I want to emphasize here that I think the same must happen for e-commerce.
Platforms like Amazon, Facebook, even eBay etc exercise despotic control over vendors and customers.
From municipal web access, to hosting services, libraries streaming music or say a town e-commerce platform, to the growth of coop owned platforms, all which could federate a proper anti totalitarian model must evolve.
The Bork anti-trust doctrine must be shredded as well. :thread:
@daniel_freund Dear Daniel, is there anything the EuroParl can do to stop the Art.45 attack on civil liberties in the #eidas2 regulation? With several far-right/autocrat-leaning countries in the EU, how is this not a huge risk to EU citizens? Are the Greens onto it?
Today, so many people used EFF's Action Center to tell Congress not to pass the EARN IT Act and the STOP CSAM Act that it briefly took the system offline. It's back up, and you can take action here:
"Clearview is a private company that is making face prints of people based on their photos online without their consent," EFF’s Matthew Guariglia spoke with BBC News for a story about this "huge problem for civil liberties and civil rights" that absolutely needs to be banned." https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65057011
Worried about TikTok? Then pass comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation. By reducing the massive stores of personal data collected by all businesses, we will reduce opportunities for all governments to buy or steal this data. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/government-hasnt-justified-tiktok-ban
@eff The specific problem with TikTok is national security—personal data of millions of mostly younger citizens of western countries going straight to a hostile totalitarian state well known for exploiting such data to undermine opposition—not data privacy per se.
VICTORY! Thanks to the passionate residents of the Bay Area and the leadership of Supervisors Preston, Ronen, and Walton, the Board today voted against SFPD use of deadly force with remote-controlled robots. Should the Rules Committee revisit the issue, the community must come together to stop this dangerous use of technology. Huge thanks are due to the coalition of residents and groups who pushed back, and who we know will be ready if we must fight again. #KillerRobotshttps://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/San-Francisco-police-can-t-use-deadly-robots-for-17635949.php
VICTORY! Thanks to the passionate residents of the Bay Area and the leadership of Supervisors Preston, Ronen, and Walton, the Board today voted against SFPD use of deadly force with remote-controlled robots. Should the Rules Committee revisit the issue, the community must come together to stop this dangerous use of technology. Huge thanks are due to the coalition of residents and groups who pushed back, and who we know will be ready if we must fight again. #KillerRobotshttps://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/S
Privacy Badger is EFF's free install-and-forget browser add-on that stops advertisers and trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web. Check it out today https://privacybadger.org
Network effect let Facebook attract billions of users who joined to talk to people who were already there. Switching costs turned those users into hostages - blocking interoperability means users have to choose between friends and fleeing the platform.
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I support Flipper Zero even if it's innocent.
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It seems to be a device that among it's normal mundane geek stuff, is specifically designed to defeat access cards, locks etc.
If EFF makes a thing of this, the GUN LOBBY will be watching and taking notes.
#BanAssaultRifles #SandyHook