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CET If your website is #AntiPrivacy, your website has #JSNakedDay all year long
I’ve compiled an A-Z field manual specifically for people who use their voice to challenge power—especially on social media. It’s written for activists, organizers, journalists, and anyone who has reason to believe they might be on someone’s watchlist. Not theory—just facts, tools, tactics, and what you’re really up against.
If you use your phone to speak truth, understand this:
Your phone might already be speaking back—for them.
https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Activists-Watermelon-Book-Condor/dp/B0F5NKC8Y5/
Stay alert. Stay encrypted. Stay dangerous.
#SurveillanceState #Cellebrite #NoviSpy #ZeroDayExploit #DataPrivacy #ActivistsUnderAttack #PrivacyMatters #DigitalSecurity #EndTheCreep #Totalitarianism #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #TechForGood #KnowYourRights #StaySafe #PhoneHacking #Spyware #ZeroDay #Resistance #ProtectYourData
Cybersecurity for Activists
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5NKC8Y5
International Link: https://mybook.to/opsec
If you use your phone to speak truth, understand this:
Your phone might already be speaking back—for them.
https://www.amazon.com/Cybersecurity-Activists-Watermelon-Book-Condor/dp/B0F5NKC8Y5/
Stay alert. Stay encrypted. Stay dangerous.
#SurveillanceState #Cellebrite #NoviSpy #ZeroDayExploit #DataPrivacy #ActivistsUnderAttack #PrivacyMatters #DigitalSecurity #EndTheCreep #Totalitarianism #SurveillanceCapitalism #DigitalRights #TechForGood #KnowYourRights #StaySafe #PhoneHacking #Spyware #ZeroDay #Resistance #ProtectYourData
Cybersecurity for Activists
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5NKC8Y5
International Link: https://mybook.to/opsec
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(he / they) @AnarresProject hi, this link has a Facebook tracker embedded in the URL (the "fbclid" part)
when sharing links, anything after the question mark is typically a means to track every instance a link is clicked and build social graphs—a web of connections to visualize how a link is shared, who has the most influence, and who is connected to whom. this is particularly dangerous to movement organizers...
The Safe Part to Share:
https:// www.npr. org/2025/04/22/nx-s1-5340753/trump-democracy-authoritarianism-competive-survey-political-scientist
The Dangerous Part to Delete:
?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ0_uRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBjcmlkETFmS2ZwaiRITXZxT25Ecll6AR5E70dsQWFr72OlJM8ADBoV0vs0Cry2XWtwQspXfib5pJuP_Hcfk0FfszQGkQ_aem_sLS7IExVbDrVemWNjRMd5A
pass it along to keep others safer out there!
Interested in opting-out of data-harvesting big tech?
For research and real world experiences, the Opt-Out Project is an excellent resource.
https://www.optoutproject.net/
www.optoutproject.netThe Opt Out Project
The term 'metadata' is an inaccurate description of behavioural surplus and helps to downplay the severity of the large-scale incursion on our privacy.
https://theprivacydad.com/why-the-term-metadata-is-not-helpful-in-discussions-around-privacy/
Welcome to The Privacy Dad's Blog!Why the Term 'Metadata' Is not Helpful in Discussions Around PrivacyThe term 'metadata' is an inaccurate description of behavioural surplus and helps to downplay the severity of the large-scale incursion on our privacy.
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You have the power to #StopStalkerAds.
Meta recently settled a case brought by Tanya O’Carroll, conceding that she has the right to object to her personal information being used for targeted advertising.
You can too. Use our tool to exercise your right to opt-out of this toxic advertising model 
Open Rights GroupMeta opt-outIn March 2025, there was a huge victory for your data rights! Meta settled a four year court case with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. She had taken legal action to force the social media giant to stop collecting and processing her personal data for advertising purposes. Meta have agreed to stop profiling Tanya – and now it’s your turn to say no to stalker ads! If you use any Meta products – Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest or VR, Threads or WhatsApp – you can use our tool to request that they no longer collect or process your data for advertising.
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Meta sells ads that promote disinformation, fraud and division using your personal information.
Our report reveals the ways in which surveillance-based advertising both violates users’ privacy and causes harm. Meta profits at your expense.
Find out more
Open Rights GroupBad Ads: Targeted Disinformation, Division and Fraud on Meta’s PlatformsRead ORG’s report about Meta’s targeted disinformation, division and fraud on Meta’s platforms
Executive Summary
This report lays out clear evidence of how Meta enables bad actors to use its targeted advertising system to manipulate elections, spread disinformation, fuel division, and facilitate fraud.
Missed our webinar on Meta targeted advertising?
You can catch up now on YouTube!
Hear from our expert panel about your right to object to stalker ads and our new report on how Meta’s advertising model enables disinformation and fraud.
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I started a #nonprofit to help people change away from #bigtech products, and weaken #surveillancecapitalism -
www.rebeltechalliance.org
There's a Learn section to help people understand the problem, including refutations to the most common objections, and an Alternatives section for privacy-respecting alts to big tech.
I hope it is useful for you, and please share with friends and family that you are helping to leave big tech 
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Bad ads aren’t just a failure of Meta to moderate content.
It’s a feature of their surveillance capitalism model that harvests your personal data and tracks your activity.
But you can say no to being profiled for ad sales!
Use our tool to #StopStalkerAds (UK residents)
Open Rights GroupMeta opt-outIn March 2025, there was a huge victory for your data rights! Meta settled a four year court case with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. She had taken legal action to force the social media giant to stop collecting and processing her personal data for advertising purposes. Meta have agreed to stop profiling Tanya – and now it’s your turn to say no to stalker ads! If you use any Meta products – Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest or VR, Threads or WhatsApp – you can use our tool to request that they no longer collect or process your data for advertising.
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Meta’s business model is built on profiling users by harvesting personal and behavioural data.
There's no effective opt-out of surveillance and targeting for users to protect themselves from harms.
Users must have a clear and explicit OPT-IN option for targeted advertising.
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Meta’s moderation relies heavily on users reporting bad ads once they're up and running.
The largely automated approval process and lax moderation enable targeted disinformation and harm.
Meta must expand resourcing for pre-publication ad moderation to stop bad ads BEFORE they reach users.
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Meta’s ad system lacks transparency about the profiled targeting categories that advertisers choose.
This facilitates bad ads and prevents scrutiny of disinformation, fraud and manipulation.
Meta must be required to publish how ads are targeted in its public Ad Library.
This week ORG published a report into how Meta enables bad actors to use its targeted advertising system.
By profiling users based on their personal data, Meta supports the promotion ‘bad ads’ that mislead, divide, and undermine democracy on its platforms.
Read more
Open Rights GroupBad Ads: Targeted Disinformation, Division and Fraud on Meta’s PlatformsRead ORG’s report about Meta’s targeted disinformation, division and fraud on Meta’s platforms
Executive Summary
This report lays out clear evidence of how Meta enables bad actors to use its targeted advertising system to manipulate elections, spread disinformation, fuel division, and facilitate fraud.
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@InfoSecSherpa
Can we, the ordinary citizens of the EU buy this?
**NO!**, we need to monitor your every move. Think about the children.
#surveillancecapitalism
#NowReading: How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism
by Cory Doctorow
A tour of the last 30 years of #DigitalRights battles & the history of American monopoly - and where the two intersect. Through a deeply compelling & highly readable narrative, #Doctorow makes the case for breaking up Google, Facebook, Amazon, & Apple as a means of ending #SurveillanceCapitalism
Find a copy at your local #library or read it online:
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24243008W/How_to_Destroy_Surveillance_Capitalism?edition=key%3A/books/OL46610513M
Seriously, these people just read @pluralistic for business venture ideas. A lot of this has been around, family member used IMSI based tracking with subpoenas for a long time, but seeing these echoes of more high tech things exposed is another matter.
https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/
404 Media · This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for CopsMassive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
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