Em :official_verified:

Public-interest technologist and digital rights activist, with a focus on privacy rights, privacy laws, and privacy technologies.

I'm a consultant, writer, researcher, advocate, programmer, and designer (from a previous career).

Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy.

Member of the Lockdown Systems (npub1w0j…nr5d) collective 🐢

Previously 🔒
Journalist + Activism & Outreach Lead at Privacy Guides (npub1dm2…7754)

Currently 👇
Available for a new remote opportunity!

Located in Canada 🇨🇦
She/Her 🏳️‍🌈

Privacy tips: #TinyPrivacyTip
Mastodon tips: #TinyMastodonTip
Other hashtags I talk about:
#DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #FOSS #OpenSource #NoAI

Secondary accounts (don't contact me there):
🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon
🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon

#nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive #fedi22

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Code: https://snakecase.software
Privacy Guides Articles: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/author/em/

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Last Notes

2026-09-03 16:28:43 GMT

What tool, device, or software that you used a lot, but then disappeared from your life (or from the world), do you miss the most? :dragon_heart:

2026-08-23 16:55:11 GMT

If you live outside of the United States,
do you know if your country has a plan if the US government decided to cut access to Google, Microsoft, and Amazon products overnight?
What would happen to your work?
What would happen to your hospitals?
What would happen to your emergency services?
What would happen to your banks?
Imagine overnight, for all those public services and private businesses, no more Windows, no more AWS, no more Google and Microsoft office software, no more remote files storage, no more emails, no more online maps, no more videochats.
What would happen?
Is your country prepared?
#DataSovereignty

2026-08-09 19:38:15 GMT

Your AI did not "go rogue"
it's just a program.
Your AI did not "hallucinate"
it has no brain.
Your AI did not "create" anything
it's just a plagiarism machine.
Your AI is not your "friend"
stop anthropomorphizing it.
It's just code. Exploitative, polluting, and unethical code :no_ai:
#NoAI

2026-07-31 17:31:44 GMT

I'm very tired of capitalism.
Very.

2026-07-28 19:11:34 GMT

People think a lot about the output they get from AI tools and chatbots.
But they don't think enough about the input they give to AI tools and chatbots.
Your input is very likely collected, tagged, evaluated, shared, and reused. Every word, every image, every line of code, every data point you share with them, knowingly or unknowingly.
You're not using them.
They're using you.
#NoAI #Privacy #DigitalRights #MassSurveillance

2026-07-28 00:11:28 GMT

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Completely unreal. Where is democracy there?

2026-07-27 18:14:13 GMT

When do you think the AI Bubble will burst?
#AI #NoAI

2026-07-27 17:08:58 GMT

If you don't trust AI and AI's accuracy, then why would you trust an AI "AI-detector" 🤨
Turns out, AI is horrible also at detecting AI. And this is once again an AI "solution" that creates much more damage than benefits. Please stop this nonsense.
#NoAI #AIDetector

2026-07-26 22:45:19 GMT

Dystopian tech is not inevitable.
We can push back against dystopia.
And we can win.
Do not capitulate.
#BeTheResistance #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI

2026-07-24 20:40:47 GMT

Is the only way to have work meetings that aren't constantly recorded or using an AI notetaker (which is recording) to start one's own organization with a no-recording policy?
#Privacy #HumanRights #NoAI #NoSurveillance

2026-07-17 00:37:51 GMT

This is one of the most chilling manipulative lie I have read in a while. And I have read a lot of chilling manipulative lies from that American administration:
“When the leftist protests that we are violating his rights, understand that he is lying to try to persuade people who are not closely following the political scene that some injustice has been perpetrated against him. We must stay the course and be completely unflinching in the pursuit of justice against these enemies of civilization.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/16/political-violence-event-trump-marco-rubio
#USpol #Fascism #Authoritarianism

2026-07-06 16:26:38 GMT

Nothing that humans made up is inevitable.
The technologies we use are choices we make. The governments we elect are choices we make. The regulations we design are choices we make.
All of it can be changed, reversed, banned, and is indeed evitable.
#NoAI

2026-07-03 21:12:43 GMT

Gentle reminder to add alt-text to your images and screenshots if you want your content to be accessible AND multiply your engagement with much more people reposting your posts.
Adding alt-text is a win-win-win situation, really. It helps everyone 💚
#Mastodon #Fediverse #AltText

2026-05-14 15:15:27 GMT

Just so you know, using an AI notetaker during a meeting without priorly asking for consent from all participants *before* starting it breaches many if not most privacy laws around the world.
In certain cases, it can even breach two-party consent laws, and be a criminal act.
Ideally, never use these privacy-invasive tools ever. But if you do use them, you *must* ask for everyone's consent first, and respect their choice fully if they refuse to be recorded.
#Privacy #AInotetakers #NoAI

2026-03-13 02:25:22 GMT

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I use VPN cascading to mitigate this (VPN running both at the router and client level). It slows the connection, but it works.

2026-03-03 17:04:13 GMT

Good News! 🚨👀
I am delighted to finally announce today what I've been working on in the past few weeks:
Privacy Guides' new Activism section! :awesome:
https://privacyguides.org/activism/
The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛
As Privacy Guides' new Activism & Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.
I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒
#PrivacyGuides #Activism #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights

2026-02-28 17:04:31 GMT

I had a rough week. Send cats please :neocat_pleading:

2026-01-24 17:26:03 GMT

By producing content on a platform you are encouraging others to stay on that platform.
Think about this responsibility seriously.

2026-01-08 02:39:01 GMT

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I worked hard on that! Many switches upgrades! :ablobcatbongokeyboard:

2026-01-08 02:35:23 GMT

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I miss doing that. My mechanical keyboards are all optimal now, I have no more keycaps to change :blobcatverysad: :ablobcatbongokeyboard:

2026-01-07 16:34:29 GMT

Do you see how rights and freedoms are removed from the people in the name of supposedly protecting the children,
But when *actual* child abuse happened from the powerful, whether literally or by proxy in the form of AI algorithms on popular commercial platforms, the same actors demanding child protections are completely silent?
1- Chat Control and Age Verification isn't about protecting the children, it's about surveilling and controlling us.
2- As long as the abuse is perpetrated in the name of "AI" or corporate profits, no laws or protections seem to apply anymore.
This should make everyone *extremely angry*, and should be enough to make everyone with a moral compass delete their account on X immediately.
#CSAM #X #ChatControl #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #DeteleTwitter

2026-01-07 04:40:07 GMT

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Self-boost without shame! It's actually good to boost a post at a different time of the day, since the timeline is chronological. It helps reaching out to new people who are active at different times.

2026-01-07 04:32:10 GMT

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Not naive, but lied to by greedy or lazy organizations and institutions. That's the part we need to fix. The responsibility shouldn't be on the user.

2026-01-07 04:30:12 GMT

Periodic reminder to boost the posts you like to keep the Fediverse alive.
WE are the algorithm here :boost_ok:
#Mastodon

2026-01-07 04:25:22 GMT

The data isn't "deleted" if it's possible to "undelete" it 🙄
#Privacy #DataDeletion #PrivacyWashing

2026-01-01 20:08:14 GMT

If you use an AI-generated image for your article/post, this indicates to me you might have also used AI-generated text.
If you use AI-generated text for your article/post then:
1- I have no idea if you verified the veracity of any claimed facts.
2- I have no idea what your own voice is.
3- I have no idea if this truly expresses your own views, and if you even cared to read it.
4- I have no idea what your intention is with this, other than exploiting my attention and clicks with the least amount of efforts on your part.
5- This shows me you have no respect at all for the labour that was stolen to build these tools, exploiting millions of artists and writers to make billions of dollars without any compensation to them whatsoever.
Why would I want to engage with any content like that?
• I don't want to communicate with a machine (I can do that by myself).
• I don't want to participate in this disgusting exploitation of artists and writers.
• And I want to communicate with another human, of course.
If your intention isn't to communicate with another human, then stop deceiving them making them think they are :no_ai:
#NoAI #StopTheSlop

2026-01-01 08:10:11 GMT

Happy New Year West Coast!! :apartyblobcat:
#NewYear2026

2026-01-01 05:01:52 GMT

Happy New Year to everyone on the Eastern time zone!! :ablobcatrainbow: 🎉✨
#NewYear2026

2025-12-31 21:08:13 GMT

I think this year we're done with resolutions.
It's time for revolutions instead ✊
#NewYear2026

2025-12-31 20:30:07 GMT

If you click on any of these,
it will bring you good luck for 2026 :blobcatrainbow:
#NewYear2026

2025-12-31 13:07:51 GMT

Happy New Year 2026 to all the Fediverse in Australia! :awesome: 🎉
#NYE #NewYear2026

2025-12-30 18:21:16 GMT

I really wish everyone would stop making fun of the people they don't like based on their physical appearance.
We really need to collectively grow up from this high-school bully mindset.
When you use appearance instead of ideas and behaviors to criticize someone, even someone deserving mockery, you are also shooting at everyone who might look like them, even the ones that might be incredibly good people.
There is more than enough content to talk against when it comes to the tyrants that currently surround us. Talk against their ideas, their words, and their actions. Be relentless for that. But their physical appearance is irrelevant to their moral deficiencies.
Mock their words, but not their looks.

2025-12-28 05:57:09 GMT

:em_rainbow:

2025-12-26 20:14:03 GMT

Men in tech stop patronizing women in tech 2026 challenge.

2025-12-26 20:07:18 GMT

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Just to be clear, this is a subpost about some people pointing out my typos assuming I do not know and explaining them to me in a very arrogant way like I'm a stupid person instead of, you know, a regular tired human posting from my bed. Please practice tolerance for things that aren't hurting anyone.

2025-12-26 19:38:28 GMT

Just so you know, sometimes I inadvertently write typos. Yes, typos are a fact of writing life. Especially when posting when I'm tired, or without my glasses on. My autocarrot is working against me for this.
If I catch a typo early, I will edit it (thank you edit feature 🙏), but if I don't catch it early I might decide not to correct it.
The reason for this is each time you edit a post, it sends a notification to each person who interacted with it. If I edit a post with 500 boosts for a minor "it/is" typo that isn't really changing the meaning, I will be annoying at least 500 people with a notification just for this. And it's worse if I edit an already edited post.
I try to be considerate in my estimation of the annoyance of the typo vs the annoyance of the notification.
Thank you for your patience and tolerance with my typos.

2025-12-26 18:56:44 GMT

I love that on the Fediverse thinking "this is such good moss content" and "wow, these mushrooms are really cool" is totally normal.
🍄‍🟫🌱
#Fediverse

2025-12-26 18:39:06 GMT

My code phrases to signify distress if I ever get kidnapped will be:
"I agree with Sam Altman"
"You should stay on Facebook"
"I use AI every day, it's so useful!"
🙃

2025-12-26 17:29:23 GMT

Abusers always try to test how far they can push the line, how far they can push you without consequences.
Billionaires, tech bros, and politicians you know well but that I will not name are the same.
Trying to "appease" or "ignore" them never works.
Anyone who has dealt with abusers before knows this. The only thing that does work is stating and *enforcing* strong boundaries firmly right from the start.
Right now, absolutely nobody is doing this with them. And so, the abuse will only escalate.

2025-12-26 17:14:25 GMT

What is your favourite Canadian organisation defending privacy and digital rights? 🔒🇨🇦
#Privacy #DigitalRights #Canada

2025-12-26 17:04:40 GMT

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Here's some examples, from an article I wrote: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/

2025-12-26 17:01:46 GMT

Be very mindful about the content you consume online.
You might think you are above its negative influence on your mood and thoughts, but you aren't. Nobody is.
The content you consume influences the way you think overtime. Even if you are on a platform to fight the opposition, what the algorithm is feeding you there *will* have an influence on yourself overtime.
Be careful what you feed to your brain.
#DeleteX #DeleteFacebook #DeleteTikTok

2025-12-25 17:59:20 GMT

Can you imagine if the billionaire tech bros were spending all their energy developing solutions to clean the planet and distribute resources better instead of incessantly enshittifying our lives and trying to devaluate labour?
What a different world that would be.
I wish them all a Ghosts-of-Christmas experience.

2025-12-24 18:41:08 GMT

Happy Holidays to all who celebrate,
in one way or another! 🎄✨
Whether it's spending time with your family, your chosen family, your friends, your partner(s), resting by yourself, treating yourself with some candy canes while at work, or posting on the Fediverse with us! :awesome:
No matter the reason for our social gatherings, they all play an essential role in strengthening the human bonds that unite us, and building communities.
Take this time to dream of a future where humanity values empathy, community, equality, consent, and solidarity above all 💚
#JoinIn

2025-12-24 02:30:41 GMT

I can't believe how many good pieces of software we've lost to AI garbage.
It's like a disease! 🦠🤖
#NoAI

2025-12-23 21:23:39 GMT

It would be nice if the world started to try improving human rights worldwide for a little while, instead of killing and exploiting each other.
It would be nice if tech started to improve our lives and listen to users' needs for a little while, instead of stealing our data and tracking us everywhere.
It would be nice if people worked on being kinder and more empathetic with each other for a little while, instead of always trying to pick fights and downvote others.
It would be nice.

2025-12-23 21:06:06 GMT

When the state builds a stalker tool, it will eventually make its way for stalkers to use.
When a corporation builds a stalker tool, it will eventually make its way for stalkers to use.
Stop building stalker tools!
#Privacy #HumanRights

2025-12-21 18:30:40 GMT

Like your body reacts to the food you feed it,
Your brain reacts to the content you feed it.
Be mindful about what you feed your brain. Don't let the algorithms dictate what you eat and how you feel.
Pay attention to how a platform influences your mood and the way you think.
Are you getting addicted to downvoting in rage? 👎
Are you missing the doomscrolling adrenaline and increasingly looking to pick fights online, and offline? 🤬
These all affect your brain's chemistry,
and eventually your brain's structure even 🧠
Be careful what you feed your brain,
and who serves you this food.
#SocialMedia #QuitBigTech #StopTheSlop

2025-12-21 07:46:42 GMT

I want to live in a woke version of the 90s. Is that too much to ask?

2025-12-20 21:10:23 GMT

The argument shouldn't be:
"I don't have anything to hide, so you can surveil me,"
Instead, it should be:
"I don't have anything to hide, so you shouldn't surveil me."
#Privacy #MassSurveillance #HumanRights

2025-12-19 05:31:13 GMT

If I were rich, I'd buy so much art to support so many living artists.
It's a shame that this trend is dead, and even deader with AI now. I feel devastated for my ex-colleague artists :blobcatverysad:

2025-12-18 03:06:15 GMT

Today is the official yearly celebration for
John Mastodon :awesome: :rainbowdance:
The famous John Mastodon who did so much for us on December 16th/17th, 2022 :blobsalute:
For those who were here 👀
What is your favorite "fact" about John Mastodon? (no fact-checking allowed)
For those who weren't here ❓👇
Take the time to educate yourself about this important part of our history, you will not regret it :blobcatwink: https://www.johnmastodon.me/#education
#JohnMastodonDay #JohnMastodon #Mastodon

2025-12-17 04:16:18 GMT

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Yay!! Ready for Fedivergency! 🙌💚

2025-12-17 04:13:21 GMT

If the Fediverse was to disappear tomorrow,
I would CRY :ablobcatcry:
A lot :neocat_cry_loud:
Every day :neocat_cry:
Until it comes back :neocat_aww:

2025-12-17 04:08:24 GMT

I am so grateful for the Fediverse :blobheartcat:
That's all. That's the post.
#Fediverse

2025-12-17 04:05:46 GMT

Is it late?

2025-12-17 02:02:21 GMT

I've never seen anyone hating Mozilla as much as Mozilla.

2025-12-14 20:23:38 GMT

Tiny Mastodon Tip About Globalisation 🌍 :mastodon:
On Mastodon, there isn't an algorithm to restrict your reach to your own country or region when you post.
Additionally, many people post in English, even when it's not their native language.
If you post a comment or question
that is related to a specific region of the world, please specify which one, and don't assume people worldwide will know this acronym or reference.
You will have a better chance to
get the answers you seek, and more boosts from people living in different regions of the world.
Also consider adding a hashtag relevant to the country or region you are posting about.
Keep in mind the Fediverse is global! 🌏🌍🌎✨
#TinyMastodonTip #Mastodon #Fediverse #Global

2025-12-13 20:58:31 GMT

It's white people's responsibility to stop racism.
It's men's responsibility to stop sexism.
It's cis people's responsibility to stop transphobia.
It's straight people's responsibility to stop homophobia.
It's able people's responsibility to stop ableism.
It's always the responsibility of the people in a position of privilege to stop the oppression they are benefiting from.
If you are part of a privileged group, in one way or another, get to it.

2025-12-13 17:46:45 GMT

You have more power than you think.
Use it.
Assemble and organize
to fight for your rights ✊
#HumanRights #Activism #Solidarity

2025-12-12 04:24:04 GMT

Yesterday I was tired.
Today I'm tireder.
Tomorrow might be tirederer.

2025-12-12 02:20:27 GMT

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Hahahaha excellent! 😁👍

2025-12-11 16:54:25 GMT

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Soon on the news: "It's fine that we killed them because they were all drug traffickers. It's not our fault, AI said so."

2025-12-11 03:12:56 GMT

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.
#Privacy #AgeVerification #Biometrics #AusPol #USpol

2025-12-10 06:02:48 GMT

Interview with @npub1fdr…lvhs at The Daily Show! :awesome:
With special mention for Mastodon! This was excellent! I highly recommend watching it!👇✨
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE
#Enshittification #Facebook #Mastodon #Fediverse #Interoperability

2025-12-09 21:03:36 GMT

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I fear this joke will only be funny for like one year or two, and then nobody will get it anymore because it will truly be considered crazy stuff to write, draw, code, or read just using your own brain 🫠
I hate this AI-dystopian timeline :blobcat_thisisfine:

2025-12-09 20:23:55 GMT

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I so don't understand what's the appeal with this "liquid" trend. It's hard to read, busy, and mismatched. It's just bad design.

2025-12-09 19:30:13 GMT

I am so stubborn about not using AI.
You have no idea.
I will even go as far as writing my own texts, drawing my own images, writing my own code, and reading the whole article or email just by myself. Crazy stuff.
#NoAI

2025-12-07 02:24:02 GMT

If corporations make more money from the infraction than the fine, they will always choose the infraction.
Regulations and regulators need to make fines an actual deterrent.

2025-12-07 01:15:20 GMT

So many good posts that I want to boost, but don't have alt-text :blobcatsadpats:
#AltText #Mastodon

2025-12-05 15:44:01 GMT

When billionaires can't make enough money from consumers anymore, they go for government contracts.
This is how they continue to get even richer on your money, but without your consent.
Tell your government loudly that you want none of this.

2025-12-03 17:09:41 GMT

You might think it's not a priority with all the doom happening around.
But the erosion of privacy rights is directly linked to the erosion of human rights, and the loss of democracy.
Privacy makes it safe for you to discuss, to organize, to resist, and to be your true self. This is exactly why fascists and authoritarians are attacking it.
If we lose privacy, we lose everything else. We have to defend it with all we've got.
Privacy rights are a priority.
#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy

2025-12-01 16:23:52 GMT

If they truly cared about the children,
they would be much more concerned about AI everywhere than end-to-end encryption everywhere.
Encryption actually protects the children.
AI harms them, and us.
#NoAI #Encryption #E2EE #RootForE2EE #ChatControl #AgeVerification

2025-12-01 05:50:13 GMT

I had a technical problem with a website today.
I tried using the chat function to resolve the problem.
They had replaced the humans with an AI chatbot.
I couldn't resolve the problem with it.
I left the website to never return.
Problem solved.
#NoAI

2025-11-30 20:00:17 GMT

I'm seeing more and more websites are blocking VPNs entirely and I really really don't like it.

2025-11-28 21:56:53 GMT

If you want to shop small and encourage a small nonprofit that needs your support this weekend,
You can help us and promote privacy rights at the same time by getting something from our brand new merch store! 💛
All proceeds go to supporting our mission and advocacy! ✊🔒
🛒 https://shop.privacyguides.org
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Merch #Donation #MastodonArt #HumanArt #NoAI

2025-11-28 06:08:05 GMT

Big Privacy Guides News! 👕✨
After many requests, we finally have a MERCH STORE! :awesome:
This is a new way to support us
while making a public statement (in style) about privacy rights ✊🔒
We have a few designs to choose from already, and ZERO AI was used in the creation process!
The Defender of Privacy design
was created by me personally, from love, joy, and hard work, using a human brain.
I hope you like it! 💛 https://shop.privacyguides.org
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Merch #Donation #NonProfit #NoAI #MastodonArt #HumanArt
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2025-11-26 05:23:13 GMT

Reply with the following sentence filled with your answers:
The future should have less [blank] and more [blank].

2025-11-25 17:12:25 GMT

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I think while the Transformers are busy doing some flashy dance to impress their enemy the Daleks would laser them to dust. Style and pride would end the shinny Transformers.

2025-11-25 16:02:55 GMT

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Not even close!

2025-11-25 03:45:36 GMT

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💚

2025-11-25 03:43:17 GMT

Will you be celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend?
#Thanksgiving

2025-11-25 03:19:53 GMT

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:ablobcatrainbow:

2025-11-22 17:13:44 GMT

This irrational fear of socialism from some politicians in the US looks so bizarre from Canada, a country with universal healthcare and some kind of social net that is still sadly very much under the grasp of destructive capitalism.
Are those politicians terrified the people could be healthy, fed, safe, and happy? What exactly terrifies them here?

2025-11-21 21:07:41 GMT

BREAKING NEWS! 🗞️🚨
The Privacy Guides Team is growing this week with someone new joining us! :awesome: ✨
Check out who it is on our weekly Livestream STARTING NOW! 👀
🕙 10pm UTC
🕔 5pm East
🕑 2pm Pacific
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAqzbxYliE&pp=ygUUdGhpcyB3ZWVrIGluIHByaXZhY3k%3D
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #LiveStream #Podcast

2025-11-20 05:53:14 GMT

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Everyone should follow this model. Thank you 🙏

2025-11-19 21:25:19 GMT

I feel this needs to be repeated 🍪
The annoyance of cookie banners
doesn't come from the regulations, but from the malicious compliance of the corporations who want to exploit your personal data.
No data-harvesting cookies = No banner.
Simple.
My websites have no cookie banners,
because they don't use any non-essential cookies and don't track visitors.
Yours shouldn't either.
#Privacy #Cookies #PrivacyLaw

2025-11-19 13:27:06 GMT

I'm not using AI.
Ever.
At all.
You will not make me.
GenAI has stolen so much from me.
#NoAI

2025-11-16 17:50:07 GMT

Let's be clear: What they want is privacy for the monarchs and nobles, and to remove it entirely from the peasants.
Because they want to control the peasants.
They want to control us, entirely.
We never left feudalism, the monarchs and nobles simply changed their titles and fashion, while letting us believe we could become one of them someday.
But we will always remain exploitable and expendable peasants to them.
We cannot wait after them to improve our lives. We must organize to take the power back to the people, where it belongs.
#Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Authoritarianism #MassSurveillance

2025-11-15 20:21:00 GMT

The erosion of privacy rights we are seeing worldwide is directly linked to the rise of authoritarianism we are seeing worldwide.
#Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #ChatControl #AgeVerification

2025-11-15 18:59:24 GMT

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I would watch that 👀

2025-11-15 18:08:46 GMT

BREAKING NEWS:🚨📰 A revolutionary technology is now available to everyone!
No limit on daily prompts! :ablobcatbongokeyboard:
No subscription required! 👍
Privacy-enhancing technology! 🔒
Fully encrypted at rest! 🔐
Air-gapped by default! 📵
Runs on open-source hardware! :opensource:
Eco-friendly* and biodegradable! 🌱
Self-hosted! 🏠
The model it uses will upgrade itself with each prompt to become even better with time! It will customize itself to your specific needs automatically! 😮
It's like an AI app, but much BETTER!✨
The best part: IT'S FREE!* :awesome:
And you already have it!
Disclaimer: The model isn't fully completed and will produce a large number of "hallucinations," however at a much lower rate than its artificial predecessors.
*mostly
#AI #NoAI #HumanIntelligence

2025-11-15 08:26:56 GMT

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I use it everyday! It's free!
No subscription required! Works with any software and devices! Brain™️✨

2025-11-15 08:20:57 GMT

Saying No and refusing to use unethical tools and platforms can be a powerful way to protest.
Do not minimize the power you have by refusing to participate.
#Privacy #NoAI #DigitalRights #HumanRights

2025-11-15 08:10:53 GMT

Them: "AI is here to stay whether you like it or not. What are you going to do, not use it at all?"
Me: Yep! 😌
#NoAI

2025-11-13 15:49:48 GMT

If you are wondering why Chat Control
is being brought back so relentlessly,
despite a clear and strong opposition from citizens, human rights advocates, and child protection organizations alike,
I recommend you read this enlightening article from 2023 (alas still relevant):
Spoiler: It's lobbyists who want lots of your tax money, and don't care about the children.
"'Who Benefits?’ Inside the EU’s Fight over Scanning for Child Sex Content"
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/09/25/who-benefits-inside-the-eus-fight-over-scanning-for-child-sex-content/<li>❓<a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">More on Chat Control by Privacy Guides</a></li><li>🚨 <a href="https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-2-0-through-the-back-door-breyer-warns-the-eu-is-playing-us-for-fools-now-theyre-scanning-our-texts-and-banning-teens/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Recent news of where Chat Control is at this week by Patrick Breyer</a></li><li>🇪🇺 <a href="https://fightchatcontrol.eu/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Europeans: keep contacting your representatives (yes, again, I'm sorry)</a></li>
#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #MassSurveillance #EUpol

2025-11-11 21:15:18 GMT

I hate that I can basically recycle my posts about Chat Control every month or so. These lobbyists are extremely motivated.
Let's show them that we are
even more motivated than them to protect privacy rights, human rights, and democracy! ✊🔒
You know what you have to do:
👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
• [Recent news:](https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-2-0-through-the-back-door-breyer-warns-the-eu-is-playing-us-for-fools-now-theyre-scanning-our-texts-and-banning-teens/ )
"Just before a decisive meeting in Brussels, digital rights expert and former Member of the European Parliament Dr. Patrick Breyer is sounding the alarm. Using a “deceptive sleight of hand,” a mandatory and expanded Chat Control is being pushed through the back door, in a form even more intrusive than the originally rejected plan. The legislative package could be greenlit tomorrow in a closed-door EU working group session."
#ChatControl #Privacy #HumanRights #DigitalRights #Democracy #EUpol

2025-11-11 02:21:41 GMT

I don't understand how
the people who want to protect their own sensitive information from corporations in order to stay safe and not become victims are deemed paranoid,
But the corporations demanding
to verify our identity asking for our legal name, gender, sex, date of birth, email, phone number, home address, location, IP address, MAC address, list of apps, purchase history, access to contacts, device model, official ID, passport, birth certificate, fingerprints, facial scan, palm scan, iris scan, preferred sleeping side, and underwear color are not? 🤨
#Privacy

2025-11-10 21:35:32 GMT

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:1000: :1000: :1000:

2025-11-10 15:26:29 GMT

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This is so backwards. It would be devastating for human rights. We must stop this.