Indigenous activists opposed to Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine have for years been surveilled by law enforcement agencies and the company behind the mine, records show.

“They treat us like we’re domestic terrorists,” an organizer said.

https://www.propublica.org/article/thacker-pass-lithium-mine-nevada-indigenous?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News#Indigenous#Environment#Surveillance#Nevada#ThackerPass#FBI

Proton no longer trusts Switzerland to host its AI infrastructure 🇨🇭🚫
Due to proposed mass surveillance laws, Lumo — Proton’s new private AI — will run on servers in Germany & Norway instead 🇩🇪🇳🇴

CEO Andy Yen warns the Swiss proposal mirrors “surveillance capitalism” & could make Swiss services less private than Google’s 🔐

@protonprivacy

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/ai-governance/proton-does-not-trust-switzerland-to-host-its-ai-servers/89727842

#Privacy#Surveillance#AI#DataProtection#CyberSecurity#Freedom#Switzerland#Proton#TechNews#Germany#Norway#Switzerland

Human rights experts warn against European crackdown on climate protesters

UK has led the way, with countries across the continent making mass arrests, passing draconian new laws and labelling activists as eco-terrorists

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/12/human-rights-experts-warn-against-european-crackdown-on-climate-protesters

#ClimateCrisisIsNow #democracy#IlliberalDemocracy#Surveillance #protest#HumanRights

"Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland"

https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-hikvision-surveillance-6755381-Jul2025/

And here we go again

A 2023 investigation about Hikvision CCTV in An Dáil failed to find any evidence & none presented from other jurisdictions, even those that have banned them.

Without evidence this story is based on innuendo, tech ignorance, NATO policy and sinophobia.

Be concerned about govt surveillance not the cameras' country of origin

#surveillance

Here in Austin, we’re starting to see robots strolling along sidewalks. Sometimes they have brightly colored costumes or say funny things. But in reality, they are patrolling. And they aren’t even from police departments.

At best, they are from local HOAs, modern day Gladys Kravitz bots. At worst, they are wanna be ICE agents controlling the bot from their home, looking for people to harass.

This one was following a homeless man.

#surveillance#AustinTx

I'm so glad somebody is finally writing about this.

#HikVision Thousands of controversial Chinese surveillance cameras installed in public places across Ireland

https://www.thejournal.ie/investigates-hikvision-surveillance-6755381-Jul2025/

via @TheJournal

#Surveillance#SurveillanceCapitalism#DataProtection#GDPR#MastoDaoine

“Ostensibly looking for homes that were growing illegal amounts of cannabis, SMUD analysts have admitted that such ‘high’ power usage could come from houses using air conditioning or heat pumps”
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/when-your-power-meter-becomes-tool-mass-surveillance
#surveillance #cleanenergy #cannabis

Ring reintroduces video sharing with police

‚Ring has once again started letting police request footage from users. Axon, a law enforcement technology company and maker of Taser, announced in April that it’s partnering with Ring to allow customers to share “relevant video with law enforcement to help solve crimes faster and safeguard neighborhoods,” as spotted earlier by Business Insider….‘

https://www.theverge.com/news/709836/ring-police-video-sharing-police-axon-partnership

#Ring#Police#Surveillance#USA

There are no words for how garbage this is. If you currently give money to Amazon in any capacity, please stop.

"Not only is the company reintroducing new versions of old features which would allow police to request footage directly from Ring users, it is also introducing a new feature that would allow police to request live-stream access to people’s home security devices.

[Ring founder Jamie] Siminoff has announced in a memo seen by Business Insider that the company will now be reimagined from the ground up to be “AI first”—whatever that means for a home security camera that lets you see who is ringing your doorbell. We fear that this may signal the introduction of video analytics or face recognition to an already problematic surveillance device."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/amazon-ring-cashes-techno-authoritarianism-and-mass-surveillance

#Surveillance#Privacy#Police#Security#InfoSec#CivilRights#Amazon

Make our voice heard at the Apple encryption hearing!

On the sly, the UK government tried to force a backdoor into the firewall that protects your privacy. We made the hearing public.

Now we need to win in court ✊

Donate now to fund legal representation ⬇️

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/make-our-voice-heard-apple%E2%80%99s-encryption-hearing

#e2ee #apple #encryption #privacy #cybersecurity #ukpolitics #ukpol #crowdfunder #surveillance #security

Ads and surveillance business models continue to poison the web. Kagi products will always remain free from ads and trackers.

#Kagi#Search#Privacy#NoAds#Surveillance #surveillancecapitalism