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
Githubhttps://github.com/Hainish
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Bill BudingtonFeb 6
Electronic Frontier FoundationFeb 6
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
Bill BudingtonFeb 6
Electronic Frontier FoundationFeb 6
“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
Bill BudingtonDec 3, 2024
Electronic Frontier FoundationAug 23, 2024
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
Bill BudingtonOct 8, 2024
Remember when what’s his name took over Twitter and remade it into American History X
Bill BudingtonAug 14, 2024
@Parke @eff @[email protected] I don’t at all disagree. Crazy thing is, credit scores are way better than digital virtual credit scores assigned through tracking because virtual credit isn’t subject to the FCRA in the same way. Hat off to Cathy O’Neil for documenting this in Weapons of Math Destruction.
Show threadBill BudingtonJul 26, 2024
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Bill BudingtonJul 26, 2024
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Bill BudingtonJul 26, 2024

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.

@micahflee

Bill BudingtonJul 19, 2024
@Natanox @micahflee @billseitz I don’t notice any delay but I’m not gaming with it.
Show threadBill BudingtonJul 19, 2024
@calicoday @Natanox @micahflee @billseitz yes, I use it with a ThinkPoint TrackPad II wireless USB keyboard and I could totally lie on my back with the headset on. One drawback is the focus is a little weird and requires minor adjustments if you’re darting eyes from one corner of the screen to the other a lot.