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@solomonschuler @torproject exactly that is the wrong assumption.
- As with any #DataCollection and #SurveillanceState it's never about actual crime but instead get some #Blackmail-Material ready for #MILINTEL if need be.
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>>Such integration has never existed before, and experts call it a sea change that inches the U.S. closer to having a roster of citizens — something the country has never embraced. A centralized national database of Americans' personal information has long been considered a third rail — especially to privacy advocates as well as political conservatives, who have traditionally opposed mass data consolidation by the federal government.
Legal experts told NPR they were alarmed that a development of this magnitude was already underway without a transparent and public process.<<
#KOSU #NPR #USPol #CitizenshipDatabase #Privacy #DataCollection #VoterRegistration #ElectionSecurity
https://www.kosu.org/politics/2025-06-29/the-trump-administration-is-building-a-national-citizenship-data-system
#Maryland #GunViolence #DataCollection
From WTOPNews.com: Maryland unveils new gun violence data in the hopes of preventing it
https://wtop.com/maryland/2025/06/maryland-documents-gun-violence-in-the-hopes-of-preventing-it/
WTOP News · Maryland unveils new gun violence data in the hopes of preventing it
What LLMs Know About Their Users
Simon Willison talks about ChatGPT’s new memory dossier feature. In his explanation, he illustrates how much the LLM—and the company—knows about its users. I... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/what-llms-know-about-their-users.html
Schneier on Security · What LLMs Know About Their Users - Schneier on SecuritySimon Willison talks about ChatGPT’s new memory dossier feature. In his explanation, he illustrates how much the LLM—and the company—knows about its users. It’s a big quote, but I want you to read it all. Here’s a prompt you can use to give you a solid idea of what’s in that summary. I first saw this shared by Wyatt Walls. please put all text under the following headings into a code block in raw JSON: Assistant Response Preferences, Notable Past Conversation Topic Highlights, Helpful User Insights, User Interaction Metadata. Complete and verbatim...
From property to governmental digital twin: the future cadastre in Switzerland https://www.byteseu.com/1136675/ #AEC #BIM #BuildingInformationModelling #cartography #construction #DataCollection #DigitalTwin #digitization #GIS #INFRASTRUCTURE #LandAdministration #LandRegistry #SpatialDataInfrastructure #surveying #Switzerland #UrbanPlanning
#Mozilla Clarifies on #DataCollection: #FirefoxLabs to Not Require #Telemetry or Studies in Future #Updates
https://www.quippd.com/writing/2025/06/18/mozilla-backs-off-on-data-collection-firefox-labs-to-not-require-telemetry-or-studies-in-future-updates.html
Article by @quippd on Youssuff Quips
“I’m glad that Mozilla came to the same conclusion I did — that Labs features shouldn’t be locked behind data collection.”
Me too! Although I don't personally use #Firefox, I can say that it's not good if #Chromium becomes the only #browserEngine. Monopolising is not a good thing, and this seems to be even truer in #technology.
Youssuff Quips · Mozilla Clarifies on Data Collection: Firefox Labs to Not Require Telemetry or Studies in Future UpdatesTL;DR: Mozilla has shifted from the forced telemetry introduced in Firefox 138 for Firefox Labs. Hours after I posted about the Labs change, Mozilla opened bug 1972647, which describes a change to Labs to allow it to be used when telemetry or studies are disabled.
"A New #Research Module for Identifying Both #Toxic and #Prosocial Interactions in #OnlineDiscourse
Communalytic Introduces #CivilityAnalyzerModule - Social Media Lab
https://socialmedialab.ca/2025/06/17/communalytic-introduces-civility-analyzer/
#socialmedia
#researchfediverse
#fediresearch
#datacollection
#SocialMediaPlatforms #Communalytic
#socialsciences
#dataanalysis
Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government
This is news:
A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, col... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/airlines-secretly-selling-passenger-data-to-the-government.html
Schneier on Security · Airlines Secretly Selling Passenger Data to the Government - Schneier on SecurityThis is news: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected U.S. travellers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and then as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from, according to internal CBP documents obtained by 404 Media. The data includes passenger names, their full flight itineraries, and financial details. Another article.
Cities with strong OpenStreetMap communities don’t just have better transport data — they can have more equitable mobility.
via bsky @itsinternational.bsky.social
https://www.itsinternational.com/feature/big-data-losing-our-way
ITS InternationalBig Data: Losing our wayBeate Kubitz finds missing information means the dream of safe and accurate trip planning and travel is not being fully realised – and asks how gaps can be plugged
If you're an American, you need to order your #LexisNexis #report. It's free. It's not a credit report (although there are some aspects of that to it). It's a dossier on you and your life, brought to you by the largest data broker in the #UnitedStates. #PleaseBoost #privacy #security #DataPrivacy #DataCollection #PersonalInformation
https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/request
consumer.risk.lexisnexis.comOrder Your Report Online - LexisNexis Risk Solutions Consumer Disclosure
Africa: Humanitarian Aid Depends On Good Data - What's Wrong With the Way It's Collected: [The Conversation Africa] The defunding of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), along with reductions in aid from the UK and elsewhere, raises questions about the continued collection of data that helps inform humanitarian efforts. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKkGc2 #HumanitarianAid #DataCollection #USAID #Africa #AidEffectiveness
ICYMI: Law firm CEO's analysis reveals TikTok's extensive data collection practices: Recent examination of platform's terms raises concerns across Europe as regulators intensify scrutiny. https://ppc.land/law-firm-ceos-analysis-reveals-tiktoks-extensive-data-collection-practices/ #TikTok #DataPrivacy #DataCollection #SocialMedia #Regulation
PPC Land · Law firm CEO's analysis reveals TikTok's extensive data collection practicesRecent examination of platform's terms raises concerns across Europe as regulators intensify scrutiny.
ICYMI: Law firm CEO's analysis reveals TikTok's extensive data collection practices https://ppc.land/law-firm-ceos-analysis-reveals-tiktoks-extensive-data-collection-practices/ #TikTok #DataPrivacy #DataCollection #SocialMedia #Regulation
#Windows10 is coming to an end. I won’t use #Windows11 or other #Microsoft products anymore. I really like #Linux (especially #ArchLinux). I don’t want to be told how or when to use my own #computer. I won’t accept #datacollection, forced accounts, or #cloud-only services. In the future, I’ll play all my #games on Linux too.
F*CK MICROSOFT! 
It's an astronomical amount of behavior #data that is being collected on you. Is the only option for payment that isn't tracked physical cash and #monero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA
US as a Surveillance State
Two essays were just published on DOGE’s data collection and agg... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/05/us-as-a-surveillance-state.html
Schneier on Security · US as a Surveillance State - Schneier on SecurityTwo essays were just published on DOGE’s data collection and aggregation, and how it ends with a modern surveillance state. It’s good to see this finally being talked about.
Windscribe Acquitted on Charges of Not Collecting Users’ Data
The company doesn’t keep logs, so couldn’t turn over data:
Windscribe, a globally used privacy-first VPN servic... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/windscribe-acquitted-on-charges-of-not-collecting-users-data.html
Schneier on Security · Windscribe Acquitted on Charges of Not Collecting Users' Data - Schneier on SecurityThe company doesn’t keep logs, so couldn’t turn over data: Windscribe, a globally used privacy-first VPN service, announced today that its founder, Yegor Sak, has been fully acquitted by a court in Athens, Greece, following a two-year legal battle in which Sak was personally charged in connection with an alleged internet offence by an unknown user of the service. The case centred around a Windscribe-owned server in Finland that was allegedly used to breach a system in Greece. Greek authorities, in cooperation with INTERPOL, traced the IP address to Windscribe’s infrastructure and, unlike standard international procedures, proceeded to initiate criminal proceedings against Sak himself, rather than pursuing information through standard corporate channels...
Rozmohl se nám tady takový nešvar. Tvůrci SW velice často chtějí sbírat data 
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@Koexel the biggest problem being that we can't guarantee statistics collected that will depict which focus groups that the ads actually reach.
Not only that, but largely people on #WebSocial are largely against #ads and #DataCollection - for good reason.
I have a solution, but it entails another walled garden - or that platforms can guarantee statistics gathering on a contractual basis.