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@therightnothing.bsky.social
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An empath struck mute, a cowardly Cassandra, generic but not anonymous. I can spot cashmere from 5 double-paces and look at your shoes and tell you what size you wear. A font of useless knowledge

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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 15h
Better world is possible
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“A year ago, Trump encouraged Ukraine to hit Russian refineries harder as part of a co-ordinated effort to weaken Putin’s economy and force him to the negotiating table. At the time, he said he wanted Kyiv to ‘make them [Russians] feel the pain’ and compel the Kremlin to negotiate”
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“the researchers looked back over 550 million years of evolutionary time. They found the same two-origin brain pattern in chickens; zebrafish; and, remarkably, in acorn worms, tiny creatures living on the ocean floor that share a distant common ancestor with humans” med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Apple “recaps” a lot closer than 3 letters from “wiretaps”
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 01/07/2026
AI may be making our brains lazy. When we outsource writing, summarizing, and evaluating to tools like ChatGPT, we skip the "depth of processing" that helps us actually learn and think critically—and those cognitive muscles can atrophy from disuse.
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Are AI chatbots making us lose control of our brains?
Yes, according to psychologist Gloria Mark. But there are ways to regain that control.
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 27/06/2026
A Cape Verde World Cup watch party in Oakland led to an emotional reunion when a former Peace Corps teacher was recognized by a student she taught in the African nation 35 years ago.
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How a Cape Verde World Cup watch party reunited a teacher and her student after 35 years
A Cape Verde World Cup watch party in Oakland led to an emotional reunion when a former Peace Corps teacher was recognized by a student she taught in the African nation 35 years ago.
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Switzerland is neutral
Qatar v Switzerland 1-1 World Cup Group B
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 23/05/2026
New, by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: Health wearable giant Oura says it has received government demands for users' information (because Oura does not use end-to-end encryption). Will Oura say how often it gets demands for user data, and how often Oura hands over users' data to authorities?
this.weekinsecurity.com
Oura says it gets government demands for user data. Will it share how many?
Oura users' data is not end-to-end encrypted and can be handed to the government. Will the wearable tech maker say how often it turns over data?
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Solar on canals reduces water evaporation by 70% and algae growth by 85% #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:
pv-magazine-usa.com
Solar on canals reduces water evaporation by 70% and algae growth by 85%
The 1.6 MW Nexus pilot project in California has demonstrated that solar panels installed over irrigation canals can significantly reduce water evaporation and algae growth by 85%, while also showing operational efficiency.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 27/04/2026
The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 28/04/2026
Hold on. We the taxpayers are going to pay companies $900 million, which is more than 6x what we spend on wind power R&D, to NOT build wind power at a time when electricity prices are spiking and we need more clean power?
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
But surely this will reduce crime in our communities, right?
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
“11 sperm whales huddled together at the surface, strangely still and taking occasional shallow dives. After about an hour, the animals seemed to start thrashing, and a plume of blood reddened the water. The researchers feared trouble, maybe a shark attack. But it was something else.” WHALE DOULAS!
nytimes.com
Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a ‘moral imperative’ that ‌people have access to the health services they need.” www.reuters.com/business/hea...
reuters.com
Pope Leo calls universal healthcare a 'moral imperative'
Pope Leo made a plea on Wednesday for countries to offer their ​citizens universal healthcare, calling it a "moral imperative" that ‌people have access to the health services they need.
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Norway 🇳🇴 advocating for consumer rights (with a h/t to Cory Doctorow) m.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Up...
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A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Tim Weiner @tim-weiner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
washingtonmonthly.com/2026/03/17/t...
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The CIA Since the Turn of the Century
Historian Tim Weiner on how ideology is the enemy of intelligence, not just for Trump in Iran but for every American president.
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404 Media @404media.co · 25/02/2026
Quote from Advait Paliwal, Brown dropout and co-creator of Einstein: “I think about horses. They used to pull carriages, but when cars came around, I'd argue horses became a lot more free... It would be weird if horses revolted and said ‘no, I want to pull carriages, this is my purpose in life.’”
404media.co
What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
The creator of the AI agent “Einstein” wants to free humans from the burden of academic labor. Critics say that misses the point of education entirely.
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
There are now Mardi Gras beads made of biodegradable materials and have okra seeds in them that you can plant. The future can still look bright!
independent.co.uk
Mardi Gras makes changes to it’s famous beads a year after bringing in ban
Beads are back, but not the cheap plastic ones
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett. At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to: Net worth -> Lifetime Giving 50K->$30 100K->$60 500K->$300 $1M->$600 Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*. www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...
America's Richest People Are Not its Most Generous
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 13/02/2026
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 03/02/2026
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
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Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
M. Gessen, gift link: The soviet secret police too "were ruled by quotas... Fundamentally, the terror was random. That is, in fact, how state terror works. The randomness is the difference between a regime based on terror and a regime that is plainly repressive"
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
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USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Brown has over 1,200 cameras and it wasn’t enough because cameras are a security blanket we’ve all been sold. They don’t prevent crimes and they barely solve crimes but in the meantime surveillance companies got rich and no one had to address the societal root causes of crime and violence.
cnn.com
Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect | CNN
CNN spoke to several security experts to better understand the growth of Brown’s surveillance system, why its cameras failed to capture the attack or suspect, and the concerns about privacy and academ...
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
cnbc.com
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
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David Hulloween 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too. "We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice." www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
currentaffairs.org
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
science.org
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
After 232 years, the U.S. Mint has produced its last-ever penny
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U.S. Mint In Philadelphia Presses Final Pennies As The 1-Cent Coin Gets Canceled
The Treasury Department expects to save $56 million per year on materials by ceasing to make them.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
404media.co
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.
wsj.com
Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey
The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Authorities Investigating Explosion at Harvard Medical School, Believed To Be Intentional www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
thecrimson.com
Authorities Investigating Explosion at Harvard Medical School, Believed To Be Intentional | News | The Harvard Crimson
A device exploded inside the Goldenson Building in Harvard’s Longwood medical campus early Saturday morning, according to a message from the Harvard University Police Department to University affiliat...
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TheRightNothing @therightnothing.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
GWOT+AI error = -civil rights
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Sunday Reading: A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, and Complicity American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.   Some thoughts from my new piece:
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A Constant Torrent of Authoritarian Arrogance, Corruption, Complicity
American politics is an exasperating, frenzied, and acutely dangerous mess. Let’s sort through the events of the past week to separate what matters from what does not.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor. Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors. These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism. This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function. Every American should reject it.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 04/10/2025
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
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Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 04/10/2025
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each. Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture. Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
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The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
NEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
wired.com
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
Documents show ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
fortune.com
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
miamiherald.com
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Our story: usa.streetsblog.org/2025/09/22/h...
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How Trump's Latest Multimodal Clawbacks Are Different — And How They Could Devastate Communities — Streetsblog USA
The latest attack on multimodal transportation is more brazen and destructive than ever before; the Trump administration is no longer hiding its disdain for walking and biking projects.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2025
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
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Business Insider and the Bots
The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire   The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink. Some thoughts from my new piece:
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The Right Wants a Reichstag Fire
The military patrolling in the streets, an assassination, and a movement longing for escalation. America is teetering on the brink
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
They specifically uploaded the 'NUMIDENT' file. This record includes your name, social security number, your birth date, your birth place, your parents' names and social security numbers, gender, and immigration status. The security threat is profound.
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If you know you know @privatechand.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This same software was used by Italy to spy on activists involved in refugee rights and has been linked to covert surveillance of activists in other western countries”democracies” like Canada, Australia, Denmark and of course Israel. citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-fi...
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Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations - The Citizen Lab
In our first investigation into Israel-based spyware company, Paragon Solutions, we begin to untangle multiple threads connected to the proliferation of Paragon's mercenary spyware operations across t...
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