The Rights Reboot 👾

LaLiga profits. Rightsholders profit. ISPs avoid liability. Who pays? Users who can’t access security cameras. Small businesses with broken remote access. Network engineers spending hours on workarounds. All collateral damage in someone else’s profit dispute.

When users contacted Digi, Movistar, Vodafone about broken WireGuard VPN connections, ISPs claimed “no technical issues found” while actively poisoning DNS queries. They’re gaslighting customers to avoid admitting court-ordered sabotage.

Spain’s ISPs are blocking DDNS services under sealed court orders. No warnings. No explanations. No appeals. Just broken infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of users trying to access their own damn servers.

ISP Blocking of No-IP's Dynamic DNS Enters Week 2 * TorrentFreak Spanish ISPs blocked No-IP's dynamic DNS service over a week ago. For local users, artificial disruptions like these are part of everyday life.

Let’s be clear about what’s happening… ISPs are redirecting ddns.net to 127.0.0.1

It’s DNS poisoning as official policy. They’re deliberately breaking legitimate network infrastructure to target piracy sites they won’t even name. As a network engineer, this is architectural sabotage.

Heading to a No Kings protest today? Protect yourself and your data. @eff.org's guide covers device encryption, disabling biometrics, removing photo metadata, and what to do if arrested. Stay safe out there.

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#NoKings #DigitalSecurity

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Thank you to everyone who followed recently. I am hoping to grow this into something eventually, maybe a podcast. Right now I just want to share all the bullshit happening in the digital space so more people can hopefully be aware of it.

A GOP attack ad deepfakes Chuck Schumer with AI The 30-second video from the National Republican Senatorial Committee is raising alarms among many observers who warn it crosses a new boundary in politics and could unleash a flood of AI-generated…

The NRSC just deepfaked Chuck Schumer for a campaign ad. They fabricated video of a Senator’s face saying words for political attacks. Tiny AI disclaimer in corner. This is your 2026 midterms. Welcome to hell. #AIRegulation #Deepfakes #DigitalRights

Search the Data Documenting Police Tech in Our Communities with Open Source Research

The Electronic Frontier Foundation maintains the Atlas of Surveillance, a searchable database tracking police surveillance technology including Flock cameras by city, county, and agency across the U.S. You can search by your location or leave it blank to browse the entire country.

#DigitalRights #TechPolicy #Privacy #Surveillance #RightToRepair #BigTech #ConsumerRights #Ring #Amazon #PrivacyMatters #DataPrivacy #Cybersecurity #EFF

Ring users: Settings → Neighbors → Feed Settings → TURN OFF Community Requests. Right now. Then tell 5 people to do the same. @eff.org is tracking this. @404media.co broke the ICE connection. They’re betting you’ll stay opted-in by default. Prove them wrong.

Ring Expands Community Requests to Additional Community Safety Partners - The Ring Blog Ring’s mission is all about making neighborhoods safer. Earlier this year, we told you about Community Requests—a feature that enables customers to respond to requests for help from local public safet...

#Ring just announced they’re partnering with #Flock Safety to pipeline your doorbell footage directly to police. You know, Flock.. the company that’s been caught letting #ICE track vehicles without warrants. They promised to stop warrantless requests in 2024. That lasted exactly 9 months…

#DigitalRights #Privacy #TechPolicy #BigTech #DataPrivacy #Meta #Facebook #AIRegulation #ConsumerRights

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What to do: Disable it NOW. Some users report these settings enabled by DEFAULT without consent. Go to Settings > Camera roll sharing suggestions. Toggle OFF both options. Then go to your phone’s settings and revoke Facebook’s camera access completely. Don’t trust the opt-in.

Who profits? Meta. Every photo you share after AI editing becomes training data for their models. Your face, your kids’ faces, your friends who never consented, all analyzed, stored, shared with third parties under “their own privacy policies.” Zero control once it’s uploaded.

Because declining engagement is killing their ad revenue. People post 40% less personal content than 2019. So Meta’s solution? Scan your private camera roll, find “hidden gems” buried with your bank statements & medical records, edit them with AI, then nudge you to post.

Why does Facebook need access to photos you specifically chose NOT to share?

FSF announces Librephone project — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software "Forty years ago, when the FSF was founded, our focus was on providing an operating system people could use on desktop and server computers in freedom. Times have changed, technology has progressed, but our commitment to freedom hasn't," said Zoë Kooyman, executive director of the FSF. "A lot of work has been done in mobile phone freedom over the years that we'll be building on. The FSF is now ready to do what is necessary to bring freedom to cell phone users. Given the complexity of the devices, this work will take time, but we're used to playing the long game."

FSF hired Rob Savoye to lead LibrePhone. They’re reverse-engineering the blobs Qualcomm & others refuse to document. This will take YEARS and serious funding. Chip makers are counting on you doing nothing. Donate at fsf.org or contribute code. Prove them wrong.

Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is “broad censorship regime” Texas app law compared to checking IDs at bookstores and shopping malls.

Let’s be clear about what age verification requires: EVERY user to submit government IDs, biometric data, or credit cards to third-party servers. Discord’s vendor got breached in Sept, exposing passports and licenses. This is mass surveillance infrastructure. #DigitalRights #Privacy #DataPrivacy

Amazon’s Ring now works with video surveillance company Flock The partnership allows police agencies who use Flock software to request footage from Ring users in the Neighbors app.

#Amazon #Ring just partnered with #Flock Safety to create a surveillance pipeline from your doorbell straight to police databases, including ICE, Secret Service & Navy. Same day as the announcement, @404media.co exposed Flock’s fed access. They’re not even hiding it anymore.

Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap? Cory Doctorow’s theory of “enshittification” explains how tech platforms rot from within. As AI grows more profitable—and powerful—it risks the same fate.

Let’s be clear about what’s happening. AI costs hundreds of billions to build. Only a handful of companies can afford it. Once you’re locked in, they WILL recoup costs by degrading service. This isn’t accident (it’s monopoly economics). These pressures are designed to extract value from YOU.

Unions sue Trump administration over social media 'surveillance' program The lawsuit filed Thursday is the latest of several challenges to the Trump administration’s screening of visa holders’ social media activity.

Remember when they said collecting social media handles was just for “vetting”? Now they’re using AI to monitor millions of lawful residents, threatening deportation for speech. State Dept bragged on X about revoking visas. They’re not hiding it.

#Privacy #Surveillance #MassSurveillance

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After years building networks, I’ve seen how these systems work. When Apple bricks your phone for third-party parts or Meta hoovers your data, that’s not a bug. It’s the business model. They’re betting you won’t understand the technical details. I’ll explain how you’re being screwed.