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We did it: The EU Parliament continues to OPPOSE #ChatControl 2.0! 🥳
Thanks everyone for writing to representatives. 🫶
The next trilogue is scheduled for November, we must make sure that end-to-end encryption and private communication remains to be protected!
#privacy
Thanks everyone for writing to representatives. 🫶
The next trilogue is scheduled for November, we must make sure that end-to-end encryption and private communication remains to be protected!
#privacy
🚨🇪🇺 The #ChatControl trilogue starts on Tuesday & the EU Council is trying to pressure Parliament into giving up its opposition. We must stop them once again! 💪🏼
Because no matter the framing, the truth remains the same: There's no backdoor for the good guys only!
➡️ fightchatcontrol.eu
Because no matter the framing, the truth remains the same: There's no backdoor for the good guys only!
➡️ fightchatcontrol.eu
September 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM
We did it: The EU Parliament continues to OPPOSE #ChatControl 2.0! 🥳
Thanks everyone for writing to representatives. 🫶
The next trilogue is scheduled for November, we must make sure that end-to-end encryption and private communication remains to be protected!
#privacy
Thanks everyone for writing to representatives. 🫶
The next trilogue is scheduled for November, we must make sure that end-to-end encryption and private communication remains to be protected!
#privacy
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Koniec września, więc kończymy świętowanie 25-lecia Udip. Ustawa działa trochę jak monitoring: nie wyeliminuje wszystkich nadużyć, ale może je utrudniać. Czy po 25 latach wymaga zmian? Daniel Długosz pisze o tym z perspektywy 30 lat pracy dziennikarskiej 👇
siecobywatelska.pl/ustawa-jak-m...
siecobywatelska.pl/ustawa-jak-m...
September 30, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Koniec września, więc kończymy świętowanie 25-lecia Udip. Ustawa działa trochę jak monitoring: nie wyeliminuje wszystkich nadużyć, ale może je utrudniać. Czy po 25 latach wymaga zmian? Daniel Długosz pisze o tym z perspektywy 30 lat pracy dziennikarskiej 👇
siecobywatelska.pl/ustawa-jak-m...
siecobywatelska.pl/ustawa-jak-m...
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Next Tuesday, a permanent decision on Chat Control 2.0 could be made. 😡 If passed, this means your private chats WILL be SCANNED. 🚨
PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Contact your MEPs 👉 fightchatcontrol.eu?level=nation...
At Tuta we say NO to #ChatControl and will continue to fight for your right to privacy. ❤️🔐
PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Contact your MEPs 👉 fightchatcontrol.eu?level=nation...
At Tuta we say NO to #ChatControl and will continue to fight for your right to privacy. ❤️🔐
September 25, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Next Tuesday, a permanent decision on Chat Control 2.0 could be made. 😡 If passed, this means your private chats WILL be SCANNED. 🚨
PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Contact your MEPs 👉 fightchatcontrol.eu?level=nation...
At Tuta we say NO to #ChatControl and will continue to fight for your right to privacy. ❤️🔐
PLEASE TAKE ACTION
Contact your MEPs 👉 fightchatcontrol.eu?level=nation...
At Tuta we say NO to #ChatControl and will continue to fight for your right to privacy. ❤️🔐
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Cops Searched Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'Hehe,' And 'Asdfg'
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/15/0032227/cops-searched-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-asdfg?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Cops Searched Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'Hehe,' And 'Asdfg'
404 Media reports:
Last summer, a cop with the Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's Department used Flock's surveillance search engine to look for a license plate across more than 19,000 cameras in 1,558 cities and towns. The cop's stated reason for the search, according to a record of Flock's system,...
yro.slashdot.org
September 15, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Cops Searched Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of 'LMAO,' 'IDK,' 'Hehe,' And 'Asdfg'
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/15/0032227/cops-searched-thousands-of-flock-cameras-for-reasons-of-lmao-idk-hehe-and-asdfg?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ANY GOVERNMENT TO RUN MY LINUX.
California’s Age Attestation Bill to Exclude #Linux and All Open Source OSes 9to5linux.com/californias-...
#OpenSource
#OpenSource
California's Age Attestation Bill to Exclude Linux and All Open Source OSes - 9to5Linux
The California Digital Age Assurance Act will exempt open-source operating systems and applications from its age attestation requirements.
9to5linux.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ANY GOVERNMENT TO RUN MY LINUX.
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Three copyright takedown notices were enough to knock an entire citizen journalism channel off YouTube—just days before a local election. Wrongful DMCA takedowns harm democratic debate, and those who send them should be held accountable. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF
A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that copyright holders can issue online takedown notices based on a subjective belief of copyright infringement, even when that belief is unreasonable and
www.eff.org
September 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Three copyright takedown notices were enough to knock an entire citizen journalism channel off YouTube—just days before a local election. Wrongful DMCA takedowns harm democratic debate, and those who send them should be held accountable. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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A recent wave of state legislation proves that momentum is building against location surveillance. While it's a huge step forward, state leaders must go further to fully protect our privacy.
Privacy on the Map (Part 2): Progress, Pitfalls, and the Fight for Enforceable Location Data Protections
Last year, we published our rubric for what comprehensive and protective location privacy laws should look like, outlining the baseline standards states should meet to shield individuals from pervasiv...
www.eff.org
September 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
A recent wave of state legislation proves that momentum is building against location surveillance. While it's a huge step forward, state leaders must go further to fully protect our privacy.
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If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
August 31, 2026 at 2:35 PM
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.
Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
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Low Emission Zone Led To Better Lung Size, Function Among London Children
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0537243/low-emission-zone-led-to-better-lung-size-function-among-london-children?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Low Emission Zone Led To Better Lung Size, Function Among London Children
Long-time Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shared this report from the Guardian:
Children's lungs grew bigger and stronger after the most polluting vehicles were restricted from entering London, a study has found. Examinations of London schoolchildren before and after the introduction of the city's ultra-l...
news.slashdot.org
August 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Low Emission Zone Led To Better Lung Size, Function Among London Children
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/22/0537243/low-emission-zone-led-to-better-lung-size-function-among-london-children?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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Remote code vulnerability found in Unitree robots and the scary part is that the exploit is wormable. One compromised robot could infect other vulnerable robots nearby. Could attackers then take control of entire fleets of humanoid robots? boschko.ca/unitree-go2-...
August 21, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Remote code vulnerability found in Unitree robots and the scary part is that the exploit is wormable. One compromised robot could infect other vulnerable robots nearby. Could attackers then take control of entire fleets of humanoid robots? boschko.ca/unitree-go2-...
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“Anytime a company collects highly sensitive personal data, there are risks the data will be shared, breached, or later seized by the government,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @sfchronicle.com. “Companies should ask themselves, is violating everyone’s privacy worth it?”
Grocery Outlet Bay Area stores are using facial recognition technology to catch shoplifters
Grocery Outlet has begun using facial recognition in some Bay Area stores to identify suspected shoplifters.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 14, 2026 at 6:52 PM
“Anytime a company collects highly sensitive personal data, there are risks the data will be shared, breached, or later seized by the government,” EFF’s @mariotrujillo.bsky.social told @sfchronicle.com. “Companies should ask themselves, is violating everyone’s privacy worth it?”
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Sony Deletes More Movies From Accounts of People Who 'Bought' Them
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/16/1825241/sony-deletes-more-movies-from-accounts-of-people-who-bought-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Sony Deletes More Movies From Accounts of People Who 'Bought' Them
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Techdirt: In 2022, due to "evolving licensing agreements" with distributor StudioCanal, German and Austrian users had hundreds of movies disappear from their PS accounts, long after buying them through Sony. Then in 2023, it happened again in America, specifi...
entertainment.slashdot.org
July 16, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Sony Deletes More Movies From Accounts of People Who 'Bought' Them
https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/16/1825241/sony-deletes-more-movies-from-accounts-of-people-who-bought-them?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
signal.org
June 8, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.
signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
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Good job Asus. I can't connect my bluetooth mouse because the motherboard drivers are not installed. Installing them requires scrolling down the EULA... which cannot be done without a mouse.
May 23, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Good job Asus. I can't connect my bluetooth mouse because the motherboard drivers are not installed. Installing them requires scrolling down the EULA... which cannot be done without a mouse.
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EFF fights surveillance…and we do so in 14+ languages in our educational resource, Surveillance Self-Defense. ssd.eff.org/
Surveillance Self-Defense
We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a member-supported non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty-five years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying.
Read the BASICS to find out how online surveillance works. Dive into our TOOL GUIDES for instructions...
ssd.eff.org
May 19, 2026 at 10:02 PM
EFF fights surveillance…and we do so in 14+ languages in our educational resource, Surveillance Self-Defense. ssd.eff.org/
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"When a single, ad-driven gatekeeper [Google] controls the primary way humans reach information, it is not just competition that suffers - it is our collective ability to learn, to make informed medical and economic choices, and to participate meaningfully in democratic life."
They get it.
They get it.
May 19, 2026 at 11:10 PM
"When a single, ad-driven gatekeeper [Google] controls the primary way humans reach information, it is not just competition that suffers - it is our collective ability to learn, to make informed medical and economic choices, and to participate meaningfully in democratic life."
They get it.
They get it.
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Don’t be fooled by Ring’s latest attempt to make mass surveillance and real-time identification the new norm in our neighborhoods. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
No One, Including Our Furry Friends, Will Be Safer in Ring's
Amazon Ring’s Super Bowl ad offered a vision of our streets that should leave every person unsettled about the company’s goals for disintegrating our privacy in public.In the ad, disguised as a
www.eff.org
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Don’t be fooled by Ring’s latest attempt to make mass surveillance and real-time identification the new norm in our neighborhoods. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Some good news for once: the plan to build a large light-polluting and dust-producing industrial facility just 5km from some of the world's biggest telescopes, has been dropped. The project caused an outcry among astronomers and criticism from Chilean politicians. 🔭🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Controversial Chilean energy project scrapped, relieving astronomers
Light pollution from green hydrogen plant would have threatened world’s largest telescopes
www.science.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Some good news for once: the plan to build a large light-polluting and dust-producing industrial facility just 5km from some of the world's biggest telescopes, has been dropped. The project caused an outcry among astronomers and criticism from Chilean politicians. 🔭🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to
www.eff.org
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/25/0422212/the-risks-of-ai-in-schools-outweigh-the-benefits-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says
This month saw results from a yearlong global study of "potential negative risks that generative AI poses to student". The study (by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education) also suggests how to prevent risks and maximize benefits:
After interviews, focus groups, and consultati...
news.slashdot.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The Risks of AI in Schools Outweigh the Benefits, Report Says
https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/25/0422212/the-risks-of-ai-in-schools-outweigh-the-benefits-report-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
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It was 10 years ago today that David Duchovny received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, check out our photos from the day here: www.xfiles.news/index.php/fe... (if the slideshow loads as black boxes, click to open the first and the photos appear) #TheXFiles
Featured Slideshow: David Duchovny's Star Ceremony
Take a look at the photos from David Duchovny's Star Ceremony on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
www.xfiles.news
January 25, 2026 at 5:17 PM
It was 10 years ago today that David Duchovny received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, check out our photos from the day here: www.xfiles.news/index.php/fe... (if the slideshow loads as black boxes, click to open the first and the photos appear) #TheXFiles
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The problem seems to be Widevine DRM, which limits the quality if your hardware doesn't support their DRM. Lets see which chipsets they support... oh yeah they didn't bother to write it down.
(this is genuinely what they list: www.widevine.com/supported-pl...)
(this is genuinely what they list: www.widevine.com/supported-pl...)
January 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM
The problem seems to be Widevine DRM, which limits the quality if your hardware doesn't support their DRM. Lets see which chipsets they support... oh yeah they didn't bother to write it down.
(this is genuinely what they list: www.widevine.com/supported-pl...)
(this is genuinely what they list: www.widevine.com/supported-pl...)
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I got Disney+ to watch Andor and apparently if you view content in the browser it's limited to... 720p. Even if you pay extra for the 4K option.
Can these billion dollar companies just not suck for once?
Can these billion dollar companies just not suck for once?
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I got Disney+ to watch Andor and apparently if you view content in the browser it's limited to... 720p. Even if you pay extra for the 4K option.
Can these billion dollar companies just not suck for once?
Can these billion dollar companies just not suck for once?
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Trump really is trying to destroy America. He has ginned up this idea that there are Red states and Blue states, instead of the United States. I think (and hope) that we will outlast him. One year down, three to go.
January 19, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Trump really is trying to destroy America. He has ginned up this idea that there are Red states and Blue states, instead of the United States. I think (and hope) that we will outlast him. One year down, three to go.