The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/fccs-spam-call-proposal-just-data-collection-scheme

https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/116806503842688157

Seems to be a pattern with Peter Thiel companies leaving sensitive user data out in the open.

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Mandatory Apple Intelligence
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/06/19/mandatory-apple-intelligence/ #mjtsaiblog

Your #medical provider might be recording your #MentalHealth care visits

https://themarkup.org/privacy/2026/06/16/your-medical-provider-might-be-recording-your-mental-health-care-visits

#healthcare #privacy #AI

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At least 3 gay bars in the historic LGBTQ+ district in San Francisco are using face scan tech, often without patrons knowing.

This data collection, especially as Trump admin are pushing to generate ‘lists’ of trans people, is highly dangerous.

https://gomag.com/article/san-francisco-gay-bars-are-scanning-patrons-faces-and-collecting-their-data/

“This subreddit exists to create a space where therapists can help therapists through both the logistical and emotional aspects of practice ownership outside of VC platforms.”

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeavingThePlatforms/

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“…a community for psychotherapists who are considering, planning, or actively transitioning away from venture capital-backed therapy platforms such as Headway, Alma, Grow Therapy, Rula, SonderMind, and similar services.”

Continued in next post…

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The proposed change would drastically shake up how people obtain phone plans in the U.S., and have all sorts of privacy and cybersecurity knock-on effects. https://www.404media.co/fcc-wants-to-kill-burner-phones-by-forcing-telecoms-to-get-all-customers-ids/

New by me for Amateur Photographer: In my opinion, Apple is about to take a dangerous step towards fake photography – here’s why https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/opinion/in-my-opinion-apple-is-about-to-take-a-very-dangerous-step-towards-fake-photography-heres-why/

#fastmail would be a better competitor against Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 with a few changes.

1. Give admins control over requiring 2FA for users, as well as which methods of 2FA are allowed.

2. Give admins control over if users can set up account recovery, and what methods they can use if allowed such as not allowing recovery by phone.

It also wouldn’t hurt to fix that moving a message to the spam folder should train the spam filter. https://mastodon.social/@ridogi/114740682281274010

Our statement on the UK government’s demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the country be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification and content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all.

https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf

Thanks a lot for downloading Loupe. It's now ranked 3rd in its category across many countries 🤩

the easier parental digital surveillance gets, the more i worry about queer and trans kids

New: we've obtained a DHS document outlining ICE's plan to give potentially more than a thousand local law enforcement agencies a facial recognition app that would query a database of hundreds of millions of images to verify someone’s immigration status

https://www.404media.co/ices-plan-to-let-cops-around-the-country-scan-faces-to-verify-immigration-status/

Rights exist so that you do not have to argue every time for the legitimacy of your everyday freedoms. Without an explicit right to your opacity, the rights you do already have can be called into question.

https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/2026/06/01/no-right-to-remain-silent-negative-rights-in-a-positive-rights-world/

#PrivacyGuides #privacy

If you know anything about the potential extension of the exemption for next year or what may be required if it isn’t extended please reply here or message me.

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Persona = Surveillance

https://cybernews.com/privacy/persona-leak-exposes-global-surveillance-capabilities/

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And risk number three from the same:

“If the unnamed biometric vendor suffers a breach during the processing window before deletion completes, Headway faces HIPAA notification obligations and reputational damage tied directly to patient mental health records.”

(Note that the vendor is not unnamed—it is Persona)

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Risk number two from above article:

“Patients with trauma histories, immigration concerns, or disabilities who cannot safely submit facial scans lose access to mental health care, creating potential ADA disparate-impact liability for Headway.”

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