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What are more accurate and emotionally resonant names for the propagandically misnamed proposed laws which would compel all operating systems to force users to present their ID to attain permission from the US government and its designated corporations to use any computer (including a cellphone)? It is not , despite the Orwellian misnomer. gets closer, but still doesn’t communicate the fact that it would let the the worst people in the world decide which individual is allowed to use a personal computer (including a smartphone), and to tie everything you do or say on any computer to your legal identity.

“Please, , may I use my phone?”

What would be more honest and effective branding? (Any ideas, @pluralistic?)

Anyone with better ideas, please reply here, and if you’re willing, in the comments of Louis’ video too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa3-TkHBh90

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⚠️ Github CLI now has telemetry spyware built in:

https://cli.github.com/telemetry

They're shifting the burden onto users by requiring YOU to opt out, instead of making it opt in.

Run `gh config set telemetry disabled` to disable it.

If you're in next weekend come to see us at the Resisting Big Tech Empires event on Saturday!

Saturday 25th April 11am-6pm, @ South Bank University

@pluralistic is headlining (on at 4.30pm) and we (Rebel Tech Alliance) are on at 3pm

We'll be going through all the best alternatives to apps, and discussing how to use them.

Tickets are FREE! https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/resisting-big-tech-empires/

Please boost!

https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/

Resisting Big Tech Empires event 25the April
Rebel Tech Alliance at the Resisting Big Tech Empires event

Age-verification laws are a backdoor for .

Remember, any time legislators demand that you give them the ability to monitor your activities using the tired excuse of “think of the children!”: they really don’t give a shit about the children. They only want to monitor you.

If they really think social media is addictive and bad for children, they’d regulate the industry, instead of asking everyone to upload a video of their ID and/or faces to verify their identity.

🧬 📊 Die Integrierte Genomische verknüpft genomische Informationen von Infektionserregern u. a. mit Falldaten aus dem Meldewesen.

Ihr Ziel: Verbreitungsmuster von Infektionserregern und -krankheiten bundesweit und früh zu erkennen sowie Ausbrüche schnell aufzudecken.

Mehr dazu findet ihr hier:
🔗 https://www.rki.de/igs

Im animierten Beitrag erfahrt ihr, wie die funktioniert, welche Anwendungsbeispiele es gibt und welche Rolle unser Institut dabei spielt. ⬇️

Im animierten Beitrag erfahrt ihr, was die Integrierte Genomische Surveillance (IGS) ist. Sie verknüpft genomische Informationen von Infektionserregern unter anderem mit Falldaten aus dem Meldewesen. Ihr zentrales Ziel ist es, auffällige Verbreitungsmuster von Infektionserregern und -krankheiten bundesweit und möglichst früh zu erkennen sowie Ausbrüche zeitnah aufzudecken. So können Zusammenhänge zwischen Fällen besser verstanden und der öffentliche Gesundheitsdienst gezielter unterstützt werden. Im Beitrag sagen wir, wie die IGS funktioniert, welche Anwendungsbeispiele es gibt und welche Rolle unser Institut dabei spielt.

"Acclaimed journalist and '' author sat down with award-winning writer for a conversation on the precarious moment we find ourselves in."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1B__Efqacc

@bookstodon

Good afternoon to everyone, but especially those who are also gonna zoom into the fuckin' Finance Committee meeting and watch our local electeds talk about how maybe they want to become even more enmeshed with Dept of Homeland Security, maybe now with SWAT trainings and AI surveillance software to go with the camera "upgrades" they accepted last week. Yes, I'm angry. This meeting starts up in 7 minutes.

Agenda:
https://somervillema.legistar.com/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=1396299&GUID=F1FEFF2A-FFDB-40BB-AA32-954BBACB4E15&Options=info|notes|&Search=

🇪🇺 🚨Final negotiations on Chat Control 2.0 just started between the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the EU.

What is good:

✅ Encryption will not be broken

What is bad:

❌ Commission & Council want

Lots of journalists, whistleblowers, activists and dissidents choose Tuta to protect their identity. We hope the European Parliament will stick to their decision to oppose mass and .

More on Chat Control: https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

welcomes , author of : Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future—from Ancient Oracles to

"[W]e talk about how both massive and intrusive invasions of privacy at all levels of society and false claims to be able to predict the future erode democracy, are corrosive to , and undermine people’s ability to think for themselves."

https://speakingoutofplace.com/2026/02/19/bullshit-and-infinity-why-ai-cannot-predict-anything-a-conversation-with-carissa-veliz/

@bookstodon