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Today October 21st is
Global Encryption Day! 🔒🎉

This is a good time to remember that encryption is essential to online security and digital privacy.

Despite some governments pushing hard to weaken it, we must remind them that we all need encryption, and especially end-to-end encryption, to stay safe online 💚

Privacy is a human right
and end-to-end encryption is one of the best tool we have to enforce that right.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/

#GlobalEncryptionDay #Encryption #E2EE #Privacy #RootForE2EE

I want tech that helps humans.
Not tech that exploits humans.

#Tech

Trust is always revocable.

If you liked a product or piece of software, and it becomes worse, changes the conditions, adds spying functions, you can change your mind and stop trusting and using it.

You should always re-adjust your judgment when receiving new information.

This is applicable to products, platforms, companies, political parties, and people.

#Tech #Trust #Consent

If you want to be part of The Resistance,
it will cost you your smart speaker, your Ring doorbell, your smart glasses, and your AI assistants.

Mass surveillance is incompatible with revolution. Get rid of it.

#BeTheResistance #Privacy #MassSurveillance

If every country starts requiring that people provide official ID in order to "verify their age" to use social media, there will be no way to use any social media without associating the account with a legal identity.

This is horrible for democracy,
and should terrify everyone.

It doesn't matter if platforms use third-parties or not. It doesn't matter if they use some special encrypted code, the result is the same. This gatekeeps open discussions and government criticisms free from reprisals.

This is bad.
This is China "free-speech" bad.

#Democracy #AgeVerification #Privacy

@evan Oh! I will listen to it! Thanks for the recommendation! 💚

One of the things I like the most about Star Wars (movies and shows) is buttons.
Buttons you can touch and push.
All tech has buttons

People control the tech pushing buttons, pulling levers, inserting blocks, and the tech does what they need.

Oh, and the fight against fascism.
I like that part the most too.
Fighting fascism and tech with buttons

#StarWars

Even if Germany opposes Chat Control on October 14th, this is still only a blocking minority. If your country is still undecided or is supporting Chat Control, keep the pressure on! 💪🇪🇺

👉 Use this tool to contact your MEPs: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

📰 Contact your local media

🗣️ Keep talking about it on social media!

Let's change this blocking minority into a blocking majority! ✊🔒

#ChatControl #Privacy #EUpol #HumanRights #Democracy

Fighting for privacy rights is fighting against fascism. In case there were any doubts that mass surveillance is a fascist's tool.

Privacy isn't some secondary luxury, it's fundamental to democracy and civil liberties.

#Privacy #Democracy #Fascism

There will be some negative consequences and some efforts required to leave certain platforms in protest, to stop using AI tools, and to participate in movements opposing injustices. Yes. It does come at a cost.

But many forget that the cost of complying obediently, the cost of doing nothing, the cost of passivity will be much worse in the end.

It's exhausting, I know.
It's inconvenient, I know.
It's time-consuming, I know.
But doing nothing is so much worse.

#BeTheResistance

If you let AI feed you all the answers, then you are letting whomever control this AI decides of everything you learn (or never learn).

That people somehow still trust these tools, and what this means for the future of democracy, frightens me to my core.

#NoAI #Democracy #NoToOligarchy

@_elena I don't understand either. I don't understand how they are legal anywhere.

It seems to go against so many laws, and I guess because there's the words "AI" and "smart" in it, nobody cares? I think we should bring this to the attention of our data protection authorities. We should get Ray-Ban banned!

If you even just think about buying Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses that record everyone around you without consent,
I will judge you as a creep, and avoid and report you like I do with other creeps.

Don't. Record. People. Without. Consent.

#Privacy #Consent #Meta #RayBan

Canada Post, hospitals, and schools aren't (or shouldn't be) private businesses, they are public services. They don't need to make profits or break even, and they should be supported by public funding.

However, oil, gas, and AI companies are private for-profit businesses. They shouldn't receive any public funding.

Stop this madness.

#CanPoli #CanadaPost

@andypiper Wow!🤩

I know there's a general "cause fatigue" with the current state of the world, and I feel it too.

But in my years working in privacy,
I don't think I've seen anything as terrifying as this European Chat Control proposal. And I'm not even European.

Everyone needs to pay
much more attention and be much more worried and outraged about this.

This proposal is the most dystopian glimpse into a horrible authoritarian future I have seen so far in the West.

It looks dismal, but we can still stop it
if we all work TOGETHER NOW ✊

There isn't much time left though,
so don't put it to next week.

Democracy dies in silence.

• Everyone: Learn more here
• Everyone: Spread the word on social media
• Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your local media NOW
• Europeans 🇪🇺 Contact your MEPs NOW

The final vote is on October 14th,
but media and representatives need to receive your messages NOW, so they have enough time to act on it.

#ChatControl #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #StopScanningMe #EUpol #UKpol #USpol #CanPoli

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Step 3: Non-profit 💚

Privacy Guides needs your help
to keep fighting for your privacy rights!

If you can afford it,
we would greatly appreciate your financial support.

Here's how you can support @privacyguides :

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Thank you to our incredible community for your support, we couldn't be here without you 💛

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #NonProfit #Donation #Support #Charity

If you've heard of Tor lately but
aren't sure how it works and how it can help you to stay safe,

I wrote this article explaining how Tor works, who it is for, and how it can help you in a very accessible way.

No technical knowledge needed.
I hope this helps you to stay safe 💜

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/

#Privacy #Safety #Tor

If you think it doesn't matter now because something isn't dangerous for you now,
Please consider:

1. This isn't just about you.
2. You might be able to help others.
3. This may happen to you later.
4. Really, this isn't just about you, try to help instead of draining other's efforts.

Solidarity is key to liberty.

Prepare your Tails in advance, you might need it soon.

#Privacy #Safety