I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive features.

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Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

I just came across this video made by David Bombal. Yes, I know he’s an influencer trying to sell you his courses and promoting affiliate programs, so you should take this with a grain of salt. But unfortunately it’s true: vendors like Apple and Google are telling us what we’re allowed to do with our phones. When trying to setup your iPhone in the UK, you run into an age verification process before you can do anything else. And they’re claiming that they are using information like credit card or ID to prove that you are an adult.

And it’s not only happening in the UK, it happens everywhere. And it’s very likely that it’s going to happen in your country too. Maybe a good opportunity to consider getting a Pixel and install GrapheneOS on it…

#ageverification #privacy #surveillance

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ViWVlXg2NTU&ra=m

📌 Oggi nel mondo Dash 🧵

➡️ Riepilogo della giornata sul nostro gruppo Telegram 📩

🚨 Schrödinger - Partnership - Brave 😸💙🚀

🤝 Unisciti a noi per discuterne liberamente 👇🗣
👉 https://t.me/dash_chat_italia/86312

🫶 Sostieni la crescita di Dash Italia con un caffè ☕️🌱
🔷 Indirizzo Dash: XxVhbTGzWoBzLFqJXzAFJYk5AxhsM14w1E
🔷 Evolution username 🧬: DashItalia - MascaSimo

$DASH #Dash #BuiltToLast #Crypto #Web3 #Privacy #Freedom #News #DashTo8000

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📌 Oggi nel mondo Dash 🧵 ➡️ Riepilogo della giornata sul nostro gruppo Telegram 📩 🚨 Schrödinger - Partnership - Brave 😸💙🚀 🤝 Unisciti a noi per discuterne liberamente 👇🗣 👉 https://t.me/dash_chat_italia/86312 🫶 Sostieni la crescita di Dash Italia con un caffè ☕️🌱 🔷 Indirizzo Dash: XxVhbTGzWoBzLFqJXzAFJYk5AxhsM14w1E 🔷 Evolution username 🧬: DashItalia - MascaSimo $DASH #Dash #BuiltToLast #Crypto #Web3 #Privacy #Freedom #News #DashTo8000

TODAY ⏰️

We've partnered with @sflcin and other groups in a special event.

The expert panel, including ORG's @JamesBaker, will explore how governments are shaping age assurance laws, the role of platforms and the risks to our rights and the open Internet.

Watch live from 3pm BST ⬇️

https://www.youtube.com/live/euSkCvhzweQ

#ageverification #privacy #onlinesafety #digitalrights #politics

Windows 11 got you feeling a little watched? 🤔 This short dives into privacy concerns and why switching to Linux might be a smart move. It's about the *intent* behind the tools, not the tools themselves. Check it out! 💻 #Windows #Linux #Privacy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blct17jmrdA

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🔴 LIVE

The Register: Patchpocalypse Now: Microsoft tops last month’s record with 622 Patch Tuesday CVEs. “Remember last month when we were awed by Microsoft’s record-setting Patch Tuesday that addressed 206 CVEs? That was a quaint era compared to this month: Redmond just rolled out patches for 622 CVEs specific to its products, slightly more than tripling last month’s all-time high.”

Free #Audio #converter converti i tuoi file alla velocità della luce (e a prova di #privacy
@diggita

https://webappsmagazine.blogspot.com/2026/07/free-audio-converter-converti-i-tuoi.html

📡 Geo-KYC: Qué Hace Tu Banco En Secreto Con Tu WiFi

→ https://telegra.ph/Geo-KYC-Qué-Hace-Tu-Banco-En-Secreto-Con-Tu-WiFi-06-17

#kyc #geo #privacy #banking

Wall Street Journal: The AI backlash has tech executives fearing for their lives. This link goes to an MSN-syndicated, non-paywalled version of the article. “In recent months, mounting opposition to AI has given rise to a surge of violent rhetoric, threats against people and property, and a serious attempt at harm. The phenomenon has executives at tech companies large and small reconsidering […]

A new AegisLink release is rolling out 🚀 Android is on its way to Google Play; iOS is headed to TestFlight.

• E2EE voice & video calls — the relay never sees who's calling whom
• Async delivery over Tor with zero-metadata push wake
• Panic mode with decoy profile
• No phone. No email. No name. Ever.

Open source, built in public: https://github.com/gabinotech22-cmyk/AegisLink

#privacy #e2ee #opensource #buildinpublic

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New release rolling out. Private calls. Tor delivery. Zero metadata. Checklist: E2EE voice and video calls - the relay never sees who's calling whom; async delivery over Tor with metadata-free push wake; no phone, no email, no name, ever. Google Play - on its way. TestFlight - incoming. AegisLink.

Europe keeps talking about open digital ecosystems. A practical place to start: your inbox. InlineStyle gives you an @inli.me email address with web/mobile access and encryption support, alongside the rest of your EU-hosted open cloud. https://www.inlinestyle.it/ #privacy #opensource #EU

"Amnesty UK advocating for enforcement of Online Safety Act and further harsh measures" is just another example of how they continue to discredit themselves. and honestly? I don't feel sorry for them.

#Privacy #Surveillance #OnlineSafetyAct #OSA #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan

Researcher Candice Odgers argues evidence does not support social media as the main driver of rising youth mental health problems or blanket platform bans. 📱
She advocates stronger platform accountability and targeted protections, while warning bans may push teens toward less transparent online spaces. 🔍

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/16/psychologist-candice-odgers-kids-tech-mental-health-social-media-bans

#TechNews #SocialMedia #MentalHealth #OnlineSafety #Youth #Privacy #DigitalRights #Technology #Research #Cybersecurity #Policy #Education #OpenWeb

The US House passed the KIDS Act, a bill that would introduce internet age-gating measures aimed at protecting minors online. 🏛️
EFF argues the proposal would expand online surveillance instead of privacy protections, with broader implications for anonymity and the open web. 🔒

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/dont-let-congress-age-gate-internet-effector-3813

#TechNews #Kids #KIDSAct #Children #Privacy #AgeVerification #Surveillance #DigitalRights #FreeSpeech #Cybersecurity #Technology #OpenWeb #Policy #Security #EFF

Daily Digest | 16 July 2026

Your daily dose of Privacy, Data Protection, AI & Cybersecurity news.

5 stories you should not miss.

Read more: https://www.nicfab.eu/daily-digest/

#Privacy #AI #GDPR #Cybersecurity #TechLaw

Cette étude choc de #Mozilla prouve que #Windows manipule votre écran pour tuer #Firefox… mais pas en #Europe !
Votre PC #Windows vous manipule-t-il à votre insu ? La passionnante étude « Over The Edge 2.0 », publiée par #Mozilla, démontre comment #Microsoft utilise des designs trompeurs et l’IA Copilot pour étouffer #Firefox et saboter la libre concurrence. Enfin, pas partout, notamment en #Europe : merci le DMA ! 🦊🔓

#Linux
OSEZ LA LIBERTÉ ET DÉLIVREZ-VOUS DU MAL !

#Linux #Opensource #Privacy #RegainPrivacy #BanMicrosoft #NoWindows11 #Firefox #Waterfox #ZenBrowser #TorBrowser #SouveraineteNumérique #NumériqueResponsable #Environnement 🌍️️ 🌳 🐝🌾🌹🦋

https://goodtech.info/etude-mozilla-deceptive-design-windows-microsoft-edge-firefox/

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Linux 🐧 OSEZ LA LIBERTÉ ET DÉLIVREZ-VOUS DU MAL !

#California Steps Back From Dangerous Expansion of its Age-Gating Law

The California legislature has stepped back from a plan that would have expanded its age-gating law, removing language that could have compounded serious threats to users’ speech, #privacy and #security just to browse the internet. A.B. 1856, authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, will now move forward through the legislature without its most problematic pieces.
#ab1856 #ageverification

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/california-steps-back-dangerous-expansion-its-age-gating-law

I am shocked. NeoLiberals actually listened, for now, but get ready for this stupid shit to ramp up again before and after elections. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/california-steps-back-dangerous-expansion-its-age-gating-law #Privacy

Judge: #Trump can’t deport #researchers just for working in #contentModeration

This week, the Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) won a key battle in its fight to reverse a visa-restriction policy that the Trump administration had used to attempt to revoke #greencards and #deport non-US citizens who work on #misinformation , #disinformation , fact-checking, content moderation, #compliance , and trust and safety.

In an opinion published Tuesday, US District Judge James Boasberg granted a preliminary #injunction blocking the #StateDepartment from enforcing the policy until the CITR’s lawsuit is resolved.

On its face, the policy does not require #visa denials or #deportations. Instead, it authorizes #immigration investigations into individuals suspected of helping foreign adversaries attempt to manipulate public opinion by suppressing US speech.
#privacy #security

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/judge-trump-cant-deport-researchers-just-for-working-in-content-moderation/

Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s #NameTag #FaceRecognition Tech ‘Exists’

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.
#meta #privacy #security #biometrics

https://www.wired.com/story/heres-the-truth-about-whether-metas-nametag-face-recognition-exists/

Meta's NameTag Face Recognition Technology: Existence and Legal Implications

📰 Original title: Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/meta-s-nametag-face-recognition-technology-existence-and-legal-implications.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social

#technology #facerecognition #meta #privacy

Meta's NameTag Face Recognition Technology: Existence and Legal Implications

📰 Original title: Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Users: It's clickbait ⚠️

View full AI summary https://en.killbait.com/meta-s-nametag-face-recognition-technology-existence-and-legal-implications.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#technology #facerecognition #meta #privacy

#Iran Abused Mobile Networks' #Vulnerabilities To Locate US #Military In #MiddleEast
#privacy #security

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/14/2121249/iran-abused-mobile-networks-vulnerabilities-to-locate-us-military-in-middle-east?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

The #UK Is Planning a #SocialMedia Curfew for 16- and 17-Year-Olds

The restrictions, which can be turned off, will include a crackdown on “addictive” app features and will be in addition to a total ban on children under 16 accessing platforms like #TikTok and #YouTube.
#privacy #ageverification

https://www.wired.com/story/the-uk-is-planning-a-social-media-curfew-for-16-and-17-year-olds/

Facial recognition gates are now live at Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo. Worth noting what this actually means: biometric data collected at scale in a transit hub, with no clear public baseline on retention policies, access controls, or error rate thresholds. Convenience and surveillance infrastructure often share the same gate. #biometrics #privacy #infosec
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/16/companies/japan-train-station-facial-recognition/

#YouTube and X Have Become ‘Gateways’ to #Nudify Apps

A new study found that #socialMedia platforms are referring people to sites where they can create #nonconsensual , sexually #explicit #deepfakes for as little as $1 an image.
#privacy #ai

https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-and-x-have-become-gateways-to-nudify-apps/