ryan von grunkus

Suck my balls!
I believe in actual, maximum human freedom.
Not whatever King-worshiping trash the rest of you have fallen for.

[Kacee Allen @KaceeRAllen]

Hackers ripped a Flock camera off a pole, dumped what was stored on it, and handed the files to WIRED and 404 Media.

One camera. 21 days.
~50,000 vehicles. 1.6 million images. About 3,300 cars a day. Peak day: 4,454.

Flock sold this as “license plate readers” with on-device encryption. The software on that box wasn’t just reading plates. It was tagging vehicles, bikes, and people. Dozens of shots of a single car. Bumper stickers. Even an American flag patch on a motorcycle bag.

They put the encryption key on the camera. Then acted shocked when somebody opened it.

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@PaulWagner34 @amyactonoh I disagree withwhat SCOTUS has ruled on this subject.
This is HIGHLY DETAILED digital stalking that goes significantly further than prior laws could have anticipated.
It is unethical & creates a system that would be very easy for a small number of people to abuse the population.

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@crazyliberals22 @amyactonoh Correct.

A camera in a public space does not infringe on our rights.

An unregulated network of AI-powered data devices collecting detailed behavior and biometric data without consent or warrant controlled without transparency or accountability infringes on our rights.

[Angela @IVoteClimate]

@Moonalice It's not more convenient to use a parking app rather than shove a quarter in a parking meter. The 'convenience' is almost never on the user's end.

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@Moonalice I still refuse to use QR scanning for transactional purposes and I was an early-adopter of the base-level tech back when it was just a cool new way to communicate information.

[just another cat lady @just_a_ct_ldy]

@Moonalice We — as in, we the people — did NOT do this. The tech bros forced it on us via governments and politicians.

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@LeslieFeinzaig I "need" a Facebook account for my work.
It has no photos of me or my family, no connection to my other online accounts, and is attached to a junk email for login. I don't log in on my phone, ever. I still have to imagine meta has bought my data from my bank or something...

[Kris Harsh @KrisHarsh]

The issue will always be what they *can* do, not what they say they do.

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@Joelil412 @RandPaul ZERO, and law enforcement is only half of the picture.

No Private Entity or person should have access to that information either.

[The Liberty Lookout @LibertyLookout]

@RandPaul A warrant requirement is the floor, not the finish line. Government should not possess a searchable travel history on innocent people at all. Once the database exists, abuse is only a policy change away.

[Rand Paul @RandPaul]

When the Pentagon's former AI policy director says we are drifting toward China's surveillance model, that should stop everyone in their tracks. No warrant. No probable cause. Just a permanent record of where you’ve been and where you drive.

This is precisely why the Fourth Amendment exists.

https://t.co/p0ExYzays9

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@ubi_works Valiant but it justifies their actions as a transactional relationship and not a theft and abuse of people without prior consent.

Essentially it's like saying, "It's all okay if you just pay for it." Not a good dynamic.

[Negan @Roger_Negan]

This

[Tinfoil Truther @Tinfoil_Truther]

The Constitution wasn't written to tell the people what we could and couldn't do. It was written to tell the government what it couldn't do.

[Mikko Ohtamaa @moo9000]

European Citizens' Initiative: Stop requiring identity documents to access the Internet.

Please sign the online form. Please retweet.

1M names required.

No id is needed to sign.

https://t.co/I6zUx9Zb7i

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@VenerablePhoenx @OrwellDay Agreed.
Start here, go much much further.

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@OrwellDay New governors for many in a few months.

Inundate them.

[Orwell Day @OrwellDay]

https://t.co/CFTfkjm8jg

[ryan von grunkus @emtheethota]

@BobDobs1881 I spend my money legally.
Still, no entity outside the transaction has the right to know where and what I buy.

Fun fact: @ProtonMail allows cash payment for email service.

They don't pay me to bring this up, I just think it rad as hell.