Notices by Privacy Guides (privacyguides@mastodon.neat.computer)

A bill for the people? We nearly forgot the government could do that 👀

The US government regularly gets around the 4th Amendment by buying data from “third-party” data brokers, to invade your privacy with no oversight.

Why this is legal? We have no idea, but Rep. Thomas Massie (KY) just introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act (with help drafting from Naomi Brockwell!) which closes this loophole.

The bill would mandate warrants for all surveillance, including a ban on invasive AI and facial recognition mass surveillance in public spaces 💪

Check it out here and let us know what you think: https://surveillanceaccountability.com

#SurveillanceAccountabilityAct #Privacy #USpol #Surveillance #USgov #USA

ICYMI, be sure you catch our interview with Cindy Cohn, @eff Executive Director and prolific civil liberties attorney in the fight for digital rights.

Cindy sat down with us in Ann Arbor, MI to discuss her work, the origins of the EFF, her latest book “Privacy’s Defender,” and the still-ongoing fight for privacy and digital liberties 💪

Watch now: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc

#EFF #Interview #PrivacysDefender #CindyCohn #DigitalRights #Privacy #Security #Law

Big tech in 5 years:

How dare you store things locally?
What if you’re storing a terrorism?
We can’t check if it’s not on our servers!
We’re calling the cops right now! 👮

Interesting new strategy from Brave...

Everyone have different needs and face different dangers when their personal data gets exposed. To give actionable privacy advice, it's essential to consider each person's unique situation.

👤 Learn more on how to evaluate each person's threat model.

🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Consider Everyone's Unique Situation: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-consider-everyones-unique-situation/

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #ThreatModelling

At times, it can feel like the privacy community is niche and isolated. The battle for privacy rights is difficult, and its defenders are often scattered. This is why it's essential to support each other.

🙌 Learn more on how you can lift your allies up, and help to grow the movement.

🧰 Check our Privacy Activist Toolbox tip to Lift Your Allies Up: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/tip-lift-your-allies-up/

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy

If you're ready to fight for privacy rights, Privacy Guides is building the resources to support you 🔒✊

Whether you're a privacy activist, digital rights organization, or someone who wants to start, the Privacy Activist Toolbox is for you! 🧰

https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox

It's a section filled with short tips to help with your advocacy journey, and your battles to defend privacy rights.

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #PrivacyActivistToolbox #Privacy #DigitalRights

Without privacy there is no freedom. Privacy is a fundamental human right.

#privacy

🚨 New research from ETH Zurich has found that popular password manager's zero-knowledge encryption claims don't fully hold up if their servers are compromised. ⚠️

🔑 LastPass, Dashlane & Bitwarden were identified as being affected, this is significant because cloud password managers commonly claim that their user's data would be unaffected if they were compromised. 👾

#privacy #security #passwordmanager

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/16/password_managers/

✅ Dashlane & Bitwarden promptly issued fixes.

❌ LastPass did not issue a fix and stated: "our own assessment of these risks may not fully align with the severity ratings assigned by the ETH Zürich team."

💡In 2022, LastPass experienced a breach that impacted 1.6 million users due to inadequately strong technical and security measures within their infrastructure.

The best time to switch from LastPass was yesterday; the second best is today. 🗑️

Here's what we recommend ⬇️

#lastpass #security

RE: https://loops.video/v/dvdSBI5om-

Did you know we’re on Loops? 📽️

There's a lot going on in the United States. If you plan to exercise your legal right to protest, we kindly remind you to not RSVP online, "check in" on a social app, or share your name or email with protest organizers.

Protesting a tyrannical government is core to American culture, and Constitutionally enshrined. You can do so by simply showing up, while maintaining good opsec & data privacy.

#Protest #HumanRights #USpol #USA #SocialMedia #Privacy #Security #PrivacyGuides #DataPrivacyWeek

Last week in the United States of America, Congress began fast-tracking nearly 20 bills in a massive effort to enact massive censorship on the internet, decimate your ability to use computers privately, and severely restrict free speech online.

We sat down with @taylorlorenz to dissect these 'Bad Internet Bills' and what you need to know to stop them: https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/12/16/taylor-lorenz-on-kosa-the-screen-act-and-repealing-section-230/

:peertube: https://neat.tube/w/tS3ho29H2YTJJjEh8sXuNy
:youtube: https://youtu.be/q0hE4EM7RRo

#KOSA #BadInternetBills #SCREENAct #AppStoreAccountabilityAct #USpol #USgov #Trump #Censorship #Privacy #AgeVerification #TaylorLorenz #USA #US #PrivacyGuides #Video

Showing ID online isn't the same as showing it to a human offline.

Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.

Privacy Guides supports @fight's campaign against online ID checks.

Add your voice to the protest! 🗣️ ✊
https://www.stoponlineidchecks.org/

#StopOnlineIDChecks #Privacy #AgeVerification #KOSA

I really hope Loops.video increases their video length limit to 3 minutes, because not being able to share what we normally post to YouTube is going to hold us back from using it 😢

https://loops.video/v/cebzdfPFE1

🚨 Attention EU Citizens 🚨

💬 Chat Control could mandate all services to scan all private digital communications of everyone residing in the European Union, and it's currently waiting to be green-lit by the EU Parliament tomorrow.

According to Dr. Patrick Breyer a digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament: "Chat Control is being pushed through the back door, in a form even more intrusive than the originally rejected plan."

#chatcontrol #privacy #eu

We're disappointed that the new EU compromise proposal will implement a loophole that essentially brings back mandatory client-side scanning. #ChatControl is back. We strongly urge the EU to remove this loophole in Article 4 of the new draft.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/

#StopChatControl

Here's how big tech censors people by deciding what software or apps you can run on your device for which you paid. Doesn't sound fair, does it? Fight back!

Read and discuss more here: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/application-gatekeeping-an-ever-expanding-pathway-to-internet-censorship/32563

Good news! #ChatControl has been withdrawn by the Danish EU Presidency after failing to gather support. For those who spent countless hours campaigning for #stopchatcontrol, thank you for fighting with us every step of the way.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/efter-tysk-kritik-hummelgaard-dropper-chatkontrol-forslag

We are hiring! If you want to join our video production and social media team, this could be the opportunity for you: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/job-posting-digital-content-creator/32373/1