“I'm not worried about my personal data because I have nothing to hide.” Yes, you do. Because no one knows what the future holds, as many US citizens are now learning the hard way.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

#Privacy

“I'm not worried about my personal data because I have nothing to hide.” Yes, you do. Because no one knows what the future holds, as many US citizens are now learning the hard way.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

#Privacy

Is breaking encryption really how we protect children online?

On Oct 14, EU votes on requiring all providers to scan communications—even encrypted ones.

Who ensures surveillance stops at CSAM? Who monitors the monitors? Once broken, what stops expansion?

Backdoors for "good reasons" become control tools.

We've joined 40+ European companies demanding answers before it's too late.
Once encryption breaks, you can't unbreak it.

Read:https://soverin.com/resources/media/open-letter-to-eu-member-states-on-the-proposed-csa-regulation

#Encryption #ChatControl #Privacy

With Germany poised to change its stance and approve Chat Control, digital privacy end looms in the EU

Companies that take privacy seriously, such as Signal and Tuta are issuing statements of positions regarding the topic.

TL:DR the differences between those two and all the rest are STARK.

Both Signal and Tuta state they will sue or leave EU.

And that is how you choose which businesses to support.

#ChatControl #EU #Privacy #Signal #Tuta

Is breaking encryption really how we protect children online?

On Oct 14, EU votes on requiring all providers to scan communications—even encrypted ones.

Who ensures surveillance stops at CSAM? Who monitors the monitors? Once broken, what stops expansion?

Backdoors for "good reasons" become control tools.

We've joined 40+ European companies demanding answers before it's too late.
Once encryption breaks, you can't unbreak it.

Read:https://soverin.com/resources/media/open-letter-to-eu-member-states-on-the-proposed-csa-regulation

#Encryption #ChatControl #Privacy

With Germany poised to change its stance and approve Chat Control, digital privacy end looms in the EU

Companies that take privacy seriously, such as Signal and Tuta are issuing statements of positions regarding the topic.

TL:DR the differences between those two and all the rest are STARK.

Both Signal and Tuta state they will sue or leave EU.

And that is how you choose which businesses to support.

#ChatControl #EU #Privacy #Signal #Tuta

Europe doesn't have a good solution yet about how to condition the payment of public funds to industry (like startups) to ethical behaviour (like building #opensource, #privacy-preserving, or decentralised tech), says @alexandrageese.

#PrivacyCamp25

Europe doesn't have a good solution yet about how to condition the payment of public funds to industry (like startups) to ethical behaviour (like building #opensource, #privacy-preserving, or decentralised tech), says @alexandrageese.

#PrivacyCamp25

have been using Accrescent when possible for several months and it is such a great substitute to F-Droid, especially when it comes to projects that are released under F-Droid repository – which isn't private & secure

genuinely hoping more FOSS projects will be adding their apps to it

#Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #FDroid

Listen to @chlobemy from @edri explain #DataRetention and what is happening in the EU now:

„Metadata is as sensitive as the content of communications. There is this wrong idea – especially in the mind of policy-makers when we meet them – that metadata, so the data about the communications, is less sensitive than content data. This is this myth that we have to bust every time when we talk about this topic.“

https://fair.tube/w/4QCyVXns5fpUUqhkQRnu3b?start=2m25s
#npa149#privacy #surveillance

Steam has done pretty reasonable and balanced decision in response to Online Safety Act: "account is age verified if the valid card is stored in the account"

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6

#Steam #OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #Gaming#Videogames #Surveillance #Privacy

Steam has done pretty reasonable and balanced decision in response to Online Safety Act: "account is age verified if the valid card is stored in the account"

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/292B-3DA3-CFC8-97F6

#Steam #OnlineSafetyAct#OSA #Gaming#Videogames #Surveillance #Privacy

💪🏾 It's here! We've put together an answering guide to help you navigate the tricky and misleading questionnaire by the European Comission for the public consultation on #DataRetention.

This proposal can legalise #MassSurveillance and threaten our #privacy and #FundamentalRights - speak up against this agenda!

⚠️ The deadline for the consultation is September 12.

Read through the answering guide ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/public-consultation-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-answering-guide-for-civil-society-organisations-and-individuals/

Respond to the Commission consultation here ➡️ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Impact-assessment-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-/public-consultation_en

💪🏾 It's here! We've put together an answering guide to help you navigate the tricky and misleading questionnaire by the European Comission for the public consultation on #DataRetention.

This proposal can legalise #MassSurveillance and threaten our #privacy and #FundamentalRights - speak up against this agenda!

⚠️ The deadline for the consultation is September 12.

Read through the answering guide ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/public-consultation-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-answering-guide-for-civil-society-organisations-and-individuals/

Respond to the Commission consultation here ➡️ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Impact-assessment-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-/public-consultation_en

💪🏾 It's here! We've put together an answering guide to help you navigate the tricky and misleading questionnaire by the European Comission for the public consultation on #DataRetention.

This proposal can legalise #MassSurveillance and threaten our #privacy and #FundamentalRights - speak up against this agenda!

⚠️ The deadline for the consultation is September 12.

Read through the answering guide ⤵️ https://edri.org/our-work/public-consultation-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-answering-guide-for-civil-society-organisations-and-individuals/

Respond to the Commission consultation here ➡️ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14680-Impact-assessment-on-retention-of-data-by-service-providers-for-criminal-proceedings-/public-consultation_en

The EU (still) wants to scan
your private messages and photos

it’s not too late to act:

Reach out to your Representatives.

#chatcontrol#privacy#CSAMhttps://fightchatcontrol.eu/#contact-tool