Don't bother to follow me during the next 2 months if you have no pictures, no introduction, or no significant history or proof you are not a bot. I will block you and if i find anything suspicious report you. Exceptions are allowed based on proof of humanity. #disinformation #misinformation #electioninterference #spying

US intel shows #Russia and #China are attempting to recruit disgruntled #federal #employees, sources say https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/politics/us-intel-russia-china-attempt-recruit-disgruntled-federal-employees/index.html #musk #trump #maga #gop #government #spying #interligence #nationalsecurity #compramat

If you still have a #tv here is how to turn off its #spying on what you watch. https://www.pocket-lint.com/automatic-content-recognition-explained/

Block US Big Tech influence from the Data Bill | Open Rights Group

#NotLabourAsWeKnowIt

#Labour's #Data Use and Access Bill will take away controls we have over our data and hand more power to government bodies and corporations. We’ll be vulnerable to our data being used against us and less able to do anything about it.

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/block-us-big-tech-influence-data-bill

I am far less concerned, as a practical matter, over whether or not my ISP is #spying on my data or whether or not I need to use a #VPN, than whether or not #computer OS and hardware manufacturers and browser software are providing unique device identifiers to websites and applications that can be used to track me even if I completely wipe the device, change location and IP address, delete my accounts, and start over. #security #privacy #tracking #fingerprinting

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole #spies #Tradecraft #undercover #conspiracy #spying #insurrection #sedition #treason

You may have seen the headline about how Siri was listening in on people's private conversations, and as a result, Apple has to pay a US$95 million fine:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/apple-agrees-to-pay-95m-delete-private-conversations-siri-recorded/

(BTW, congratulations to the people who have been worried their phones were listening to them and figuring out what ads to show them. You are vindicated, and were *not* just being paranoid! )

But how big a fine is that? Like, if you or I had to pay it? 1/4

"It's the one thing we never leave home without. Could it be our #smartphones are #spying on us? After becoming a target of hacking himself, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist #RonanFarrow made it his mission to shine a light on the shadowy world of #cyber #surveillance. Farrow joins Michel Martin to discuss his new documentary "Surveilled" and the frightening reality of spyware.
Originally aired on December 5, 2024" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0VOvwAGGOw

A Russian national, Nomma Zarubina, has been arrested on possible charges of providing false information to U.S. law enforcement and maintaining connections with #Russian intelligence services.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-fbi-nomma-zarubina-fsb-agent-charge-tomsk-siberia/33224914.html

When I started my new job, I made it a point to not put my personal device anywhere near any work data.

I just don't trust corporations like that anymore.

Apple accused of snooping on workers’ iPhones in new lawsuit

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/2/24311060/apple-employee-surveillance-lawsuit

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-01/inside-the-uk-push-to-recruit-more-spies/104510104?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link #spying apparently still requires the human element.

A court in London has heard how three Bulgarian nationals allegedly passed secrets to #Russia for nearly three years after carrying out surveillance across #Europe on individuals and places of interest to Moscow.

https://apnews.com/article/britain-trial-court-bulgaria-spying-4860bd92022af8645319e3a6e97ca89a

60 #British troops deployed to investigate #drones over US #airbases. Small drones have been spotted over 3 airbases operated by the US air force in Suffolk and Norfolk. The “Ninja” — “negation of improvised non-state joint aerial-threats” is a counter-drone system able to identify targets up to 7km away. When hostile drone gets closer, the system overrides the command system and sends new instructions according to defence firm Leonardo. https://www.thetimes.com/article/71c10fa5-9380-42ef-acb5-007347c77982?shareToken=d1116d319b4914385b324ba15c01618b #defense #russia #china #spying

Amazing... electing a #fascist made Palantir's stock shoot up? Who would have guessed??

#Palantir, if you don't already know, is steroid-enhanced #surveillance and #spying #software developed by right-wing #Billionaire (and JD #Vance's main benefactor) Peter #Thiel.

It was originally called "Igor" and developed to track down fraudsters at #PayPal, in a "murder-board" fashion, connecting their transactions to their phone calls to their geolocations etc.

Thiel turned it into "Palantir" (a name taken from the All-Seeing Orbs in the Lord of the Rings novels), and has #government contracts to use this software to track "#criminals and #terrorists".

Just what gets defined as "criminal" and allowed to be tracked with Palantir remains to be seen in the coming years.

Alex #Karp, who runs Palantir for Thiel has stated "that "the Ivy Leagues" have "embraced the thin and new #woke #religion, otherwise, viewed as an intellectual cause, but in fact, is a way of organizing things so that the greatest institutions of our time disappear and turn into discriminatory dysfunction."

"Karp called Palantir a "counter-example" to companies that have embraced #wokeness, adding, "I’m super proud of the results. We are going to continue to execute, especially in the U.S."

""That is a real #danger to our #society and it is a real danger to Palantir if we allow — if we don’t discuss these things," he said, concluding his point. "

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So - the way to fight Palantir? Keep being good people and treating each other with respect. Because that's all that "wokeness" is.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/billionaire-tech-ceo-calls-wokeness-central-risk-america

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies

https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/11/20/palantirs-stock-has-just-done-something-unusual/

A Russian spy ship has been escorted out of the Irish Sea after it entered Irish-controlled waters and patrolled an area containing critical energy and internet submarine pipelines and cables.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/16/russian-spy-ship-escorted-away-from-internet-cables-in-irish-sea

Which: "Why is my air fryer spying on me?"

"...In the air fryer category, as well as knowing customers’ precise location, all three products wanted permission to record audio on the user’s phone, for no specified reason. The Xiaomi app linked to its air fryer connected to trackers from Facebook, Pangle (the ad network of TikTok for Business), and Chinese tech giant Tencent (depending on the location of the user). The Aigostar air fryer wanted to know gender and date of birth when setting up an owner account...."

https://www.which.co.uk/policy-and-insight/article/why-is-my-air-fryer-spying-on-me-which-reveals-the-smart-devices-gathering-your-data-and-where-they-send-it-a9Fa24K6gY1c