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[Tim Sharp 🍊 🍊 🇺🇸 @realtimsharp]

Seems like this many Flock cameras would have stopped gun violence in Chicago by now. Right??

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️🚨 ALARMING: Google now treats privacy as suspicious behavior by default. Users of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, and other deGoogled Android phones are being locked out of millions of websites unless they install the exact Google Play Services software they deliberately removed.

GrapheneOS is recommended by the EFF and used by journalists, lawyers, and activists in high-risk environments. The audience most likely to read Google's data practices and refuse its terms is now flagged as fraudulent for that exact decision.

What happened?:
▪️ Google announced "Cloud Fraud Defense" at Cloud Next on April 22-23, 2026, branding it "the next evolution of reCAPTCHA." Existing reCAPTCHA customers were auto-migrated.
▪️ When the system flags traffic as suspicious, the old click-the-bus puzzle is gone. Users get a QR code instead.
▪️ Scanning the QR code requires Google Play Services running on the device. Internet Archive snapshots show this requirement has been live since at least October 2025, silently rolled out for 7 months before anyone noticed.
▪️ No Play Services = no QR scan = locked out.

The bigger picture:
▪️ Google already tried this in 2023. It was called Web Environment Integrity (WEI), and it would have let Google decide which devices were "real enough" to access the web. Standards bodies and the public pushed back hard, and Google killed it. Three years later, the same idea is back, just hidden behind a QR code instead of a browser feature.
▪️ reCAPTCHA runs on millions of websites. Every developer who keeps using it is now, by default, telling deGoogled Android users they're not welcome...

[The Tor Project @torproject]

Internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years.
Is it time to rethink how it’s funded?
May 19. 🧅💜
#FundInternetFreedom
@web3privacy @Logos_network

[Jason Bassler @JasonBassler1]

Treat them like the invasive species that they are! ✂️

🕊️ God bless the privacy makers!

[Dustin Gouker @DustinGouker]

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call this the greatest piece of prediction market content created to date.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸 Flock cameras seem to be everywhere these days, and people are catching on.

But nobody wants to be tracked 24/7. Users are finally calling it out.

Surveillance might actually be the one issue that unites everyone.

[Pavel Durov @durov]

41 kidnappings of crypto holders in France in 3.5 months of 2026.

Why?

🥖 French tax officials selling crypto owners' data to criminals (Ghalia C.) + massive tax database leaks.

Now the state also wants IDs and private messages of social media users.

More data = More victims.

[Keith Gross @KeithGross]

We must ban Flock cameras. We should not be tracked.

We the people should know a lot about the government and the government should know very little about us.

The fourth amendment was intended to protect from this sort of abusive surveillance state.

[Luke Metro @luke_metro]

I miss libertarians man

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I've introduced HR 8470, the Surveillance Accountability Act, with @RepBoebert.

It requires a probable cause warrant before the federal government can search your private data — even if that data is held by a third party.

Warrantless searches are unconstitutional.

[Mullvad.net @mullvadnet]

It’s absurd that American authorities can purchase personal data – that they’re not allowed to gather themselves without a warrant – directly from data brokers. This violates the Fourth Amendment, and it’s time to close the data broker loophole.

Today, @RepThomasMassie, @RepBoebert and @naomibrockwell at the @LudlowInstitute introduced the Surveillance Accountability Act. It requires warrants based on probable cause for all government surveillance and data access. You can read more about it at https://t.co/iFX17ELSLA

[Pledditor @Pledditor]

The largest Ethereum layer 2, which has also been regularly praised by Vitalik as being the most decentralized L2, just froze $100m worth of ETH that was hacked by criminals.

Are you finally starting to realize the bitcoin maxis were right?

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

You pay Google $10/month to store your files. On Google's servers. Where Google can read them.

You pay Dropbox $12/month. On Dropbox's servers. Where Dropbox can read them.

You pay Apple $10/month. On Apple's servers. Where Apple can read them.

Dropbox was breached in 2024. User emails, hashed passwords, API keys, and OAuth tokens were exposed.

There is a tool that syncs your files directly between your own devices. No cloud. No server. No middleman. Ever.

It's called Syncthing. 81,900+ stars on GitHub.

Your files go directly from one device to another. Peer-to-peer. They never touch a third-party server. Not even Syncthing's.

Here's what it does:

→ Syncs files between any number of devices in real-time.
→ Peer-to-peer. No central server. Your files go directly between YOUR devices.
→ TLS encryption with perfect forward secrecy on every connection.
→ Every device authenticated with a strong cryptographic certificate.
→ Works over LAN and internet. No port forwarding needed.
→ Selective folder sharing. Sync different folders with different people.
→ File versioning. Deleted or changed something? Roll it back.
→ Runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, Solaris, and more.
→ Web dashboard to monitor everything from your browser.
→ No account. No sign-up. Install it. Share a device ID. Done.

Here's the wildest part:

There is no Syncthing server. There is no Syncthing cloud. There is no company storing your data. The protocol is open and documented. There is nothing between your devices except an encrypted tunnel.

Google has shut down 293 products. Dropbox has been breached. iCloud photos have leaked. Every cloud service is one policy change away from scanning everything you store.

Syncthing can never shut down your files. Because your files were never on their servers.

Dropbox Plus: $12/month. $144/year.
Google One 2TB: $10/month. $120/year.
iCloud+ 2TB: $10/month. $120/year.

Syncthing: $0. Unlimited devices. Unlimited storage. Your hardware. Your files. Forever.

349 contributors. 464 releases. 5,000+ forks. Battle-tested since 2013.

Run by the Syncthing Foundation. A Swedish non-profit.

MPL-2.0 licensed. Open protocol. Peer-to-peer. Free forever.

100% Open Source.

[Joseph Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇨🇦 @MiltonicMindset]

23. Companies should not be publishing manifestos on how our societies should operate and function. The act of private companies attempting to take on the role of government and/or policy construction should be seen as a threat to national security and the Western way of life.

Unless Palantir or others are willing to accept direct democratic oversight and accountability, they should remain entirely outside of the realm of policy formation or decision-making.

We are a freedom-loving people with values, principles, and rights that are not gifted to us by government, or corporations, or narcissistic drug addicts suffering from god complexes.

If corporations will not or cannot understand this, and stand in support of fundamental Western values (free speech, privacy, individual liberty, etc.) they should be broken up or temporarily nationalised in order to bring them back under direct democratic accountability and control, and until new laws and/or constitutional amendments can be made to protect free citizens from infringements on their god-given rights.

[Road & Track @RoadandTrack]

San Jose’s 474 license plate readers face federal class-action suit over warrantless tracking. https://t.co/gFqkgBzK6P

[Nick O’Neill @chooserich]

TRUMP FAMILY TO EXTRACT $1.5 BILLION FROM CRYPTO PROJECT FOLLOWING NEW POLICY CHANGE

[🐝🇬🇷 @bee_fumo]

terrible news! spread around please

[Sal the Agorist @SallyMayweather]

I am not “willing to risk the giving up of my rights and privileges” for the Israeli military, sorry.

[Mandrik @Mandrik]

I spent less than 5 seconds thinking about a proposal that would freeze "quantum vulnerable" Bitcoin addresses.

This isn't an issue that requires deep thought.

The answer is simple - fuck off.

[Nicolas Dorier @NicolasDorier]

This is really trying to trigger drama for the sake of it...

Such a move is purely about protecting the bag of existing bitcoiners, it's morally wrong.

If it those addresses get hacked, let the price collapse and reward the new capital.