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  1. The book #PermanentRecord by #EdwardSnowden is very good. Listened to the audiobook.

    He is 5 years younger than me and much more technical, but his intertwining of growing up with the rise of the web with a love for American ideals, very much mirrored my experience. This new technology should enable a better version of our country, right? But it has seemed to do the opposite. So far...

  2. Die Ausbreitung der Überwachung

    Trump ist kein Unfall, sondern die logische Konsequenz eines längeren Prozesses. Es zeigt aber auch, wohin uns dieser Weg führen wird. […]

    kaffeeringe.de/2026/03/30/die-

  3. Die Welt von Palantir und Alex Karp – „Watching you“ (2024)

    Als hätte „Minority Report“ in deutschen Amtsstuben das Denken ersetzt. Der Dokumentarfilm von Klaus Stern stellt den Menschen vor, der diese Vision verkauft – und mit ihr eine technoide Version der Totalüberwachung salonfähig macht. Dass der Film dabei selbst ein Teil dieser Normalisierung wird, ist die bittere Pointe. Er zeigt, was er nicht kritisiert. Das ist sein größtes Problem. (ARD, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  4. *Verbot von #SozialenMedien für U16*

    (3/3)

    ...Freiheit mit Gefahr als Frieden mit Sklaverei.“

    #JeanJacquesRousseau (1712–1778) französischsprachiger Schriftsteller und Philosoph

    "Zu argumentieren, dass Sie keine Privatsphäre brauchen, weil Sie nichts zu verbergen haben, ist so, als würden Sie sagen, dass Sie keine Freiheit der Meinungsäußerung brauchen, weil Sie nichts zu sagen haben.“

    #EdwardSnowden
    (berühmter #US-#Whistleblower und Ex-CIA, löste #NSA-Affäre 2013 aus)
    //

    @Handelsblatt

  5. 9 of 10

    Maximum anonymity for #Activists, #Journalists, #Dissidents, and #Whistleblowers.

    #SESSION (Loki Network/Decentralized)
    Who uses it: Activists in Hong Kong, Belarus, Iran, and protest groups in the West. Why: If an activist is stopped, the police check the phone. In Session, there is no phone number, no address book, no logs of who spoke to whom. It is the best choice if the risk is having your device seized and trying to trace your network of contacts.

    #SIMPLEX Who uses it: Whistleblowers, informants, crypto-anarchists. Why: It is the only app where a "user profile" truly doesn't exist on the server. If the server is seized, there is nothing to find. It is used when contact secrecy is vital more than ease of use.

    9 of 10 ⤵️

    #EdwardSnowden #Tor #BlockChain #WilsonBright #AmnestyInternational #VPN #Snowden #Anonymous #Activism #Attivismo #Actvisme #Aktivismus #Activismo #Journalism #Giornalismo #Journalistiek #Whistleblower #Anonimato #Anonimiteit #Anonymität #Anonimato

  6. 9 of 10

    Massimo anonimato per #Attivisti, #Giornalisti #Dissidenti e #Whistleblowers.

    #SESSION (Rete Loki/Decentralizzata)
    Chi lo usa: Attivisti a Hong Kong, Bielorussia, Iran e gruppi di protesta in occidente.Perché: Se un attivista viene fermato, la polizia controlla il telefono. In Session non c'è il numero di telefono, non c'è la rubrica, non ci sono log di chi ha parlato con chi. È la scelta migliore se il rischio è che ti sequestrino il dispositivo e provino a risalire alla tua rete di contatti.

    #SIMPLEX Chi lo usa: Whistleblowers, informatori, crypto-anarchici. Perché: È l'unica app dove davvero non esiste un "profilo utente" sul server. Se il server viene sequestrato, non c'è nulla da trovare. È usato quando la segretezza del contatto è vitale più della facilità d'uso.

    #EdwardSnowden #Tor #BlockChain #WilsonBright #AmnestyInternational #PrivacyGuides #VPN #Snowden #Anonymous

    9 of 10 ⤵️

  7. @evacide
    One of the many reasons to be against #ageverification software

    It gives the wrong people & companies tons of data, often #biometric ones

    Therefore we transfers #power exactly the wrong people & #corporations

    And as we can know latest since #Edwardsnowden companies do share data with governments

    The cornerstone of the #chinese #surveillance #state is #realnameregistration

    Don't give #biometrics to #evilcorp, especially not for cheap thrills

    Do not hand data to #fascists

    #resist

  8. Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US #GovernmentSurveillance, sounds new alarm over ‘#CIA activities’

    by Zack Whittaker, February 6, 2026

    Excerpt: "In 2011, #RonWyden said that the U.S. government was relying on a secret interpretation of the #PatriotAct, which he said — without disclosing the nature of his concerns — created a 'gap between what the public thinks the law says and what the American government secretly thinks the law says.'

    "Two years later, then-#NSA contractor #EdwardSnowden revealed that the National Security Agency was relying on its secret interpretation of the Patriot Act to force U.S. phone companies, including Verizon, to turn over the call records of hundreds of millions of Americans on an ongoing basis.

    "Since then, Wyden has sounded the alarm on how the U.S. government collects the contents of people’s communications; revealed that the Justice Department barred Apple and Google from disclosing that federal authorities had been secretly demanding the contents of their customers’ push notifications; and said that an unclassified report that #CISA has refused to release contains 'shocking details' about national security threats facing U.S. phone companies.

    "As noted by Techdirt’s Mike Masnick, we may not know yet why Wyden sounded the siren about the CIA’s activities, but every time Wyden has warned, he has also been vindicated."

    Full article:
    techcrunch.com/2026/02/06/sena

    #USPol #Fascism #Authoritarianism #SilencingDissent #Spying #USCitizens #WarrantlessSurveillance

  9. More Software Alternatives

    Earlier this week, I posted an article about European alternatives to software and services we normally use. Not all options on the list are true alternatives, however.

    medi-nerd.com/2026/01/29/more-

  10. „Saying you don't need privacy because you have nothing to hide is like saying you don't need freedom of speech because you have nothing to say.“ #EdwardSnowden #noPalantir 🖖

  11. People should have pressured our elected politicians to go against mass surveillance of Americans. Man, fucking Americans love mass surveillance. This is what Americans deserve for not fighting against the Patriot Act after 9/11.

    #edwardsnowden
    #patriotact
    #fascism
    #masssurveillance
    #ice

  12. Die Welt von Palantir und Alex Karp – „Watching you“ (2024)

    Als hätte „Minority Report“ in deutschen Amtsstuben das Denken ersetzt. Der Dokumentarfilm von Klaus Stern stellt den Menschen vor, der diese Vision verkauft – und mit ihr eine technoide Version der Totalüberwachung salonfähig macht. Dass der Film dabei selbst ein Teil dieser Normalisierung wird, ist die bittere Pointe. Er zeigt, was er nicht kritisiert. Das ist sein größtes Problem. (ARD, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  13. @sarah I've gotten about a dozen people on fedi to try out simplex just by explaining the merits, a handful still talk to me there. IRL my contacts understand the importance of privacy from their government, they know about Edward Snowden and PRISM and Tempora and especially COINTELPRO

    If you just wanna try it out again and see how its improved in the past couple years I do have something I want to talk to you about veganism

    #Veganism #PRISM #COINTELPRO #SimpleX #PSA #Privacy #Anonymity #EdwardSnowden #Fediverse #Tempora

  14. I think people often confuse secrecy and privacy.

    Secrecy is intentional concealment.

    Privacy is the right to set boundaries on what is public.

    "Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say." -Edward Snowden

    #privacy #secrecy #EdwardSnowden #Snowden

  15. Secret Plans for Media Censorship
    consortiumnews.com/2025/11/13/
    William Evans reports on efforts by Australia’s Department of Home Affairs to revive the four-decade dead D-Notice system. By William Evans Declassified Australia CN at 30 Documents obtained by Declassified Australia show that following the June 2019 Federal Police raids…
    #Politics #Australia #Censorship #CivilRights #ClimateChange #FreePress #Secrecy #U.s. #UnitedKingdon #AlanRusbridger #AnnikaSmethurst #AustralianFederalPolice(afp) #AustralianHomeAffairsSecretaryMikePezzullo #Britain’sDefenceAndSecurityMediaAdvisoryCommittee(dsma) #DNoticeSystem #EdwardSnowden #Journalism #MattKennard #MediaEntertainmentAndArtsAlliance(meaa) #PeterDutton #PeterGreste #PrimeMinisterScottMorrison #TheGuardian #WilliamEvans