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#surveillance

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Charlie McHenry

So #Trump buddy and elderly #techbro Larry Ellison, Oracle co-founder and billionaire, will have a major role in the new #TikTok - and that’s a worry. Here’s why:

Ellison has…grandiose ambitions, among them the belief that humanity would greatly benefit from a surveillance society governed by an all-seeing system of artificial intelligence. "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on," he said during a question-and-answer session with Oracle investors last year. "It’s unimpeachable."
Ellison's enthusiasm for AI is self-serving. A society oriented around centralized databases and immense computing demands would mean more work for Oracle.
Ellison has a lengthy history of advocating for government surveillance. "By sharing your personal data, there are enormous benefits both to you individually and to the society as a whole," he said. —Oligarch Watch Newsletter #SocialMedia #surveillance #SurveillanceState #oracle #oligarchy #billionaires

Tracy Rosenberg

"Ellison has larger ambitions, among them the belief that humanity would greatly benefit from a #surveillance society governed by an all-seeing system of artificial intelligence. "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on," he said during a question-and-answer session with #Oracle investors last year. "It’s unimpeachable."

DoomsdaysCW

#MIT Professor Cancels #Israeli Military Grant After Student Pressure

“This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,” one student said. "These ties cannot survive transparency."

by Akela Lacy
September 22 2025, 9:09 a.m.

"#ProPalestine student #activists across the country have struggled to get their universities to respond to pressure for divestment from Israel and its military–industrial complex.

"So when a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology withdrew from a grant from the Israeli military after hearing feedback from students protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza, it was especially welcome news.

" 'This is one of the only cases where we know that student activism and public pressure led directly to an Israeli tie being cut, let alone a collaboration with its genocidal military,' said Mila Halgren, a postdoctoral associate at MIT. (The university did not respond to a request for comment.)

"MIT has come under internal and public scrutiny for conducting research on #warfare technology sponsored by #Israel. In July, the United Nations condemned the school for conducting 'weapons and #surveillance research funded by the Israeli ministry of defense — the only foreign military financing research at the institute.'

"That research included projects on drone swarm control — technology which the Israeli military has used during its siege on #Gaza — pursuit algorithms, and #UnderwaterSurveillance.

"Markus Buehler, a professor in the civil engineering department, withdrew the grant earlier this summer shortly after a student pro-Palestine group publicized it on Instagram.

" 'This concession shows that student campaigns do have an influence,' Halgren said. 'It also shows that these ties cannot survive #transparency and #PublicAwareness. Student action is not meaningless; despite increased repression, it is more important than ever to resist #genocide.”

Read more:
theintercept.com/2025/09/22/mi

Archived version:
archive.ph/sO9UF

The Intercept · MIT Professor Cancels Israeli Military Grant After Student PressureBy Akela Lacy
#ResistGenocide#IsraeliWarCrimes#FreePalestine
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Nonilex

The conference draws >100 foreign leaders & their staffs and has been described as the Super Bowl of #spy games. The scale of the equipment discovered suggests the network could be part of a nation’s #surveillance operation, experts said.

Initial analysis of the data on some of the SIM cards has identified ties to at least one #ForeignNation, as well as links to #criminals already known to US law enforcement, including #cartel members, #SecretService officials told reporters.

#NationalSecurity
Judith Zoë
Time to wrap it up 🌀

In this final episode, I share the most important insights and learnings I have gained by starting The Digital Period.

After all these conversations, what does it mean to not have all the answers…but to keep asking better questions? 🤔

In this closing reflection, I look back on the whole season and offer one final thought: humility is essential. This is especially true as we continue to critically realign ourselves in a world with dynamic, ever-evolving technology.

➡️Stream the epilogue now through the link in bio!
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#TheDigitalPeriod #Autonomy #FeministTech #DataPrivacy #PeriodApps #Podcast #Podcasting #Privacy #Technology #Philosophy #Data #Menstruation #Digital #DataProtection #Surveillance
#surveillance
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

How #China’s #Propaganda and #Surveillance Systems Really Operate
Leaked documents have pulled back curtain on how digital #censorship tools are being marketed and exported globally. #GeedgeNetworks sells what amounts to a commercialized “#GreatFirewall” to at least Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Myanmar. The groundbreaking leak shows in granular detail the capabilities this company has to monitor, intercept, and hack internet traffic.
wired.com/story/made-in-china-
archive.ph/sz63S

WIRED · How China’s Propaganda and Surveillance Systems Really OperateBy Zeyi Yang
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AI6YR Ben

"...Previous news reports said the drones sent by the Department of Homeland Security conducted surveillance on the weekend of June 7 over thousands of protesters demonstrating against raids conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Predators flew over Los Angeles for at least four more days, according to tracking experts who identified the flights through air traffic control tower communications and images of a Predator in flight...."

#surveillance#aviation#privacy
Paria sans portefeuille

"[A]ll of this has been helped by the massive entanglement of the U.S. and Israeli military-tech complex—a longstanding economic relationship that Trump has not invented whole cloth. The late twentieth century’s steady supply of tanks and Uzis morphed into a twenty-first-century exchange of predator drones, facial recognition algorithms, and, now, #spyware."

bostonreview.net/articles/the-
#ParagonSolutions #surveillance #surveillanceTech #tech #BigTech #Israel #ICE #USpol #stateRepression

h o ʍ l e t t

→ Amnesty Calls for States to “Pull the Plug” on Economy Backing Israel’s #Genocide
truthout.org/articles/amnesty-

“Firms like #Palantir have provided key services supporting Israeli forces’ slaughter of Palestinians”

“Palantir […] is a supplier of #AI products and services that #Israel is using as part of its vast #surveillance and data collection network across #Gaza. The company has a strategic partnership with the Israeli military to "significantly aid in support of #war-related missions."”

Displaced Palestinians gather in front of the rubble of a building, leveled in an overnight Israeli strike that also damages the surrounding tents used as temporary shelters, in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, on September 15, 2025.
Truthout · Amnesty Calls for States to “Pull the Plug” on Economy Backing Israel’s GenocideFirms like Palantir have provided key services supporting Israeli forces’ slaughter of Palestinians, the group said.
Schneier on Security RSS

Details About Chinese Surveillance and Propaganda Companies

Details from leaked documents:
While people often look at China’s Great Firewall as a single, all-powerful government syste... schneier.com/blog/archives/202

Schneier on Security · Details About Chinese Surveillance and Propaganda Companies - Schneier on SecurityDetails from leaked documents: While people often look at China’s Great Firewall as a single, all-powerful government system unique to China, the actual process of developing and maintaining it works the same way as surveillance technology in the West. Geedge collaborates with academic institutions on research and development, adapts its business strategy to fit different clients’ needs, and even repurposes leftover infrastructure from its competitors. […] The parallels with the West are hard to miss. A number of American surveillance and propaganda firms also started as academic projects before they were spun out into startups and grew by chasing government contracts. The difference is that in China, these companies operate with far less transparency. Their work comes to light only when a trove of documents slips onto the internet...
#Uncategorized#surveillance#censorship
François

Finally deleted the DB Navigator App from my phone.

digitalcourage.de/db-tracking

Already had the DeutschlandTicket as a physical card. Next, I managed to download my BahnCard 25 as a PDF ("BahnCard-Ersatzdokument") and made a "Shortcut" on the phone's home screen which directly opens the PDF 🥳

DigitalcourageDB Schnüffel-Navigator | DigitalcourageDie Bahn-App „DB Navigator” ist voll mit Trackern, die uns überwachen. Digitalcourage klagt dagegen. Denn wir wollen Bahn fahren – nicht Daten liefern
#DeutscheBahn#DigitalCourage#surveillance
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