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Guadalupe Archipielago<p>Un mundo nos vigila.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancestate</span></a></p>
trendless 🇨🇦 :flag_AB:<p>Every new 'product' released by BigTech™ over the past almost two decades was an attempt to grab more data about users that their existing products hadn't already helped them amass. </p><p>So-called 'age verification' reveals perhaps the last pieces of data they haven't been able to universally acquire. </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/TechFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechFascism</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/PrivacyIsAHumanRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyIsAHumanRight</span></a></p>
mvario<p>Canada’s Bill C-2 Opens The Floodgates To U.S. Surveillance | Techdirt</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-the-floodgates-to-u-s-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/30/canada</span><span class="invisible">s-bill-c-2-opens-the-floodgates-to-u-s-surveillance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p>
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MarkZuckerberg" target="_blank">#MarkZuckerberg</a>: Hype man for the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SurveillanceState" target="_blank">#SurveillanceState</a>!</p>
Caro S.<p>Oh, no! Another European neoliberal democratic government is going to spy on all their citizens, legally.</p><p>They're all turning into Stasi heaven!<br> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@statewatch/114930041809600475" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.world/@statewatch/114</span><span class="invisible">930041809600475</span></a></p><p>Beware the people who find these laws reasonable!</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p>
chribonn<p>Is Canada trading privacy for a tariff reduction of a few percentage points with the US? Bill C-2 will allow police and spy agencies to demand citizens' online data with just 'reasonable suspicion.' Companies have only 5 days to challenge, and they're immune from lawsuits if they comply.&nbsp;🕵️🔍</p><p>Europe must stand firm with GDPR, making the privacy of its citizens a top priority.</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-floodgates-us-surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/cana</span><span class="invisible">das-bill-c-2-opens-floodgates-us-surveillance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://twit.social/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/BillC2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillC2</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/TTMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTMO</span></a> <a href="https://twit.social/tags/BillC2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillC2</span></a></p>
Chris Geoghooligan<p>So, still don't have the stuff I need &amp; am being eaten alive by mosquitos who think I'm delicious. Still disappointed by modern-day companies not knowing how to prevent fraud without blocking <a href="https://toot.community/tags/VPNs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPNs</span></a>, particularly in today's <a href="https://toot.community/tags/surveillancestate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancestate</span></a>. </p><p>But, unexpectedly, I was encouraged by the empathy and friendliness of the customer service rep at <a href="https://toot.community/tags/AceHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AceHardware</span></a>. They may not be the most technically competent at this point in time, but they are WAY more personable than their <a href="https://toot.community/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> counterparts.</p><p>n/n</p>
mvario<p>Government introduces age verification so it can innocently monitor your online porn habits</p><p><a href="https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/government-introduces-age-verification?r=68h2g&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">normalisland.co.uk/p/governmen</span><span class="invisible">t-introduces-age-verification?r=68h2g&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrivacyMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IsraeliWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IsraeliWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PalestineAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PalestineAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndAidToIsrael" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndAidToIsrael</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndTheGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndTheGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SettlersOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SettlersOut</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopAIPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopAIPAC</span></a></p>
Pomegranate_Stew<p>More <a href="https://kind.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> crap in <a href="https://kind.social/tags/Nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nebraska</span></a>. </p><p>Bellevue, Nebraska, already has multiple license plate readers, now this: </p><p><a href="https://www.wowt.com/2025/07/25/driver-data-collected-by-bellevue-police-address-speeding-red-light-running/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wowt.com/2025/07/25/driver-dat</span><span class="invisible">a-collected-by-bellevue-police-address-speeding-red-light-running/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BorderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderPatrol</span></a> Wants Advanced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spy</span></a> on American Cities</p><p>A U.S. Border Patrol “Industry Day” deck also asks for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a>, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.</p><p>by Sam Biddle<br>July 23 2025 </p><p>Excerpt: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking 'advanced AI' technologies to surveil urban residential areas, increasingly sophisticated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autonomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autonomous</span></a> systems, and even the ability to see through walls. </p><p>"A CBP presentation for an 'Industry Day' summit with private sector vendors, obtained by The Intercept, lays out a detailed wish list of tech CBP hopes to purchase, like satellite connectivity for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceTowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceTowers</span></a> along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> and improved radio communications. But it also shows that state-of-the-art, AI-augmented surveillance technologies will be central to the Trump administration’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiImmigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiImmigrant</span></a> campaign, which will extend deep into the interior of the North American continent, hundreds of miles from international borders as commonly understood. </p><p>"The recent passage of Trump’s sprawling flagship legislation funnels tens of billions of dollars to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity</span></a>. While much of that funding will go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to bolster the administration’s arrest and deportation operations, a great deal is earmarked to purchase new technology and equipment for federal offices tasked with preventing immigrants from arriving in the first place: Customs and Border Protection, which administers the country’s border surveillance apparatus, and its subsidiary, the U.S. Border Patrol.<br> <br>"One page of the presentation, describing the wishlist of Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Operations Division, says the agency needs '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdvancedAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdvancedAI</span></a> to identify and track suspicious activity in urban environment [sic],' citing the 'challenges' posed by 'Dense residential areas.' What’s considered '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuspiciousActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuspiciousActivity</span></a>' is left unmentioned.<br>Customs and Border Protection did not respond to questions posed about the slides by The Intercept."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cbp-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cb</span><span class="invisible">p-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/</span></a> </p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/ohLtM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ohLtM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtCrime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEKidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEKidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disappeared</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MinorityReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityReport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectronicBigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicBigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrotherEye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrotherEye</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoublePlusUngood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoublePlusUngood</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrotherIsWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherIsWatching</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrotherIsWatchingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherIsWatchingYou</span></a></p>
Pablo Martini (Geezer)<p>Labour is handing asylum seeker data to food delivery platforms to clamp down on “illegal working” — even as the PM claims there’s “lots of housing” available. </p><p>A surveillance crackdown dressed as reform.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VoxPolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoxPolitical</span></a><br><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99274" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9927</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@solomonschuler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>solomonschuler</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> exactly that <em>is</em> the wrong assumption.</p><ul><li>As with any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DataCollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataCollection</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> it's never about actual crime but instead get some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackmail</span></a>-Material ready for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MILINTEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MILINTEL</span></a> if need be.</li></ul>
Brewminate<p>ICE is moving like a military force — and civil liberties are getting crushed under its boots.</p><p>This piece lays it bare.</p><p><a href="https://brewminate.com/militarized-immigration-enforcement-is-dismantling-civil-liberties/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brewminate.com/militarized-imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-enforcement-is-dismantling-civil-liberties/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brewminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brewminate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p>
Brewminate<p>ICE is a post-9/11 creation.</p><p>2003 wasn’t about safety — it was about reshaping power.</p><p>This is the bureaucratic origin story most people don’t know.</p><p><a href="https://brewminate.com/the-2003-founding-of-ice-and-the-reimagining-of-american-immigration-enforcement/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">brewminate.com/the-2003-foundi</span><span class="invisible">ng-of-ice-and-the-reimagining-of-american-immigration-enforcement/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brewminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brewminate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Post911" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Post911</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>So <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Amazon" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amazon</a> is buying <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Bee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bee</a>, eh? Well guess I won't have to worry about buying one of those anytime soon. Bee, if you don't know, is an always-on AI "assistant" that's constantly listening to everything you say. That's already a <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> nightmare. But couple that with Amazon's absolutely horrendous track record for <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/user" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#user</a><span> privacy and it should be sounding alarm bells across the country, continent, and planet.<br><br>Amazon </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Alexa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Alexa</a><span> already has a horrible reputation for not only listening to everything that is said around it but also narc'ing people out and calling the cops on them too.<br><br>The </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/SurveillanceState" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SurveillanceState</a><span> is bad enough and Amazon is at the forefront.<br><br>No fucking way Amazon. No fucking way. And if I catch anyone near me using one of those things I'm going to rip the damn thing off their body and stomp on it and destroy it. I do not need my personal or public conversations stored and recorded by Amazon. For any reason.<br><br></span><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2116255/amazon-buys-bee-ai-wearable-that-listens-to-everything-you-say" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/22/2116255/amazon-buys-bee-ai-wearable-that-listens-to-everything-you-say</a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>🚨 Canada's Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act, is sparking major privacy concerns! 🇨🇦 Critics warn it could grant sweeping surveillance powers, compel tech companies to provide access to communications without public or judicial review, and potentially enable "silent backdoors" into encrypted services. 🔒 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BillC2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillC2</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PrivacyRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyRights</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> ➡️ <a href="https://cyberinsider.com/canadas-bill-c-2-expands-encryption-and-surveillance-powers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberinsider.com/canadas-bill-</span><span class="invisible">c-2-expands-encryption-and-surveillance-powers/</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newz</span></a></p>
David<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Christian_Freiherr_von_Wolff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Christian_Freiherr_von_Wolff</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Em0nM4stodon</span></a></span> The "nothing to hide" line is a manipulative ploy by those who have the most power and seek to keep it and gain more, as information about you is power over you. </p><p>The same people preaching the supposed death of privacy go to extraordinary lengths both to protect their own privacy—such as Mark Zuckerberg buying the houses surrounding his own ¹, to deny camera angles towards his own home—and at the same time invest literally billions in anti-consensually ² surveilling the public for the power and revenue they derive therefrom. </p><p>If anyone needs any further response, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> comprehensively dismantles the "nothing to hide" rhetoric in her first answer to Guy Kawasaki at SXSW 2025, here: </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyH7zoP-JOg&amp;t=88s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=AyH7zoP-JO</span><span class="invisible">g&amp;t=88s</span></a></p><p>¹ The particular hypocrisy of Zuck and the houses is one I first heard noted by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span>. <br>² By "anti-consensually," I mean, not only in absence of consent, but in active contempt thereof: despite knowing it is opposite the express will of the non-consenting person. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceCapitalism</span></a></p>
mvario<p>Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance </p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amaz</span><span class="invisible">on-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACAB</span></a></p>
Caramelized Shallots<p>We know that ACAB, but now the Fire Dept too? </p><p><a href="https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nypd-fdny-clearview-ai-ban-columbia-palestinian-protest/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/nypd-fd</span><span class="invisible">ny-clearview-ai-ban-columbia-palestinian-protest/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYPD</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FDNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDNY</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/FacialRecognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/ClearviewAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClearviewAI</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a></p>
mvario<p>The IRS Is Building A Vast System To Share Millions Of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE | Techdirt</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/17/the-irs-is-building-a-vast-system-to-share-millions-of-taxpayers-data-with-ice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/07/17/the-ir</span><span class="invisible">s-is-building-a-vast-system-to-share-millions-of-taxpayers-data-with-ice/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopMassDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopMassDeportations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AbolishICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbolishICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICEGestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEGestapo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpposeTrumpsAmerika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpposeTrumpsAmerika</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOPFourthReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOPFourthReich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NoNazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StopFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopFascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaveDemocracy</span></a></p>
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