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[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

@sastian @NousResearch @NVIDIAAI @stripe We're building bounded agents for real business operations. Guardrails aren't a feature — they're the product. Next time we show up with the demo. 🐂

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

Every winner built guardrails. @MHArgonaut built a kernel outside the agent. @Hewi333 proved a non-technical small business owner can run on an agent. @davddiazm bounded an entire commerce loop in policy. The future isn't autonomous agents — it's bounded ones.

🤠Congrats to all three. 🎉

[Secure Privacy @SecurePrivacyAI]

The FBI can't legally collect your location history without a warrant.

So it buys it instead.

Same data.
Same surveillance.
No warrant required.

The loophole isn't a bug.
It's the business model.

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

The man who helped build the FBI’s FISA process told me that the protections he put in place to prevent abuse no longer exist. One by one, he said, those safeguards have been stripped away. The FISA oversight we are promised is a myth.

[Kevin Lawrence @kwlrnz]

@elonmusk @TheAliceSmith https://t.co/puJ1yu5JCa

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

Declare your independence from BigTech this July 4th!!

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

250 years ago, the Founders declared independence from a tyrannical king.
In 2026, it's time to declare digital independence, from the surveillance state that would hand tyrants every tool they need.

[Big Brother Watch @BigBrotherWatch]

👁️Send this video to a friend who says “If I’ve got nothing to hide, I have nothing to fear”

They couldn't be more wrong...

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

@sastian on it!

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Medical privacy is a myth.
HIPAA stripped individuals of the right to consent to how their medical data is shared.
Once collected, that data can be reused in ways you never anticipated.
Ask yourself: how might it be used against people like you tomorrow?
https://t.co/0EgSvT6UbT

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

BREAKING: Meta Whistleblowers say WhatsApp private chats can be read by the company, despite promises of end to end encryption.

A lawsuit filed in US court claims Meta misled billions of users worldwide into believing their messages were fully private.

Meta can not be trusted.

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

Secure your territory means owning the keys — not renting them.
Otherwise, access is just a request away.

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️ Microsoft provided the FBI with keys to unlock encrypted user data

Microsoft said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to law enforcement.

In Win 11, uploading your key to their cloud is activated by default for ‘convenience’.

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

@naomibrockwell @LudlowInstitute I love that they are doing this. I feel like the movement can gain some steam if we start bonding around causes like this

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

What a great day to recognize the future of computing. Take some time to audit where your data is currently being stored on the cloud. #DataPrivacyDay

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Today is #DataPrivacyDay.

To mark it, @LudlowInstitute is announcing our “30 ways in 30 days to protect your information” initiative.

Starting February 1, we’ll post one practical, actionable privacy step each day that we can work through together.

Stay tuned.

[Session @session_app]

don't trust this centralized app, or this centralized app, trust this centralized app (that I made). It's the only centralized app that you can trust.

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

@NutiAnirudh @championswimmer Obsidian IS normal .md files with a powerful interface think of it as cursor for markdown

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

@SethCronin @championswimmer We are experimenting with a nextcloud based system currently

[BinaryRanch @binaryranch]

@DesireeAmerica4 @DontTreadOnNick Yeee hawwww

[Nextcloud 📱☁️💻 @Nextclouders]

Goals for 2026? How about a major privacy cleanup? 🧹

Jack Wallen from ZDNET shares 7 tools to help you move away from proprietary cloud services that may be selling your information or using it to train their LLMs:

👇 https://t.co/McSZMbfRJD

[Jake @JakeCan72]

🚨 Thought Crime: This should terrify anyone who thinks thoughts are still private.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just ruled Google search history is NOT protected by the Fourth Amendment.

Why?
Because you “share” searches with Google — so the court says you have no reasonable expectation of privacy.

That means police can use reverse keyword warrants to pull search data without naming a suspect.

Your medical questions.
Your political doubts.
Your late-night curiosity.

All fair game.

This isn’t about criminals.
It’s about whether thinking out loud online is now searchable by the state.

If courts say curiosity isn’t private anymore, freedom quietly dies first.

Do you still believe your searches are yours? 👇

#FourthAmendment #PrivacyRights #DigitalSurveillance