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“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” — Anonymous

It takes surprisingly little data to create a deepfake. Sometimes just a few photos or a short video. Your online footprint matters more than you think. Here’s how to limit what AI can use to clone your identity 👇

A free press is the cornerstone of a democracy. We believe the best way to protect press freedom is to give journalists tools that make them harder to target & easier to trust. To all those shining a light on necessary truths, we salute you 🫡 Happy World Press Freedom Day.

On Press Freedom Day, let's remind everyone that journalists need protection, also online. 📰 🌐 Share this & Spread the word! #PressFreedomDay26

@mikefreemanNFL Fascinated me while slightly scaring the sh*t out of me. Fond memories!

This needs to be a new movie or series

@keithchaput @zackoryk Don’t forget getting ratio’d every single time he posts in his own thread…

I’m not the one out of step with the more progressive direction and momentum of the party. Instead of telling people to leave the party how about offering some persuasive ideas to voters. You’re losing the battle of ideas and have nothing more to offer than to throw temper tantrums.

If you hate Democrats, then don’t run as a Democrat. Build the DSA and leave us alone! Girl, bye!

A world without privacy is a world without choice…

This is from an IBM presentation In 1979

Prohibiting use of YOUR private property without due process is a direct violation of the 4th Amendment. This includes; - Automobile kill switches - CBDC - Every tokenized asset tied to your Digital ID (which will be all of them) This does not even address exclusion from: - Utilities - Public and commercial transportation - Government services

VPNs will not be permitted to be used by the public in less than 5 years unless we do something about it.

+430 cybersecurity & privacy experts worldwide warned that mandating digital IDs w/bans like this “breaks the internet’s security model” by creating centralized databases of sensitive identity information. The problem is not hypothetical. netchoice.org/social-media-b…

Apple has expanded its passport-based Digital ID into an age check for App Store downloads, iOS updates, and safety settings. There was no press release. Apple is building the identity rails first and letting the laws catch up later. Once your phone wallet is the ID checkpoint, every future law just plugs in. reclaimthenet.org/apple-digital-…

Proton CEO Andy Yen warns that mandatory online age verification could mean the death of anonymity online. He criticizes systems that force users to upload government IDs, passports, facial scans, or biometrics. These rules, Yen argues, would turn the internet into an ID checkpoint, they create massive databases vulnerable to breaches and enable government surveillance, censorship, and the erosion of free speech. Instead, he calls for privacy-first solutions: on-device age checks that verify without storing data, plus stronger parental controls at the device level.

This has been shared so many times for a couple of days now, but the stats don't reflect it. Presuming that it's being suppressed

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Warrantless surveillance is an unreasonable search. The 4th Amendment should be clear enough, but we need more protections. The Surveillance Accountability Act aims to reaffirm Constitutional Rights and protect US citizens from unlawful surveillance.

ICYMI: This week we interviewed @CarissaVeliz, author of 'Privacy is Power' and Oxford AI Ethics professor, to talk about how predictive AI will make a 'meritocracy' impossible, how lifelike chat bots are designed to deceive you, and the importance of privacy in the digital age. Carissa Véliz is an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford, a renowned author and speaker, a board member of the Proton Foundation, and a member of UNESCO's Women 4 Ethical AI. Her new book, 'Prophecy' is now available at a bookstore near you. Prophecy is about how extensive use of predictive analytics is undermining our abilities to defy the odds, making systems unaccountable, and increasing risk in business and society while creating a false sense of security. youtube.com/watch?v=E00mNf…

California wants mandatory age verification for every chatbot user. ...Every Californian, ID'd by the state before they can talk to an AI. The bill even defines what tone of voice is legal for someone who has not proven themselves to be an adult. One of the authors calls it child protection. It's a digital ID speech regime. reclaimthenet.org/california-law…

Online threats to children are real. But the global push toward age verification is going too far, and we’re at risk of getting this wrong in a way that’s hard to undo. 🧵

Get to know HR 8250 and oppose it with everything you got. This is an attempt to remove privacy from all your devices.