Electronic Frontier FoundationThis is a big win for privacy, ensuring that neither company has access to the contents of your messages. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/victory-end-end-encrypted-rcs-comes-apple-and-android-chats
neutronstar
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Hello, my name is [REDACTED] but you may call me neutronstar, no caps.
I don’t really know what I’m doing but I try to be good, and maybe that’s enough?
I like an assortment of things and I gain interest in new things constantly, which is fun until I’m deep into the next rabbit hole in my yard.
I’m not used to social media but it seems very social doesn’t it? Why’d I write that, that was so weird.
That’s it, I’m done.
Why are you still reading?
Seriously, stop.
Okay, fine:
[INSERT CAT PICTURE]
Happy now?
Em 
When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means:
• Official identification of every adult using social media.
• Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.
• Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened.
• Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition.
• Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations.
• Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online.
• Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company.
• Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints.
• Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways.
• The list goes on and on.
This isn't about protecting the children.
It never was.
Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information.
Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy.
The future depends on us.
#AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism
Anton ⁂ @Em0nM4stodon if they cared about the well-being of children and developmental problems with being exposed to the the internet they'd be talking about different thing.
You'd want to make the internet less addictive and dangerous, by limiting ad-tracking and algorithmic systems the incentivize mass data harvesting. Force public-facing spaces to effectively moderate to keep from being dangerous to children.
You'd want to make the material environment more hospitable to doing anything other than sitting inside on a computer all day. Limiting cars so it's safe to be outside, promoting public parks, social programs and child-friendly public events.
You'd want to make the internet less addictive and dangerous, by limiting ad-tracking and algorithmic systems the incentivize mass data harvesting. Force public-facing spaces to effectively moderate to keep from being dangerous to children.
You'd want to make the material environment more hospitable to doing anything other than sitting inside on a computer all day. Limiting cars so it's safe to be outside, promoting public parks, social programs and child-friendly public events.
When people are disconnected from the internet, it can impact everything — access to essential info, how they receive medical care, or communication with loved ones. Whether it’s from the government or natural disasters, you can prep in advance to limit the impact of such shutdowns. 🧵 (1/9)
Mike Shewardthey paid a ransom to criminals with nothing but a pinky promise they wouldn’t do more crimes and yet this linkedin notification makes it sound like they entered into a strategic partnership to deliver value for their customers
AA@neutronstar @perdidonavida Google Glass failed years ago because of the backlash. If people cared enough, they could do it again.
The most dangerous thing is to allow surveillance to become the norm.
The only way to stop Big Tech surveillance is to boycott products like this.
New York Post, from yesterday: Meta planning to take their Ray-Ban Display glasses to the next level: translating, remembering faces, where you put your keys and how much you tip https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/business/ai-takes-metas-ray-ban-display-glasses-to-the-next-level/ #Meta #surveillance #privacy #BigTech
In my year at Privacy Guides:
📰 I wrote 28 articles, including some long-form investigative essays.
✊ I designed and developed an entirely new section for the website, with long-term plans to develop it further.
🧰 I wrote 25 short tip-articles for the first tool of this new section, the Privacy Activist Toolbox.
📗 I researched and put together a directory of Data Protection Authorities worldwide (including 89 regions), to facilitate public access to report privacy violations of their local privacy laws.
👕 I created 4 designs for the merchandise store, including an elaborated unique vector line illustration.
🗣️ I wrote over 100 social media posts to promote our projects, articles, and videos.
💛 I engaged with our community to answer questions and provide resources.
If you want me to do the same for your organization, I'm currently available for a new opportunity!
Remote from Canada 🇨🇦
daniel:// stenberg://I like the Register's headline: "Anthropic’s bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator"
... even though I did not say that. 😂
Mullvad VPNA new VPN leak that allows any app to leak traffic outside the VPN tunnel has recently been discovered by Yusuf (https://x.com/cybaqkebm)
Read more here: https://mullvad.net/blog/any-app-on-recent-android-versions-can-leak-certain-traffic
