#cyberrights — Public Fediverse posts

Today is an incredibly sad, and dangerous, day for #democracy. After 25 years the Autistici/Inventati collective was forced to shut down their services. Thousand of other collectives and individuals who relied on these services to support their campaigns, or make their lives safer, have now been left without a trusted "home". If you thought #Trump's actions couldn't reach/affect you, that's time to reconsider. Please share!

#democracy #cyberrights #freedom #antifa

https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/a/i-shuts-down-stay-human/

#Petition in #Canada to stop bill c-22. Very important for #privacy! Sign here ⬇️ and share!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

#internet #rights #eff #vpn #quebec #ontario #bc #alberta #saskatchewan #manitoba #yukon #nwt #nunavut #pei #newbrunswick #labrador #newfoundland #novascotia #laws #c22 #billc22 #encryption #canpoli #cdnpoli #politics #politique #politiqueqc #carney #markcarney #lpc #CyberRights #cybersecurity #internetsecurity #webprivacy #internetprivacy #metadata #democracy #news #trending

Let’s talk about LANs—the invisible grids shaping our digital workspaces.

While corporations optimize LANs for productivity, few prioritize security by default. Unsecured internal networks are goldmines for attackers.

We must demand:
✅ Open-source network monitoring tools
✅ Stricter BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies
✅ Ethical hacking audits for SMBs

The future of safe networking starts at the LOCAL level. Who’s pushing for change in their org? 🚀

#EthicalTech #CyberRights

FBI Seizure of Mastodon Server Data is a Wakeup Call to Fediverse Users and Hosts to Protect their Users (2023)

In May [2023], Mastodon server Kolektiva.social was compromised when one of the server’s admins had their home raided by the FBI for unrelated charges. All of their electronics, including a backup of the instance database, were seized.

It’s a chillingly familiar story which should serve as a reminder for the hosts, users, and developers of decentralized platforms: if you care about privacy, you have to do the work to protect it. We have a chance to do better from the start in the fediverse, so let’s take it. ...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/fbi-seizure-mastodon-server-wakeup-call-fediverse-users-and-hosts-protect-their

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41434600

This is an issue that's troubled me since joining the Fediverse in 2016, and as one of the people heavily involved in the "Plexodus" diaspora from the late unlamented #GooglePlus. Whilst large commercial providers have their failure points concerning privacy and law enforcement, they've also often stood up to over-broad attempts to surveil peoples' online activity. Small instances on distributed systems often run as hobbies or very small-scale subscription / donation-based operations might avoid the roving eye of such efforts, but also lack resources, knowledge, and procedures for how to respond when such seizures occur. As the EFF notes, Kolektiva failed to alert its members (and remote contacts) until months after the FBI raid.

The EFF does have a promising guide to legal rights and considerations specifically tailored at the Fediverse:

"User Generated Content and the Fediverse: A Legal Primer"
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer

#KolektivaSocial #Kolektiva #EFF #ElectronicFrontierFoundation #CyberRights #FBI #OnlineRights #JacksonGames

Edit: This is a 2023 story.

So #DrewHarris is now using their inability to manage and prevent #Dublin riotsm, and more in general the rise of right wing groups,as an excuse to push forward the request for a pervasive use of facial recognition.

#privacy #cyberrights #ireland #politics

https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/24/element_spy_clause_protection/

#uk #cyberrights #encrytion #onlinesafety

Of when lawmakers have not the faintest clue of what they're talking about and try to address a "problem" by creating an even bigger one.

#cryptograhpy #cyberrights #mobile #security

https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34p49/uk-proposes-making-sale-possession-of-encrypted-phones-illegal-encrochat-sky

Anyone around that might be interested in working with me on reviving this old #cypherpunk project of mine? :)
It used to be a blog, mostly, about cryptography, digital rights.
That's been parked for quite a few years.

#cryprtography #cyberrights #digitalrights #privacy

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#infotech #CyberRights #EFF #monopoly #antitrust #surveillance #privacy #propaganda #censorship #retrotech and moar.

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