NEW: FBI director Kash Patel just confirmed that the agency is buying people's information from data brokers without a warrant.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/fbi-buying-data-track-people-patel-00834080

Just FYI for the privacy ppl still on Instagram...

In May, Instagram is disabling end to end encryption for private messages bc (they claim) "low uptake" but rly, bc they want to enable spying on u.

More corpo deception, u know?

So, ur choices...

- Use Insta and swap to something for messaging (Signal is a great choice!)

- Move away from Insta to the Fedi (if you can; some ppl rely on it for income, I know.)

- Let Mark "I creep women and steal their selfies" Zuckerberg spy on u.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/instagram-to-remove-end-to-end-encryption-for-private-messages-in-may

#Instagram #e2ee #SocialMedia #Meta #enshittification #zuckerberg #privacy

hoy salio mi nota en 421 donde entrevisté a @santiago y hablamos de undernet, del hacktivismo y varias cosas más.

https://www.421.news/es/entrevistas-underground-informatico-santiago-roland/

Blind folks, what would make you want to use, or try out, Linux?

Boosts okay.

#accessibility #blind #linux #foss

A Tom Gauld classic in the New Statesman magazine

Artist: @tomgauld.bsky.social

Google's Developer Verification mandates real-identity registration for app developers starting September 2026 on certified Android devices 📱.

F-Droid, EFF, and FSF warn it threatens open-source repos, centralizes Google control, and endangers developer privacy 🔒.

@fdroid
@eff
@fsf

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/

#TechNews #Android #Google #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Developers #Security #Freedom #Sideloading #EFF #F-Droid #UserChoice #Regulation #DigitalRights

“This isn’t supposed to be happening here”

This refrain of disbelief has been echoing relentlessly in my mind

What better phrase to encapsulate the fragile safety net of those living in the heart of empire

For many nestled in the imperial core, war is a distant specter, a mere concept

The haunting drone of surveillance doesn't echo in our ears, its absence a silence we barely notice

Our windows remain unshaken as missiles rain down on neighbors, lives shattered beyond recognition

The blood spilled in distant lands never stains this soil

This world remains untouched, wrapped in the illusion of safety

“This isn’t supposed to be happening here”
because it’s supposed to be happening *there*

The people dehumanized and abandoned

Where bombs drop and we stand unmoved

Where genocide is reduced to a headline

“Hundreds of murdered children” becomes a hollow statistic

Rubble and destruction are mere photos on Instagram, easily ignored and effortlessly swiped away

And here I sit, untouched, as the world burns

Google will require government ID from all Android developers by Sept 2026, even for non-Play Store apps like F-Droid. 🧩

Brave, EFF, and Tor say this "developer registry" risks privacy for volunteers and kills Android's openness. 🛡️

@brave
@eff
@torproject

🔗 https://brave.com/blog/keep-android-open/

#TechNews #Privacy #Android #Google #Government #ID #Brave #EFF #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Developers #Surveillance #Apps #FDroid #Mobile #Security #DigitalRights #Brave #Tor

Hundreds of millions of people can no longer safely go about their daily lives outside during the hottest parts of the year, and those people are overwhelmingly in countries that have contributed least to the problem.

Every fraction of a degree of additional warming will expand these impacts.

#climateChange #climateCatastrophe #climateEmergency #climateBreakdown #tippingPoint

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/10/extreme-heat-study-global-warming-physical-activity