Mastodawn

I'm a bit late to the game on this one. But I work with a lot of journalists who use CapCut for video editing and their terms of service says you are giving them an "unconditional, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable (including sub-licensable), perpetual, worldwide license" to use your content and… I have to imagine most journalists are not aware of that. https://www.capcut.com/clause/terms-of-service

CapCut Terms of Service

Martin 20h ago

I'm a bit late to the game on this one. But I work with a lot of journalists who use CapCut for video editing and their terms of service says you are giving them an "unconditional, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable (including sub-licensable), perpetual, worldwide license" to use your content and… I have to imagine most journalists are not aware of that. https://www.capcut.com/clause/terms-of-service

CapCut Terms of Service

Martin 4d ago

Just a reminder, when federal actors want cell site location information, they usually need a warrant. On the other hand, they simply purchase the data from commercially available services that don't require a warrant.

Come on. What are we doing here? https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/18/fbi-buying-data-track-people-patel-00834080

FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says

This is the first confirmation that the FBI has resumed actively buying people's data for investigations.

Politico

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Martin Mar 16

@GrantJoseph @hackbyte This makes a lot of sense to me. The company is deciding where they will put their resources. Regardless, a company like Meta isn't just doing this for regular old business longevity reasons.

Martin Mar 14

It takes engineering hours to remove a feature. Even if few people use it, why go out of your way to remove it? Meta’s hurting its users. And for what? https://www.theverge.com/tech/894752/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used

Starting on May 8th, Instagram will no longer offer end-to-end encrypted messages.

The Verge

Martin Mar 13

Martin Mar 12

Well I got all bent out of shape about Proton Mail. There are valid use cases for these tools but users should know what the service can and can't protect. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/proton-mail-is-not-for-anonymity/

Proton Mail is not for anonymity

A recent story of a Proton Mail user unmasked for Swiss authorities highlights what the company can and can’t protect

Freedom of the Press

Martin Mar 13

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Martin Mar 12

Signal's recent disclosure of how little it could share in response to a grand jury subpoena is pretty telling. Its defaults are very strong. But if you want to go further, we have a guide on really how to really maximize its privacy settings. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/locking-down-signal/

Locking down Signal

Also available in Spanish.

Freedom of the Press

Martin Mar 12

Well I got all bent out of shape about Proton Mail. There are valid use cases for these tools but users should know what the service can and can't protect. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/proton-mail-is-not-for-anonymity/

Proton Mail is not for anonymity

A recent story of a Proton Mail user unmasked for Swiss authorities highlights what the company can and can’t protect

Freedom of the Press

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Martin Mar 12

Signal's recent disclosure of how little it could share in response to a grand jury subpoena is pretty telling. Its defaults are very strong. But if you want to go further, we have a guide on really how to really maximize its privacy settings. https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/locking-down-signal/

Locking down Signal

Also available in Spanish.

Freedom of the Press

Martin Mar 12

LAUREN Mar 12

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mshelton/116214301513839946

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