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iFixitMicrosoft wants 2025 to be the "year of the Windows 11 PC refresh." They want up to 400 million perfectly good computers running Windows 10 to become e-waste. Why? So Microsoft can have their cake ($140-$200 for a Windows 11 license) and eat it (your data) too
It's time to switch sides, and break away from this cycle of endless upgrades. Our new guide walks you through installing a Linux-based operating system—keeping your computer secure long after Microsoft walks away
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Install+Linux+on+a+Windows+PC/196722
Electronic Frontier FoundationLearn about the spying technologies police are deploying in our communities at EFF's Street-Level Surveillance hub.
https://www.eff.org/sls
https://www.eff.org/sls
There's a more secure alternative to texting via your phone's native messaging app. Signal is a free app that employs end-to-end encryption and we have a step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use it. https://ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-signal
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.38.6 iPhone: 7.5.1 License: GPLv3 Level: Beginner Time required: 15-20 minutes Other reading: https://signal.org/ https://support.signal.org/ https://signal.org/blog/ Table of Contents Download and Install Signal Register and Verify...
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Starting later this year, Flock is planning to have its Raven gunshot detection devices search for audible signs of human distress-like screams. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices
Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices
Flock Safety, the police technology company most notable for their extensive network of automated license plate readers spread throughout the United States, is rolling out a new and troubling product that may create headaches for the cities that adopt it: detection of “human distress” via audio. As...
Nothing has really changed: this remains an unsettling overreach that makes U.K. users less safe and less free. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/uk-still-trying-backdoor-encryption-apple-users
The UK Is Still Trying to Backdoor Encryption for Apple Users
The Financial Times reports that the U.K. is once again demanding that Apple create a backdoor into its encrypted backup services. The only change since the last time they demanded this is that the order is allegedly limited to only apply to British users. That doesn’t make it any better.The demand...
Supervisor Dorsey, at a moment when the federal government is threatening to invade San Francisco, we need more ways of holding illegal police surveillance accountable, not less. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/hey-san-francisco-there-should-be-consequences-when-police-spy-illegally
Hey, San Francisco, There Should be Consequences When Police Spy Illegally
A San Francisco supervisor has proposed that police and other city agencies should have no financial consequences for breaking a landmark surveillance oversight law. In 2019, organizations from across the city worked together to help pass that law, which required law enforcement to get the approval...
W6KMETrump's order made DoW acceptable as a secondary name for DoD, but did NOT change the name of the Department. It is still Department of Defense. We should continue use that name, rather than giving in to the theater.