Daily podcast: Your Meta Smart Glasses Recordings Aren't Private
#News #TechNews #Privacy #Meta #SmartGlasses #MetaSmartGlasses #podcast
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Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.
This is just sooo bad 😡
#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:
"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"
"told us that it's because the stock price is down"
"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"
"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"
Honestly I don't even know where to start, just speechless.
This is just sooo bad 😡
#TikTok and #Meta = pure evil:
"maximizes profits at the expense of their audience's wellbeing"
"told us that it's because the stock price is down"
"maintain a strong relationship" with political figures to avoid threats of regulation or bans"
"advice to parents with children using TikTok is: "Delete it, keep them as far away as possible from the app for as long as possible"
Em :official_verified:
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Instagram removed end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.
Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.
🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption
#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE
Instagram removed end‑to‑end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026 🔓.
Without E2EE, private messages could become accessible for data analysis or AI training, raising serious privacy and user‑trust concerns 🤔.
🔗 https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption
#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE
GhostOnTheHalfShell
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#UShistory #USpol #Fascism
#TrumpCoup
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... sensitive and accurate data there is on all #Americans👈, illegally raiding one federal agency's data base after another. 1)
1) E. g. today:
https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114116792158733453
His #BigTech peers, #Meta, #Google, #Microsoft, et al. have been trafficking with all that contact and movement (etc.!)., the so called #MetaData1.) on your smartphone.
And now, there is even #AI that can process all that data!
"'a key benefit for the...
1) <> FaceBook
Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted messages after May 8, 2026, arguing that people barely used the feature, which is not enabled by default and only available in some areas. Here's more from @Engadget.
Charlie Stross
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"investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores." A tale of lobbying, astroterfing, and millions of dollars.
https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
"investigation into how Meta Platforms built a multi-channel influence operation to pass age verification laws that shift regulatory burden from social media platforms onto Apple and Google's app stores." A tale of lobbying, astroterfing, and millions of dollars.
https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
A redditor (Ok_Lingonberry3296) traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and lobbying records across 45 states to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.
The answer is Meta - a company that profits from your data writing laws that collect more of it.
Page: https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file
Page backup: https://archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings?tab=readme-ov-file
Reddit discussion: https://web.archive.org/web/20260313143853/https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1rshc1f/i_traced_2_billion_in_nonprofit_grants_and_45/
#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@pheonix/116221805295722939
#Meta only exists for two reasons:
- Money
- Info gathering on everyone for reason 1
This change is both state-sponsored and to the benefit of Meta (Facebook / Instagram).
@hardillb It's happening here too. Started about a week ago.
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😵 🤯 Last year a #Meta Lobbyist became a new head of the #Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Today, the former head of the DPC announced that she is now working for MHC - the Irish law firm for Meta that was previously defending Meta before the #DPC in #GPDR cases - basically a 360° seat swap between the Irish regulator and Meta.
This is not just extreme #CorporateCapture of a regulator and makes #Ireland a laughing stock within the EU, but moves like this also undermine any public...
😵 🤯 Last year a #Meta Lobbyist became a new head of the #Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). Today, the former head of the DPC announced that she is now working for MHC - the Irish law firm for Meta that was previously defending Meta before the #DPC in #GPDR cases - basically a 360° seat swap between the Irish regulator and Meta.
This is not just extreme #CorporateCapture of a regulator and makes #Ireland a laughing stock within the EU, but moves like this also undermine any public...
Mastodon Migration
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#Immigration agents wearing Meta’s #AI glasses is a huge red flag. How are they getting away with it? | The Independent
ICE and #BorderPatrol are increasingly using government body #cameras and #facialRecognition scanners in deployments across U.S. cities. But some agents are taking matters into their own hands with #Meta AI #smartGlasses ,
#Immigration agents wearing Meta’s #AI glasses is a huge red flag. How are they getting away with it? | The Independent
ICE and #BorderPatrol are increasingly using government body #cameras and #facialRecognition scanners in deployments across U.S. cities. But some agents are taking matters into their own hands with #Meta AI #smartGlasses ,
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