Each time a new privacy-invasive
feature like facial scanning is implemented, if people in majority comply and accept to use it, it will soon become normality, and other options will be marginalized or even removed entirely.

If each time a new privacy-invasive
feature is implemented people opted to refuse it, it would soon be discontinued.

Each individual opposition to privacy-invasive features matters.

It is an act of self-protection but,
perhaps even more importantly,
it is also an act of protest.

A protest against the normalization of mass surveillance and the loss of privacy rights.

The fact that there are other cameras around doesn't mean that more cameras or additional scanning is not making things even worse.

If we do not refuse,
if we do not fight for our privacy rights,
we will lose them all.

#Privacy #MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #FacialRecognition #HumanRights #DigitalRights

If you are wondering why Chat Control
is being brought back so relentlessly,
despite a clear and strong opposition from citizens, human rights advocates, and child protection organizations alike,

I recommend you read this enlightening article from 2023 (alas still relevant):

Spoiler: It's lobbyists who want lots of your tax money, and don't care about the children.

"'Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content"
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the-eus-fight-over-scanning-for-child-sex-content/

• ❓More on Chat Control by Privacy Guides

• 🚨 Recent news of where Chat Control is at now by Patrick Breyer

• 🇪🇺 Europeans: Keep contacting your representatives (yes again, I'm sorry)

#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #MassSurveillance #EUpol

‘Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content | Balkan Insight

An investigation uncovers a web of influence in the powerful coalition aligned behind the European Commission’s proposal to scan for child sexual abuse material online, a proposal leading experts say puts rights at risk and will introduce new vulnera…

^{Luděk Stavinoha (BIRN)}

Stop using Big Tech to organize your protests! They're part of the authoritarian surveillance and oppression as well.

✊ Replace Meetup/Facebook Groups with Mobilizon:
https://mobilizon.org

📄 Replace Google Docs with CryptPad:
https://cryptpad.fr

📍 Replace Google Map with Organic Maps:
https://organicmaps.app

🎞️ Replace YouTube with PeerTube:
https://joinpeertube.org

📧 Replace Gmail and Google Calendar with Proton or Tuta:
https://proton.me
https://tuta.com

🕸️ Create a simple html website with no tracking and no cookies, and post links to it everywhere, including paper posters and stickers.

We can organize without Big Tech. We have done it for centuries before!

#Protest #Democracy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #MassSurveillance

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

^cryptpad.fr

@grin @euronews @fdroidorg
That's why they do collect #PhoneNumbers: as to allow bith #MassSurveillance and #TargetedSurveillance based off #Metadata, and that metadata is being used to murder people, as admitted by the #NSA.

So don't be a fool, m8!
https://mastodon.grin.hu/@grin/111136228537875555

grin

2023-09-27 08:44:28

@kkarhan @euronews @fdroidorg You are asking why ServiceA is not ServiceB instead.
Why a centralised service is not decentralised? Why a service chosen phone numbers as external verification doesn't do it differently?
If you dislike Signal, use something else, don't try to tell them to change their service. You may make suggestions, but demands aren't the way it's working.

🇬🇧 Worrying! Internal minutes reveal that numerous EU states want to pass indiscriminate #Chatcontrol #CSAM #MassSurveillance legislation in just two weeks. Protest now!

https://netzpolitik.org/2023/internes-protokoll-eu-staaten-wollen-chatkontrolle-in-zwei-wochen-beschliessen/