@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social is being threatened by French authorities for refusing to add backdoors and they're dealing with coordinated attacks in French media right now. They're pulling out of France entirely, moving all their servers, and fighting off a wave of bullshit one-sided reporting that makes them look like they're helping criminals.
They need us to fight back. Support them however you can, whether that's a dollar, sharing their story, pushing back on the garbage news coverage when you see it, or just telling someone you know about what's happening. All of it matters because they're drowning in attacks from governments and media and bad actors who want them gone.
This is the only Android OS that actually makes me feel like privacy isn't just marketing. They fight for us now they need us to fight for them.
The EU is pushing Chat Control and creating an environment where governments feel empowered to threaten developers into compliance, and if we stay quiet we're letting it happen. Show up for them in whatever way you're able to.
#grapheneos #Privacy #NoBackdoors #encryption #security #chatControl
I can't stop grinning today. Thank you for showing up!
I keep picturing MEPs' inboxes and timelines flooding with messages from people who decided to act instead of just scrolling, and they couldn't ignore it. I'd like to think that pressure changed votes this week, and if it did, you did this.
This is a hard-won pause, not a full stop. Chat Control is blocked for now, so celebrate tonight and rest a little, but don't mistake relief for the end of the fight. My guess is they'll come back (they always do), though for now we won.
I'm proud and exhausted and oddly hopeful. Sleep a little better tonight, then we get back to work. ✊
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/
#ChatControl #DigitalPrivacy #privacy #encryption #StopScanningMe
Safe kids or privacy?!
That line shuts mouths. It turns every room into a suspect.
I think of a kid who needs a 2 a.m. chat. A friend planning a way out. Someone healing at their own pace. They need doors that close.
Blanket checks are not care. A net at the door teaches silence.
We can protect kids without tearing the doors off the hinges.
Care and privacy come together.
Privacy is a human right 🌍
#DigitalRights #ChatControl #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Encryption #E2EE
"Parents who find Signal on their child's phone should contact the police." - Petra Lundh, Sweden's National Police Commissioner
I don’t know what’s worse: if they actually believe this, or if they’re deliberately trying to fool the masses. Both are terrifying.
Framing a basic right to private communication as a danger isn’t just careless, it’s harmful.
What’s next? Criminals drive cars, call us if you see one.
https://www.tv4.se/artikel/3SFX15URbIpuIgTK6lLc7C/journalisten-rasar-mot-rikspolischefens-signal-uttalande-bara-knaeppt
#privacy #signal #E2EE #chatcontrol #encryption #freespeech #digitalrights #surveillance #police
Swedish police have been secretly using Palantir's AI tools for atleast five years to profile citizens, pulling data from BankID, phone operators, social media. When journalists asked for documents, police refused, citing "national security."
This is Palantir. The company a UN report accused of being complicit in Gaza genocide. The one tracking immigrants in the US, building registers of British citizens' sex lives and political views.
They're using tools from that company on Swedish citizens and won't even admit it exists. National security is being used to justify mass surveillance and it pisses me off.
What is the world turning into? Is this what we want for our kids?
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/sverige/svensk-polis-anvander-sig-av-kontroversiellt-ai-verktyg-fran-palantir/
#Palantir #Surveillance #Sweden #Privacy #peterthiel #masssurveilance
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social is being threatened by French authorities for refusing to add backdoors and they're dealing with coordinated attacks in French media right now. They're pulling out of France entirely, moving all their servers, and fighting off a wave of bullshit one-sided reporting that makes them look like they're helping criminals.
They need us to fight back. Support them however you can, whether that's a dollar, sharing their story, pushing back on the garbage news coverage when you see it, or just telling someone you know about what's happening. All of it matters because they're drowning in attacks from governments and media and bad actors who want them gone.
This is the only Android OS that actually makes me feel like privacy isn't just marketing. They fight for us now they need us to fight for them.
The EU is pushing Chat Control and creating an environment where governments feel empowered to threaten developers into compliance, and if we stay quiet we're letting it happen. Show up for them in whatever way you're able to.
#grapheneos #Privacy #NoBackdoors #encryption #security #chatControl
I can't stop grinning today. Thank you for showing up!
I keep picturing MEPs' inboxes and timelines flooding with messages from people who decided to act instead of just scrolling, and they couldn't ignore it. I'd like to think that pressure changed votes this week, and if it did, you did this.
This is a hard-won pause, not a full stop. Chat Control is blocked for now, so celebrate tonight and rest a little, but don't mistake relief for the end of the fight. My guess is they'll come back (they always do), though for now we won.
I'm proud and exhausted and oddly hopeful. Sleep a little better tonight, then we get back to work. ✊
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-protest-halts-chat-control-breyer-celebrates-major-victory-for-digital-privacy/
#ChatControl #DigitalPrivacy #privacy #encryption #StopScanningMe
"Parents who find Signal on their child's phone should contact the police." - Petra Lundh, Sweden's National Police Commissioner
I don’t know what’s worse: if they actually believe this, or if they’re deliberately trying to fool the masses. Both are terrifying.
Framing a basic right to private communication as a danger isn’t just careless, it’s harmful.
What’s next? Criminals drive cars, call us if you see one.
https://www.tv4.se/artikel/3SFX15URbIpuIgTK6lLc7C/journalisten-rasar-mot-rikspolischefens-signal-uttalande-bara-knaeppt
#privacy #signal #E2EE #chatcontrol #encryption #freespeech #digitalrights #surveillance #police
Safe kids or privacy?!
That line shuts mouths. It turns every room into a suspect.
I think of a kid who needs a 2 a.m. chat. A friend planning a way out. Someone healing at their own pace. They need doors that close.
Blanket checks are not care. A net at the door teaches silence.
We can protect kids without tearing the doors off the hinges.
Care and privacy come together.
Privacy is a human right 🌍
#DigitalRights #ChatControl #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Encryption #E2EE
Going to bed later than I should, as always. #fediverse you’re too damn interesting.
That’s enough rambling from me for tonight.
I’m hunting for a short, sharp #email #domain. Hit me with the most terrible ideas you’ve got. #sysadmin
If we allow the #Internet to be #censored and controlled, the free exchange of ideas will disappear.
Without that, #Democracy itself won’t survive for long.
Am I biased or is most people in tech neurodivergent?
#adhd #autism #tech #neurodivergent
One day Copilot feels mind‑blowing. The next, GPT 4.1 and 4o can’t handle a basic tool.
We’re nowhere near #AGI… at least not with Microsoft in the mix. A simple task took me 3x longer today.
#GitHub #AI #LLM #dev
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