Attention all #Hackers & Netizens, who's attending TOMORROWS #NoTech4Apartheid protest against Google support for IDF? Location #Google Chelsea 16th St & 9th Ave Starting at 2 pm EST?

#Palestine #Gaza #Isreal #FreePalenstine #FreeGaza #bigtech @defcon @rightscon @peoplesforumnyc @palestinenews @palestina @gazawatch

Let's use @protonprivacy and @Tutanota products.
Encryption is the single best hope against surveillance.

https://www.wired.com/story/house-section-702-vote/

#security #cybersecurity #infosec #nationalsecurity #nsa #fbi #section702 #privacy #government #surveillance #e2ee #tech #proton #protonmail #tuta #tutanota #bigtech #degoogle

House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US Spy Program

The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the Section 702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the FBI to obtain a warrant to access Americans’ information.

^{Dell Cameron (WIRED)}

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With thanks to @ohthehugemanatee for sending my way :)

https://apps.yunohost.org/

Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*

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...the #media, including #SocialMedia, must be made more resilient. Despite the rancid taste of anti-competitive lobbying by #BigTech, forcing a sale of #TikTok is a step in the right direction. ANY foreign media ownership should be scrutinized, in particular, if the owner(s) are not sole citizens of a country that belongs to #NATO (potentially problematic: #Hungary, #Turkey, previously #Poland,...

But what about their spiffy surveillance notice? Doesn’t that count for something?

#SurveillanceCapitalism #PeopleFarming #BigWeb #BigTech #SiliconValley