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  1. The UK government has put out a consultation asking about

    • Social media age restrictions
    • Age verification technology
    • Restricting dark patterns like autoplay
    • Phones in schools
    • "Digital age of consent"

    This is our chance to make our voices heard and influence legislation & guidance. Fill it out, and share it with your friends!

    gov.uk/government/consultation

    #OnlineSafetyAct #uk #ukPol #privacy #privacyRights #ChatControl #surveilance #socialMedia #adTech

  2. @eff

    "Don't be upset by all this device and internet survielance, it's not a military dictatorship" they used to say before Trump built a personal racist military, and subverted the FBI and Department of Justice, and got military commanders calling his orders the voice of god.

    Get off american software, get off Microsoft, ditch Alexa, dump siri, erase windows, leave google, dont use Amazon.

    #uspoli #ai #surveilance #handcuffs #pretti #good #ice #democracy

  3. Disgusting. Frontex is building an ‘AI chatbot app’ to encourage repatriations

    ‚The Border Agency of the European Union, Frontex, is building a mobile application for individuals who are voluntarily or forcibly deported from Europe, as part of its EU Reintegration Programme (EURP).

    The application will come equipped with an ‘AI chatbot’ feature, which allows deportees to learn about the available services within the program, such as the opening hours of the nearest return counseling centers, or the financial incentives offered to individuals who accept to travel back to their country of citizenship (given the relative lack of choice people face, some scholars prefer the term ‘self-deportation’)...‘

    #AbolishFrontex

    algorithmwatch.org/en/frontex-

    #Migration #Refugees #Chatbot #AI #Surveilance #Technology #Europe #FortressEurope #Frontex

  4. Creeped Out by Ring’s Lost Dog ‘Search Party’ Feature? Here’s How to Turn It Off

    image via pcmag.com

    'Search Party' uses nearby Ring cameras to scan for missing pets in your yard. However it's on by default, prompting some Big Brother comparisons. Here's how to shut it down.

    https://www.pcmag.com/news/creeped-out-by-ring-lost-dog-search-party-heres-how-to-turn-it-off?test_uuid=04IpBmWGZleS0I0J3epvMrC&test_variant=A
    #dog #pet #privacy #ring #searchParty #secruity #surveilance
  5. "It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can create a social media account.

    Age-verification laws may sound straightforward to some: protect young people online by making everyone prove their age. But in reality, these mandates force users into one of two flawed systems—mandatory ID checks or biometric scans—and both are deeply discriminatory. These proposals burden everyone’s right to speak and access information online, and structurally excludes the very people who rely on the internet most. In short, although these laws are often passed with the intention to protect children from harm, the reality is that these laws harm both adults and children.

    Here’s who gets hurt, and how:"

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/12/10-n

    #AgeVerification #DigitalIDs #Biometrics #Surveilance #Privacy

  6. @theguardian_us_technology

    I think almost everyone here will agree that this is a good thing.

    How much influence did the #Trump administration really have on this? We may never know.

    While this does nothing to change my opinion of the administration it does surprise me when I agree with them.

    #privacy #surveilance #secures #encryption #Los #apple

  7. So, turns out Orwell predicted #generativeAI in #music production. What he didn't predict was that it would be produced by "free enterprise." It is the #musicindustry and the need for unmittigated #growth in #revenue and #profit . Easy and #costeffective #surveilance and #managment of the masses is merely a welcomed side-effect.

    simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/n

  8. DIREI CHE NON" SICUREZZA STA MIGLIORANDO"..(sic) MA ..SOLO LE RICHIESTE DI AVERE CONTROLLO #TOTALE SUI CITTADINI SONO DIVENTATE .. ESPONENZIALE!..💻 #bigmoney 🔔 #surveilance#totalcontrol 👉

    ⚡..twitter.com/lorenzofb/status/1

  9. My problem with #typescript is that it has #microsoft all over. I tend to avoid that filth wherever I can. And yes, I'm emotional about this stuff. "Nazi made but useful" does not compute in my book.

    Also, not caring about portability of my scripts to #windows. It's a #surveilance & #enshittify OS. I'm not touching it with a stick.

    I mean, the Letter to hobbyists is kind of it for me. Even if they never did what they kept doing and do and plan to do.