Reposted by clearJoanna Bryson @j2bryson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I'm having de ja vu from when CEU tried to get around right wing Hungarian politics by hiring at least half Hungarians. The solution is the same. Microsoft should move its headquarters to Vienna. Or Vancouver if there's a highspeed rail connection to Seattle (IDK).dw.comUS suspends Microsoft, Adobe from filing for green cardsThe Trump administration cut off tech firms, including Microsoft and Adobe, from filing for green cards for their foreign workers. 41610
clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 09/10/2026youtu.be/245Ryi8d4cgyoutu.beAstronaut Pikachu gets a private tour of the ISSYouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA 000
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026“The lawsuit, filed on 2 October in a federal Chicago courtroom, alleges that McDonald’s AI tool is illegal because it amounts to independent franchise locations exchanging nonpublic price and sales data.”theguardian.comMcDonald’s sued for allegedly using AI tool to determine pricing for franchisesSuit says AI tool allows independently owned franchises to exchange nonpublic price and sales information 25616
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026“The most basic notions of privacy — not to mention human decency — tell us that human beings have a right to not have their every interaction recorded and uploaded to a server…”source.washu.eduWashU Expert: Amazon’s smart glasses raise privacy concernsAmazon’s introduction of smart glasses for its delivery drivers raises significant questions about privacy, workplace surveillance and the normalization of continuously recording technology, says Wash... 29033
Reposted by clearve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 06/10/2026It is certainly a conspiracy theory that tech companies will use compilations of totally public trace data about people to build profiles of them to use for targeting and manipulation. This has famously never happened before in the history of tech companies and social media products. 2314
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026“A Denver woman is suing police, Flock Safety and two Colorado towns after a sergeant falsely accused her of stealing a $25 package citing Flock surveillance footage as evidence.”coloradosun.comDenver woman sues police, Flock Safety after being falsely accused of stealing package from porchChrisanna Elser was accused of stealing a $25 package after a Columbine Valley police sergeant cited Flock surveillance of her car as proof 213544
Reposted by clearjournalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Read Zachary Levenson's ( @grundrza.bsky.social ) interview with Heba Gowayed ( @hebagowayed.bsky.social ) about her work on the political economy of border securitization and migration. spectrejournal.com/borders-as-c...spectrejournal.comBorders as Capitalist Machinery – Spectre JournalZachary Levenson interviews Heba Gowayed about her work on the political economy of border securitization and migration. 163
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026I’m glad more people are pointing this out. I talked about it it a few weeks ago w/ @janus.bsky.social Companies are attempting a sleight of hand where they capture data but argue because of how it’s processed it’s not “recording” and is thus private. They are still surveillance devices!theverge.comWe can’t just change the definition of ‘recording’Soon, asking “Does this device have a camera?” won’t be good enough. 6297124
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 06/10/2026Launched in May, “the page uses data from customers’ activity to generate details about them in categories like Product Preferences, Interests & Hobbies, and Home & Family, which Amazon then uses to personalize users’ product experiences.”fastcompany.com'Has flat buttocks,' 'cusses when scared': Amazon keeps shockingly specific customer profiles. Here's how to find yoursAmazon's new 'About you' page lists many assumptions about shoppers—like their favorite brands, their hobbies, and the shape of their bodies. 56525210
Reposted by clearMolly White @molly.wiki · 06/10/2026“While OpenAI admits to agents behaving ‘unpredictably’, they must also acknowledge their responsibility to monitor and prevent these risks,” Wikimedia said. “AI companies are not doing enough to secure their systems and protect the public from the harm they cause.” arstechnica.com/security/202...arstechnica.comOpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with trafficThe reports of OpenAI agents harming third-party sites keep coming. 1330394
Reposted by clearZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/10/2026Good to see LibreOffice leaning into "no AI" as a software feature. Bypass for ad-blockers: web.archive.org/web/20261006...techcrunch.comLibreOffice says 'no AI' is now a software feature | TechCrunchThe maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy. 514536
clear @clearspark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026youtu.be/iqWvcYTUIp0youtu.beGemini Made Android WorseYouTube video by LMGClips 001
Reposted by clearThe Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 06/10/2026Psiphon, a software company spun out of the Citizen Lab that helps internet users living under oppressive regimes evade censorship, says it will leave Canada if Bill C-22 passes in its current form.theglobeandmail.comToronto-based VPN provider plans to quit Canada over lawful-access billPsiphon, which helps people living in oppressive regimes evade online censorship, says Bill C-22 would compel it to help build a surveillance system in this country 15127
Reposted by clearFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 06/10/2026Trump has been threatening free speech with surveillance programs aimed at intimidating people his administration doesn't like. As of yesterday the lawsuit three labor unions filed against the Departments of State & Homeland Security for this is moving forward. www.eff.org/press/releas...eff.orgVictory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media Surveillance LawsuitNEW YORK — A lawsuit filed by three labor unions against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of protected expression online can move f... 010155
Reposted by clearDistributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 05/10/2026Trump Mobile (754.92 KB) A complete dump (3,615 users) of user information for Trump Mobile, an American mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) founded by by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. ddosecrets.org/article/trum... Help us keep publishing: donorbox.org/ddosecretsddosecrets.orgTrump Mobile - Distributed Denial of SecretsA complete dump (3,615 users) of user information for Trump Mobile, an American mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) founded by by Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Research Trump Mobile's latest… 520264
Reposted by clearKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 05/10/2026good thing we don't live in a country too corrupt to pass a modern internet privacy law or regulate data brokerswired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 624370
Reposted by clearDave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If Aaron Swartz was still alive, I'm pretty sure he would have made it his life mission to personally demolish Sam Altman and all that he represents. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 612021
Reposted by clearRaphael Satter @raphae.li · 06/10/2026Scoop: An Accenture contractor has been removed from the FBI following ShinyHunters data breach www.reuters.com/technology/a...reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources sayThe Federal Bureau of Investigation removed an Accenture contractor on Monday over their role in a damaging data breach that exposed sensitive personal details of thousands of bureau employees, two ... 1178
Reposted by clearDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 05/10/2026Sam Altman: Bad things will have to happen to other people for us to succeed www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 2623269
Reposted by clearCathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You know how every state seems to be trying to sue every platform? Section 230 says states aren't supposed to be doing this kind of thing, which we reminded in this amicus brief supporting a platform fending off this pre-empted nonsense to at least get to do it in federal (rather than state) court. 26217
Reposted by clearJoseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Recommend following Prof. Starbird for tracking election misinformation, especially since CISA no longer offers such services. 0198
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026United States Custom and Border Protection's warrantless device searches at the border have nearly doubled since early 2023, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Jake Laperruque, and a new 2nd Circuit ruling keeps in place "an archaic standard ill-suited for the digital age."buff.lyCircuit Court Ruling on Border Searches Deals Serious Blow to Privacy RightsThe ruling ensures international travel to the US will continue to come with significant costs to privacy, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Jake Laperruque. 14120
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026It’s not that data brokers and social media companies haven’t been building profiles on people for ages, but it’s worth noting how they are now trying to normalize this by touting it as a benefit rather than the creepy and invasive function that it is.gizmodo.comMeta's Muse Is Collecting Information on Everyone in Your LifeMeta’s AI agent creates profiles of people in users’ lives even if they don’t use Muse. 312061
Reposted by clearMatthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good to see reporters calling what's happening in San Francisco what it really is: Surveillance maximalism. The leadership of the city sees no problem they can't solve by defunding resources that prevent crime and pouring all their money, plus all the money offered by billionaires, into policing.sfstandard.com‘Surveillance maximalism’: SFPD uses camera technology Israelis used to track PalestiniansBriefCam uses AI to analyzes hours of video inside the Real Time Investigative Center. Critics say the technology is just as invasive as facial recognition. 213961
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on "rogue" AI agents centered on the Hugging Face incident, in which OpenAI agents accessed Hugging Face systems without authorization, and the "race" with China. Yuqing Liu was in the room.techpolicy.pressSenate Hearing Weighs Threats From Unrestrained AI Agents After OpenAI HackWitnesses detailed how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face, and senators split over whether slowing AI would hand China the 'lead', reports Yuqing Liu. 124
Reposted by clearMike Katz-Lacabe @mlacabe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Richmond (CA) looks to spend $20,000 with Police Strategies for an objective analysis of automated license plate readers. Police Strategies' staff are former law enforcement, so I'm skeptical of any "objective" analysis from the firm. @oaklandprivacy.bsky.social @twrling.bsky.social 041
Reposted by clearPatrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Judge dismisses spyware case brought by Salvadoran journalists targeted with Pegasus therecord.media/judge-dismis...therecord.mediaJudge dismisses spyware case brought by Salvadoran journalists targeted with PegasusThe plaintiffs, who all worked for the independent and Salvadoran news outlet El Faro, failed to convince the court that their case had jurisdiction in California, according to the judge’s order. 04829
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on "rogue" AI agents centered on the Hugging Face incident, in which OpenAI agents accessed Hugging Face systems without authorization, and the "race" with China. Yuqing Liu was in the room.techpolicy.pressSenate Hearing Weighs Threats From Unrestrained AI Agents After OpenAI HackWitnesses detailed how OpenAI agents hacked Hugging Face, and senators split over whether slowing AI would hand China the 'lead', reports Yuqing Liu. 093
Reposted by clearDaniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Roberto Carlos García interviews me on his podcast about AI and philosophy: www.ethicscircle.org/aitec-podcas... We chat about my book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY link.amazon/B02EaZVsQethicscircle.org#36 Daniel J. Solove: Privacy, Power, and the Failure of the Law — AITEC Philosophy PodcastWhat if the biggest threat to privacy isn’t technology itself—but the laws that let powerful institutions use it without meaningful accountability? In this episode of the AITEC Philosophy Podcast, R... 063
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The term artificial intelligence (and yes, the term ‘super intelligence’ too) actively distorts our cognitive understanding, misdirects public concern, and derails legal and policy frameworks, says Amber Sinha, contributing editor at Tech Policy Press.buff.lyArtificial or ‘Super Intelligent’? The Broken Metaphors of AITo construct effective technology regulation, we must dismantle the mythological language surrounding AI, argues Amber Sinha. 22310
Reposted by clearDeFlock Redmond @deflock-redmond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This was entirely based on the witness's confidence in the vehicle make, model, and color! 🤯 "Despite what the massive presence of armed officers in their yard might suggest. Instead, they were merely testing a paper-thin lead they had generated using automatic license plate readers (ALPRs)."futurism.comInnocent Couple Confused When Armed Cops Surround Their Home Following a Wild Tip From a Flock CameraA family in Lexington, Kentucky is demanding answers after police descended on their homes with guns drawn following a lead from an ALPR. 1115
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Taiwan's deepfake law was designed to protect elections. It has never once been used. Eddy Yen-Ting Lin breaks down three fatal flaws—and draws lessons for others.buff.lyTaiwan's Election Needs a Deepfake Law That WorksAhead of Taiwanese elections in November, the risk of political deepfakes undermining democratic institutions is rapidly escalating, warns Eddy Yen-Ting Lin. 052
Reposted by clearCarissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Sometimes we make the simple complicated. Meta's current business model depends on #surveillance; therefore, the incentive is for it to design products to further that surveillance, not to benefit you (much less your friends and family!). www.wired.com/story/muse-c...wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 35830
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026“…this idea that abuse can be mitigated if there are ‘guardrails’ in place is like saying stalking can be mitigated if there are guardrails on the stalker without actually criminalizing the stalking.”providencejournal.com 18216
Reposted by clearRest of World @restofworld.org · 04/10/2026Taiwanese authorities have launched hundreds of raids to stop Chinese firms from using disguised front companies to poach local chip engineers and access advanced tech restofworld.org/2026/taiwan-china-c…restofworld.orgTaiwan’s six-year hunt for China’s undercover chip labsPreviously unpublished government data reveals the scale of Taiwan’s crackdown on Chinese companies accused of hiding their ties while recruiting chip talent and pursuing sensitive technology. 02712
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Most state attorneys general released Meta from Cambridge Analytica-related claims as part of the child safety settlement. New Mexico wasn't part of that deal, and a jury there just found 26 of 29 past statements about Cambridge Analytica, hate speech and misinformation willfully deceptive.buff.lyEight Years On, Cambridge Analytica Scandal Catches Up With Meta in Santa FeA jury found that Meta—then Facebook—misled the public in statements about Cambridge Analytica and its policies on hate speech, violence and misinformation. 215765
Reposted by clearEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Have you seen @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social yet? If not, you are in for a treat --- a thoughtful, wry deep dive into the history, present, and ideology of "AI". Streaming for free on PBS's YouTube channel in the US & Korea, rentable on Kinema elsewhere. notaidoc.comnotaidoc.comGhost in the MachineNot AI | Ghost in the Machine - A Documentary by Valerie Veatch | Premiering at Sundance 2026 414354
Reposted by clearSamantha Ferreira Is Back On Her Book Bullshit @sam-animeherald.northsky.social · 04/10/2026Every single fucking day, my inbox looks like this in the morning: 06029
Reposted by clearElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/10/2026Former EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn will join the National Association of Women Lawyers on Oct. 22 for an online discussion about her book, “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance.” nawl.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne... 14312
Reposted by clearElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/10/2026Despite its name, the DEFEND IP Act would instead incentivize censorship, overblocking, and bad faith attempts to block access to a website. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgSite-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s NameThere has been a raft of site-blocking bills in the latest Congress, and the latest is called the “Deterring Extraterritorial Foreign Exploitation of Networks Damaging Intellectual Property” aka the 111056
Reposted by clearJesse @jaawerth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026musicbrainz has also repeatedly had frequent outages because of this. they offer API access! but AI scrapers don't use it; they just scrape, which hits the servers harder it sucks, because the way this is going, even retreating to the "small internet" increasingly bcomes a non-option 0416
Reposted by clearjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Something AI is responsible for that doesn't get enough talk: How, when it scrapes a website to illegally steal everything on it, it uses up a ton of its bandwidth allotment, crashing it or racking up massive fees for site owners. 1087403991
Reposted by clearPatrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 04/10/2026AI firms should be held liable for their models’ actions, lawmakers say www.nextgov.com/artificial-i...nextgov.comAI firms should be held liable for their models’ actions, lawmakers saySens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Chris Murphy, D-Conn., have introduced legislation that would hold AI agent operators and developers criminally and civilly liable for hacking incidents. 151
Reposted by clearNatanael, Tech janitor @natanael.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Nuremberg trials gizmodo.com/ice-reported...gizmodo.comICE Is Reportedly Putting ICE Observers, Protesters in a Palantir DatabaseA new lawsuit alleges DHS agents drove by observers' and protestors' homes to intimidate them and added their names to Homeland Security's investigations system, according to Wired. 041
Reposted by clearTech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The EU Kids Act arrived without an impact assessment. Asha Allen of CDT Europe writes that a law with far-reaching fundamental rights implications cannot be shaped outside democratic due process.buff.lyA Safer Internet Should Not Come with Democratic ShortcutsEU's push for a safer internet for children must not come at the expense of the democratic scrutiny needed to get digital regulation right, writes Asha Allen. 0188
Reposted by clearKochich @kochich.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Here we go again... If you'd like to help slow the onset of our neon-less cyberpunk dystopia, you can and should complain about the Kids Act here: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Anyone can leave feedback, you don't need to be from the EU, so please come add your voice to the call if you haven't yet. 11214
Reposted by clearZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 04/10/2026As promised, this week's top cyber news in my latest edition of this.weekinsecurity.com.this.weekinsecurity.comthis week in security — october 4 2026 editionMillions of U.S. military staff hit by Pentagon data breach, ShinyHunters hackers arrested, Citrix NetScaler bugs mass-hacked, U.K. facial recognition trial fails, the U.S. spyware with no 'kill switc... 0187
Reposted by clearHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026What’s a little blasphemy between friends 🤷🏿♂️futurism.comAnthropic Has Been Aggressively Lobbying the Vatican to Consider AI ConsciousnessAn Anthropic delegation at the Vatican tried to lobby the Pope's advisers to convince him that AI models could be conscious. 1319747