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#BorderPatrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban #SmartGlasses
On a recent #immigration raid, a #Border Patrol agent wore a pair of Meta’s #RayBan smart glasses, with the #privacy light clearly on signaling he was recording the encounter, which agents are not permitted to do, according to photos and videos of the incident shared with 404 Media.
#privacy #ice #cbp #meta
404media.co/border-patrol-agen…
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Inviting the people of #Mumbai to attend the upcoming #OpenStreetMap mapping party at the #MiniDebConf !
Learn about OpenStreetMap and how to use it, then enjoy a fun session of improving the map together!
🗓️ Sunday, 14th of December
🕙 10 AM to 1 PM
📌 SIGCE, Ghansoli, #NaviMumbai
🎫 Get your tickets!
fossunited.org/c/mumbai/minide…
Learn more and click "Attend" here -
osmcal.org/event/4269/
#India #Linux #Privacy
#OSM #OsmMumbai
#FreeSoftware #FreeData
#FOSS #OpenSource #OpenData
MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025
MiniDebConf Navi Mumbai 2025 is being organized on Saturday, 13 December 2025 by MUMBAI Community. This is the Mumbai edition of miniDebConf.13th December: 10AM-5PM @ Majestic Court Sarovar Portico14th December: 10 AM-1PM @ SIGCETravel Guide: [...]FOSS United
You can refuse to provide official ID or biometric data for social media accounts requiring age verification.
Actually, I bet if everyone did refuse, and let their account dormant for a couple of weeks, you would suddenly see American Big Tech transforming into the fiercest defender of your privacy rights, using their powerful network of lobbyists to fight these invasive government regulations.
They need you more than you need them.
Force them to work for your rights.
Do not comply.
🚨 World's first social media ban begins: Australian & under‑16? Your social media account is now locked. 🚨
What's next? From Dec 27 #AgeVerification checks for search engines like #Google.
BUT - Once your data is in the system, what's stopping it from being used for surveillance?
And what happened to #Privacy? 🧐
YouTube already has it ➡️ tuta.com/blog/how-to-turn-off-…
YouTube AI Age Verification: What it is & how to turn it off. | Tuta
Did YouTube ask you to verify your age with ID or credit card? You're not alone! YouTube AI is increasingly trying to estimate how old you are based on your habits following the global push for age verification.Tuta
📝 #DigitalOmnibus - First Feedback 💭 Are you a DPO, lawyer or other #privacy professional? We would like to know your first impressions of the proposed changes to the #GDPR. 🇪🇺
⏱️ Completing this anonymous #survey takes under 5 minutes. 👉 survey.noyb.eu/index.php?r=sur…
Schleswig-Holstein reports €15M yearly savings by replacing Microsoft 365 with LibreOffice across most government workplaces 💶
About 80% of offices have migrated, with a €9M one-time investment planned for 2026 to finish the shift and strengthen open-source tools 🧩
🔗 itsfoss.com/news/german-state-…
#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Data #Sovereignty #IT #PublicSector #Digital #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Cloud #FOSS #Germany #German #LibreOffice
Hurray! This German State Decides to Save €15 Million Each Year By Kicking Out Microsoft for Open Source
Schleswig-Holstein's migration to LibreOffice reaches 80% completion, with a one-time €9 million investment on cards for 2026.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS)