr 28

One reason that threat modeling for your digital privacy/security is harder than it looks is that most people don't know what data is being generated about them and who has access to it.

https://www.proofnews.org/womans-talkspace-therapy-app-sessions-exposed-in-court/

Woman’s Talkspace therapy app sessions exposed in court

Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.

Proof

circumspicio Apr 27

Mullvad VPN Apr 23

It’s absurd that American authorities can purchase personal data – that they’re not allowed to gather themselves without a warrant – directly from data brokers. This violates the Fourth Amendment, and it’s time to close the data broker loophole.

Today, the Surveillance Accountability Act was introduced. It requires warrants based on probable cause for all government surveillance and data access.

You can read more about it here: https://www.surveillanceaccountability.com/

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

circumspicio Mar 14

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 14

Great event last night at @powells in #Portland #PDX with EFF’s Cindy Cohn! The “Privacy’s Defender” tour continues next week in #Seattle, Silicon Valley, and #Denver - get all the details at https://www.eff.org/Privacys-Defender

circumspicio Mar 14

Mullvad VPN Mar 2

What do you do when you get banned on British TV?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhznrpgl7k

circumspicio Mar 14

F-Droid Feb 24

Not sure where #Google asked for feedback about their developer verification program, but they surely didn't talk with #FLOSS devs, civil society, privacy organisations or their #Android users

#FDroid did since September, and interacted with folks in the Fediverse, forum, email and in person

They all voiced one opinion: "developer verification must be stopped"

@marcprux has written an open letter, signed by likeminded organisations who want to #keepandroidopen

Click: https://f-droid.org/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html

An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

As we wrote about back in September in F-Droid and Google’s Developer Registration Decree, Google plans to enforce mandatory developer registration as a requ...

circumspicio Mar 6

Keep Android Open Mar 5

The first week of our Open Letter to Keep Android Open has been a resounding success! Our signatories list has grown to nearly 50 organizations from 20 countries around the world, including the
@eff, @OpenMediaOrg, @brave, @Vivaldi, and many more!

https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories

An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution

Open Letter to Google Regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Third-Party App Distribution

circumspicio Mar 6

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 5

Online behavioral advertising isn’t just creepy–it’s dangerous. https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/targeted-advertising-gives-your-location-government-just-ask-cbp

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here's What We Need to Do.

The online advertising industry has built a massive surveillance machine, and the government can co-opt it to spy on us.

Electronic Frontier Foundation