#Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database

Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. #FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.

by Lauren Harper, March 17 2026

Excerpt: "The public has never seen the reports agencies submitted by OMB, despite their impact on our privacy. However, thanks to intrepid reporting and litigation, we do have glimpses of how this is starting to play out:

- The Central Intelligence Agency has been granted increased access to domestic law enforcement databases, further blurring the line between foreign intelligence and domestic policing.
- The so-called Department of Government Efficiency got direct access to Treasury Department payment systems, including Social Security numbers, names, and birthdays, according to a whistleblower.
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement got access to Medicaid recipients’ data and banking information.
- The Transportation Security Administration is now sharing biometric passenger info with immigration enforcement, turning every airport check-in into a potential trap.

"But these incursions are only the tip of the iceberg.

"Reports indicate the administration’s goal for dismantling privacy protections is to build a centralized national database, which would allow the administration to create detailed reports on every American, potentially for political purposes, including retaliation, harassment, and imprisonment.

"At the same time this database is becoming a reality, the Department of Homeland Security is rapidly expanding its surveillance capabilities, and the administration is unleashing AI across federal systems to analyze the data points they are harvesting from our private lives.

"Perhaps worst of all, by 'eliminating information silos,' the administration is creating a single point of failure for the privacy of every American. A centralized database that compiles our most intimate information, from our health to our finances, doesn’t just make us vulnerable to government abuse; it creates a massive, singular target for hackers and foreign adversaries."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/17/government-surveillance-centralized-database-privacy/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/4fObS

#SilencingDissent #SurveillanceState #CriminalizingDissent #BigBrotherIsWatchingYou #Orwellian #FreedomOfThePressFoundation #USPol

We're at the tail end of an incredibly rare superbloom in Death Valley, and this photographer captured the brilliant blossoms at their peak.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/03/dr-elliott-mcgucken-landscapes-photography-wildflowers/

#photography #nature

At this point billionaire tax is far too weak of a position

I would like to see politicians in the US and elsewhere talking about how takeover of Tiktok was a bad thing but it also set precedent

Running on a platform that if elected, they will begin takeovers of tech companies, space companies, energy companies

These companies would better serve everyone as cooperatives, not ran in a plutocratic way where people with the most money get to control the direction of all technology for everyone

RE: https://waag.social/@marleenstikker/116244040976773012

Just in case there is anyone left who still thinks it's ok for European government systems to run on services owned by us companies...

The same is true for European companies too.

🚨 Less than 168 days remain before Android becomes a locked down platform!

Google intends to force all software developers to register with a centralized Google service before their apps can run on the biggest mobile operating system on the planet, regardless of whether those apps are distributed via Google Play.

Find @keepandroidopen’s website at https://keepandroidopen.org for more information about this, why it’s a problem, and how you can make your voice heard.

As supporters of open platforms we have consistently encouraged developers and alternative app stores to refuse to participate in this program, and to spread this message throughout the Android community.

Read our open letter to Google’s leadership: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/

#Android #KeepAndroidOpen #Google #PrivacyGuides #Privacy

Out now: 69% of residents believe the United States should never declare an official religion. Just imagine the mess if the government tried to foist one religious group’s beliefs on so varied a people.

Yet that’s effectively what Christian nationalists are attempting to do today. https://www.texasobserver.org/a-wall-thats-worth-defending/

#politics #USpol #news #constitution #history #books #bookstodon

The US National Academies of Sciences refused to remove a climate change chapter from the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, despite pressure from Republican attorneys general.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/