»New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC - Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."« 🤦♂️
Especially in light of the recent news on Windows, Slack, et cetera et al., logging and spying on us...
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Topical, applicable, and easy to understand and implement.
Slack has always had a horrific privacy policy and default settings that enable workplace surveillance, so it's a good time as ever to share this campaign by @fight - supported by dozens of civil society organizations globally:
"Safety should be an inherent feature of the tech we use in our daily lives and our workplaces. Sign the letter to demand Slack put user privacy and security first."
Amnesty International a lancé une pétition contre la technologie de reconnaissance faciale en France, déployée sous le prétexte des Jeux olympiques. À signer et à relayer si le cœur (et le cerveau) vous en dit 🙂
"A l'occasion des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques de Paris, la France a légalisé la vidéosurveillance algorithmique. Concrètement, des caméras dopées à l'intelligence artificielle vont passer au crible, en direct, vos moindres mouvements pour détecter des situations "anormales". Une loi votée en procédure accélérée, sans véritable débat public. Avec l’adoption de cette loi, la France devient le premier Etat membre de l’Union européenne à légaliser, à titre expérimental, ce type de surveillance. Il s’agit d’un véritable tournant qui ouvre la voie à l’utilisation de technologies encore plus intrusives comme la reconnaissance faciale...
A reminder that the Tor Project itself strongly recommends against using Tor in any browser other than Tor Browser. Using Tor in another browser can leave you vulnerable without the privacy protections of Tor Browser.
"US Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) had a different interpretation of the email, telling Wired that it 'seems to show that the FBI is actively pushing for more surveillance of Americans, not out of necessity but as a default.'"
Along with the #Tiktok ban yesterday there was a surveillance bill snuck into the aid package and I am not sure most Americans are aware? I don’t know anything about this, I just thought I would share for those who don’t know. #privacy#tech#surveillance#uspol
Alors que la préfecture de police de Paris teste ce dimanche, pour la première fois, la vidéosurveillance algorithmique lors de la rencontre Paris Saint-Germain - Olympique lyonnais, certains fans de football s’inquiètent de l’impact potentiel de cette technologie sur leurs libertés.
Until abortion access is fully legal, digital surveillance poses a significant threat. We’ve gotten better at answering questions about how to keep each other safe. Here’s what we’ve learned.