#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Democracy is at the heart of Europe.

But democracy needs care, especially when 70% of Europeans fear foreign interference in elections.

Today we present the European Democracy Shield and the EU Strategy for Civil Society.

Together, they'll make our democracies stronger, support independent media, and empower people and civil society to play an active role in shaping Europe’s future.

Because empowered, engaged, and informed people are the heart of our democracy💪

More: https://link.europa.eu/C7TDFT

WebHalla

@Webhalla@mstdn.social replied · last week

@EUCommission

What is #democracy worth without #citizens' #privacy rights? Abandoning parts of the #GDPR for #BigTech undermines democracy and opens the door to 1930s-style #dictatorship and mass #surveillance. Wasn't the EU founded precisely to ensure this would never happen again? Honor your humble foundations or ther is no more need for the #EU.

https://noyb.eu/en/open-letter-digital-omnibus-brings-deregulation-not-simplification

noyb.eu

Open letter: Digital omnibus brings deregulation, not simplification

EDRi, the ICCL and noyb send a letter to the Commission expressing their concerns regarding the suggested Omnibus reform.

Kathy Reid boosted

Julie Webgirl

@juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · last week

#PSA

Might want to check this out before you go to the next #NoKings or any other, protest, and have someone in your group running #Rayhunter.

@eff
#CoolTool #Surveillance #Privacy #CellularSpying #Stingray

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS) around the world.

Julie Webgirl

@juliewebgirl@mstdn.social · last week

#PSA

Might want to check this out before you go to the next #NoKings or any other, protest, and have someone in your group running #Rayhunter.

@eff
#CoolTool #Surveillance #Privacy #CellularSpying #Stingray

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/meet-rayhunter-new-open-source-tool-eff-detect-cellular-spying

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying

Electronic Frontier Foundation

@eff@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Look around your neighborhood 🔦
That streetlight? Could have a camera.
That squadcar? Could be hijacking your cell signal.
EFF is working to kick surveillance out of our communities. We just need your help: https://takebackctrl.org/stop-surveillance

stop surveillance

Take Back CTRL : Dont let tyrants co-opt tech. Join EFF and help fight back

Doug Grinbergs

@ShutterbugDoug@mstdn.social replied · 3 weeks ago

@eff People could use crowdsourced #OpenStreetMap OSM to map #surveillance tech, capture street-level images using one of the supported platforms (Mapillary Mapilio KartaView Panoramax)

Nizar Kerkeni 🇹🇳 نزار القرقني and 4 others boosted

Jarulf

@jarulf@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

#Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Google #Amazon #Apple

A picture of a woman. My husband asked me why I whisper in the house... I said I was afraid Google was listening.
He laughed. I laughed.
Alexa laughed
Siri laughed
The refrigerator laughed. — A picture of a woman. My husband asked me why I whisper in the house... I said I was afraid Google was listening. He laughed. I laughed. Alexa laughed Siri laughed The refrigerator laughed.

James Baker boosted

ilias :thepiratebay:

@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

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

ilias :thepiratebay:

@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

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

Jarulf

@jarulf@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

#Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #Google #Amazon #Apple

Cory Doctorow and 3 others boosted

ilias :thepiratebay:

@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social · 4 months ago

no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃

#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance

Spotify age verification prompt:

We need to check your age

To access certain content and features on Spotify, we need to make sure you're 18 or older. This won't take long

Green button: Confirm I'm 18+
Black button: Not now — Spotify age verification prompt: We need to check your age To access certain content and features on Spotify, we need to make sure you're 18 or older. This won't take long Green button: Confirm I'm 18+ Black button: Not now

ilias :thepiratebay:

@DM_Ronin@mstdn.social · 4 months ago

no more music for U-18s in UK 🙃

#OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #AgeVerification #Spotify #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Censorship #Surveillance

All Europeans 🇪🇺 boosted

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social · 5 months ago

As part of the investigation, I have looked closely at Telegram's protocol and analyzed packet captures provided by IStories.

I have also done some packet captures of my own.

I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details of what I found and how I found it on my blog:

Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
https://rys.io/en/179.html

Yes, my packet captures and a small Python library I wrote in the process are all published along.

#Telegram #InfoSec #Privacy #Surveillance #Russia

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@rysiek@mstdn.social · 5 months ago

As part of the investigation, I have looked closely at Telegram's protocol and analyzed packet captures provided by IStories.

I have also done some packet captures of my own.

I dive into the nitty-gritty technical details of what I found and how I found it on my blog:

Telegram is indistinguishable from an FSB honeypot
https://rys.io/en/179.html

Yes, my packet captures and a small Python library I wrote in the process are all published along.

#Telegram #InfoSec #Privacy #Surveillance #Russia

Kevin Russell

@kevinrns@mstdn.social · 7 months ago

Hundreds of thousands of Computers won't be able to upgrade to Windows 11, but that shouldn't make them eWaste.

Kudos to the @kde team for this amazing initiative!

https://endof10.org/

#windows #copilot #microsoft #ms #landFill #recycle #cheapNew #laptop #linux #Surveillance #privacy #security