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George Ellenburg (he/him/his)<p><span>Consider this...<br><br>12 years ago </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/EdwardSnowden" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EdwardSnowden</a> told the World about <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/PRISM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PRISM</a> and <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/XKeyScore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XKeyScore</a><span>.<br><br>Do we really think the </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/NSA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSA</a><span> got rid of those tools?<br><br>Of course not.<br><br>Now, </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/DOGE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> and <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> and <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a><span> have access to those tools.<br><br>Every single one of our private texts, chats, emails, phone calls, and other private communications.<br><br>Yeah.<br><br>We are so fucked. </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/USpol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a></p>
Electrospaces<p>Recently, the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released it's (highly redacted) report from 2020 about the NSA's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XKEYSCORE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XKEYSCORE</span></a> system:<br><a href="https://documents.pclob.gov/prod/Documents/OversightReport/900dc3c3-dc5f-4202-b7f8-55ce574afb1d/NSA%20XKEYSCORE%20REPORT.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">documents.pclob.gov/prod/Docum</span><span class="invisible">ents/OversightReport/900dc3c3-dc5f-4202-b7f8-55ce574afb1d/NSA%20XKEYSCORE%20REPORT.pdf</span></a></p>
Wikipedia<p>This week marks 10 years since Edward <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Snowden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Snowden</span></a>'s global surveillance revelations started, including that the NSA's <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/XKeyscore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XKeyscore</span></a> program was specifically targeting <a href="https://wikis.world/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> users.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2013/jul</span><span class="invisible">/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data</span></a></p><p>The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a recap of the past decade discussing the things we learned, the privacy battles we all won, and what we're still fighting for:</p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/10-years-after-snowden-some-things-are-better-some-were-still-fighting" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/10-y</span><span class="invisible">ears-after-snowden-some-things-are-better-some-were-still-fighting</span></a></p>
Strypey<p>Many well-meaning groups run websites to support people working for social change. Often change that would threaten the selfish, short-term interests of the wealthy and powerful. </p><p>Far too many of those websites serve spyware like GoogleTagManager to their visitors, which collect their personal data. This personal data is then fully available to any governments that participates in the "5 Eyes" spy alliance, using tools like <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/XKeyScore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XKeyScore</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2013/jul</span><span class="invisible">/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
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