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The Privacy Singularity

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This is the Bluesky account for The Privacy Singularity, a fully independently written blog about how to protect your privacy in the non-private digital age. Find the blog here: blog.paytabyte.dev

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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Woah! We're back! Sorry that took so long! With this, our domain name has changed (but only a little!). Our new domain is blog.paytabyte.dev!
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DeFlock @deflock.org · 10/07/2026
Georgia is writing the case study on ALPR abuse. One arrest. Then another. Then another. Every time someone says, "Don't worry, there are safeguards," another officer gets accused of misusing the system. At some point, "trust us" stops being a policy. www.fox5atlanta.com/video/fmc-f4...
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Georgia Flock cameras spark widespread misuse fears
Multiple law enforcement officials across Georgia face criminal charges for allegedly misusing the Flock license plate tracking database for personal business.
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
oh boy do I have a horrifying patent for you to read
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Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions, Watches You Take Your Meds
Imagine a wearable device that records every moment of your day and makes suggestions based on your mood.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 09/07/2026
🚨 #ChatControl 1.0 HAS PASSED - despite a majority voting against it (314:276) 🚨 After the EU parliament has rejected #ChatControl TWICE in the past, it has been pushed as an urgent procedure for a new plenary vote. TODAY the EU parliament has voted YES for #ChatControl 1.0😡
Parliament President Roberta Metsola (EPP) who revived Chat Control 1.0 shaking hands with Mark Zuckerberg.
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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 23/06/2026
‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Lawmakers cement bipartisan deal for kids online safety package
The new package complicates a separate push for a kids safety bill coming from the Senate.
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 29/06/2026
Online age verification law could kill whistleblowing: A House bill ostensibly aimed at protecting children will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers. Read the full article:
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Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
The KIDS Act, ostensibly aimed at protecting children, will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/06/2026
Europe’s pro-competition proposals could see Google Search and Android systems opened up. The company claims there are serious privacy flaws. www.wired.com/story/top-go...
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Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change
Europe’s pro-competition proposals could see Google Search and Android systems opened up. The company claims there are serious privacy flaws.
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
In the 250th year of the United States of America, the people's rights are constantly being trampled over. What will happen when we no longer have our first amendment right to speak out about what's happening in our country? Read more on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/land-of-the-...
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Land of the Free
The United States of America was established in in the year 1776, exactly 250 years ago. The USA was created because the British took away their freedom by attempting to disarm them. The colonists fou...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Are you in need of money? Do you have interest in #privacy and #video production? #Telegram is hosting a #contest for a $200,000 prize pool! Want to know more? Read my blog! blog.paytabyte.me/telegram-pri...
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Telegram Prize Pool
Telegram, an application known for its privacy-focused messaging, is taking a stance on the current state of the world. They are allocating $200,000 to a contest to make short form or long form conten...
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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🧵Technosolutionism turns moral panic into moral failure. It is the case - and it's been for a very long time - for the UK Home Office, now about to roll out AI age checks for migrant children, despite knowing they are flawed and they will damage the most vulnerable. www.wired.com/story/facial...
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The UK Will Scan Asylum-Seekers’ Faces for Age Checks—Despite Knowing the Tech Is Flawed
Internal Home Office tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. It’s moving forward anyway.
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DeFlock @deflock.org · 18/06/2026
Forget left or right. This should terrify everyone. NPR reports that DHS plans to give facial recognition technology to local police. Immigration is the justification today. The infrastructure can be used far beyond it tomorrow. www.npr.org/2026/06/18/n...
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DHS document shares plan to give local police department's facial recognition tech
A newly revealed Department of Homeland Security document outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology, a move that will expand the scope of ICE surveillance.
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The United States government is planning on requiring every single person getting or renewing a phone number to hand over your full legal name, your government ID, and every other phone number you're in possession of. Will you let them? Read more on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/know-your-cu...
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Know Your Customer
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) put out a document on April 30th, 2026 that recently gained traction due to 404 Media's recent post on the matter. The document puts out a potential method ...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
New: hackers have published Knicks and Madison Square Garden data online. Includes data on former Knicks players, coaches, etc. Includes celebrities like Ben Stiller. He's marked as "low risk." A rapper in the file mentioned as "high risk." MSG didn't pay the ransom www.404media.co/hackers-publ...
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Hackers Publish Knicks and Madison Square Garden Data Online
The data contains a list of "talent," including former Knicks players and coaches, and whether other celebrities are considered "Low Risk" or "High Risk." The data also contains emails between custome...
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13/06/2026
As of today, the mass warrantless surveillance law FISA Section 702 has expired. They'll try to tell you the sky is falling. Don't believe them! Instead, tell your reps: NO spying on Americans without a warrant. Period.
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📣 Take Action: Reform Section 702: End mass warrantless surveillance
Make an impact with guided actions from Freedom of The Press Foundation.
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#Meta discreetly added #facialrecognition into their code without user knowledge. Now, they've removed the code after they were caught. Will they add it back when people forget? Find out more on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/eye-level/ #privacy #surveillance #ai
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Eye Level
Meta, the company that holds Facebook, came out with the first mainstream "smart glasses" with the launch of their Wayfarer model of Ray-Ban Stories glasses released back in 2021. For the concerning l...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Ever wonder if your at-home devices are listening to you? Hint: they are. Read more on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/wake-word/
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Wake Word
"Ok, Google, what's the weather?" "Alexa, when is my order arriving?" "Hey Siri, open the DoorDash app." These are all words commonly said in the home. Google and Amazon are large competitors when it ...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Everything we hear on the internet is bad. What are some good things happening in the world of #privacy? Read my blog to find out: blog.paytabyte.me/good-news/
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Good News
Everything about privacy is bad news nowadays. Every single article you see today is simply doomer-based and it gets tiring hearing about it. Unfortunately, good news doesn't get likes, so it's not br...
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/06/2026
SCOOP: An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned.
404media.co
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
Planning documents for "Scout" say the plan is to "make people addicted" to the tool before adding new features.
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DeFlock @deflock.org · 02/06/2026
Want to deploy new surveillance tech without a public fight? Put it in a subscription and let the system quietly expand without oversight. "another approval cycle and more delays." Sorry our rights are slowing you down. flocksafety.com/safe-cities #Flock #AI #Privacy
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Kettering, Ohio stated on May 4th that they will no longer be using their Flock cameras for immigration enforcement. This comes months after a council meeting where they said they would never be accessed by ICE. What changed? Find out on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/cold-as-ice/
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Cold as ICE
As of May 4th, the city of Kettering, Ohio will no longer allow use of their Flock cameras for immigration enforcement. This comes months after the council meeting to install the surveillance ALPRs sa...
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
There are these data centers that use minimal amounts of electricity and don't need millions of gallons of water, to cool them. They're called libraries.
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
PewDiePie's brand new Artificial Intelligence product, Odysseus, just launched on GitHub. Read about it more here: blog.paytabyte.me/odys-see-us/
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Odys-See-Us
PewDiePie, the former king of YouTube, just released a product he calls Odysseus. Posted on GitHub completely open-sourced, it's a self-hosted AI agent that learns from you. The whole point of it is t...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Here is The Privacy Collective, a group of #privacy enthusiasts: go.bsky.app/LXaJzpR
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
"How do you make money if you don't collect data or have paid tiers?" I don't. It's not sustainable, but it's what I enjoy doing during my free time.
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 31/05/2026
Tools for everyday convenience can easily serve surveillance, repression or warfare One company involved in that is Thales - a prolific seller of surveillance tech. Read our report with @corporatewatch.bsky.social
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Dual-use tech: the Thales example
Company snapshotThales S.A. is a French defence and security company specialising in electrical components.
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Did you know that you're constantly being #tracked no matter where you go? #Privacy will no longer be possible if this #data collection persists. Find out more here: blog.paytabyte.me/flock-survei...
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Flock Surveillance
Flock Group Inc., or Flock Safety. They were founded back in 2017 (9 years ago, holy...) and employ over 1,500 people now as of 2025. The products they sell are security cameras. More specifically, th...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Ever wanted an immediate feed on my blog? Use #RSS! It's perfectly #privacy safe, as it's just collecting the information from the site without providing any #data! Read more about it here: blog.paytabyte.me/rss-feeds/
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RSS Feeds
Have you wanted a way to be updated on this blog? Because I don't support a newsletter, there's only one official method of doing this: RSS. RSS files are files that you're able to download and RSS re...
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/05/2026
Millions of people are installing malware on their partner's phones to stalk them. @techcrunch.com editor @zackwhittaker.com tells @josephcox.bsky.social why these stalkerware apps, like TheTruthSpy, are running actually running a "cybercrime" operation. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLb4...
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/05/2026
Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
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Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags
Regretful cities aren't sure how to cancel their surveillance contracts, so they are literally covering their cameras.
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
When you buy a new TV, do you wonder why you need to create a new account right away? Find out why on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/tele-vision/
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Tele-Vision
I was recently at Walmart with a couple of good friends of mine. We tend to go over to the tech section of the store, as all of us are relatively into technology and like to see what's new. In the tec...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
When you signed up for your Bluesky account, did you press the "Allow access to contacts" button? Click here to see why that's a problem: blog.paytabyte.me/first-contact/
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First Contact
I just remembered something that really infuriates me. When you download a new application on your phone/mobile device, they ask for a good amount of permissions to be granted to them. These permissio...
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The Privacy Singularity @privacysingularity.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What's so bad about privacy today? Find out on my blog: blog.paytabyte.me/whats-so-bad...
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What's So Bad About Privacy Today?
In this day in age, our governments, the public sector, are paying private companies to provide them data on their citizens. That means that there is a large hustle in collecting the data of as many p...
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