NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: platformer.news/meta-new-trans…
Actor James “Kill Them All” Wood’s who infamously called for no ceasefire in Gaza loses his home to wild fires 🔥
Woods was filmed crying about how he was just swimming in his pool and then suddenly his home was gone. He had previously tweeted “No ceasefire. No compromise. No forgiveness. #KillThemAll”about Gaza
I was very glad to hear Adam at 38:55 talking about how we should frequently reexamine the rules that secure our rights, in order to determine whether those rules are still adequate given recent technological developments. This point sort of looms in the background of any discussion related to privacy law these days, but it's rarely voiced directly.
On the other hand, I'm very disappointed in how timid the EFF's stance on ALPRs is. At 16:26, Adam says, "What should the public know about the surveillance technology that the government is using to spy on the public? And at the EFF, we think the answer should be, 'Everything.'" No, no, no! The answer should be, "The government cannot spy on the public!" If you ask me, no form of dragnet surveillance should exist.
For a comparison, and as Adam also points out at 50:43, there are a few technologies that the EFF hopes to ban entirely, including personalized/behavioural advertising. I remember when I first learned about that, I was shocked and extremely impressed that the EFF
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I was very glad to hear Adam at 38:55 talking about how we should frequently reexamine the rules that secure our rights, in order to determine whether those rules are still adequate given recent technological developments. This point sort of looms in the background of any discussion related to privacy law these days, but it's rarely voiced directly.
On the other hand, I'm very disappointed in how timid the EFF's stance on ALPRs is. At 16:26, Adam says, "What should the public know about the surveillance technology that the government is using to spy on the public? And at the EFF, we think the answer should be, 'Everything.'" No, no, no! The answer should be, "The government cannot spy on the public!" If you ask me, no form of dragnet surveillance should exist.
For a comparison, and as Adam also points out at 50:43, there are a few technologies that the EFF hopes to ban entirely, including personalized/behavioural advertising. I remember when I first learned about that, I was shocked and extremely impressed that the EFF would be so bold as to plant their flag on a hill that essentially no one else is even discussing the possibility of trying to take. Why not do the same with ALPRs? Surely banning them would be less disruptive to current practices than banning personalized advertising would be!
As a creator working uphill against #biased #algorithms (not liking accounts such as mine, challenging power), I use platforms - w/I agree w/them or not.
xAI considers analysis "conspiracy theories", & "skepticism on gov or corporate actions"
Screenshot of w/I refer to as my social credit score on X / Twitter, according to Grok:
#GrapheneOS appears to be standing up to UK forensics, in this painful and "unprecedented" case which could see a UK journalist go to jail for not relinquishing the passphrase to his devices. Not only is withholding his basic human right, but he does it to protect his sources, and as ratified in the European Court of Human Rights.
Richard Medhurst is the first reporter arrested and under investigation under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The UK police have sought to obtain the passwords to his phones, including a highly secure phone with a Graphene operating system.
Apple isn’t acknowledging any wrongdoing in the settlement, which still must be approved by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White. Lawyers in the case have proposed scheduling a Feb. 14 court hearing in #Oakland to review the terms.
Apple has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the privacy-minded company of deploying its virtual assistant Siri to eavesdrop on people using its iPhone and other trendy devices.
You may remember the news that the German #police deanomized a Tor user. A good online friend of mine sent me this summary, which contains all the important data on the subject: marx.wtf/2024/10/10/law-enforc…
What surprises me is that the whole #truth is nowhere to be found and even those responsible at TOR do not go into the full extent of the #misery in their #
You may remember the news that the German #police deanomized a Tor user. A good online friend of mine sent me this summary, which contains all the important data on the subject: marx.wtf/2024/10/10/law-enforc…
What surprises me is that the whole #truth is nowhere to be found and even those responsible at TOR do not go into the full extent of the #misery in their #statement. Since this is not the case, I am inclined to assume a #conspiracy that could put future #whistleblowers without technical background knowledge in danger. I am therefore sharing my #knowledge with you here and drawing your attention to the #dangers.
First of all, I would like to point out that it takes very little these days to show up on the #NSA's radar as a suspected #cyberterrorist. The Department of #Defense (DOD) considers protests an example of "low-level #terrorism" (source: aclu.org/news/national-securit…). Human rights activists and journalists keep finding bugging #software on their smartphones, even though they are actually the good guys. So it would be nice if the TOR network could provide the necessary #security.
1) #Timing attack: This attack uses control over a large part of the Internet, which the NSA undoubtedly has. Interruptions of various lengths are placed on all #subnetwork cables. If you then have real-time #communication via TOR, you can measure these #delays and find out which cable the traffic is coming from and thus narrow down the #region. If you know the approximate #location, you can check the #providers there to see who was using TOR at the time. 2) #Server #control: You try to control a large part of the servers in the Tor network. If many #connections are routed via your own servers, you can measure the #timing of real-time communications as well as the size of the connection packets to establish a correlation between #sender and #receiver. #Traffic is therefore routed through different countries, but this does not increase safety. Even if the servers are located in #Russia, they may still be paid by the #CIA and therefore also monitored by the CIA.
1) To prevent timing attacks, a random delay would have to be built into every transmission. 2) All packages must be the same size so that no correlation is possible via the package size. 3) Fake packets would have to be sent constantly so that real-time communication cannot be recognized. 4) There should be many more trustworthy servers that are not under the control of the state's secret services.
Some of this could be implemented easily, others would cost money and traffic and thus slow down the network. I have it on good authority that the TOR #project was made aware of these dangers many years ago. The TOR project has now been in existence for 22 years and the #monitoring options have evolved to the detriment of #freedom. The NSA is now able to monitor the majority of the #Internet and today's TOR defensive measures are no longer sufficient, so that even the German police are able to deanonymize users.
Under these circumstances, I cannot recommend whistleblowers, #dissidents and #resistance fighters to use TOR if they are dependent on #anonymity!
“Three separate reports published this month by leading international #humanrights and medical groups have detailed the same horrifying story: that #Israel is well advanced in its #genocide of the Palestinian population in #Gaza.
Or, to be more accurate, they have confirmed what was already patently clear: that, for the past 14 months, Israel has been slaughtering tens of thousands of Palestinians with indiscriminate munitions, while at the same time gradually starving the survivors to death and denying them access to medical care.
Genocides can happen with gas chambers. Or with machetes. Or they can be carried out with 2,000lb bombs and aid blockades. Genocides rarely look the same. But they are all designed to arrive at the same endpoint: the elimination of a people.” #warcrimes middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza…
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and Medecins Sans Frontieres are all agreed. But the Gaza genocide is now just another routine news item, buried on the inside pages
The holiday season often feels like a minefield for many neurodivergent individuals. Navigating overstimulation, disrupted routines, unspoken expectations, and the pressure to meet social norms; all of this is just so exhausting and overwhelming.
But, there’s power in acknowledging this. In naming the struggle. In recognizing that it’s not a weakness, but a mismatch between the world’s expectations and your unique wiring.
At a conference for young conservatives in Arizona Sunday, US President-elect Donald Trump said the official policy of his upcoming administration would be the recognition of only two genders, male and female, as he pledged to end "transgender lunacy…
Tein keväällä kantelun yhdenvertaisuus- ja tasa-arvolautakuntaan syrjinnästä, jonka aiheutti Kela ja sen tulkkivälityskeskus.
Lautakunta totesi Kelan syrjineen minua kieltäytymällä tallennetulkkauksesta asiantuntijatapaamisessa, jossa kys. tulkkaus oli olennainen osa yhdenvertaiseen osallistumiseen.
Tilanne on nyt muuttunut.
"Kelan vammaisten henkilöiden tulkkauspalvelu on muuttanut väliaikaisesti ohjeistustaan tallenteiden tulkkauksesta. Toisin kuin aiemmin, tallenteen tulkkaus ei toistaiseksi edellytä kaikissa tilanteissa siihen liittyvää vuorovaikutustilannetta. Muutoksen syynä ovat viimeaikaiset yhdenvertaisuus- ja tasa-arvolautakunnan ratkaisut."
Vammaisten oikeus voitti tällä erää. Väliaikaisesti. Vaadin pysyvää muutosta parempaan suuntaan.
Lisään vielä tähän, et en ollut ainoa joka teki kantelun lautakuntaan tallennetulkkauksen kieltäytymisestä. Useampi henkilö kanteli samaisesta syystä ja si
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Tein keväällä kantelun yhdenvertaisuus- ja tasa-arvolautakuntaan syrjinnästä, jonka aiheutti Kela ja sen tulkkivälityskeskus.
Lautakunta totesi Kelan syrjineen minua kieltäytymällä tallennetulkkauksesta asiantuntijatapaamisessa, jossa kys. tulkkaus oli olennainen osa yhdenvertaiseen osallistumiseen.
Tilanne on nyt muuttunut.
"Kelan vammaisten henkilöiden tulkkauspalvelu on muuttanut väliaikaisesti ohjeistustaan tallenteiden tulkkauksesta. Toisin kuin aiemmin, tallenteen tulkkaus ei toistaiseksi edellytä kaikissa tilanteissa siihen liittyvää vuorovaikutustilannetta. Muutoksen syynä ovat viimeaikaiset yhdenvertaisuus- ja tasa-arvolautakunnan ratkaisut."
Vammaisten oikeus voitti tällä erää. Väliaikaisesti. Vaadin pysyvää muutosta parempaan suuntaan.
Lisään vielä tähän, et en ollut ainoa joka teki kantelun lautakuntaan tallennetulkkauksen kieltäytymisestä. Useampi henkilö kanteli samaisesta syystä ja siitä oli valtavan iso apu.
Today sharing my new tails on bracelet concept / idea with everyone - Tails on bracelet I call the "RightToPrivacy Pull The Plug Tails Bracelet". My idea for wearing Tails usbstick detachable brace...
