Here's how #surveillance works:

Watch what is normal to learn what is not normal.

"But my life is boring! I've nothing to hide!"

If someone sees enough of your boring days, they can easily tell when your day isn't boring to you. Perhaps because you're up to something?

If someone can learn what a boring day looks like for the typical person, they can easily spot the person not having a boring day. Perhaps that person is up to something?

Hong Kong is planning to install tens of thousands of surveillance cameras that will make use of AI-powered facial recognition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/04/asia-pacific/crime-legal/hong-kong-ai-surveillance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #hongkong #ai #surveillance

Here's how #surveillance works:

Watch what is normal to learn what is not normal.

"But my life is boring! I've nothing to hide!"

If someone sees enough of your boring days, they can easily tell when your day isn't boring to you. Perhaps because you're up to something?

If someone can learn what a boring day looks like for the typical person, they can easily spot the person not having a boring day. Perhaps that person is up to something?

#ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 #SocialMedia #Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, #Facebook , #TikTok , and other platforms to target people for deportation.
#Twitter #meta #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/

#ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 #SocialMedia #Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, #Facebook , #TikTok , and other platforms to target people for deportation.
#Twitter #meta #privacy

https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/

In the least surprising news ever: Flock’s Gunshot Detection Microphones Will Start Listening for Human Voices

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flocks-gunshot-detection-microphones-will-start-listening-human-voices

#surveillance #FeatureCreep #MassSurveillance

Germany & Belgium shift to undecided on EU’s ChatControl law 🇪🇺
Italy & Sweden also pull back support, but 12 states still back it 🕵️

The bill mandates scanning all private chats—including encrypted ones—sparking major privacy concerns 🔐
Critics call it mass surveillance disguised as child protection 🚨

Crucial EU Council vote set for Oct 14 ⚖️

🔗 https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/chat-control-germany-belgium-italy-and-sweden-shift-their-positions-ahead-of-the-october-14-meeting

#TechNews #Privacy #Encryption #Surveillance #EU #Data #Freedom #Messaging #DigitalRights #StopScanningMe

Germany & Belgium shift to undecided on EU’s ChatControl law 🇪🇺
Italy & Sweden also pull back support, but 12 states still back it 🕵️

The bill mandates scanning all private chats—including encrypted ones—sparking major privacy concerns 🔐
Critics call it mass surveillance disguised as child protection 🚨

Crucial EU Council vote set for Oct 14 ⚖️

🔗 https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/chat-control-germany-belgium-italy-and-sweden-shift-their-positions-ahead-of-the-october-14-meeting

#TechNews #Privacy #Encryption #Surveillance #EU #Data #Freedom #Messaging #DigitalRights #StopScanningMe

As is the case with every city hosting an international sporting event, Mexico City has now announced a shiny new mass surveillance project in time for next year's World Cup: "Ojos que te cuidan," "Eyes that care for you."

Just in case the name itself weren't panoptic enough, the coverage, the #CCTV photos!!!! by this sports tabloid are… is it in bad taste to say, chef's kiss*?

* for someone writing a dissertation/book on #surveillance in #Mexico

https://www.record.com.mx/contra/cdmx-tendra-mas-camaras-de-videovigilancia-que-nueva-york-o-rio-de-janeiro-conocelas

⚠️ Larry Ellison wants the U.S. to ‘unify all the national data’ and then feed it to AI | Fortune

“That’s the big step. That’s kind of the missing link. We need to unify all of the national data, put it into a database where it’s easily consumable by the AI model, and then ask whatever question you like,”

https://fortune.com/2025/02/14/larry-ellison-ai-centralized-database-citizen-data/

#ai #privacy #surveillance

We have to stop the Google/Apple mobile duopoly. And we have to stop the marching enshittification of society. More concretely, we have to fight back against Google's attempt to lock-down the whole Android ecosystem.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

This is something that any sane regulatory body should forbid.

#google #apple #android #aosp #fdroid #privacy #security #enshittification #surveillance #mobile #politics

Imgur blocks access to UK users after [Ofcom] proposed regulatory fine | BBC News
https://alecmuffett.com/article/115312
#AgeVerification #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #censorship #imgur #ofcom #surveillance

Update. "#Austria's military has switched from #MicrosoftOffice to #LibreOffice. The move was all about digital sovereignty, not cost savings. Other governments are moving away from Microsoft to protect their citizens' privacy."
https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-european-military-just-ditched-microsoft-for-open-source-libreoffice-heres-why/

#OpenSource #Privacy #Surveillance #USPol #USPolitics

It isn't just that they want us all to have digital identification, it's who they want to do it.

If US surveillance group Palantir are involved we're well & truly doomed.

The co-founder Peter Thiel, a major Trump supporter has said “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible” WTF

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/09/25/palantir-digital-id/

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194

We aren't the only ones fighting this
https://kein-palantir-bw.org/

#Government #UK #digitalid #surveillance #data #freedom #palantir #USA #Trump

We have to stop the Google/Apple mobile duopoly. And we have to stop the marching enshittification of society. More concretely, we have to fight back against Google's attempt to lock-down the whole Android ecosystem.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

This is something that any sane regulatory body should forbid.

#google #apple #android #aosp #fdroid #privacy #security #enshittification #surveillance #mobile #politics

💥 Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day / Newsweek

"On January 8, I was looking through the router logs to see what devices were using the most bandwidth. Besides the usual suspects, I noticed that my LG Washing Machine had the fourth-highest usage of data for the week. This was highly suspicious."

https://www.newsweek.com/homeowner-baffled-washing-machine-uses-3-6gb-internet-1862675

#privacy #surveillance

#Starmer says digital #IDcards an 'enormous opportunity' for UK and will make working illegally tougher - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/26/keir-starmer-digital-id-cards-immigration-borders-reform-uk-politics-live?page=with%3Ablock-68d630c48f0892d6aebac2c9#block-68d630c48f0892d6aebac2c9 yes, an enormous opportunity for total #surveillance