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The FISA Surveillance Tool Is Up for Renewal, and the SAVE Act Is Riding Shotgun
2+ hour, 8+ min ago (787+ words) Modest but meaningful surveillance reforms, warrant requirements, parallel construction limits, may die on the vine if they stay hitched to a bill the Senate won't pass. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Congress is about to stage…...
Meta is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-to-End Encryption
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (455+ words) Starting May 8, every Instagram DM becomes readable by the same company that sells ads against everything else you do on the platform. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Meta is quietly dismantling one of its few genuine…...
Hackers Are Compromising Signal Accounts. Don't Be Next.
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (127+ words) Attacks are usually from human error, not technology, which is why a five-minute audit is the most important thing you should be doing. This Post is for Paid Supporters (If you're already logged in but still seeing this, refresh this…...
Mexico Mandates Biometric SIM Registration for All Phone Numbers
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (446+ words) Mexico is six months away from building a surveillance system that knows the face behind every phone call in the country. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. Anonymous prepaid SIM cards are dying in Mexico. By July…...
California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (503+ words) In a different timeline, wiring an age-surveillance layer into the boot sequence of every computing device in California is an idea that would have died in committee. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. California wants to build…...
40 State Attorneys General Want To Tie Online Access to ID
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (774+ words) The bill's supporters call it child protection; its architecture looks more like a national ID system for the internet. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. A bloc of 40 state and territorial attorneys general is urging Congress to…...
EU Law Could Extend Scanning of Private Messages Until 2027
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (756+ words) By extending Chat Control while calling it restraint, the Parliament treats permanent surveillance as the new baseline. Stand against censorship and surveillance: join Reclaim The Net. The European Parliament is considering another extension of Chat Control 1.0, the "temporary" exemption that…...
TikTok’s New US Joint Venture Expands Data Collection to Include Precise Location Tracking
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) Stand against censorship and surveillance, join Reclaim The Net. TikTok's American operations are entering a new phase under a recently finalized joint venture with US investors, and one of its first moves has been to broaden the kinds of personal…...
Despite Dozens of Data Breaches, Ireland Plans to Tie Social Media to a State App
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (774+ words) Stand against censorship and surveillance, join Reclaim The Net. Ireland's government is preparing to require citizens to use a state-controlled "digital wallet" app to access social media platforms and adult websites, even as its own departments continue to suffer repeated…...
Germany Considers Broader Legal Authority for Internet Surveillance and State Hacking
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (589+ words) Stand against censorship and surveillance, join Reclaim The Net. Germany's government is preparing to give its foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), far broader powers over online surveillance and hacking than it has ever had before. A draft amendment to…...