#privacyconcerns — Public Fediverse posts

🚨 BREAKING: Hackers discover how to set up their own season of "Big Brother" using ID verification feeds. 📸 Who needs privacy when you can have 24/7 reality TV, right? 🙄 Maybe next, they'll stream our thoughts for an encore performance. 🎭
http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ #BreakingNews #RealityTV #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #BigBrother #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 BREAKING: Hackers discover how to set up their own season of "Big Brother" using ID verification feeds. 📸 Who needs privacy when you can have 24/7 reality TV, right? 🙄 Maybe next, they'll stream our thoughts for an encore performance. 🎭
http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ #BreakingNews #RealityTV #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #BigBrother #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 BREAKING: Hackers discover how to set up their own season of "Big Brother" using ID verification feeds. 📸 Who needs privacy when you can have 24/7 reality TV, right? 🙄 Maybe next, they'll stream our thoughts for an encore performance. 🎭
http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ #BreakingNews #RealityTV #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #BigBrother #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 BREAKING: Hackers discover how to set up their own season of "Big Brother" using ID verification feeds. 📸 Who needs privacy when you can have 24/7 reality TV, right? 🙄 Maybe next, they'll stream our thoughts for an encore performance. 🎭
http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ #BreakingNews #RealityTV #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #BigBrother #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 BREAKING: Hackers discover how to set up their own season of "Big Brother" using ID verification feeds. 📸 Who needs privacy when you can have 24/7 reality TV, right? 🙄 Maybe next, they'll stream our thoughts for an encore performance. 🎭
http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ #BreakingNews #RealityTV #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #BigBrother #HackerNews #ngated

https://c.org/pYmH4BdtXH #BanMetaGlasses #BanMeta #saynotometaglassses #notometaglasses #metaglassesareillegal #makemetaglassesillegal #petition #donate #america #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #colorado #coloradosprings #denver #denvercolorado #denvercity #banmetaglassesinamerica #privacy #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #defendamericanrights #DefendAmerica #defendamericanneeds #DefendAmericanPeople #defendamericans

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

https://www.military.com/ice-has-a-2-million-contract-for-spyware-that-can-hack-phones-without-a-click

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549762

#HackerNews #ICE #Spyware #PhoneHack #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech #CyberSecurity

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

https://www.military.com/ice-has-a-2-million-contract-for-spyware-that-can-hack-phones-without-a-click

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549762

#HackerNews #ICE #Spyware #PhoneHack #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech #CyberSecurity

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

https://www.military.com/ice-has-a-2-million-contract-for-spyware-that-can-hack-phones-without-a-click

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549762

#HackerNews #ICE #Spyware #PhoneHack #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech #CyberSecurity

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

https://www.military.com/ice-has-a-2-million-contract-for-spyware-that-can-hack-phones-without-a-click

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549762

#HackerNews #ICE #Spyware #PhoneHack #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech #CyberSecurity

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

https://www.military.com/ice-has-a-2-million-contract-for-spyware-that-can-hack-phones-without-a-click

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549762

#HackerNews #ICE #Spyware #PhoneHack #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech #CyberSecurity

https://youtu.be/yUs4em60sPA Good. #saynotoflock #banflock #makeflockillegal #flockisillegal #colorado #coloradosprings #Denver #denvercolorado #denvercity #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #defendamericanrights #defendamericanneeds #privacyfirst #privacymatters #privacyisahumanright #privacylaw #privacyconcerns #privacyviolations #privacyisanamericanright #fightforprivacyrights #stopmasssurveillance #NoMassSurveillance #saynotomasssurveillance #banmasssurveillance #privacy

https://youtu.be/ZTvI9cYrrLc #notoIDageverification #IDageverification #stopIDageverification #makeIDageverificationillegal #banIDageverification #privacy #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacyisahumanright #IDageverificationisillegal #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #colorado #coloradosprings #Denver #denvercity #denvercolorado #ageverificationlaws #ageverificationandagegating #ageverificationprivacy #ageverification

1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe

https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1password-funds-ethnic-cleansing/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518916

#HackerNews #1Password #EthnicCleansing #Europe #TechNews #PrivacyConcerns #HumanRights

Student teacher arrested for private Snapchat message

https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512789

#HackerNews #StudentTeacher #Arrest #Snapchat #Controversy #EducationNews #PrivacyConcerns

Lawmakers sneakily added a $1 fee to your car insurance, and voilà, now you’re funding a surveillance state of Flock cameras. 🎥💸 Because who doesn’t love subsidizing Big Brother while barely noticing? 🙄 #PrivacyIsOverrated
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/ #Lawmakers #FlockCameras #SurveillanceState #CarInsurance #BigBrother #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

https://c.org/T65LpWPTg5 #banflockcams #makeflockcamsillegal #saynotoflockcams #NoMassSurveillance #MassSurveilance #massurveillance #privacy #privacyrights #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyconcerns #contactyourlocallawmakers #usa #america #unitedstatesofamerica #unitedstates #colorado #coloradosprings #denvercolorado #denver #denvercity #thortoncolorado

https://c.org/DRFjNknXJh #fightageverification #stopthepushforageverification #masssurveillance #MassSurveilance #NoMassSurveillance #privacymatters #privacyrights #privacyisahumanright #privacyconcerns #privacy #contactyourlocallawmakers #america #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #colorado #coloradosprings #denver #denvercolorado #StopAgeVerification #stopageverifcationondiscord

Get the Flock Out | American Civil Liberties Union
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/get-flock-out?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&initms=adv-na-sail-gradead-nat-260825_messageaction-privacytechnology-surveillance-flock&af=4WFnjVCuWvW83eP57u4dSVn7ZD%2BJSLdOv3UPKF6dxJf5K%2BUZjbyYifKpdpdU0x2Tq%2BQpm6S63pqZjLOYok4kR3RXGP5O2kgngmIU0%2FdxG8VdrkWRZ11WcLV4ZUp1tkOFWo19hRAQH1pfWKxr0RNsj36IdGWf2fak6ERDSEtru5muTVJ4J8VxuwqNftuqoK%2F4&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=adv-na-sail-gradead-nat-260825_messageaction-privacytechnology-surveillance-flock #Banflockcams #Makeflockcamsillegal #Saynotoflockcams #fightmasssurveillance #NoMassSurveillance #makeflockcamsillegal #removeflockcams #colorado #coloradosprings #denver #denvercolorado #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #petition #ACLU #ACLUofcolorado #donatetoACLU #supportACLU #privacy #privacyrights #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #contactyourlawmakers

🚀 Breaking news! The Dutch have mastered the #art of turning gas wells into avant-garde concrete sculptures. Meanwhile, the internet demands you enable #JavaScript and cookies, because who needs privacy when you're busy pouring cement? 🤦‍♂️🔧
https://www.siliconcontinent.com/p/the-dutch-are-filling-gas-wells-with #BreakingNews #AvantGarde #GasWells #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

https://youtu.be/fn9zmjosmUU #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #banflockcams #makeflockcamsillegal #flockcamsareillegal #saynotoflockcams #noflockcamsintheUS #masssurveillance #NoMassSurveillance #MassSurveilance #masssurveilancetechnology #masssurveillanceasabusinessmodel #fightmasssurveillance #privacy #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacylaws #privacymatters #privacyfirst #contactyourlocallawmakers #lawmakers #colorado #coloradosprings #noflockcamsincolorado #Denver #Denvercity

a Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more

https://alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2026/07/16/beam-living-graphql-data-exposure

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422204

#HackerNews #Blackstone #DataLeak #SSN #Exposure #Cybersecurity #PrivacyConcerns

Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny

https://www.kmbc.com/article/gardner-kansas-flock-cameras-license-plate-readers-privacy/73468724

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368625

#HackerNews #GardnerPolice #FlockCameras #LicensePlateReaders #PrivacyConcerns #TechNews

🔍 Ah yes, because the government totally needs to know everyone's bedroom preferences for "civic planning" purposes. 😂 Spoiler alert: this article seems to worry that your #kinks might just end up dictating school budgets! 🙄 #PrivacyPanic
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2013/11/civic-hygiene/ #PrivacyConcerns #CivicPlanning #BedroomPreferences #SchoolBudgets #HackerNews #ngated

🚀💻 Ah, yet another GitHub project promising to revolutionize our terminal experience with "deep research" and "verified quotes"—because surely that's what every developer needed to achieve code enlightenment. 🙄 With an enforced budget and privacy boundary, it's like budgeting for groceries while wearing a tinfoil hat. 🛒👒
https://github.com/lajosdeme/mole #GitHubProject #TerminalExperience #DeveloperHumor #CodeEnlightenment #PrivacyConcerns #TinfoilHat #HackerNews #ngated

📱 Oh, the revolutionary concept of a "guest lock"—because nothing screams #innovation like a feature that's essentially a glorified babysitter for your phone. 🙄 Your mind-blowing solution to avoid handing a cop your nudes? Just don't give them your phone, genius! 🚔💡
https://curvise.net/the-phone-features-i-cant-believe-we-dont-have/ #guestlock #phonefeatures #privacyconcerns #digitalparenting #HackerNews #ngated

Aaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style cameras

https://www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodgers-secretly-bought-police-alpr-cameras

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276021

#HackerNews #AaronRodgers #FlockCameras #PrivacyConcerns #CommunitySupport #ALPRTechnology #LocalNews

New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-police-officer-accused-of-using-flock-cameras-to-track-and-follow-ex-romantic-partner/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266899

#HackerNews #NewBedford #Police #FlockCameras #PrivacyConcerns #DomesticSurveillance #LawEnforcement #Accountability

Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don't

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/flock-cameras-can-track-every-car-in-america-police-love-them-citizens-dont.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251978

#HackerNews #FlockCameras #CarTracking #PrivacyConcerns #Surveillance #Technology #LawEnforcement

'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/pervert-glasses-backlash-against-metas-smart-glasses-grows/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244783

#HackerNews #PervertGlasses #MetaSmartGlasses #TechBacklash #PrivacyConcerns #WearableTech

How to Fight Deployment of Flock and Other Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers in Your Community | American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/tracking-alpr-cameras/how-to-fight-deployment-of-flock-and-other-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readers-in-your-community?cid=7013r000001QG7XAAW&initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&initms=awr-na-sail-gols-nat-260808_cultivation-civilliberties-na-debrief&af=4WFnjVCuWvW83eP57u4dSVn7ZD%2BJSLdOv3UPKF6dxJf5K%2BUZjbyYifKpdpdU0x2Tq%2BQpm6S63pqZjLOYok4kR2F7DZyc6FP89Fse0BcV6Ho%3D&gs=jSfs6llhQeX2OTww6lNks4bS9raEmG2oc4%2BPDYzZArnTseMByNR%2FSngk3%2BKn5yzd&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=awr-na-sail-gols-nat-260808_cultivation-civilliberties-na-debrief #fightmasssurveillance #massurveilance #banflockcameras #banflockcams #makeflockcamsillegal #privacyrights #privacy #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #contactyourlocallawmakers #lawmakers #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #ACLU #ACLUofcolorado #denver #denvercolorado

Meta #SmartGlasses face calls for bans across Europe over privacy concerns: https://zorz.it/qzeJl

#PesalaBandara #banning #Meta #PrivacyLaw #PersonalData #EuropeanDataProtectionBoard #EDPB #PrivacyConcerns #BitsOfFreedom #PrivacyImpact #law #technology

All of the bad internet bills. One website. https://badinternetbills.com/ #kosa #ageverification #ageverificationlaws #ageverificationandagegating #ageverificationtechnologysocialmedia #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacy #privacyconcerns #PrivacyFlaw #encryptionvulnerabilities #encryptionstandards #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #petition #donate #contactyourlawmakers #lawmakers

FYI: Granola sued for recording meetings without consent to train AI models: Filed July 30 in California, the complaint says Granola hides its notetaker from participants by design, a practice raising wiretapping questions for marketers. https://ppc.land/granola-sued-for-recording-meetings-without-consent-to-train-ai-models/ #Granola #AIethics #PrivacyConcerns #DataProtection #MarketingEthics

🚨 Congratulations to #ICE on mastering the art of overreach! Collecting a million DNA samples, including from kiddos, because who needs privacy anyway? 🧬👍 Let's applaud this innovative new chapter in "How to Fill a Database with Innocent People 101." 🙄🎉
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/ #Overreach #PrivacyConcerns #DNACollection #InnocentPeople #SurveillanceState #HackerNews #ngated

ICYMI: Granola sued for recording meetings without consent to train AI models: Filed July 30 in California, the complaint says Granola hides its notetaker from participants by design, a practice raising wiretapping questions for marketers. https://ppc.land/granola-sued-for-recording-meetings-without-consent-to-train-ai-models/ #Granola #AIEthics #PrivacyConcerns #DataProtection #LegalIssues

#Apple faces a challenge in convincing consumers that its #smartglasses, expected in 2027, prioritise #privacy. The company must overcome #publicdistrust fuelled by #Meta’s smart glasses, known for #privacyconcerns. Apple aims to distinguish itself by emphasising on-device processing, avoiding facial recognition, and pledging not to use recordings for AI training. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/26/public-distrust-in-smart-glasses-will-be-a-a-challenge-for-apple-glass?ARglass.es #ARglasses #SmartGlasses #AugmentedReality #AR

#Apple faces a challenge in convincing consumers that its #smartglasses, expected in 2027, prioritise #privacy. The company must overcome #publicdistrust fuelled by #Meta’s smart glasses, known for #privacyconcerns. Apple aims to distinguish itself by emphasising on-device processing, avoiding facial recognition, and pledging not to use recordings for AI training. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/26/public-distrust-in-smart-glasses-will-be-a-a-challenge-for-apple-glass?ARglass.es #ARglasses #SmartGlasses #AugmentedReality #AR

#Apple faces a challenge in convincing consumers that its #smartglasses, expected in 2027, prioritise #privacy. The company must overcome #publicdistrust fuelled by #Meta’s smart glasses, known for #privacyconcerns. Apple aims to distinguish itself by emphasising on-device processing, avoiding facial recognition, and pledging not to use recordings for AI training. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/26/public-distrust-in-smart-glasses-will-be-a-a-challenge-for-apple-glass?ARglass.es #ARglasses #SmartGlasses #AugmentedReality #AR

#Apple faces a challenge in convincing consumers that its #smartglasses, expected in 2027, prioritise #privacy. The company must overcome #publicdistrust fuelled by #Meta’s smart glasses, known for #privacyconcerns. Apple aims to distinguish itself by emphasising on-device processing, avoiding facial recognition, and pledging not to use recordings for AI training. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/26/public-distrust-in-smart-glasses-will-be-a-a-challenge-for-apple-glass?ARglass.es #ARglasses #SmartGlasses #AugmentedReality #AR

#Apple faces a challenge in convincing consumers that its #smartglasses, expected in 2027, prioritise #privacy. The company must overcome #publicdistrust fuelled by #Meta’s smart glasses, known for #privacyconcerns. Apple aims to distinguish itself by emphasising on-device processing, avoiding facial recognition, and pledging not to use recordings for AI training. https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/26/public-distrust-in-smart-glasses-will-be-a-a-challenge-for-apple-glass?ARglass.es #ARglasses #SmartGlasses #AugmentedReality #AR

NCAC Urges Fifth Circuit to Uphold Block on Texas App Store Age Verification Law - National Coalition Against Censorship
https://ncac.org/news/texas-app-store-accountability-act-first-amendment #Texas #Texasageverification #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #USA #Unitedstates #Unitedstatesofamerica #america #America #ageverification #ageverificationandagegating

🎉🥳 Behold, the grand unveiling of #Googlebook, a revolutionary product that will definitely arrive in 2026 and not at all scream "vaporware"! 🚀✨ But hey, at least you get to enjoy an endless loop of silent videos while repeatedly confirming your age and surrendering your soul to Google's Terms & Conditions. 🤦‍♂️📜
https://googlebook.google/ #Vaporware #TechNews #Innovation #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

🌍✨ Behold the revolutionary app that lets you play "Where's ICE?" in real-time! Now, when ICE sneezes, you'll know it before they do. Who knew Big Brother would come with a QR code and a side of paranoia? 🤦‍♂️📱
https://antifreeze.app/ #BigBrother #realTimeTracking #privacyConcerns #techInnovation #HackerNews #ngated

Tired of your dumb scale just judging you with one number? Engadget's 'best smart scales for 2026' lists devices tracking everything from muscle mass to vascular age. But seriously, how much data do we *really* need from our bathroom scales? And at what privacy cost (looking at you, Eufy's past)?

Read more: https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/best-smart-scale-160033523.html?src=rss
#SmartScales #HealthTech #PrivacyConcerns #Gadgets #TechNews

"Super secure" MAGA-themed messaging app leaks everyone's phone number

https://ericdaigle.ca/posts/super-secure-maga-messaging-app-leaks-everyones-phone-number/

#HackerNews #SuperSecureApp #MAGALeaks #PrivacyConcerns #DataBreach #MessagingApp

New research reveals that consumer cameras have unique optical blur signatures 🎥🔍, enabling device fingerprinting and raising serious #PrivacyConcerns. These unspoofable lens blur fields persist across uses, threatening anonymity in photos. Learn more 👉 https://cyberinsider.com/unique-optical-signatures-in-consumer-cameras-raise-privacy-concerns/ #TechPrivacy #CameraSecurity #AI #newz

🎉 Wow, Daniel Bünzli has coined "anti-personnel computing" to describe modern gadgets that serve everyone but you. 💀 Who knew your laptop was plotting against you for the benefit of some shadowy third party? Next up: how your toaster is secretly a double agent. 🍞🕵️‍♂️
https://erratique.ch/writings/anti-personnel-computing #antiPersonnelComputing #modernGadgets #techCritique #privacyConcerns #digitalSurveillance #quirkyTech #HackerNews #ngated

Parents and school staff raise concerns over student activity monitoring software designed to prevent self-harm. While helpful, it has unintended consequences. #StudentSafety #TechInSchools #MentalHealth #EdTech #PrivacyConcerns #SelfHarmPrevention #DigitalWellbeing

Edward Snowden Highlights Political Pitfalls and Privacy Issues in BTC at Bitcoin 2024 Event - The renowned whistleblower Edward Snowden, former CIA and NSA contractor, delivere... - https://news.bitcoin.com/edward-snowden-highlights-political-pitfalls-and-privacy-issues-in-btc-at-bitcoin-2024-event/ #artificialintelligence #digitalsurveillance #politicalallegiance #transactiontracking #votingindependence #privacyconcerns #snowdenbitcoin #edwardsnowden #keynotespeech #bitcoin2024 #news