MUST READ Beginner's guide to Privacy http://defi0xjeff.substack.com/p/beginners-guide-to-privacy

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Your directory for European software, products and services. For enhanced privacy, quality, and a strong Europe. https://only-eu.eu/en/

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Most people know they have the right to request or delete their data under GDPR. Almost nobody actually does it. So I built a free, and open-source GDPR request generator to make it easier. All in browser. No data is shared. No account required. https://www.paperweight.email/resources/gdpr-generator

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Group Pushing Age Verification Requirements for AI Turns Out to Be Sneakily Backed by OpenAI https://gizmodo.com/group-pushing-age-verification-requirements-for-ai-turns-out-to-be-sneakily-backed-by-openai-2000741069

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New E2EE video chat from Proton https://proton.me/business/blog/introducing-proton-meet

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Japan protects children online very differently to the UK. (Shout out to red rose for the heads up - it was interesting.) While the UK Online Safety Act is driving biometric age verification and platform-based ID checks, Japan has taken another route: mobile carrier filtering enabled by default for under-18s, combined with parental control and digital literacy. There is no nationwide social media ban in Japan. Instead, age controls typically sit at the telecom/SIM registration layer rather than at individual platforms. In this video explained: • Japan's 2008 Youth Internet Environment framework   • How mobile carriers determine age at SIM registration   • Why filtering is enabled by default for minors   • The parental opt-out (waiver) mechanism   • The privacy trade-offs compared to UK-style age verification   This isn't "no regulation", it's a different regulatory architecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaHD9yLY1WY

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Got sick of Spotify blocking my VPN ("your location doesn't match your profile" blah blah fuck off) and rediscovered old school internet radio stations which I forgot were still a thing. No accounts, no blocks, just music 24/7. Love it. Meanwhile, I need to work on stockpiling MP3s again like it's 2003 and make my own goddamn Spotify. Stop streaming everything, save some media locally. When the grid goes down you'll still have tunes with solar power. Also sometimes shit just gets deleted from the cloud and if no one saves local copies anymore, that media is just gone forever. Hoard data like the endtimes are coming! A media library would be a nice companion to Project NOMAD.

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https://www.sambent.com/the-white-house-app-has-huawei-spyware-and-an-ice-tip-line/

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The solution is to switch to GrapheneOS which have stated that they will not comply. https://x.com/i/status/2038620787045806348

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Great comparison video of Framework v MacBook Neo repairability https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvYt1GgcsUI

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A Tennessee grandmother spent more than five months in jail after police used an AI facial recognition tool to link her to crimes committed in North Dakota – a state she says she’d never been to before. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/29/us/angela-lipps-ai-facial-recognition

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Framework represents the elements of technology that inspire me: Open source, program/custom-ability, and fully ownable through upgrades and repairs. This is why it's essential for security to also be at the highest level. > A Framework laptop can be hardened well • Qubes OS is mentioned for compartmentalization. • How does Fedora compare to macOS and the Secure Enclave that Sooraj mentioned? [1] • Fedora Framework hardware compatibility is an advantage for ease of use. [2] > Framework’s weakness remains firmware update maturity Does choosing an AMD Ryzen processor version solve this with the Intel issue mentioned or is it more of a Framework update concern? 🔗🔽 https://x.com/iAnonymous3000/status/2036073615720923440

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White House App Found Tracking Users' Exact Location Every 4.5 Minutes via Third-Party Server. The app requests access to precise user locations, biometric fingerprint scanners, and internal storage modification. https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/white-house-app-gps-tracking-controversy-1788974

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Tails 7.6 ships automatic Tor bridge retrieval and a new password manager Tails 7.6 is out, and for users operating on networks that block Tor, the most consequential addition is built-in bridge retrieval. The Tor Connection assistant can now detect when a direct connection to Tor is restricted and automatically request bridges suited to the user's region. The request goes through the Tor Project's Moat API, and the connection to that API is disguised via domain fronting, making it appear as traffic to an ordinary website. Previously, users on censored networks had to obtain bridges manually and enter them by hand. https://tails.net/doc/upgrade/index.en.html#manual

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It blows my mind that in the middle of a world war, with the US government captured by surveillance tech corporations and AI data vacuums, that demand for privacy coins continues to fall, and most crypto transactions happen on publicly visible ledgers controlled by US corporations. What’s more, the transactions on those chains are only a tiny fraction of overall money movement, almost all of which happens in fiat currencies via extremely centralized, permissioned, and surveilled rails, like credit cards, fintech (PayPal, zelle, Wise), and traditional banks.

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