ProtonWith billions in new funding, ICE is buying the most powerful surveillance gear on earth to spy on civilians.
In our latest video, we expose the scariest ways that ICE are spying on people, and break down how the tech actually works...
Chris
@crisg30
- 11 Followers
- 38 Following
- 78 Posts
Testing mastodon
Open Rights Group#Roblox, #Reddit and #Discord users must use biometric #ageverification tool backed by Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
@JamesBaker says:
“People are worried, and angry, about having to hand over biometric scans of their face to overseas companies just to access online platforms. This includes children.
“Users deserve to know who is behind these systems, how their data is being used, and to have a real choice about who verifies their identity online.”
Electronic Frontier FoundationThe GUARD Act’s sponsors claim it will keep our children safe, but that’s not true. Instead, it will undermine both safety and autonomy by replacing parental guidance with government mandates and building mass surveillance infrastructure instead of privacy controls. Congress should reject the GUARD Act. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/surveillance-mandate-disguised-child-safety-why-guard-act-wont-keep-us-safe
A Surveillance Mandate Disguised As Child Safety: Why the GUARD Act Won't Keep Us Safe
A new bill sponsored by Sen. Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Britt (R-AL), Sen. Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Murphy (D-CT) would require AI chatbots to verify all users’ ages, prohibit minors from using AI tools, and implement steep criminal penalties for chatbots that promote or solicit certain harms. That might sound reasonable at first, but behind those talking points lies a sprawling surveillance and censorship regime that would reshape how people of all ages use the internet.
MongabayMongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler launched Mongabay with the idea “to make knowledge accessible and free, and to show that credible reporting could be a form of conservation in itself.”
For Butler, impact is Mongabay’s true metric of success, as it can make a difference in “how people think, decide, and act.”
Butler says the next 25 years of Mongabay will focus on strengthening impact & empowering the next generations of leaders in environmental journalism.
The secret to building a global newsroom? Lead with impact, says Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler
“We only get so much time on this planet, and I want to make the most of it.” That sense of urgency has driven Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler since his teens, when he visited a rainforest in Borneo. Later on, he learned that what had once been a teeming ecosystem full of […]
skry“Studies have identified some of the main sources of #microplastics as:
- cosmetic cleansers
- synthetic textiles
- vehicle tyres
- plastic-coated fertilisers
- plastic film used as mulch in agriculture
- fishing rope and netting
- "crumb rubber infill" used in artificial turf
- plastics recycling.”
https://www.sciencealert.com/7000-microplastics-studies-show-we-have-one-really-big-problem
All smart TVs, from LG and Samsung to Sony and Roku, actively spy on you. They use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to capture audio and video not just from built-in apps but also from anything plugged in via HDMI. This means your viewing habits, including games and home movies, are regularly sent to manufacturers and data brokers. Opting out is complicated and sometimes disables smart features. Your TV is watching more than you think. #cheaptv #SmartTV #DataCollection
The Senate just confirmed Douglas Troutman—a longtime chemical industry lobbyist—to lead the EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety.Critics warn this risks weaker safeguards, regulatory capture, and harm to communities near polluting industries.#EPA #Environment #PFAS #Climate #USPolitics
iFixitMicrosoft wants 2025 to be the "year of the Windows 11 PC refresh." They want up to 400 million perfectly good computers running Windows 10 to become e-waste. Why? So Microsoft can have their cake ($140-$200 for a Windows 11 license) and eat it (your data) too
It's time to switch sides, and break away from this cycle of endless upgrades. Our new guide walks you through installing a Linux-based operating system—keeping your computer secure long after Microsoft walks away
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Install+Linux+on+a+Windows+PC/196722
Microsoft is giving EU users a free extra year of Windows 10 security updates, but the rest of the world gets left out. This isn’t right—everyone deserves digital security and ownership. The FULU Foundation’s campaign to demand global access to free updates. Sign the petition info: https://fulu.org/take-action #RightToRepair #Windows10
Ars TechnicaSupermicro server motherboards can be infected with unremovable malware
Baseboard management controller vulnerabilities makes remote attacks possible.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/supermicro-server-motherboards-can-be-infected-with-unremovable-malware/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Baseboard management controller vulnerabilities makes remote attacks possible.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/09/supermicro-server-motherboards-can-be-infected-with-unremovable-malware/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
