The updated funder tab on Surveillance Watch enables you to explore entities organized by their funding sources. You can identify which funders support the most surveillance and spyware vendors, and use chart mode to filter and sort by tech type.
The updated funder tab on Surveillance Watch enables you to explore entities organized by their funding sources. You can identify which funders support the most surveillance and spyware vendors, and use chart mode to filter and sort by tech type.
If for some reason you have one of Bezos' Li'l Snitches in your house and it's rolled out the new voice (a lot younger-sounding, kinda creepy), turn to it now, say its name and tell it to "turn off follow-up mode." The new voice wasn't the only change (of course); it now listens actively to the conversation and inserts comments where no one asked for feedback.
Ideally, you'd throw the hockey puck out the window, but maybe you're staying with a relative and just need to shut the thing up without destroying it. This should do the trick.
If for some reason you have one of Bezos' Li'l Snitches in your house and it's rolled out the new voice (a lot younger-sounding, kinda creepy), turn to it now, say its name and tell it to "turn off follow-up mode." The new voice wasn't the only change (of course); it now listens actively to the conversation and inserts comments where no one asked for feedback.
Ideally, you'd throw the hockey puck out the window, but maybe you're staying with a relative and just need to shut the thing up without destroying it. This should do the trick.
Ireland drafts new surveillance bill expanding police powers to intercept encrypted messages 🔐
Includes legal basis for spyware use & device scanning tech 🕵️♀️
Civil rights groups warn of normalization of extraordinary powers ⚖️
🔗 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/ireland_wants_to_give_police/
#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Spyware #Encryption #HumanRights #Law #Cybersecurity #PoliceTech #CivilLiberties #EU #Government #DataProtection #Security #DigitalRights #Ireland #Irish
Ireland drafts new surveillance bill expanding police powers to intercept encrypted messages 🔐
Includes legal basis for spyware use & device scanning tech 🕵️♀️
Civil rights groups warn of normalization of extraordinary powers ⚖️
🔗 https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/ireland_wants_to_give_police/
#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Spyware #Encryption #HumanRights #Law #Cybersecurity #PoliceTech #CivilLiberties #EU #Government #DataProtection #Security #DigitalRights #Ireland #Irish
We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.
The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.
Federal Register entry: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420
Do Not Visit The United States
We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’
‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’
-‘email addresses used in the last ten years’
-‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’
-biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris
-business telephone numbers used in the last five years
-business email addresses used in the last ten years.
The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and
must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.
Federal Register entry: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22461.pdf
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420
Do Not Visit The United States
@steltenpower "But I got nothing to hide!".... it's just such a weak argument... The Jews in 1940 had nothing to hide either. Until the Dutch municipality adminstrations - they did a very thorough job of keeping records - fell into German hands...
When will the lessons be learned? When???
You may have nothing to hide. But you have a WHOLE LOT that is nobody's bloody business but yours!
RE: https://esq.social/@SuffolkLITLab/115952542603584732
Just in case you thought commercial ad tech is just fine 👇
@steltenpower "But I got nothing to hide!".... it's just such a weak argument... The Jews in 1940 had nothing to hide either. Until the Dutch municipality adminstrations - they did a very thorough job of keeping records - fell into German hands...
When will the lessons be learned? When???
You may have nothing to hide. But you have a WHOLE LOT that is nobody's bloody business but yours!
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/21/ireland_wants_to_give_police/
#HackerNews #Ireland #spyware #police #encrypted #messages #law #enforcement #cybersecurity
🗞️ Your favourite #DigitalRights newsletter is back! Strap in for the busy and buzzy first edition of the #EDRigram in 2026. On our agenda:
🕵🏾 new resource to strengthen the case for an EU-wide ban on #spyware
✊🏾 resisting discriminatory algorithms in the Netherlands with Bits of Freedom, and in France with La Quadrature du Net and coalition.
🤔 EDRi's 2025 year in review - resisting and persisting despite everything
... and more! ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-21-january-2026/
🗞️ Your favourite #DigitalRights newsletter is back! Strap in for the busy and buzzy first edition of the #EDRigram in 2026. On our agenda:
🕵🏾 new resource to strengthen the case for an EU-wide ban on #spyware
✊🏾 resisting discriminatory algorithms in the Netherlands with Bits of Freedom, and in France with La Quadrature du Net and coalition.
🤔 EDRi's 2025 year in review - resisting and persisting despite everything
... and more! ➡️ https://edri.org/our-work/edri-gram-21-january-2026/
How Israeli military-connected corporations are secretly controlling your online privacy
https://www.newstarget.com/2025-04-07-how-israeli-military-connected-corporations-are-secretly-controlling-your-online-privacy.html
#vpn #Privacy #spyware #freepalestine #expressvpn #cyberghost #cybersecurity #meta #google #microsoft
Surveillance Watch – Una mappa che mostra le connessioni tra le aziende di sorveglianza
Le tecnologie di sorveglianza e gli #spyware vengono utilizzati per prendere di mira e sopprimere giornalisti, dissidenti e difensori dei diritti umani in tutto il mondo. Surveillance Watch è un database interattivo che documenta le connessioni nascoste all'interno dell'opaco settore della sorveglianza. Fondata da sostenitori della privacy, la maggior parte dei quali è stata personalmente danneggiata dalle tecnologie di sorveglianza, la nostra missione è quella di far luce sulle aziende che traggono profitto da questo sfruttamento. Mappando l'intricata rete di aziende di sorveglianza, delle loro filiali, partner e finanziatori, speriamo di svelare i facilitatori che alimentano le diffuse violazioni dei diritti in questo settore, garantendo che non possano eludere la responsabilità per la loro complicità in questi abusi. Surveillance Watch è un'iniziativa promossa dalla comunità e ci affidiamo ai contributi di persone appassionate della tutela della #privacy e dei diritti umani.
https://www.surveillancewatch.io/
Surveillance Watch – Una mappa che mostra le connessioni tra le aziende di sorveglianza
Le tecnologie di sorveglianza e gli #spyware vengono utilizzati per prendere di mira e sopprimere giornalisti, dissidenti e difensori dei diritti umani in tutto il mondo. Surveillance Watch è un database interattivo che documenta le connessioni nascoste all'interno dell'opaco settore della sorveglianza. Fondata da sostenitori della privacy, la maggior parte dei quali è stata personalmente danneggiata dalle tecnologie di sorveglianza, la nostra missione è quella di far luce sulle aziende che traggono profitto da questo sfruttamento. Mappando l'intricata rete di aziende di sorveglianza, delle loro filiali, partner e finanziatori, speriamo di svelare i facilitatori che alimentano le diffuse violazioni dei diritti in questo settore, garantendo che non possano eludere la responsabilità per la loro complicità in questi abusi. Surveillance Watch è un'iniziativa promossa dalla comunità e ci affidiamo ai contributi di persone appassionate della tutela della #privacy e dei diritti umani.
https://www.surveillancewatch.io/
