ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media

https://jacobin.com/2025/10/ice-zignal-surveillance-social-media

#HackerNews #ICE #AI #Surveillance #SocialMedia #PrivacyConcerns #TechnologyEthics

Using a data only eSIM + MySudo for greater phone privacy

Another step away from big brother #Surveillance. With a little effort on my part and an additional $8/month I'm making calls that are far more private with no phone carrier log of my calls, no map of my daily movements, no tracking of the websites I visit.

If we believe we now live under a #fascist regime we should protect our #privacy, doubly true for activists, journalists or anyone who is a target.
#resist
https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-10-26.html

Using a data only eSIM + MySudo for greater phone privacy

Another step away from big brother #Surveillance. With a little effort on my part and an additional $8/month I'm making calls that are far more private with no phone carrier log of my calls, no map of my daily movements, no tracking of the websites I visit.

If we believe we now live under a #fascist regime we should protect our #privacy, doubly true for activists, journalists or anyone who is a target.
#resist
https://beardystarstuff.net/posts/2025-10-26.html

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House - Reading Mode

> …the company that made the device had “the power to remotely disable devices, and used it against me for blocking their data collection… 

https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-vacuum-broadcasting

> One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

#iot #surveillance #smart #hack

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House - Reading Mode

> …the company that made the device had “the power to remotely disable devices, and used it against me for blocking their data collection… 

https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/robot-vacuum-broadcasting

> One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

#iot #surveillance #smart #hack

Has anyone heard of this Dutch smart phone? It seems environmentally friendly and modular.
https://www.fairphone.com/nl
"The Fairphone (Gen. 6) with /e/OS
This release offers a privacy-focused experience with /e/OS. It is an open-source operating system without any Google apps or services. It is designed to limit data tracking. The /e/OS release comes with a set of default applications for core functionality and uses the App Lounge for access to a wide range of Android apps. Please note that not all Android apps are compatible with /e/OS."
#ClimateDiary #bcorp #surveillance #fairphone

Just wanted to say ..

.. it is a nice feeling using open source software like LibreOffice, knowing it isn't spying on you.

Thanks to the @tdforg for all the work they've done over many years.

#opensource #libreoffice #privacy #surveillance

When I looked into IP cameras a few years back, seeing that merely a few chip vendors are involved and tons of whitelabeling businesses exist, at some point I read about " #racial detection" and such.
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/china-found-using-surveillance-firms-to-help-write-ethnic-tracking-specs-idUSKBN2BM1ED/
Do not be surprised to see this from #Flock now.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11030892
The whole #surveillance tech suite has been in development for more than two decades.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7504965B1
Check for prior art and related/referencing patents for more details:
https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/patents/patent/US-7504965-B1

Has anyone heard of this Dutch smart phone? It seems environmentally friendly and modular.
https://www.fairphone.com/nl
"The Fairphone (Gen. 6) with /e/OS
This release offers a privacy-focused experience with /e/OS. It is an open-source operating system without any Google apps or services. It is designed to limit data tracking. The /e/OS release comes with a set of default applications for core functionality and uses the App Lounge for access to a wide range of Android apps. Please note that not all Android apps are compatible with /e/OS."
#ClimateDiary #bcorp #surveillance #fairphone

🤔 Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon - Dexerto

｢ Allen was handcuffed at gunpoint. Police later showed him the AI-captured image that triggered the alert. The crumpled Doritos bag in his pocket had been mistaken for a gun ｣

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/armed-police-swarm-student-after-ai-mistakes-bag-of-doritos-for-a-weapon-3273512/

#ai #surveillance #aibias

When I looked into IP cameras a few years back, seeing that merely a few chip vendors are involved and tons of whitelabeling businesses exist, at some point I read about " #racial detection" and such.
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/china-found-using-surveillance-firms-to-help-write-ethnic-tracking-specs-idUSKBN2BM1ED/
Do not be surprised to see this from #Flock now.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US11030892
The whole #surveillance tech suite has been in development for more than two decades.
https://patents.google.com/patent/US7504965B1
Check for prior art and related/referencing patents for more details:
https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/patents/patent/US-7504965-B1

Just wanted to say ..

.. it is a nice feeling using open source software like LibreOffice, knowing it isn't spying on you.

Thanks to the @tdforg for all the work they've done over many years.

#opensource #libreoffice #privacy #surveillance

Today is the 10 year anniversary of #CITIZENFOUR, the out-in-theaters release in the United States was 2014 October 24

if you've never seen it, i highly recommend it! much of the government surveillance that it highlights are either still in practice or are being done by other governments all around the world

here are some old photos i made back on the opening night at SIFF Cinema in Seattle

#LauraPoitras #Snowden #EdwardSnowden #privacy #surveillance #NSA #GCHQ #humanrights

Free to watch on @internetarchive

https://archive.org/details/citizenfour-edward-snowden-laura-poitras_202403

#CITIZENFOUR #LauraPoitras #Snowden #EdwardSnowden #privacy #surveillance #NSA #GCHQ #humanrights

Added to my #surveillance #resistance today:
- Set-up a virtual payment card with MySudo.
- Used that more private card to purchase 1GB of data ($3, no expiration) from eSim provider KeepGo.

If I NEED to make a call with a phone number away from home, turn on cellular w/ just that eSim to call with MySudo VOIP.

#Privacy win: No call metadata logged by a phone company (time, location, etc on my end). Bonus: mobile data can be used with Signal if needed.

No standard telecom carrier needed.

“"It was like eight cop cars that came pulling up for us. At first, I didn't know where they were going until they started walking toward me with guns, talking about, 'Get on the ground,' and I was like, 'What?'" Allen told WBAL-TV 11 News.

Allen said police told him an AI detector thought his bag of chips — which he crumpled and placed in his pocket when he was finished — was a weapon.”

#ai #surveillance

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/student-handcuffed-ai-system-mistook-bag-chips-weapon/69114601

🗃️ ARCHIVE : « Bienvenue à Datastopia » (2017)
Une BD qui date de la campagne #Contributopia de @Framasoft, et qui parle de l'explosion de la surveillance…
▶️ https://grisebouille.net/bienvenue-a-datastopia/
#BD #GriseBouille #satire #surveillance #capitalismeDeSurveillance

Message scanning powers are sleeping on the statute book. They must never get activated.

The UK government has already tried to make Apple put a backdoor in its encrypted services. It's clear they want to recklessly dismantle our cybersecurity protections.

We must save encryption to #PracticeSafeText 💬

#GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance

Powers in the UK Online Safety Act to introduce message scanning technology is far from an online safety measure. It's a gift to predators and stalkers❗

Forcing a backdoor into encrypted systems so everything we send can be scanned makes us vulnerable to anybody who wants to exploit that weakness.

#PracticeSafeText #GlobalEncryptionDay #encryption #e2ee #privacy #cybersecurity #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol #surveillance