Feb 13, 2026
@skeletor if you don't take action now, you'll settle for nothing later. If you settle for nothing now, you'll settle for nothing later
Feb 13, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.social/@lostminds_sw/116062835232230633Really impressed with Paragraphic. Runs on Linux as well as other platforms.
Feb 13, 2026
Yum.
Feb 13, 2026
For 30 years, Section 230 has protected online speech—from Wikipedia edits to Yelp reviews. We spoke with Yelp's Chief Legal Officer Aaron Schur about why weakening it would hurt consumers first. https://www.eff.org/pages/internet-still-works-yelp-protects-consumer-reviews
Feb 13, 2026
“Why shouldn’t you be able to ask for your own plate data?” EFF’s Dave Maass told Straight Arrow News, or "for data on the movements of city buses? If the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile is driving through town, is that really a big secret?” https://san.com/cc/arizona-legislation-would-block-release-of-license-plate-reader-data/
Feb 13, 2026
Age verification is here, and it's reshaping the internet -- now it's hit Discord. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/discord-voluntarily-pushes-mandatory-age-verification-despite-recent-data-breach
Feb 12, 2026
Even giant tech companies are made up of individual employees who mostly want to do the right thing. Resisting lawless ICE subpoenas is an easy place to start. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/open-letter-tech-companies-protect-your-users-lawless-dhs-subpoenas
Feb 12, 2026
Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for the PowerPort International Traveler Adapter. I do not know which countries use what outlets and chargers and I am refusing to do any research, so I will simply rely on this magic box that has all the holes and shapes.https://collabs.shop/vslcym
Feb 12, 2026
“The concept of an AI that predicts the future in terms of whether somebody is going to commit a crime is fundamentally problematic,” EFF’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews told FedScoop. https://fedscoop.com/justice-department-artificial-intelligence-ai-surveillance-inventory-predictive-technology-algorithm-bias/
Feb 12, 2026
Slowing the aging process by permanently traveling west.
Feb 12, 2026
From Flock cameras to fusion centers, “free” surveillance equipment funded by tech vendors, federal grants, and private donors locks cities into recurring costs and long-term data‑sharing, including with ICE. The end result is an erosion of our civil liberties. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/free-surveillance-tech-still-comes-high-and-dangerous-cost
Feb 12, 2026
They were basically reptilian sponges.
Feb 12, 2026
They limited the vaccination for shingles to age 60 in the Netherlands, because it's too expensive for the government to vaccinate younger people, before you could get it from 50I got mine last year, despite being younger, because herd immunity, getting vaccines is good for everyone around youAs I got my vaccine they said: "You know you're not in a risk group, you don't need to get this vaccine." It's the same thing they tell me when I get my COVID vaccination, flu they'll vaccinate me forGotta catch them allIedereen die 60 wordt kan straks vaccinatie tegen gordelroos krijgenhttps://nos.nl/artikel/2602120-iedereen-die-60-wordt-kan-straks-vaccinatie-tegen-gordelroos-krijgen
Feb 12, 2026
What's Certbot? It's EFF's free, open source tool for automatically using Let’s Encrypt certificates on millions of domains across the web. It's also part of a growing number of EFF technology projects designed to protect your freedom online. Help support this work today! https://supporters.eff.org/donate/certbot-welcome
Feb 12, 2026
Tax-funded surveillance systems have targeted people seeking abortions, protesters exercising First Amendment rights, and communities impacted by discriminatory policing. Find out how your community can push back at our livestream on 2/19 "Get the Flock Out of Our City." RSVP today at https://www.eff.org/livestream-flock.
Feb 12, 2026
For Valentine's Day John is going to compose a new love song while Chrissy goes to the park and feeds tin foil to ducks.
Feb 12, 2026
“I don't think there's a reliable way to get hold of a human,” EFF’s @cmcsherr told First Coast News. “All of the companies, for the most part, are highly automated. And they're that way on purpose.”https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/investigations/two-mothers-false-child-exploitation-claims-meta-st-johns-county/77-fa810f14-7c3d-428a-a6c5-b17e98f9673b
Feb 12, 2026
That blows my mind.