Instagram will remove 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 🤔.

🔗 proton.me/blog/instagram-end-t…

#TechNews #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #Privacy #Encryption #Security #DataProtection #SocialMedia #Chat #Policy #AI #Surveillance #UserRights #FOSS #DigitalRights #Technology #E2EE

Instagram quietly drops end-to-end encrypted chats

Instagram will drop end-to-end encrypted chats on May 8, 2026, reversing years of Meta’s push for stronger privacy. Here's what it means.

^{Edward Komenda (Proton)}

License plate readers catching hardened criminals here 🙄

theregister.com/2026/03/12/dis…

#DataPrivacy #Surveillance #TrafficCameras

District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data

: Automated checks raised doubts, though key questions remain unanswered

^{Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)}

"Your driving privacy expires with your current car’s lifespan"

"Your car simply watches and decides whether you’re fit to drive"

Using technology to save lives is one thing, but this data will be in the hands of bad people.

yahoo.com/news/articles/federa…

#driving #cars #AI #surveillance #surveillancetech #biometrics #infrared
#privacy #surveillancecapitalism #bigbrother #enshittification

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: github.com/upper-up/meta-lobby…

Page backup: archive.ph/2026.03.13-193015/g…

Reddit discussion: web.archive.org/web/2026031314…

#Meta #Facebook #AgeVerification #privacy #surveillance #dystopia #socialmedia #technology

GitHub - upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

Contribute to upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

deeply disturbing... and according to the local story linked here, she lost her home, car, and dog while locked up

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

#AI #surveillance #FacialRecognition

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

^{Marina Dunbar (The Guardian)}

The problem with having a surveillance state is not that they will know everything about you. The problem is that they will assert that they know everything about you. And you’re screwed either way; no matter if they’re right or wrong.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

Via @yawnbox

#privacy #humanRights #democracy #surveillance #surveillanceState #policeState

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

^{Marina Dunbar (The Guardian)}

#Anthropic is suing the #Trump admin, asking federal courts to reverse the #Pentagon’s decision designating the #AI company a “supply chain risk” over its refusal to allow unrestricted #military use of its #tech.

Anthropic filed 2 separate suits Monday, one in California federal court & another in the federal appeals court in Washington, DC, challenging different aspects of the Pentagon’s actions against the company.

#law #surveillance #AutonomousWeapons
apnews.com/article/anthropic-t…