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@sama Limiting surveillance only for U.S. persons do little to address concerns of international users. This reads more like messaging aimed at shareholders than a genuine commitment to global user privacy. Your ramblings are a joke, Sam.

Here is re-post of an internal post: We have been working with the DoW to make some additions in our agreement to make our principles very clear. 1. We are going to amend our deal to add this language, in addition to everything else: "• Consistent with applicable laws, including the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, National Security Act of 1947, FISA Act of 1978, the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of U.S. persons and nationals. • For the avoidance of doubt, the Department understands this limitation to prohibit deliberate tracking, surveillance, or monitoring of U.S. persons or nationals, including through the procurement or use of commercially acquired personal or identifiable information." It’s critical to protect the civil liberties of Americans, and there was so much focus on this, that we wanted to make this point especially clear, including around commercially acquired information. Just like everything we do with iterative deployment, we will continue to learn and refine as we go. I think this is an important change; our team and the DoW team did a great job working on it. 2. The Department also affirmed that our services will not be used by Department of War intelligence agencies (for example, the NSA). Any services to those agencies would require a follow-on modification to our contract. 3. For extreme clarity: we want to work through democratic processes. It should be the government making the key decisions about society. We want to have a voice, and a seat at the table where we can share our expertise, and to fight for principles of liberty. But we are clear on how the system works (because a lot of people have asked, if I received what I believed was an unconstitutional order, of course I would rather go to jail than follow it). But 4. There are many things the technology just isn’t ready for, and many areas we don’t yet understand the tradeoffs required for safety. We will work through these, slowly, with the DoW, with technical safeguards and other methods. 5. One thing I think I did wrong: we shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday. The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy. Good learning experience for me as we face higher-stakes decisions in the future. In my conversations over the weekend, I reiterated that Anthropic should not be designated as a SCR, and that we hope the DoW offers them the same terms we’ve agreed to. We will host an All Hands tomorrow morning to answer more questions.

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw The tech giant said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible. forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…

At a market stall in Berlin run by charity Topio, volunteers help people who want to purge their phones of the influence of U.S. tech firms. Since Donald Trump's inauguration, the queue for their services has grown: topio.info/index_en.html

Europeans seek 'digital sovereignty' as US tech firms embrace Trump reuters.com/business/media…

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The "Chat Control" proposal would mandate scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens. fightchatcontrol.eu

Some major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against travelling to the U.S., marking a greater erosion in the country’s longstanding trust with its neighbour. bnnbloomberg.ca/business/polit…

EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits. That would put America on the same level as China for espionage: privacytools.io/guides/phone-a… Read our 'Phone and Laptop Seizures at Airports and Borders - Privacy Travel Guide'

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@privacytoolsIO maybe time to remove Firefox from the list....

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DEA Caught Red-Handed: Airport Intimidation: youtube.com/watch?v=0XBzV0…

JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stansted airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK. This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible. After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars. WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people's right to know. As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom. Julian's freedom is our freedom. [More details to follow]

Holy f— reuters.com/investigates/s…

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@arstechnica Thanks for bringing attention to this. It's shocking.

Glassdoor adding users’ real names, job info to profiles without consent trib.al/SaJWh6A

AI NEWS: Sam Altman just spoke about the future of AI and GPT-5. Plus, more developments from Apple, Google Gemini, NVIDIA GTC, Mercedes-Benz, and Stability AI. youtu.be/jvqFAi7vkBc

@ProtonMail Great job, keep up the good work!

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