Thanks @bennjordan.bsky.social for highlighting our tool, Rayhunter, in your latest video! Rayhunter, and everyone who contributes to the project, is helping expand our understanding of how cell-site simulators are being deployed in the U.S. or globally. www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_F...

To learn more about Rayhunter and how you can locate cell-site simulators in your community, head to www.eff.org/Rayhunter.

With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

“Unfortunately, immigrants and noncitizens should now assume that anything they share publicly on social media might be surveilled by the government and potentially used against them,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @borderlessmag.bsky.social.

It can be hard to imagine how to defend oneself against an overwhelming force like ICE. But a few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter-surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Not even the number of customers: NSO & other spyware companies publish empty transparency reports. Abuses continue techcrunch.com/2026/01/08/c... #staatstrojaner

CN Palantir Sehr guter Vortrag vom CCC-Kongress über die Lobbyarbeit von Palantir, die noch angedachten Umstellungen darauf, die bisherigen Rechtsbrüche der Behörden, die Klagen dagegen und alles Drumherum! (Die Polizeikritik hätte imho noch massiver sein können.) #39c3 #Palantir #Polizeiproblem

Anti-Surveillance Design is about helping people with their mental abstraction of how surveillance works: Ways to disguise yourself from facial recognition systems in your everyday life www.404media.co/the-state-of...

We're in Berlin this week with @eurosky.social and many others for #EuroskyLive, a conference on digital sovereignty, media independence, startup opportunities, and the future of social technology being built and governed in Europe. free-our-feeds.ghost.io/free-our-fee...

🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/eurosky.social Eurosky Live from Berlin

We've kicked off #EuroskyLive in Berlin. Livestream the event here: stream.place/eurosky.soci...

🚨 Brussels, today 🚨 Ursula! Fight for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros. Today, as the EU caves to pressure from Trump & Big Tech, campaigners in Brussels call on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stand up for Europe and enforce our digital laws ✊#StandUpUrusla

🚨 Brussels, today 🚨Ursula! Stand up for Europe – not for Trump’s tech bros! As the EU unveils its “Digital Omnibus” today, we're rolling out billboards calling on @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu to stop bending to US and Big Tech pressure and enforce our digital laws #StandUpUrsula✊

📣 Over 200,000 people have signed petitions demanding action. @wemoveeurope.bsky.social @avaaz.org ✍️ Add your voice now → StandUpUrsula.com #StandUpUrsula #EU #DataRights #GDPR

🚨 In Brussels today 🚨 @wemoveeurope.bsky.social, @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social & EDRi are showing it's possible to take a big stand against toxic media, Big Tech and Trump. The message: Ursula VDL (head of the European Commission) has a chance to stand up for citizens – not for Trump’s tech bros.

Tolle Aktion von @peoplevsbigtech.bsky.social u.a. in Brüssel: Die EU darf dem Lobbydruck von Big Tech und Trump nicht nachgeben! Die Digitalregeln und das Wettbewerbsrecht müssen wirksam durchgesetzt werden. Es ist Zeit, Google zu zerschlagen! www.lobbycontrol.de/macht-der-di... #StandUpUrsula

fightchatcontrol.eu is now available in an additional ten European languages: Български, Català, Deutsch, Nederlands, Ελληνικά, Español, Magyar, Português, Svenska, and Suomeksi. A big thank you to all who contributed to these efforts! Should you spot any issues, please reach out!

Die EU-Staaten einigen sich auf eine gemeinsame Position zur Chatkontrolle. Internet-Dienste sollen Kommunikation freiwillig lesen dürfen, werden aber nicht dazu verpflichtet. Wir veröffentlichen das eingestufte Verhandlungsprotokoll und den Gesetzentwurf. netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...

🇪🇺EU #chatcontrol is NOT defeated yet! In an open letter top scientists warn the new proposal still poses "high risks" with flawed 'voluntary' AI mass scanning & invasive age checks. Italy & Poland have reservations, too […]

🇩🇪Die #Chatkontrolle ist noch NICHT vom Tisch! Spitzenwissenschaftler warnen: Der neue Vorschlag berge weiterhin „hohe Risiken“ durch fehlerhaftes ‚freiwilliges‘ KI-Massen-Scanning & invasive Alterskontrollen. Auch Italien & Polen haben Vorbehalte […]

🇫🇷 La #chatcontrol de l'UE n'est PAS encore écartée ! Des scientifiques préviennent que le nouveau texte propose des scans de masse « volontaires » et défaillants par IA & des contrôles d'âge invasifs. L'Italie et la Pologne ont aussi des réserves […]

🇮🇹La #chatcontrol dell'UE NON è ancora sconfitta! Scienziati avvertono che la nuova proposta presenta ancora «rischi elevati»: scansioni di massa "volontarie" tramite IA piene di errori e controlli dell'età invasivi. Anche Italia e Polonia hanno riserve […]

Die EU-Staaten einigen sich auf eine gemeinsame Position zur Chatkontrolle. Internet-Dienste sollen Kommunikation freiwillig lesen dürfen, werden aber nicht dazu verpflichtet. Wir veröffentlichen das eingestufte Verhandlungsprotokoll und den Gesetzentwurf. netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...

hypercentralizers are not having a good day today -- #github has joined #cloudflare to block or slow down millions of folks from doing stuff. Maybe a good time to checkout out this new ACLU article about the current Apple/Google app-store oligopoly […] [Original post on chaos.social]

While #cloudflare US-east1 is busy fixing a good part of the Internet, parts of Matrix/Element, X etc down, good old decentralized #chatmail mostly continues nicely and without any degradation :) In other news, there is a new #freebsd community maintained ❤️ #deltachat desktop install: pkg […]

Denmark and other EU governments still pursue #chatcontrol. They still want to permanently legalize client-side scanning but postponed making it mandatory. They also want to increase age-verification controls which risk to ruin what little is left of privacy […] [Original post on chaos.social]

#deltachat is a private messaging app. It'd be easy enough to offer various public groups to boost onboarding, and let everyone play. But one would land in a large group that isn't very private, with lots of needs for moderation tooling, troll handling and other social-media issues. Not our […]

We hereby challenge _all_ other messaging apps, FOSS or not, to provide a more convenient private onboarding experience than #deltachat 1. Install app 2. "Create new profile" 3. Enter nick name, tap "Agree and continue" 4. Tap "+" and "new contact" and […] [Original post on chaos.social]

Framework Laptop 12 pre-orders open on April 9th at 8am Pacific! We'll be sharing pricing, full specs, and shipment timing then. This is the most mission-aligned product we've built, and we can't wait to see what you think of it.

We also posted a hands-on video talking more through the product design and philosophy today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejl-...

Along with a blog post: frame.work/blog/framewo...

At the end of our launch event last month, we held a live, in-person Q&A with community members, who asked some big questions like "When will Framework build a printer?". We just uploaded a recording of this today. https://youtu.be/os_fHy1mB_M?feature=shared

🕵️ Would you like to receive regular updates on our current projects and stay on top of all things privacy? 🐦 You can sign up to our newsletter here: https://newsletter.noyb.eu/pf/433/TdOop #MakingPrivacyReality

⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection. 👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...

🗨️ "The use of facial recognition technologies, in particular by police authorities, raises huge privacy questions, as well as raising the risk of the technology being misused for mass surveillance." Full article: www.euractiv.com/news/facial-...

🗨️ "We even run cross-border criminal procedures for stolen bikes, so we hope that the public prosecutor also takes action when the personal data of billions of people was stolen – as has been confirmed by multiple authorities," said Schrems. More Info: www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/n...

📰 "Noyb filed a complaint against #Clearview #AI, a US company specializing in facial recognition. The images from their database have been sold to law enforcement agencies and other government actors for years." (from German) 👀 Read more 👇

⚖️🚨 Today, noyb has filed a criminal complaint against Clearview AI. Despite several bans and fines, Clearview hasn't changed its illegal practices. If successful, Clearview AI and its executives could face jail time and be held personally liable. noyb.eu/en/criminal-...

🎉 Big news! The Norwegian Court of Appeal has confirmed a €5.5 million fine against Grindr. The case was originally brought by the Norwegian Consumer Council and supported by noyb. More details here 👇 www.forbrukerradet.no/news-in-engl...

🥳 Have you heard of the most recent noyb #WIN? The DSB issued a decision finding that #Microsoft365Education illegally tracks students. 💬 Read more here (includes a #comment from a Microsoft spokesperson) 👇

"'The decision highlights the lack of transparency in #Microsoft 365 Education,' said Felix Mikolasch, a data protection lawyer at Noyb [...] 'It is nearly impossible for schools to inform students, parents and teachers about what is happening with their data.'" 👇 Read the full article 👇

📰🧒 "The DSB, #Austria’s data protection authority, has ruled that #Microsoft is illegally #tracking students with Microsoft 365 Education and uses student data for its own purposes." 👇 Read the full article, including a comment by Max Schrems 👇

Le Figaro on our complaint against Whitebridge AI (in French) 👇 https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/une-plainte-deposee-contre-une-societe-d-ia-qui-commercialise-des-donnees-personnelles-20250929

📰 The Register on our most recent complaint: "Whitebridge AI, based in Lithuania, faces a privacy complaint for allegedly selling "reputation reports" based on unlawfully collected data and AI misinformation." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/whitebridge_ai_reputation_reports_complaint/

In immer mehr Kantonen in der Schweiz wird ein neues Grundrecht auf digitale Integrität verankert. In Zürich wird darüber am 30. November abgestimmt. Bislang verfängt das Konzept, welches das Persönlichkeitsrecht um das Digitale erweitern will, nur in der Schweiz. netzpolitik.org/2025/mensche...

Eine Gesetzesänderung soll der Polizei von Baden-Württemberg erlauben, Software mit personenbezogenen Daten zu trainieren und zu testen. Sie könnte damit auch Klarnamen oder Gesichtsfotos unschuldiger und unverdächtiger Personen in Systeme wie von Palantir einspeisen. netzpolitik.org/2025/palanti...

Gestern habe ich noch über Gerüchte geschrieben, heute veröffentlichen wir die Dokumente, die belegen: Die EU-Kommission plant einen Frontalangriff auf den Datenschutz. Mit @daniel.netzpolitik.org netzpolitik.org/2025/digital...

Die Europäische Kommission plant offenbar eine DSGVO-Reform mit der Abrissbirne. Der Datenschutzexperte Max Schrems und die Organisation @noyb.eu lassen kein gutes Haar an dem Vorschlag, den wir veröffentlichten. Die Pläne würden „40 Jahre europäische Grundrechtsdoktrin über den Haufen“ werfen.

As more Members of the European Parliament make the move to Bluesky, we've compiled a handy list of those working on digital policy 🛜 💻 🤖 Know someone who should be added? Send them our way! go.bsky.app/Kk7tig5

EU-Kommission und EU-Staaten arbeiten an einer Neuauflage der Vorratsdatenspeicherung. Vor zwei Wochen haben wir ein Dokument der Ratspräsidentschaft veröffentlicht, das das zeigt. Jetzt ist es auch offiziell öffentlich. data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document... netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...