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Raphael Albert<p>No my dear US-company, your tech is not GDPR-compliant just because you're having a few servers in Ireland. Putting it on your website doesn't make it true.<br>--<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USTech</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Bluesky will be age-gating content for UK users. It’s your privacy that pays.</p><p>The UK Online Safety Act has unleashed an unregulated market in age verification.</p><p>That we have to do these intrusive checks with countless providers for different platforms is dangerous.</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/704468/bluesky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/704468/blues</span><span class="invisible">ky-age-verification-uk-online-safety-act</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetyact</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageverification</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ageassurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageassurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biometrics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Age verification is a goldrush for providers who don’t need certification.</p><p>The risks to the privacy and security of our sensitive personal data are high.</p><p>It didn’t need to be this way. Our digital rights should come first.</p><p>Our website explains what the UK Online Safety Act means for users and site owners with age verification ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://www.ageverificationfacts.org.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ageverificationfacts.org.uk/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetyact</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageverification</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ageassurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageassurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biometrics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>The UK Online Safety Act could’ve required proper regulation of age verification providers and given us a choice.</p><p>We should be able to pick a provider with high privacy standards that can work for any and every platform. It could and should be interoperable.</p><p>Instead, we either accept what we’re given or lose access to chunks of the Internet.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafetyact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafetyact</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ageverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageverification</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ageassurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ageassurance</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/biometrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biometrics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/onlinesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onlinesafety</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Ireland launches a second probe into TikTok data flows to China.</p><p>Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a fresh inquiry into TikTok's transfers of personal data to Chinese servers, following on from its investigation that led to a €530 million fine against the company in April.</p><p>The inquiry focuses on whether TikTok has complied with its obligations under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250710-ireland-launches-a-second-probe-into-tiktok-data-flows-to-china?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250710</span><span class="invisible">-ireland-launches-a-second-probe-into-tiktok-data-flows-to-china?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>'Social media giant TikTok is being investigated by European regulators after saying that it had held the data of some European users on servers in China.'<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-10/tiktok-investigated-over-european-user-data-held-in-china/105519472" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-10/tik</span><span class="invisible">tok-investigated-over-european-user-data-held-in-china/105519472</span></a><br>'The Data Protection Commission (DPC), which helps the European Union police data privacy, said the company informed it that "limited EEA user data had in fact been stored on servers in China".<br>That was contrary to the evidence it provided DPC investigators earlier this year, before the authority handed TikTok a €530 million ($947m) fine for data transfers to China.'<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EUlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUlaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a></p>
Raphael Albert<p>Digital transformation means that people, who know little about technology, use technology to spy on other people, who know little about technology.<br>--<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a></p>
Neil Brown<p>The UK's data protection regulator is consulting on</p><p>&gt; privacy-preserving advertising to users who have not given consent</p><p>Coincidentally, I am consulting on "how to block privacy-preserving advertising".</p><p><a href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/07/ico-opens-door-to-privacy-first-advertising-models-with-proposed-new-enforcement-approach/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media</span><span class="invisible">-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/07/ico-opens-door-to-privacy-first-advertising-models-with-proposed-new-enforcement-approach/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/ePrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ePrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/pihole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pihole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/tags/uBlockOrigin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uBlockOrigin</span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>This 6' 2009 <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/WebScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebScience</span></a> conference speech (!) is still rather relevant... Just published on my <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peertube</span></a> channel! <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/PbD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PbD</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/minimisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minimisation</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/profiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>profiling</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/PET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PET</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/PIR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PIR</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/MPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MPC</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a></p><p>Robust <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> protection for the future <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Web</span></a> <a href="https://p.lu/w/qxSyUuMDSkmu6QZktCQcoN" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">p.lu/w/qxSyUuMDSkmu6QZktCQcoN</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>This 6' 2009 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23WebScience" target="_blank">#WebScience</a> conference speech (!) is still rather relevant... Just published on my <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Peertube" target="_blank">#Peertube</a> channel! <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23GDPR" target="_blank">#GDPR</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PbD" target="_blank">#PbD</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23surveillance" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23minimisation" target="_blank">#minimisation</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DataProtection" target="_blank">#DataProtection</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23profiling" target="_blank">#profiling</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Trump" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23discrimination" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PET" target="_blank">#PET</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PIR" target="_blank">#PIR</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cloud" target="_blank">#cloud</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MPC" target="_blank">#MPC</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ads" target="_blank">#ads</a> Robust <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23privacy" target="_blank">#privacy</a> protection for the future <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Web" target="_blank">#Web</a> <a href="https://p.lu/w/qxSyUuMDSkmu6QZktCQcoN" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">p.lu/w/qxSyUuMDSk...</a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"“I’m here to tell you if you’ve ever been on a dating app that wanted your location, or if you ever granted a weather app permission to know where you are 24/7, there’s a good chance a detailed log of your precise movement patterns has been vacuumed up and saved in some data bank somewhere that tens of thousands of total strangers have access to,” writes Tau.</p><p>Unraveling the story of how these strangers—everyone from government intelligence agents and local law enforcement officers to private investigators and employees of ad tech companies—gained access to our personal information is the ambitious task Tau sets for himself, and he begins where you might expect: the immediate aftermath of 9/11.</p><p>At no other point in US history was the government’s appetite for data more voracious than in the days after the attacks, says Tau. It was a hunger that just so happened to coincide with the advent of new technologies, devices, and platforms that excelled at harvesting and serving up personal information that had zero legal privacy protections. </p><p>Over the course of 22 chapters, Tau gives readers a rare glimpse inside the shadowy industry, “built by corporate America and blessed by government lawyers,” that emerged in the years and decades following the 9/11 attacks. In the hands of a less skilled reporter, this labyrinthine world of shell companies, data vendors, and intelligence agencies could easily become overwhelming or incomprehensible. But Tau goes to great lengths to connect dots and plots, explaining how a perfect storm of business motivations, technological breakthroughs, government paranoia, and lax or nonexistent privacy laws combined to produce the “digital panopticon” we are all now living in."</p><p><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/23/1118401/privacy-book-reviews-surveillance-higher-education/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">technologyreview.com/2025/06/2</span><span class="invisible">3/1118401/privacy-book-reviews-surveillance-higher-education/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> SurveillanceCapitalism <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Also at odds with the G7 statement is Canada’s own proposed border-security bill (C-2), which has been widely condemned by this author and numerous other rights groups for the ways it may open up transborder surveillance by foreign governments into Canada. As written, the bill might actually facilitate further transnational repression.</p><p>As my Citizen Lab colleague Kate Robertson noted in a recent analysis, Bill C-2 “contains several areas where proposed powers appear designed to roll out a welcome mat for expanded data-sharing treaties or agreements with the United States, and other foreign law-enforcement authorities.” In light of the authoritarian train wreck unfolding in the U.S., and the prospect of high-risk individuals fleeing that country for Canada, such data-sharing could conceivably become a tool of transnational repression used by our closest neighbour, not to mention other repressive regimes.</p><p>Pledges are important and the Canadian-backed G7 statement on countering transnational repression and abuse of spyware is certainly a very welcome one. But for Canada to actually translate those pledges into meaningful laws and policies will require some serious self-reckoning about how our own past and current practices are actually implicated in the very acts we have once again condemned."</p><p><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-g7-transnational-repression-bill-c-2-carney/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/opinion/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle-g7-transnational-repression-bill-c-2-carney/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/G7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>G7</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spyware</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"EU law enforcement bodies could be capable of decrypting your private data by 2030.</p><p>This is one of the ambitious goals the EU Commission presented in its Roadmap on June 24, 2025. A plan on how the bloc intends to ensure police officers' "lawful and effective" access to citizens' data.</p><p>The Roadmap is the first step forward in the ProtectEU strategy, first unveiled in April 2025 – but privacy experts have already begun raising the alarm."</p><p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/the-eu-wants-to-decrypt-your-private-data-by-2030" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-</span><span class="invisible">security/the-eu-wants-to-decrypt-your-private-data-by-2030</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoors</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a></p>
Raphael Albert<p>If you know anyone in the European Union who is seriously considering buying Meta's spyglasses, please remind them that using those privacy nightmares would make them a controller according to the GDPR. They'd be responsible for ensuring full compliance with our privacy laws, which - surprise, surprise - will be impossible.</p><p>Please tell them to save themselves and everyone around them the trouble and give the money to any NGO instead.<br>--<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BanRayBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanRayBan</span></a></p>
Death By Stereo<p>In response to the increasing power of America’s digital surveillance machine, WIRED asked <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> experts for their advice for hardening personal privacy protections and resisting <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a>. Here are their recommendations: </p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-wired-guide-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/the-wired-guid</span><span class="invisible">e-to-protecting-yourself-from-government-surveillance/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Billions of people worldwide use private messaging platforms like Signal, WhatsApp, and iMessage to communicate securely. This is possible thanks to end-to-end encryption (E2EE), which ensures that only the sender and the intended recipient(s) can view the contents of a message, with no access possible for any third party, not even the service provider itself. Despite the widespread adoption of E2EE apps, including by government officials, and the role of encryption in safeguarding human rights, encryption, which can be lifesaving, is under attack around the world. These attacks most often come in the form of client-side scanning (CSS), which is already being pushed in the EU, UK, U.S., and Australia.</p><p>CSS involves scanning the photos, videos, and messages on an individual’s device against a database of known objectionable material, before the content is then sent onwards via an encrypted messaging platform. Before an individual uploads a file to an encrypted messaging window, it would be converted into a digital fingerprint, or “hash,” and compared against a database of digital fingerprints of prohibited material. Such a database could be housed on a person’s device, or at the server level.</p><p>Proponents of CSS argue that it is a privacy-respecting method of checking content in the interests of online safety, but as we explain in this FAQ piece, CSS undermines the privacy and security enabled by E2EE platforms. It is at odds with the principles of necessity and proportionality, and its implementation would erode the trustworthiness of E2EE channels; the most crucial tool we have for communicating securely and privately in a digital ecosystem dominated by trigger-happy surveillance."</p><p><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/why-client-side-scanning-is-lose-lose-proposition/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accessnow.org/why-client-side-</span><span class="invisible">scanning-is-lose-lose-proposition/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ClientSideScanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClientSideScanning</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Don't you know that you're toxic... Meta goes from ghosting to gaslighting.</p><p>After our direct action last week, Meta is now replying to 10k requests to opt out of Stalker Ads.</p><p>And it's a fudge... they talk about not using personal data for some direct marketing. But don't mention targeted ads!</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/StopStalkerAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopStalkerAds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>You have a legal right to object to your personal data being used for the purpose of targeted advertising.</p><p>Meta even admitted they must respect this right when they settled Tanya O’Carroll's case against them.</p><p>So why gaslight the rest of us?</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/StopStalkerAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopStalkerAds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/21/meta</span><span class="invisible">-settles-u-k-right-to-object-to-ad-tracking-lawsuit-by-agreeing-not-to-track-plaintiff/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>Meta must change how it does business away from profiteering on the back of our personal data.</p><p>Instead, our report suggests other advertising models that can respect our rights, like contextual advertising or subscriptions for advertisers.</p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/StopStalkerAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopStalkerAds</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/metas-consent-or-pay-must-not-allow-stalker-ads-report-argues/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openrightsgroup.org/press-rele</span><span class="invisible">ases/metas-consent-or-pay-must-not-allow-stalker-ads-report-argues/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>
Open Rights Group<p>It's up to us if we want targeted advertising or not. It's about consent.</p><p>Meta's attempt to gaslight us in the hope we'll get tired or confused is another tactic to uphold an advertising model that isn't operating lawfully.</p><p>Tell Meta <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/StopStalkerAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopStalkerAds</span></a> (UK residents) ⬇️</p><p><a href="https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">action.openrightsgroup.org/met</span><span class="invisible">a-opt-out</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instagram</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>threads</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/dataprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprotection</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/gdpr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gdpr</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/advertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advertising</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://social.openrightsgroup.org/tags/digitalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalrights</span></a></p>