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Giorgio Maone 🐘 @ma1@todon.eu

Giorgio Maone 🐘 @[email protected]

@ma1

#Hacker, #atheist, #humanist, #dad, #mozillian, #security breaker and builder, creator of @noscript, casting spells on the @torproject. He/him.

Palermo, Sicily, Italy Katılım Aralık 2006
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EFF
EFF@EFF·
What’s at stake in the fight against age verification is not just a single bill in a single state. It’s about whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control online that reinforces specific moral and religious worldviews. eff.org/deeplinks/2026…
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Imagine a newspaper publisher refusing to let libraries keep copies of its paper. That’s effectively what’s starting online, as big publishers block the Internet Archive from preserving news sites. eff.org/deeplinks/2026…
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Orwell meet Kafka.
Mullvad.net@mullvadnet

Our TV ads – under the concept And Then? – were banned in the UK, by Clearcast (an organization formed by the major TV channels in the UK which, on behalf of the authorities, must approve all TV advertising in the UK). Their arguments included: · “The overall concept lacks clarity.” · “It is unclear why certain examples are included, who the ‘speaker’ represents, and the role of individuals depicted in the car.” · “Several examples (e.g., paedophiles, rapists, murderers) risk causing serious offence and could imply that the VPN facilitates criminal activity.” · “Referencing topics such as: Paedophiles, Rapists, Murderers, Enemies of the state, Journalists, Refugees, Controversial opinions, People’s bedrooms, Police officers, Children’s headsets … is inappropriate and irrelevant to the average consumer’s experience with a VPN.” We think their arguments are nonsense. On the one hand, censorship and mass surveillance are escalating in the UK, through new laws, government pressure and proposed legislation. On the other hand, criticism of censorship and mass surveillance is being blocked through processes that are arbitrary and – to use their own words – unclear. When we tried to criticize the TV ads ban through outdoor ads, they were also banned by government bodies. We believe the situation is both Orwellian and Kafkaesque. You can watch all the banned ads and read more about escalating mass surveillance and censorship in the UK on our site: mullvad.net/and-then/uk And then? When our ads were banned on British TV, we took them to the streets instead and projected them onto walls in London.

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Mike Levin
Mike Levin@MikeLevin·
This is totally insane. A war correspondent just received death threats from online gamblers who wanted him to change his reporting on an Iranian missile strike so they could collect a payout. One bettor had $900,000 riding on the outcome. He told the journalist he knew where he lived and who his family members were.  This is what prediction markets on life and death actually look like in practice. This is exactly why I introduced the DEATH BETS Act with Senator @AdamSchiff. The DEATH BETS Act would ban contracts on assassinations, deaths of world leaders, and acts of war on platforms like Polymarket. This story shows exactly why that matters.  When you let people place million-dollar bets on whether a missile kills someone, you create a financial incentive to threaten journalists, manipulate information, and profit from human suffering. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…
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Right Wing Watch@RightWingWatch·
Former Trump administration official William Wolfe admits that he and his fellow Christian nationalists intend to gain power and impose their morality upon everyone: "Frankly, yes, we are going to impose it upon you. If you don't like it, I'm sorry." peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch…
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Jason Bassler
Jason Bassler@JasonBassler1·
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has bought a $46M "Billionaire Bunker" in Indian Creek, Miami which has it's own private police and guarded bridge. He's now neighbors with Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, & Jared Kushner. Total surveillance for you. Total security for them.
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Chris Marchese
Chris Marchese@ChrisMarchese9·
Legislators: “fork over your ID to protect kids or you can’t use the internet.” Hackers: “we’ll take it from here.” 1 billion records. 203 million Americans. The age-verification mandate is the vulnerability.
NetChoice@NetChoice

🚨🚨 @FoxNews: 1 BILLION identity records exposed in ID verification data leak — INCLUDING +203 MILLION America records Governments requiring Digital ID w/ "age verification" mandates create MASSIVE security risks The threat is NOT hypothetical. Another unfortunate example:

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Secure Privacy
Secure Privacy@SecurePrivacyAI·
"Privacy activists want to go back to the stone age." We want: Encryption by default. Opt-in data collection. Transparent algorithms. User-controlled deletion. That's not regression. That's engineering for humans instead of stockholders.
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EFF@EFF·
Instagram is about to lose its optional end-to-end encryption feature. Without it, Meta can view every DM on Instagram. Mozilla has a petition to push the company to reverse this decision. [external petition link] mozillafoundation.org/en/petitions/k…
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EFF@EFF·
The rule that allow the Customs and Border Protection officers to search through your luggage without a warrant does not extend to your electronic devices. Border officers need a warrant signed by a judge if they want to sift through material that personal to look for evidence of a crime. eff.org/deeplinks/2026…
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vx-underground
vx-underground@vxunderground·
Today United States Donald J. Trump released the "Cyber Strategy for America" document. It was highlighted by FBI Director Kash Patel. Let's take a look at it together. I'll translate it from fancy political speak into nerd speak. Intro: >america is cool and badass >were strong af fr >our hackers are schizo af >we could be strongerer >need corpos to work with us fr >were fuckin shit up so nerds cant hide >america 250 years old soon >computers are important Section Two: >we made the internet >we are the best in internet stuff >mean nerds fuck shit up on the internet >mean nerds pissing us off >"im trump and im not a bitch about cyber" >mean nerds targeting important shit online >this is a new era of cyberspace >lots of money online Section Three: >mean nerds pissing us off fr >if we cant internet you, well physically hurt you >he actually wrote that LOL >other countries have shitty AI >we have the best AI >were gonna work with unis and companies for AI >wont let people be censored online >something about people censoring americans >mean nerds will get sanctioned >mean nerds will be memed >mean nerds will get beat up (maybe) >america remove more regulations on AI >regulations slow us down >gotta go fast af boi fr >cybersecurity so important fr Donald J. Trump Pillars of Action: 1. Shape Adversary Behavior >mean nerds attacking americans and companies >theyre innocent ppl tho >nsa and cia given thumbs up to hack back extra >we raising aggression 2. Promote Common Sense Regulation >reduce cybersecurity regulation >checklists are for losers >regulation make companies less agile >companies and gov need to be fast af 3. Modernize and Secure Federal Government Networks >government computers are lame >will make them better >use best practices >use "post-quantum cryptography" >use "zero-trust architecture" >use "cloud transition" >will improve stuff to hunt down nerds we dont like >will use AI for cybersecurity 4. Secure Critical Infrastructure >critical infra support important >energy grid important af to defend >banks important af to defend >hospitals important af to defend >water plants important af to defend >telecoms important af to defend >datacenters important af to defend >must defend everything important af >stop using technology made by countries we dont like 5. Sustain Superiority in Critical and Emerging Technologies >america will make more tech stuff >we gonna protect what we make fr >cryptocurrency must be secured and stuff >we need quantum stuff >ai mega important tho >we need more ai for hacking and for defense >people we dont like hack dumb and shitty ai 6. Build Talent and Capacity >we need more nerds >nerds are unironically super important >need to invest in nerds >remove "roadblocks" for nerds (???) across industry >will invest in more nerd stuff for nerds to learn
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A Man In Red
A Man In Red@a_man_in_red·
So Sam Altman's pricing everyone out of owning electronics, Jensen Huang and Jeff Bezos are salivating over making us rent compute, and Mark Zuckerberg's trying to legislate OS-level surveillance. Are all the tech bros in a competition to see who can out-dystopia each other?
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Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉@migueldeicaza

You are never going to believe which company is behind the age verification laws: reddit.com/r/linux/commen…

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EFF@EFF·
What’s at stake in the fight against age verification is not just a single bill in a single state. It’s about whether “protecting children” becomes a legal pretext for embedding government control online that reinforces specific moral and religious worldviews. eff.org/deeplinks/2026…
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Joni Askola
Joni Askola@joni_askola·
The behavior of American tech oligarchs is a massive warning sign for Europe. They were more than happy to sell out human rights and democratic values in exchange for access and lower taxes. We must protect our societies from this ruthless greed
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Palantir, aiding Trump's deportation efforts, gets its name from Lord of the Rings, so “I don't think it's a stretch to say that some tech CEOs & politicians are reading dystopian books as instruction manuals,” EFF’s Will Greenberg told @UCF’s The Charge. nicholsonstudentmedia.com/news/dystopian…
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Lukasz Olejnik
Lukasz Olejnik@lukOlejnik·
Amazon is holding a mandatory meeting about AI breaking its systems. The official framing is "part of normal business." The briefing note describes a trend of incidents with "high blast radius" caused by "Gen-AI assisted changes" for which "best practices and safeguards are not yet fully established." Translation to human language: we gave AI to engineers and things keep breaking? The response for now? Junior and mid-level engineers can no longer push AI-assisted code without a senior signing off. AWS spent 13 hours recovering after its own AI coding tool, asked to make some changes, decided instead to delete and recreate the environment (the software equivalent of fixing a leaky tap by knocking down the wall). Amazon called that an "extremely limited event" (the affected tool served customers in mainland China).
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Mother Jones
Mother Jones@MotherJones·
“This is taking a big and very scary step toward a kind of totalitarian checkpoint society.” The DHS is using Mobile Fortify, an app that allows officers to photograph a person’s face and immediately query DHS databases for matches, on protestors. motherjones.com/politics/2026/…
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Joni Askola
Joni Askola@joni_askola·
1/6 This is a thread about the PayPal Mafia and its disturbing links to Jeffrey Epstein. They want you to think they are visionary leaders, but the reality is much darker
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