The Privacy Foundation

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We believe that all people have the right to live, shop and work in a way that protects their privacy.

#Privacy #Security #InfoSec #Encryption #OpenSource #Family #Safety #Social

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Police are paying big money for unproven “undercover bot” tech that uses AI-generated online personas to collect intelligence, @404mediaco reports. “So like, what is it effective at, violating protesters’ First Amendment rights?” asks EFF’s Dave Maass. https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”

404 Media

#PBS and #NPR teach kids and adults so many things. Publicly funded institutions need our help. They are alternatives to oligarch owned networks like Amazon Prime.

Educated kids become educated and empathetic adults. What's not to love?

The public good should be the norm.

Protect your personal and familial security by maintaining better personal privacy during this US Constitutional Crisis.

Take steps now.
Remain vigilant.
Don't be naive.

Disappearing: happening.
Violating courts: happening.
Unlawful arrests: happening.
Dissenter attacks: happening.
Lost public services: happening.
Lawful resident deportation: happening.

IMMEDIATELY start privacy protocols. Don't believe anyone saying it doesn't help.

#privacy #security #constitution #law #usa

Powering off your phone or laptop erases the key that unlocks its encryption, and so protects against unwanted searches, EFF’s Will Greenberg told AP. “This is why a border agent can’t simply turn a device on to use a tool like Cellebrite.” https://apnews.com/article/internet-privacy-smartphones-travel-e0a3146ae7966ea0e4157dbfae1f6a81
One Tech Tip: Locking down your device when crossing borders

Travelers should prepare for extra scrutiny of devices when crossing borders, especially when entering the U.S. Experts say 100% privacy might be impossible but there things you can do to make it harder for someone to see your private data. If possible, leave your phone at home. If you need one, you could get a temporary device with just the information needed for your trip. If you have to bring your phone or laptop, store any sensitive information in a cloud storage service and then delete it from the device. Power off your phone when you get to the border. Turn off biometrics and used PINs and passcodes instead.

AP News
Court document reveals locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/09/court-document-reveals-locations-of-whatsapp-victims-targeted-by-nso-spyware/
Court document reveals locations of WhatsApp victims targeted by NSO spyware | TechCrunch

The list of 1,223 victims in 51 countries hints at the “true scale of the spyware problem,” per one researcher.

TechCrunch

The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI

Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/

#news #politics #uspol #uspolitics #GOPCult #trump #ethics #corruption #maga

The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI

Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.

Mother Jones

Musk/DOGE is a widely exposed single point of failure for international security. All it takes is for a state to overcome the personal security of inexperienced barely-post-tweens to essentially access all American information. There is no oversight on how the people's data is being handled. This is the worst kind of attack surface possible.

#infosec #doge #maga #uspol #privacy #data #attacksurface #trump

It's a large #political action day in the US & the world - Have your mobile devices switched off or leave them at home to avoid being caught in dragnet #surveillance.

Keep them off for the complete journey - before and after. If you must use your mobile, be diligent in your efforts to protect yourself:

- Encrypt your device
- Have it pin-locked
- Disable #biometric logons
- Disable #Bluetooth
- Disable location services
- Carpool

#protest #50501 #handsoff #democracy #privacy #security

“The U.S. government has taken the view that they have the ability to search your devices without a warrant and without suspicion under what’s known as the border search exception to the Fourth Amendment,” EFF’s Saira Hussain told @NBCNews. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/trump-immigration-detained-visitors-border-search-device-visa-passport-rcna197736
Denied, deported, detained: U.S. border incidents have travelers thinking twice

Muhammed Ihsanullah was overjoyed when he received a $3,000 scholarship to spend the summer working at a camp in Minnesota.

NBC News

If you live in the US, please exercise your right to vote. And here's to hoping your vote is centered on empathy.

#vote #voting #electionday #localelection #government #rights #empathy