#Tag
The erosion of privacy rights we are seeing worldwide is directly linked to the rise of authoritarianism we are seeing worldwide.
#Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #ChatControl #AgeVerification
The erosion of privacy rights we are seeing worldwide is directly linked to the rise of authoritarianism we are seeing worldwide.
#Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #ChatControl #AgeVerification
Swiss surveillance could become worse than US
If passed, chat, email & VPN providers from #Switzerland must:
🚨 Log IP addresses
🚨 Ask for ID upon sign up
🚨 Decrypt data upon request
Swiss Bundesrat is still discussing this draft bill, decision will likely be made in 2026.
Let's fight for #privacy! 👉 https://tuta.com/blog/switzerland-surveillance-plan
@Tutanota Why do I get the feeling that lately, in so many countries, new regulations are popping up with only one purpose - to erode privacy 🔓? It feels like a bad joke. I can't keep up anymore.
I wish I could fight them all at once, put pressure everywhere 🌍, no matter where I live. But I don't have the time. I'm already drowning in an endless to-do list.
Why couldn't the government set a different deadline? Why are they so determined to push this through? My mind can't wrap around it 
I just hope they come to their senses and never implement it 🙏
#Privacy #HumanRights #Switzerland #SwissPrivacy #EU #ChatControl #FightChatControl #UK #OnlineSafetyAct #AgeVerification #Surveillance #StopSurveillance
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued #ID before you can access certain content, because #politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks ( #VPNs ) to protect their #privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
#ageverification #VPN #security
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued #ID before you can access certain content, because #politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Private Networks ( #VPNs ) to protect their #privacy and bypass these invasive laws. Their solution? Entirely ban the use of VPNs.
#ageverification #VPN #security
Just so you know, we need to push back against privacy-invasive regulations.
Each and every time.
Shrugging and using a VPN will not save you. They will come for the VPNs next.
Then the ISPs.
Then more.
Pushing against unjust laws matters.
The tools alone will not save you in the long run.
By the way, this article I wrote for Pride Month on queer dating apps is also applicable to anyone using any dating apps.
I highly recommend a read if
you are currently using a dating app,
or have been in the past and have not deleted your data and account yet:
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/24/queer-dating-apps-beware-who-you-trust/
#Privacy#DatingApps#Dating#QueerDatingApps#SurveillanceCapitalism#AgeVerification
I wish there was a mobile device
designed for children that for safety:
I would buy that for myself.
I see many people took this as a request for recommendations, and this is great for others who are looking, but what I mean here is tech shouldn't collect any data on children.
If we are going to use the argument that we are trying to protect the children (Chat Control, Age Verification, etc), then we should see governments being enraged at how corporations collect data on children (and their parents).
If this excuse was true, governments wouldn't be trying to collect even more data on children, and everyone else, as a supposedly solution.
I find it appalling that anyone could buy this as an excuse to accept more surveillance.
This is the opposite of what we need to do to protect the children (and the adults).
If everyone was refusing to provide official IDs to verify their identity and age on social platforms, and just let their account rot there unused instead, we would soon see platforms themselves starting to advocate against these invasive laws to recover their users.
Just saying.
They need you more than you need them.
Stop complying with invasive requests.
Papers please, comrade ...
"Politicians and tech companies love using these terms interchangeably because it obscures what they're actually proposing. A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance."
#RindalaAlajaji, #EFF, 2025
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/age-verification-estimation-assurance-oh-my-guide-terminology
Papers please, comrade ...
"Politicians and tech companies love using these terms interchangeably because it obscures what they're actually proposing. A law that requires "age assurance" sounds reasonable and moderate. But if that law defines age assurance as requiring government ID verification, it's not moderate at all—it's mass surveillance."
#RindalaAlajaji, #EFF, 2025
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/age-verification-estimation-assurance-oh-my-guide-terminology
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