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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

The #AttentionStrike is now going to be all on one day: 📅 Friday 27th November 👈🏼👈🏼👈🏼👈🏼👈🏼 ...the same as Buy Nothing Day! www.rebeltechalliance.org/collectiv… <- more info Remove your attention from #BigTech platforms and therefore […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

ATTENTION STRIKE - 27th Nov 2026
Your attention is free labour to Big Tech. Take a day off from the services that have built abusive monopolies from
your attention. One strike on a collection of Big Tech platforms, and on the same day as Buy Nothing Day! More info
about these strikes is at Take Back Big Tech's website.
When: Friday 27th November 2026
Big Tech platforms to boycott during the strike:
X (Twitter) YouTube (Google)
X is a CSAM-enabling cesspit run by a Google invented surveillance capitalism, and
trillionaire sociopath are now a dangerous monopoly
LinkedIn (Microsoft) ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and
Muse
Microslop, and their rapacious data harvesting
via LinkedIn for its ad revenue, can do one Big Tech is developing Al the wrong way: as
data-harvesting monopolies
Facebook and Instagram (Meta) Amazon
Meta's products are proven to harm and even Amazon have destroyed the free market with
kill children, and adults their monopoly power

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Join the upcoming #AttentionStrikes !! Withdraw your attention from #BigTech extractive exploitative platforms ✊🏼 STRIKE DATES: 23 0CT — X 30 OCT — Youtube 6 NOV — LinkedIn 13 NOV — ChatGPT 20 NOV — Facebook + Instagram 27 NOV — Amazon And get the added […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Attention Strikes!
They monetise our attention. So, we're taking itaway.
- On set days, large numbers of us will op away from one Big Tech platform at once.
STRIKE DATES:
23 0CT — X
30 OCT — Youtube
6 NOV — LinkedIn
13 NOV — ChatGPT
20 NOV — Facebook + Instagram
27 NOV — Amazon

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026

#Google provide a video for their #privacy policy. We've added captions to translate for you: that it is 100% #surveillance You can live without that 'personalisation'. Find alternatives to #bigtech at www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusing…

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026

We've just updated our Parents Guide with a new section: LET THEM GET BORED - Boredom Breeds Creativity! www.rebeltechalliance.org/parents.h… What do you think? This page is massive - all the info is in collapsible sections so it looks small but […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

If you're already in the trenches (e.g. they have a smartphone) then you're going to need some tactics to reduce harm
and alter habits. E.g. explore boredom and the creativity it unlocks:
LET THEM GET BORED - Boredom Breeds Creativity!

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Bugger. The #UK government just said it's going to go for a full ban on #socialmedia for under 16s. So begins the slide to authoritarianism. Please @openrightsgroup and Big Brother Watch and Foxglove - crank up the campaigning to get this decision reversed!

Announcement from the UK government that it will introduce a blanket ban on social media for under 16s

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026

Fresh #bigtech hell - this just popped up in my work: #MicrosoftTeams cloning your voice 🤢 Do NOT opt in to that... obviously.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

The Resisting Big Tech Empires event yesterday was great! So many people showed up to our workshop that quite a few had to stand 😳 And we shut down the surveillance settings in all their phones during the session 🤘 And a huge bonus for me was getting to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Sold out! But I saw that there will be a live stream www.globaljustice.org.uk/event/resi… Probably that's just the main stage, not our (Rebel Tech Alliance) talk, as that's in a side area called the Annex. But you'll be able to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/04/2026

This turned out to be a fitting strap line, given the Epstein files connection. (British people will know what I mean) #USpol #trump

Trump at a podium, on which is written "Trump will fix it"

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

If you're in #London next weekend come to see us at the Resisting Big Tech Empires event on Saturday! Saturday 25th April 11am-6pm, @ South Bank University @pluralistic is headlining (on at 4.30pm) and we (Rebel Tech Alliance) are on at 3pm We'll be going […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Resisting Big Tech Empires event 25the April

Rebel Tech Alliance at the Resisting Big Tech Empires event

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

I just updated the RTA blog post about #Meta with this nugget of info that I had overlooked: they have your #WhatsApp #encryption keys.... 🤦🏼‍♂️ So they can say "your content is end-to-end-encrypted" until the cows come home, but they can still access it […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Do you trust Meta with your keys?
One key 'feature' of WhatsApp (and iMessage for that matter) is that they also handle your encryption keys. This undoubtably makes life easier for people (messages can be easily restored/ported to another device) but it also means that ultimately the keys to your encrypted messages are owned by people who you cannot trust (i.e. Meta).
And sure enough in a lawsuit against Meta it has been alledged that Meta actually can see your message content, and they scan it for their advertising and AI business, and for security agencies.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

This is what I've been saying: #bigtech wants us to #RentIntelligenceOwnIgnorance Source: the book Rewiring Democracy by Bruce Shneier

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

😂 gotta love British humour (nonce means paedophile in UK slang)

Billboard poster from the UK with a picture of Trump and Epstein that reads "No matter how many countries you invade, you'll still be a nonce"

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

Amazing site that tracks T-rump's actions and classifies them. You can see he's bored of hollowing out the state and weakening civil rights, and has moved more into aggressive foreign policy. Corruption and undermining democracy are a steady constant […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Chart showing T-rumps actions, classified into types.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026

Veers gives the order to shoot the power generator, but the AT-AT gunner decids to shoot this one random rebel soldier first 😂 #starwars #theempirestrikesback

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/11/2025

Looking at the announcement for a new browser from Kagi, I'm wondering "Doesn't @Vivaldi already do this? @jon can you please confirm that Vivaldi is doing the same thing - full functionality but with zero telemetry? #kagi #vivaldi #privacy Announcement: blog.kagi.com/orion

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/11/2025

One of the many benefits of taking online #privacy seriously - no ads, and loads of time saved! Nice work #Vivaldi browser Not to mention 225,000 creepy trackers blocked 💪🏼 Start your journey to privacy this #thanksgiving by taking the #bigtechWalkout2025 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screenshot of the Vivaldi browser privacy dashboard, showing loads of ads and trackers blocked.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025

Obi-Jon Kenobi talking to Princess Khan about how bringing some of that FTC badassery to New York City will be a win for working people 💪🏼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRJWM_3OW2Y This time Obi-Wan is asking the Princess for help, not the other way […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screenshot of Jon Stewart interviewing Lina Khan. The headphones look a bit like Princess Leia's 'space buns' hair from Star Wars: A New Hope.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/11/2025

When you're selecting a product or service to use, remember that ownership and stucture matter. Why? Because it can sometimes lead to #enshittification , the mechanisim of which is: 1. Bait - free service 2. Trap - network effect, walled gardens, serve […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screenshot showing the machanism of Enshittification:
1. Bait: Lure in users with a great, often subsidized, service.

2. Trap: Use that captive audience to attract businesses (sellers, creators, advertisers).

3. Switch: Exploit those groups by degrading the experience for everyone to extract
maximum profit, ultimately making the platform unusable.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/11/2025

This is our TL;DR on the home page of our site: www.rebeltechalliance.org Please forward to anyone you know that *seriously* can't be bothered with #privacy - because it's a team sport and you need them on board. If not they are essentially a snitch […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Key points (TL;DR) - from Rebel Tech Alliance's website:

1. Every time you connect to the internet you are being tracked. The data harvested feeds a massive industry called the "surveillance economy’. The business model underpinning it is called Surveillance Capitalism.

2. This data is traded constantly on an online bidding system called the RTB system. The personal nature of the data has enabled ‘micro-targeting’ of ads (personalised ads).

3. The data is supposed to be just used for ads, but anyone can purchase it: fraudsters, government agencies (both your own and those of foreign governments), data brokers and surveillance companies.

4. Elections can be distorted because anyone can use this information to micro-target propaganda, fake news and misinformation. They do this with ‘swing voters' (undecided voters), bombard them with messages to gradually
change their vote.

5. Zoom out! Privacy is a collective problem, so it requires a collective solution. Privacy is a team sport; it's not just about you. The solution is to stop using Big Tech products and reduce the amount of your data that is harvested.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

How's everyone getting on with the #BigTechWalkout2025 ? Now we're into November ideally you would have completed the October steps, the hardest of which was finding out which of your phone apps are the creepiest and ditching them (like the one in this […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screenshot showing step 4 of the Big Tech Walkout 2025 programme: ditching phone apps with creepy trackers

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/10/2025

Since it's #halloween we get a rare view of the #techbros feeding in their bunker. Stop feeding #bigtech 's creepy business model, #surveillancecapitalism ! Remember: #PrivacyIsPower 💪🏼 (It's too late for that person on the right.... they have been drained […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

cartoon-style image of tech bros in a bunker drinking the data that is leaking from the citizens in the street above.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025

With #halloween just around the corner, you need to make your choice - #deathtech or #ethtech? Choose ethical tech, choose #privacy, choose people, not control and being phased out by #bigtech Case in point: #Google are not who you think they are […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Play on the CONTROL, ALT, DELETE key strokes - big tech version, and people version

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2025

📢 New blog post out from our non-profit the Rebel Tech Alliance! blog.rebeltechalliance.org/know-you… A deep dive into #Google and why they should be cut out of your private life. It's super detailed, with loads of links to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

People in London! You are required TODAY at this rally against #DigitalID massnoncompliance.com

Poster giving details of the march in London on 18th October - protesting Digital ID

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2025

Please share this article with all the "I've got nothing to hide" people you know. The ones who roll their eyes when you mention #privacy www.lighthousereports.com/investiga… You never know when an individual (stalker? […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Excerpt from the Lighthouse report saying that normal people were tracked using the industry grade surveillance software.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

I haven't used #google search since 2017 because they record your searches and profile you 🤢 But this is reason enough: #surveillancecapitalism

Photo of text from the book Supremacy by Parmy Olson.
The text is a quote from Google's former head of ads, saying all other text apart from ads is filler.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2025

The 'small tech' map - it's great to see that so many good alternatives to #bigtech unethical #datarape products exist. Which will you switch to? (This map appears on this page of our website: www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusing… , and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

a map of europe with privacy-focused alternatives to big tech products on it. Also shown are US, Canada and FOSS products.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

Come on #Ireland you're slacking - make some privacy tech! Just because #bigtech have invaded the country doesn't mean you can't be working on ethical alternatives. #ethtech #foss

Map of Europe with names of privacy tech products placed in the countries where they originate. Also listed are US privacy tech products, Canadian products and FOSS products.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2025

This cartoon is funny, and on point, but you don't have to go analog to escape the evils of #bigtech We have collected all the #privacy focused, and fully fictional, alternatives on our site. Start your #digitalexodus now, join the #BigTechWalkout2025 and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Cartoon showing a tech bro trying to invade someone's life, but they resist and go analog instead.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

Damn. No wonder the coverage in the UK and elsewhere is so tame 😬 Israel has killed more journalists than all other modern wars put together 😳 Source: The Chris Hedges Report chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-betr… #gazagenocide

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2025

#OpenAI is happy to sell a product that helps kill kids. Look at this final exchange between this poor kid and #ChatGPT 😌😡 In what other industry could this happen? Teddies that *might* suffocate your child? No. Toys that might poison them? Of course not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2025

The nefarious plan of #bigtech was there from the start: Ctrl + Alt + Delete But you know what? We, the people can do that too! #BigTechWalkout2025

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2025

How did #bigtech get so powerful? Learn how at this page of our site: www.rebeltechalliance.org/howsopowe… They are bigger than some large countries 😮 #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy

Picture showing what brands big tech owns, and a chart showing their market cap $ size in relation to some big countries.

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2025

I LOVE that the #NoKings protests are using a phrase from #Andor ❤️ "I have friends everywhere" was the passphrase so you'd know you're dealing with a member of the rebellion. I started a nonprofit to help people move away from #bigtech […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Patrick Leavy @patrickleavy.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2025

Remember the prison scenes in #Andor ? We are building #bigtech "s superweapon by providing our data, our attention, and our content for free. AGI's owners will enslave us. Building your enemy's weapon (that will kill you) is pretty stupid. Are you going to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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