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Maggie Maybe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@ApostateEnglishman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ApostateEnglishman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@vfrmedia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>vfrmedia</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@Geri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Geri</span></a></span> I know you aren’t talking about the US, but I found this link recently and there’s an “attending a protest” guide towards the bottom . . . you probably know this stuff but I am sharing it everywhere in case it helps anyone anywhere.</p><p><a href="https://ssd.eff.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ssd.eff.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a></p>
Blue Ghost<p>A variety of organizations support a Onion Service.</p><p>Tor Onion Service: <a href="https://community.torproject.org/onion-services" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">community.torproject.org/onion</span><span class="invisible">-services</span></a></p><p>Any website can also be a onionsite.</p><p>EXAMPLES</p><p>Electronic Frontier Foundation<br>Tor: <a href="https://www.iykpqm7jiradoeezzkhj7c4b33g4hbgfwelht2evxxeicbpjy44c7ead.onion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iykpqm7jiradoeezzkhj7c4b33g4hb</span><span class="invisible">gfwelht2evxxeicbpjy44c7ead.onion</span></a><br>Mastodon: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span></p><p>Free Software Foundation Europe<br>Tor: <a href="http://fsfeorg3hsfyuhmdylxrqdvgsmjeoxuuug5a4dv3c3grkxzsl33d3xyd.onion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">fsfeorg3hsfyuhmdylxrqdvgsmjeox</span><span class="invisible">uuug5a4dv3c3grkxzsl33d3xyd.onion</span></a><br>Mastodon: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fsfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fsfe</span></a></span></p><p>Proton<br>Tor: <a href="https://protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleegetolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">protonmailrmez3lotccipshtkleeg</span><span class="invisible">etolb73fuirgj7r4o4vfu7ozyd.onion</span></a><br>Mastodon: N/A</p><p>InfoSec.Exchange<br>Tor: <a href="http://7jaxqg6lfcdtosooxhv5drpettiwnt6ytdywfgefppk2ol4dzlddblyd.onion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">7jaxqg6lfcdtosooxhv5drpettiwnt</span><span class="invisible">6ytdywfgefppk2ol4dzlddblyd.onion</span></a><br>Mastodon: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@jerry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jerry</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FSFE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FSFE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Proton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Proton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ProtonMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtonMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/InfoSecExchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSecExchange</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>Tenderloin, of course! I already miss this neighborhood - not to mention SF... One can always dream of returning there after Republicans left the White House... :) </p><p>"Cindy Cohn, an attorney who is the executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation — a digital-rights nonprofit based in San Francisco — said she sees her work fighting heavy-handed and intrusive government surveillance and defending technology users’ privacy, free speech and ability to innovate as fundamentally intertwined with principles that are at the core of U.S. democracy.</p><p>“Free speech is a cornerstone,” Cohn said, citing the practice of casting anonymous election ballots as an example. “Privacy is a cornerstone right. Privacy goes hand-in-hand with a democratic, self-governing system.”</p><p>Whether challenging restrictive federal rules equating cryptography with munitions, mass telecommunications spying by the National Security Agency, search-and-seizures of electronic materials or the use of surveillance technologies by the San Francisco Police Department, Cohn’s organization has long been at the center of civil-liberties controversies involving technology.</p><p>“Almost all the fights about rights and freedoms and democracy have a technical, have a digital element right now,” Cohn said.</p><p>Currently based in the Tenderloin, EFF was founded in 1990 before the mass adoption of web-browsing technology and the spectacular growth of the internet later in the decade.</p><p>The nonprofit today has about 125 employees, with the largest chunk being lawyers who engage in litigation and advocacy, Cohn said."</p><p><a href="https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/technology/electronic-frontier-foundation-head-right-at-home-in-sf/article_e5e83983-5348-4e26-926c-7ba2b9862ce6.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sfexaminer.com/news/technology</span><span class="invisible">/electronic-frontier-foundation-head-right-at-home-in-sf/article_e5e83983-5348-4e26-926c-7ba2b9862ce6.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</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/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</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/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2209716/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2209716/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Ukraine optimizes ownership structure of National Depository of Ukraine to attract intl investors – IMF memo <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fsc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fsc</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalMonetaryFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalMonetaryFund</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nssmc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nssmc</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2207732/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2207732/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> New financial assistance to Ukraine from the IMF | Ukrainian News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DenysShmyhal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DenysShmyhal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinancialSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialSupport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IMF</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalMonetaryFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalMonetaryFund</span></a></p>
IT News<p>After 45 Years, 74-Year-Old Spreadsheet Legend/EFF Cofounder Mitch Kapor Gets His MIT Degree - Mitch Kapor dropped out of MIT's business school in 1979 — and had soon cofounded ... - <a href="https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/0312235/after-45-years-74-year-old-spreadsheet-legendeff-cofounder-mitch-kapor-gets-his-mit-degree?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/3</span><span class="invisible">0/0312235/after-45-years-74-year-old-spreadsheet-legendeff-cofounder-mitch-kapor-gets-his-mit-degree?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/eff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eff</span></a></p>
your fridge inspector<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidgerard</span></a></span><br>i was creeped out by <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/eff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eff</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> being in favour of ai slop, comparing opposition to being against remixing and sampling. <a href="https://www.eff.org/how-to-fix-the-internet-podcast" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/how-to-fix-the-interne</span><span class="invisible">t-podcast</span></a></p>

Meta just doesn't understand the concepts of privacy and security.

Headline:
●WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

•Andy Stone, a spokesperson for WhatsApp parent company Meta, said ...
"We know members and their staffs regularly use WhatsApp and we ... "

Let me stop you right there, Andy.

The very fact that Meta can, and does, use WhatsApp as spyware is the reason why you can say that.

Meta tracks the locations and contacts (and more) of all WhatsApp users, WHICH IS WHY IT MUST NEVER BE INSTALLED ON ANY GOVERNMENT DEVICE!

Join Signal.

axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-

#privacy
#Signal
#Meta
#WhatsApp
#EFF

Illustration of a hand holding a smart phone with a WhatsApp logo on the screen, in front of the John A Wilson Building.
Axios · Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devicesBy Andrew Solender

It shouldn't be against the law to provide an encrypted app. But if the STOP CSAM Act passes, it would make it a crime to offer encryption, because it could "facilitate" the sharing of illegal child abuse material (CSAM)—even if there's no evidence that a platform or service intended to do so.

The law would undermine digital security for all internet users, impacting private messaging and email app providers, social media platforms, cloud storage providers, and many other internet intermediaries and online services.

act.eff.org/action/tell-congre
#EFF #Encryption #Privacy

act.eff.orgTell Congress: Don't Outlaw Encrypted ApplicationsIt shouldn't be against the law to provide an encrypted app. But if the STOP CSAM Act passes, it would make it a crime to offer encryption, because it could "facilitate" the sharing of illegal child abuse material (CSAM)—even if there's no evidence that a platform or service intended to do so. The law would undermine digital security for all internet users, impacting private messaging and email app providers, social media platforms, cloud storage providers, and many other internet intermediaries and online services.

My VPN decided that since my bank was trying to block my transaction because they couldn't trace my IP address, it would find a way to get it there. And it did. It routed through a server in Iran. This put an immediate freeze on my account, and prompted a phone call from the bank. I figure the FBI or DHS will be contacting me shortly.

Moral of the story...make sure banking apps are bypassed by the VPN

Apple warns Australia 🇦🇺 against app store reform, claiming users can't safely choose their own apps 🛑.

Like the EU's DMA, Australia’s plan would enable sideloading 📥, open payments 💸, and reduce app lock-in 🔐.

Critics argue Apple’s real motive is profit, not privacy 👀.

It’s time we stop mistaking corporate control for user safety. Open ecosystems protect both choice and privacy 🔓.

@eff

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/appl

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Apple to Australians: You’re Too Stupid to Choose Your Own AppsApple has released a scaremongering, self-serving warning aimed at the Australian government, claiming that Australians will be overrun by a parade of digital horribles if Australia follows the European Union’s lead and regulates Apple’s “walled garden.” The EU’s Digital Markets Act is a big,...

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/lgbt

This Pride Month, the EFF is stepping up to support LGBTQ+ communities facing growing online censorship and privacy threats. Through their new "LGBT Q&A" campaign on Instagram and TikTok, they’re answering digital rights questions, from safe app use to avoiding doxxing. You can comment or submit questions anonymously, and the EFF will help you stay informed and protected online.

Electronic Frontier Foundation · LGBT Q&A: Your Online Speech and Privacy Questions, AnsweredThis year, like almost all years before, LGBTQ+ Pride month is taking place at a time of burgeoning anti-LGBTQ+ violence, harassment, and criticism. Lawmakers and regulators are passing legislation restricting freedom of expression and privacy for LGBTQ+ individuals and fueling offline intolerance...

Back in Feb or so the #EFF released #rayhunter a piece of software that loads up on a cheap hotspot that you can buy off Amazon or other places for less than $40. I installed it this morning it went just like the site says, took about 3 minutes.

Carry one to your local protest and see if the police are using cell-site-simulators to surveil citizens

efforg.github.io/rayhunter/

efforg.github.ioIntroduction - Rayhunter - An IMSI Catcher Catcher

Network guru Chris Boyd served EFF-Austin as board member and treasurer for 20+ years until his passing on May 13. In his memory, please consider donating to support EFF-Austin and the Electronic Frontier Foundation: gofund.me/dcb51faa 💻🕊️ #EFF

gofundme.comDonate to Honor Chris Boyd: Support Digital Rights, organized by Kevin WelchChris Boyd was a man of many virtues, but one of the principal among them was his… Kevin Welch needs your support for Honor Chris Boyd: Support Digital Rights