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The Guardian: ‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

"...An opaque White House office staffed largely by veterans of Elon Musk’s “department of government efficiency” (Doge) has quietly rebuilt some of the federal government’s most sensitive websites – for passport applications, voter registration, prescription-drug pricing and children’s savings – in ways critics say appear to violate federal law...."

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j…

#cybersecurity #privacy #bigbrother #doge #fascism



The EFF piece lays it out clean: the FCC's proposal would require carriers to collect names, addresses, and identity documents from every phone number holder. Nominally anti-spam. Actually a national identity registry piggybacking on phone access. #privacy


#privacy by design and default is not for protecting you or others against justice but the injustice hiding around the corner ... orange maniacs are just one threat, right-wing fascist comes in several shapes as does stalinists and putinists 🫣



moin! weiß wer, ob es möglich is ein schlandticket zu kaufen, ohne über die db zu bezahlen? ich hab das bei nah.sh versucht und da kommste dann auch beim bezahlvorgang wieder bei db raus, die „zur sicherheit“(🙄) wollen, dass ich irgendner komischen dritt-butze zugriff auf mein bankkonto erlaube. klar, mach ich das! what kann da schon schiefgehen, die teilen das ja sicher nur kurz mit ihren 1.3k werbepartner*innen.

#bahn #db #deutschebahn #deutschladticket #privatsphäre #privacy #datenschutz


"...Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists who have publicly criticized the venue’s use of facial recognition technology, putting their tweets and comments into a document that was then accessible to other people inside the company, 404 Media has found...."

404media.co/madison-square-gar…

#privacy


"...The security notice sent out Monday indicated that “employee data across 45,000 hive tables,” had been exposed. Those tables included employee activity such as “full prompts and transcriptions, private conversations, people and performance data,” according to documents viewed by WIRED...."

#privacy #screwup



Mission Local: Federal agencies ‘improperly’ accessed S.F. license-plate surveillance data, audit finds

Police say ICE, DHS didn’t directly access data, but unclear if it was shared regardless

missionlocal.org/2026/06/feder…

#flock #alpr #privacy #BigBrother


✈️ New Blog Post: Your Boarding Pass Is a Skeleton Key. Frontier Airlines Doesn't Care.

Frontier's mobile API returns full passport numbers, home addresses, children's DOB, credit card details, and KTNs for any booking. The only auth? A PNR and last name. Printed on every boarding pass.

Reported March 3rd. 105 days later, still live. They fixed the least important vuln and ghosted me on the rest. They also updated the website code and somehow made the leaks worse.

Full writeup: bobdahacker.com/blog/frontier-…

#InfoSec #BugBounty #ResponsibleDisclosure #FrontierAirlines #Security #CyberSecurity #Privacy #Aviation #PCIDSS #DataExposure


It's really annoying to see channels you deleted (on the respective site) and then find them cloned on other sites... This is a huge privacy issue that's completely missing in Open Source systems (or social networks)... Those listed below were only some of the channels I created and then (illusorily) deleted...

mastodon.social/@Veiled_Sense@…

mastodon.social/@Erotic_Veils@…

mastodon.social/@Pixel.Up@pixe…

#Clone_Channel - #Bad_Social - #Privacy - #Problem_Open_Source_Social - #Pixelfed - #Mastodon


From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour

"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.

globalnews.ca/news/11899687/gr…

#NoAI #Grok #Privacy #Consent #CanPoli


‘You Will Not Speak on #Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting

A County Commissioner in #NorthCarolina refused to let dozens of residents speak opposing Flock #surveillance at a public meeting this week, instead forcing the group to designate one single spokesperson.

“How many people are here for public comment dealing with license plate readers AKA Flock?,” Michael Garrison, the chairman of the Madison County Board of Commissioners began the public meeting by saying. Nearly everyone in the audience’s hand went up. “Probably most everybody. Per our county policy, I’m going to respectfully ask that you guys take a few minutes to converse with each other, designate one person to speak … we’ll move forward with only one person, whoever that happens to be.”

“What? No. We all want to speak on this,” someone in the crowd said; others can be heard trying to object as well.
#privacy #alpr

404media.co/you-will-not-speak…


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Oooh, wonder if I can catch who has the Pokemon Go doohickey around here

#privacy #bluetooth


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Bluetooth sprinkler system, who knew?

#bluetooth #privacy


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Hi Katy, your volvo is showing!

(WiFi SSID coming out of someone's Volvo) 😂 #privacy


Oooh, realized I can find my neighbors based on their hearing aid Bluetooth ID 😂 #privacy #bluetooth


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Following the Australian precedence, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, and Malaysia have now passed laws requiring age checks for social media.

😡 But age verification and ID checks destroy everyone's #privacy. 😡

Learn what countries are planning a social media ban for teens and fight #AgeVerification 💪

👉tuta.com/blog/age-verification…



404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-…

The FCC wants to make it impossible to buy "burner" phones, such as pre-paid phones not linked to your identity. They plan to do this by forcing all companies to store a ton of data about ALL phone users, including Copy of ID, and Verified address and a ton more info for both new & existing phone users, regardless of company or phone.

#FCC #Privacy #Security


(considering *I* know how to track these... and have considered writing software to see who/what is constantly in the neighborhood or just driving by... it' not difficult to see how a company would attempt to commercialize this)

"...SignalTrace “bridges license plate recognition data with sensor-captured device identifiers—such as those from mobile phones, Bluetooth wearables, and vehicle systems—to create a unique, trackable ‘electronic fingerprint’ for investigative use,” according to a product sheet describing the tool, written by surveillance company Leonardo, which advertises SignalTrace.

The sort of data Leonardo says SignalTrace can sweep up includes the RFID tags in key cards and pet microchips; devices with Bluetooth such as wireless headphones, fitness trackers, and mobile phones; components of a car like tire pressure sensors and infotainment systems; and Wi-Fi sources such as vehicle hotspots and laptops, according to the product sheet..."

#privacy


404 Media: This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

404media.co/this-company-will-…

#alpr #privacy #cybersecurity #bigbrother


This is perhaps one of the most sinister developments in privacy invasion I’ve yet seen. In itself, it simply nestles into the list of tracking garbage that shouldn’t exist in the world. But in how wholly invasive it is, being deep and complete, is what makes it stand out.

I’m not suggesting that you should destroy every one of these that see. But, you know. You do you.

404media.co/this-company-will-…

#Privacy #InfoSec #Fascism #BigBrother


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Yet another settlement you can possibly claim.

This one is a bit more involved though.

Thank goodness I didn't throw away my Pixel 6a box.

Check your spam folder: Google's $68M Assistant settlement emails are going out now

androidauthority.com/google-as…

#Google #Assistant #Settlement #Privacy #Hardware #Tech


Protecting minors is the excuse, but age verification requires biometric scans. This kills anonymity for everyone, handing real data to Big Tech tied to military surveillance. Privacy is non-negotiable. Vital warning from @eff! #Privacy #EFF #Surveillance


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Wired: Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.

wired.com/story/meta-smart-gla…

#privacy #cybersecurity #meta



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The next time a company updates their privacy policy with long, thick legalese, let me give you this visual summary.

#privacy #technology #eula





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Surveillance tech coming to a virtual couch near you!

Headway Therapy Patients Forced to Scan Their Faces to Keep Getting Care

404media.co/headway-therapy-fa…

#Headway #Therapy #Security #Privacy #Surveillance #Health #Tech



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But can this be used if the police snatch my phone?

Apple Developing iPhone Anti-Snatching Feature That Locks Stolen Phones Instantly

macrumors.com/2026/05/27/apple…

#Apple #iPhone #AntiTheft #Stolen #Security #Privacy #Tech