Mastodawn

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

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circumspicio Mar 14

@mullvadnet Thank you for doing very important work!

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

circumspicio Mar 5

Taylor Lorenz Mar 5

I wrote about the House hearing today, how Congress is trying to strip anonymity from the Internet, and the devastating effects that has for journalists, whistleblowers, LGBTQ ppl, immigrants, civil rights activists, abortion providers and anyone challenging power for @theintercept https://theintercept.com/2026/03/05/kosa-online-age-verification-free-speech-privacy/

Congress Is Considering Abolishing Your Right to Be Anonymous Online

The bipartisan push to remove anonymity from the internet is ushering in an era of unprecedented mass surveillance and censorship.

The Intercept

circumspicio Mar 5

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stux⚡️Mar 5

@taylorlorenz @theintercept I host all my services from Europe so never ever is "Congress" gonna make me do anything

I won't comply anyways and if they start blocking, well.. we always find ways around that if it has to come to that

Like playing chess with a todler

circumspicio Mar 5

@[email protected]Mar 5

Watch out for anyone wearing Meta glasses and looking at your credit card or any other kind of sensitive information

https://bsky.app/profile/lukerussert.bsky.social/post/3mgd4e6pwq22f

Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q33nvj0qpo

#Meta #Privacy #Surveillance

circumspicio Mar 5

404 Media Mar 5

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the FBI.

https://www.404media.co/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor/

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester

404 Media