Charles S

[DeFlock @therealDeFlock]

The ATF has canceled its phone-tracking contract for "Webloc" after lawmakers raised concerns about warrantless tracking using location data.

Funny how a surveillance tool is suddenly "not meeting our needs" once people start asking questions.

https://t.co/u8rorhZw6l

[Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh]

The global age-gating push is bad for privacy. And it will be bad for free speech.

As the U.S. rushes full steam ahead into the identity verification campaign, it’s urgent Americans understand the risks “papers, please” policies pose to our rights.

My latest for @TheFIREorg:

[Charles S @hackproof]

@LibertyLockPod @AuronMacintyre They are not all Magazuelans.

[Charles S @hackproof]

@LibertyLockPod Not a good likeness, blame Grok

[Tim Sharp 🍊 🍊 🇺🇸 @realtimsharp]

Did you know there are nearly 107k license plate readers in America currently?

[ArceusBowser @ArceusBowser212]

BTW if this passes the internet is as good as dead, your privacy will disappear and anything you say on it will be used against you despite free speech

[Max Igan @MaxtheCrowhouse]

Yes, definitely do not PLANT BAMBOO near or around any data centers

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

The government isn't meant to search your things without a warrant.
So they buy your data instead, and pretend that searching their own databases doesn't count.
The 3rd-Party Doctrine needs to end.
https://t.co/VRsQVDzkor

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

The data broker industry is a web of secret companies, investors, and government clients. I spoke with the activist behind https://t.co/6m7mrt9tRV -- a fantastic website that watches the watchers.

It's time to reveal who they really are.

[Charles S @hackproof]

@susanabulhawa The mask under the nose would have bothered me though.

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

"I have nothing to hide" is one of my least favorite sayings.

Just because you don't have anything smart to say, it's not a reason to abolish free speech.

Privacy is the foundation of a free society, and needs to be protected at all costs.

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

The government doesn't need a warrant to track you. Your finances, movements, even whom you pray with, protest with, or sleep with — it can just be bought from data brokers.
It's because of the 3rd-Party Doctrine loophole. Here's how the loophole works, and how it can be closed.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

THIS GUY BUILT AN ENTIRE WIKIPEDIA THAT IS 100% AI HALLUCINATIONS AND IT'S OPEN SOURCE ON GITHUB

it's called Halupedia.

nothing on the site existed before you clicked. every article was generated the second you arrived.

the site has one rule: the universe only exists when you visit it.

it looks exactly like wikipedia. same fonts. same layout. same scholarly citations. same "stumble" button for random articles.

the only difference is none of it is real.

here are some actual articles currently in the encyclopedia:

> the great pigeon census of 1887
> the ministry of slightly wrong maps
> chaldic arithmetic — a branch of mathematics where subtraction is forbidden
> armund the river mapper — a cartographer who mapped 14,000 leagues of river without leaving his chair
> the society for the prevention of unnecessary tuesdays

every article page also tells you how many people are reading it right now. it says: "you alone are consulting this folio at present."

the creator's own tagline for the site is the most unhinged sentence i've read this year:

"an encyclopedia of a universe that does not exist until you visit it"

the entire backend is a single open source repo called vibeserver. one guy. one description on github: "a little webserver making things up just in time."

we built the largest knowledge base in human history and the very first thing a guy did with it was make a hallucinated mirror universe and put it on the open web.

the internet is healing.

[Charles S @hackproof]

@LibertyLockPod @TRHLofficial That's pretty funny.

[Charles S @hackproof]

@ChrisMartzWX Raising Arizona

[Charles S @hackproof]

@DanielLMcAdams @realDaveReilly Brock?

[Secure Privacy @SecurePrivacyAI]

"Caring about metadata is paranoid."

The NSA's former director said: "We kill people based on metadata."

If it's precise enough to target a drone strike, it's precise enough to matter in your life too.

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

The more you know.

Call your reps.
https://t.co/VRsQVDyMyT

[Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell]

Tomorrow the "Surveillance Accountability Act" will be introduced by @RepThomasMassie in the House. Please join us on the steps of the Capitol tomorrow around 10/10:30am for a quick press conference about the bill.

We must stop Warrantless Mass Surveillance.