The FBI's director has admitted publicly what digital privacy advocates have warned about for years: law enforcement agencies are buying your data from brokers to circumvent the need to obtain subpoenas:
https://gizmodo.com/kash-patel-admits-the-fbi-is-buying-private-data-on-americans-2000735317
Kash Patel Admits the FBI is Buying Private Data on Americans
Sen. Ron Wyden called it an "outrageous end run around the Fourth Amendment."
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"You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide"... it's a common slogan you hear repeated by Big Tech and Big Government. But if you think about it for long enough, you'll start to see how it falls apart. That's why we want to bring you some of our favorite answers to this highly problematic slogan:
https://www.startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fearIt's not your imagination: digital products and platforms are getting worse, and it's happening by design. But the Norwegian Council thinks that it's time for users to fight back:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration
‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’
Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devices
Today's smart devices have created an ecosystem of "sensorveillance", where every data point has the capacity to inform on you to authorities...as an NYU law professor explains:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-surveillance
Digital Surveillance Turns Everyday Devices Into Evidence
Your car just called the cops on you. Find out how smart tech is changing the nature of surveillance.
A Reddit user has exposed a $2 billion dollar lobbying effort by Meta to support the proliferation of invasive "age verification":
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html
Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification Tech
Meta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance...
"You have nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide." It's a favorite argument by Big Tech and Big Government...but it's a flawed one. So where does it come from and why do people keep using it? Let us explain:
https://www.startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear
Stop Giving Out Your Real Email Address! Here's Why...
Learn about the ways that your email address is used to track you and gather your private information by tech companies, advertisers, data brokers, and more
In a safety study of large language models, all but one encouraged "teens" to plan shootings and other "violent attacks":
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/892978/ai-chatbots-investigation-help-teens-plan-violence
Chatbots encouraged ‘teens’ to plan shootings in study
CCDH’s investigation found only one — Claude — of 10 major chatbots tested would reliably shut down would-be attackers.
Pokémon Go players unknowingly helped train delivery robots when they were prompted to scan real-world statues and landmarks with their cameras in exchange for in-game rewards:
https://www.popsci.com/technology/pokemon-go-delivery-robots-crowdsourcing/
‘Pokémon Go’ players unknowingly trained delivery robots with 30 billion images
The massive crowdsourcing effort could use real-world to help robots deliver pizza.
Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Meta will end Instagram E2EE chats May 8, 2026, reversing a 2021 privacy test and reigniting debate over encrypted messaging oversight.
