Bill Budington

@legind
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@eff Threat Lab Senior Staff Technologist. Rust enthusiast. Anarchisting without adverbs. My posts are my own. 🏴

Interests include #DnD, #Hacking, #Anarchism, #Rustlang, and general nerddom.

EFF Biohttps://www.eff.org/about/staff/william-budington
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If you're planning on recording federal agents, turn biometrics off on your phone and opt for long passwords instead, EFF’s @legind told The Fulcrum. https://thefulcrum.us/civic-engagement-education/sousveillance-ice-surveillance-state-dhs-data
Sousveillance: When the Public Surveils the Surveillance State

In a time of repeated violent clashes between civilians and federal law enforcement, particularly involving Department of Homeland Security operatives, recording and documenting their activity is crucial to ensuring truth and accountability.What has been demonstrated over the last month, following t...

The Fulcrum
“It's part of this whole rush to just throw everything into the data-driven machine-learning nexus, and then hoping something more good will come out of it, your private information be damned,” EFF’s @legind told CNET. https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/starlink-updates-privacy-policy-for-ai-training/
Starlink Is Using Your Personal Data to Train AI. Here’s How to Opt Out

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.”

CNET
A big data breach could supercharge election-year scams. If you want to contribute to a campaign, "look up the campaign’s official website and donate through that instead of clicking the link in their SMS inbox,” EFF’s @legind told @Vox. https://www.vox.com/technology/367986/freeze-credit-equifax-experian-transunion-ssn-breach
The massive Social Security number breach is actually a good thing

The social security data breach highlights the risk of identity theft.

Vox
Remember when what’s his name took over Twitter and remade it into American History X
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Forgot to delete that old tweet where you searched for dolphin porn? We wouldn’t.

For most things, rule 34 has got you covered. For everything else, there’s Semiphemeral.

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@rek2 tried to DM you on Matrix the other day but it says you left the chat 😿

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