Em :official_verified:

Public interest technologist and digital rights activist, with a focus on privacy rights, privacy laws, and privacy technologies.

I'm a consultant, writer, researcher, advocate, programmer, and designer (from a previous career).

Spending most days writing, reading, and talking about privacy.

Member of the @lockdownsystems collective 🐢

Previously 🔒
Journalist + Activism & Outreach Lead at @privacyguides

Currently 👇
Available for a new remote opportunity!

Located in Canada 🇨🇦
She/Her 🏳️‍🌈

Privacy tips: #TinyPrivacyTip
Mastodon tips: #TinyMastodonTip
Other hashtags I talk about:
#DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #Security #FOSS #OpenSource #NoAI

Secondary accounts (don't contact me there):
🐘 infosec.space/@Em0nM4stodon
🐘 mastodon.social/@Em0nM4stodon

#nobridge #nobot #nobots #noai #noindex #nosearch #noarchive #fedi22

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Last Notes

2026-08-05 10:33:14 UTC

Be kind to your friends. Give them compliments regularly. Make them feel valued and loved.
We all need this, especially right now 💚

2026-08-04 17:14:37 UTC

The minimum wage should be tied in percentage to the maximum rent allowed for a one-bedroom apartment.
Someone working full-time should be able to cover all their minimal living expenses with their wage. It's social insanity that this isn't the case anymore in many places around the world.

2026-08-01 18:32:44 UTC

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@nprofile…a2a9 Well, if I could, then I would have to report them for infringement of privacy laws. But I did test it at the time, and no I couldn't log back again.

2026-08-01 18:22:28 UTC

Deleting my Facebook and Twitter accounts is still one of the best things I've ever done.
10/10 Highly recommend.
#DeleteTwitter #DeleteX #DeleteFacebook

2026-08-01 15:50:26 UTC

A software program doesn't "go rogue,"
it's just a poorly coded program with lots of bugs and security vulnerabilities produced by human carelessness.
Yes, I'm talking about AI.
#NoAI

2026-07-31 17:31:44 UTC

I'm very tired of capitalism.
Very.

2026-07-30 17:22:03 UTC

What is your favourite piece of software that you use daily on your desktop or mobile device?

2026-07-30 16:55:17 UTC

Sometimes, I see articles or comments that are critical about AI technologies, yet still use an AI-generated image for cover.
Why do this? Don't you see this removes all the credibility you might have had? Why?
#NoAI

2026-07-30 16:43:29 UTC

Do you know a good hosting service that hasn't gone all AI-bananas, offers hosting packages for multiple websites, and has server locations based in Europe?
#AskFedi #NoAI #Hosting

2026-07-29 01:41:26 UTC

The idea of trying to replace human labour without first having put in place some system of universal living income is truly foolish.
Only a billionaire could come up with such a stupid idea.
#NoAI #LabourRights

2026-07-28 19:11:34 UTC

People think a lot about the output they get from AI tools and chatbots.
But they don't think enough about the input they give to the AI tools and chatbots.
Your input is very likely collected, tagged, evaluated, shared, and reused. Every word, every image, every line of code, every data points you share with them, knowingly or unknowingly.
You're not using them.
They're using you.
#NoAI #Privacy #DigitalRights #MassSurveillance

2026-07-27 17:53:47 UTC

I will obstinately keep talking to my computer and search engines using only keywords.
I love my puter, and yes I gave it a name, but it's still just a machine.
Anthropomorphizing machines and programs was kind of a cute game... until people started to believe it in recent years.
Now, it's dangerous.
#NoAI

2026-07-27 17:08:58 UTC

If you don't trust AI and AI's accuracy, then why would you trust an AI "AI-detector" 🤨
Turns out, AI is horrible also at detecting AI. And this is once again an AI "solution" that creates much more damage than benefits. Please stop this nonsense.
#NoAI #AIDetector

2026-07-21 20:46:02 UTC

I am very tired of all the tech companies embracing dystopian surveillance, overhyped AI, authoritarianism and fascism.
Which tech company do you know that hasn't?
#Tech #DigitalRights #HumanRights #NoAI #Privacy #Surveillance #Fascism

2026-07-21 06:22:11 UTC

If we want to keep a civilized society with democracy and human rights, we must all work much harder denormalized the surveillance that has been banalized and implemented everywhere around us.
#Privacy #Democracy #NormalizedSurveillance

2026-07-19 17:50:30 UTC

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@nprofile…5hgp Yes but, it's also fine if people don't want to share where they are located. For individual profiles, it can be a matter of privacy. For service websites selling a product, it isn't.

2026-07-19 17:37:54 UTC

I know a service is located in the United-States when there aren't any specifications of currency in pricing, and almost nothing mentions where they are located on the website 🫣
People speak English and use dollars outside the US my American friends. Please try to keep us in mind.
#Localization #US

2026-07-18 18:56:50 UTC

Today is #Caturday!
Do not forget to pay the Fediverse Cat Tax!
:ablobcatpopcorn:

2026-07-18 18:17:06 UTC

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@nprofile…9pud I do need SD card storage though, because I want it fully offline.

2026-07-18 17:49:55 UTC

Does anyone know an e-reader with all these features? :blobcatreading:
Small like a phone that can be hand held
Backlit
SD card for storage
Dark mode (light text over dark background)
Reads epub format
Reasonably affordable
#Epub #Reading

2026-07-17 20:41:18 UTC

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@nprofile…wfkq @nprofile…r6ca :dragon_heart:

2026-07-17 18:34:12 UTC

What's the best tv show you have watched this year? :ablobcatpopcorn:
#AskFedi

2026-07-17 04:52:19 UTC

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@nprofile…wv34 Which administration?

2026-07-15 00:05:20 UTC

We live in the sort of timeline where I had to spend extra effort while shopping for my new prescription glasses frame to make sure it was unambiguously clear that these aren't surveillance pervert glasses.
Yep. We're there.
These horrifying non-consensual surveillance glasses are everywhere now. That's life now. I hate it 🤓
#BanRayBan #Meta #PervertGlasses #SmartGlasses #Surveillance #Privacy #Consent

2026-07-10 18:08:41 UTC

I'm trying to take some time off this month but I have to say the constant flow of dystopian news makes this really difficult.
Can't world authoritarians and AI CEOs just take some time off too please?

2026-07-09 22:50:44 UTC

I hate it when I look in my post history and find posts from years ago about some horrific dystopian tech issue that are still relevant because we haven't stopped, banned, or fixed the horrific dystopian tech issue yet.
I wish humans were better at stopping, banning, or fixing horrific dystopian tech issues faster. sigh

2026-07-06 16:26:38 UTC

Nothing that humans made up is inevitable.
The technologies we use are choices we make. The governments we elect are choices we make. The regulations we design are choices we make.
All of it can be changed, reversed, banned, and is indeed evitable.
#NoAI

2026-07-03 20:10:16 UTC

I will never understand why so many activists still use generative images for their content, and rely on big tech for communications and organizations when there are now so many practical, more secure, and much more ethical alternatives.
Your principles aren't just to be stated, they must also be embodied and integrated in your work.
We must show by example what can be done with ethical tech and ethical practices.
#Activism #NoAI #NoBigTech

2026-07-03 19:08:49 UTC

Which city/cities are you aware of (worldwide) that has a group of Neo-Luddites?
I only heard of New-York so far, and I would like to discover more groups :no_ai: 👀
#NoAI #NeoLuddites #LudditeMovement

2026-06-29 19:17:47 UTC

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@nprofile…8kvm @nprofile…c90c Same :blobcatverysad:

2026-06-24 21:20:32 UTC

It saddens me that many people do not see far enough to understand well what we are losing while losing privacy rights and trivializing data protection. It is so much more than most think. This affects our intimacy, our safety, our social lives, our freedoms, and all our human rights.
It goes well beyond targeted advertising. Attacks on privacy lead to direct increases in authoritarianism and dictatorial governance.
We must care much more about it than we do now. It is critical to ourselves as individuals, but also to democracy and society as a whole.
#Privacy #Authoritarianism

2026-06-22 17:05:31 UTC

The more I see quote-posts here, the less I like quote posts honestly. I had forgotten about them completely and was quite happy with that.

2026-06-21 16:54:32 UTC

I greatly dislike that I need to find money before starting projects, instead of just doing them. I wish I could just start projects without caring about money so much.
This whole capitalism thing really sucks.

2026-06-18 17:08:59 UTC

If you have to upload a piece of information to validate your age or identity, it is not privacy-preserving.
Stop privacy-washing surveillance tech.
Stay alert about false privacy claims.
#Privacy #StopIDSurveillance #StopKillingTheInternet

2026-06-15 18:49:54 UTC

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@nprofile…vmwx Sadly, this will just lead to biometrics collection over time. They've already started developing products for this.

2026-06-15 16:05:58 UTC

Do not provide your ID or facial scan to access social media.
I repeat, do NOT provide your ID or facial scan to access social media when requested.
This is not a drill.
If everyone refuse to comply, and let their accounts dormant instead, I promise you the platforms themselves, with their immense budget and network of lobbyists, are going to fight these absurd laws to recover their users.
They need you more than you need them.
Make them fight for your rights.
Do not comply.
Spread the word and boycott ID checks ✊
#StopIDSurveillance #AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #Democracy #Safety #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

2026-06-14 18:13:13 UTC

What activity do you do to take a temporary break from the world's doom, and come back to the fight refreshed and energized?
🌱🎮⚽️🧳🎨🍿👀

2026-06-11 16:00:27 UTC

I need a break from all the dystopian tech news in a cabine by the sea, with no internet, lots of books, and at least 3-4 cats.

2026-06-11 15:46:27 UTC

From Global News:
Grok AI broke Canada’s laws, created 6K sexual deepfakes per hour
"The investigation has found that X Corp and xAI violated Canada’s federal private sector privacy law by launching the Grok AI-powered image generation tool without implementing appropriate safeguards at the outset," privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said in a press conference in Ottawa Thursday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/11899687/grok-sexual-deepfake-report/
#NoAI #Grok #Privacy #Consent #CanPoli

2026-06-10 17:13:49 UTC

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This is nothing like showing ID at the liquor store 🪪🧵
Finally, it's important to take note that age verification online is nothing like showing an identification card to be able to purchase alcohol. This often-used comparison is disingenuous.
If we stay within this analogy of the analogue world, then online age verification is more comparable to showing an official identification card at the liquor where the cashier would make thousands of photocopies of it, store some in an unlocked drawer, share some with all other liquor stores worldwide, also share some with grocery stores, newspapers, their friends, and random strangers on the street. Then leave a bunch of copies on the floor, for anyone to grab.
Nobody would accept to show their ID at the liquor store if it was happening that way. But sadly, most people ignore the extent to which data is shared, lost, and stolen online, on a daily basis.
(7/9)
#StopIDSurveillance #Privacy #HumanRights #AgeVerification #CanPoli #Canada

2026-06-08 21:33:28 UTC

Is there a tech conference that only presents software and topics that do not use any AI?
#Tech #NoAI

2026-06-08 21:01:58 UTC

I'm so tired of the AI hype.
Can we start solving real problems please?
#NoAI

2026-06-08 00:17:35 UTC

What do you miss the most about how the web was 10, 20, or 30 years ago? 🕸️✨
#Web #Tech

2026-06-07 17:20:50 UTC

I want to rebuild my blog and start writing regularly again, but for weeks I've been a bit in a state of analysis paralysis about the best way to do this, and the best way to potentially monetize it a bit (since sadly I need income).
What do you think would be the best way for me to try to monetize my blog? Is it even worth trying?
What would make you want to contribute to support my writing, and in which ways?
#Blog #Writing #GetSelfFediHired

2026-06-07 17:12:58 UTC

What is your favourite good news you heard of this month? 📰👀
#AskFedi #Hope

2026-06-07 15:52:12 UTC

Please stop with the floating elements on websites. They're hiding your content, and make me want to leave!
No, I don't want to "swipe to the next article" if there's also gonna be a giant floating arrow hiding the text and make me want to stop reading the one I'm painfully trying to read right now.
No, I don't want to "donate" if I can't even fully read what your organization is about because of all those buttons floating over your content.
The goal is to show your content! Why hiding it with a bajillion arrows, buttons, and popups? And please test your website for small mobile display. Your floating elements are ENORMOUS there 😭
#WebDesign

2026-06-05 16:27:58 UTC

What good tech news do you have to share that doesn't involve nor mention AI in any ways?
#Tech #Hope #NoAI

2026-06-04 21:45:54 UTC

Today, 37 years ago, was the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing.
Remember these events.
Remember these people who fought for freedom and democracy.
This is important 💛☂️
"On the 30th anniversary of the protests in 2019, the well-known Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wrote that 'autocratic and totalitarian regimes fear facts because they have built their power on unjust foundations' and he also wrote that memory is important: 'without it there is no such thing as a civilised society or nation' because 'our past is all we have.'"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
#TiananmenSquare #Democracy #JuneFourth

2026-06-04 21:00:06 UTC

I don't want a Canada AI Strategy,
I want a Canada UBI Strategy,
I want a Canada Affordable Rent Strategy,
I want a Canada Pharmacare Strategy,
I want a Canada Food-For-All Strategy,
I want a Canada Student Dept Elimination Strategy, I want a Canada BigTech-Free Strategy, I want a Canada Strengthening Privacy Rights Strategy, I want a Canada International Humanitarian Aid Strategy, I want a Canada Welcoming Refugees Strategy, I want a Canada ...
#Canada #NoAI #CanPoli

2026-06-02 18:37:41 UTC

Tech could be good.
Tech could serve humanity first.
Surveillance capitalism isn't an inherent part of tech, it's an inherent part of capitalism.
We could, and we must, build better tech.
Tech for the people.
#Tech #Privacy #HumanRights

2026-06-02 18:03:23 UTC

Which Linux distros have officially taken a stand against AI in their OS?
#Linux #NoAI

2026-06-01 19:03:59 UTC

I need more rainbows in my feed.
Please post more rainbows :rainbowdance:
More rainbows! :blobcatrainbow: :blobcatrainbow: :blobcatrainbow:
MORE RAINBOWS!!!!
:nyancat_rainbow: :nyancat_rainbow: :nyancat_rainbow: :nyancat_rainbow: :nyancat_body: :nyancat_face:
#Pride #PrideMonth

2026-06-01 17:39:19 UTC

To celebrate the start of Pride Season, what is your favourite(s) queer-related sticker?
Share in reply! 🌈👇
#Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQ

2026-05-30 17:34:54 UTC

Do you know a payment service that collects donations, tips, and monthly subscriptions that does NOT rely (only) on either PayPal or Stripe?
#AskFedi

2026-05-29 15:38:24 UTC

I love it when cats have Mastodon accounts!
I love it!
I think the Fediverse should be at least half cat :ablobcatbouncefast:

2026-05-29 15:00:20 UTC

Every job post I see involves AI 🙃
Let me know if you see one that doesn't.
I'm looking.
#NoAI #GetFediHired

2026-05-27 23:47:43 UTC

Seriously, I cannot emphasize this enough Canadian friends:
Bill C-22 SHALL NOT PASS! ⛔️
If you are Canadian, you must contact your representative ASAP to tell them you strongly oppose Bill C-22.
We cannot have this kind of authoritarianism in Canada (or anywhere else frankly).
More information here: https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1
Contact your representative(s) directly without the form by finding their contact information here: https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/search
#BillC22 #Privacy #HumanRights #DigitalRights #Canada #Authoritarianism #MassSurveillance #CanPoli #CndPoli

2026-05-27 12:56:34 UTC

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@nprofile…6q4p Here's the solution, this is what I did too: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/116574167655290400

2026-05-20 23:48:39 UTC

I'm delighted to announce today that I have joined the Lockdown Systems collective! 🐢💚
We are working on amazing projects right now, many to be announced soon. If you want to get more information on our work, you can follow the collective here on Mastodon: @nprofile…6f6s
And if you want to support the work we do even more, we accept donations here :awesome: https://lockdown.systems/donate/
I look forward to contributing further to Lockdown Systems' projects, and continue working with this absolutely fantastic team! 🎉🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢
#LockdownSystems

2026-05-19 05:34:05 UTC

These times are difficult for most of us.
But what gives you hope right now? 💚👀
#AskFedi #Hope

2026-05-14 17:50:57 UTC

I really crave a Mastodon feature to "allow only replies from followers" or being able to remove all the disinformation being spread in my replies. Because the mansplaner season is strong this year. And I have no spoons to give free education to all of them.

2026-05-14 17:40:23 UTC

I just emailed a strongly worded letter
to my government representative to oppose Bill C-22.
If you are Canadian, you should too: https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1
#BillC22 #Privacy #HumanRights #Canada #CanPoli #CndPoli

2026-05-14 15:15:27 UTC

Just so you know, using an AI notetaker during a meeting without priorly asking for consent from all participants before starting it breaches many if not most privacy laws around the world.
In certain cases, it can even breach two-party consent laws, and be a criminal act.
Ideally, never use these privacy-invasive tools ever. But if you do use them, you must ask for everyone's consent first, and respect their choice fully if they refuse to be recorded.
#Privacy #AInotetakers #NoAI

2026-05-13 04:37:48 UTC

What is your favourite code editor that is:
1) light (feature-wise)
2) pretty (in a customizable way)
3) running on Linux :ablobcatbongokeyboard: 👀
#Linux #Programming #OpenSource

2026-05-13 04:29:40 UTC

Do not collect the data that you do not need.
Do not collect the data
that you do not need.
Do not collect
the data
that you
do not
need
.
#DataMinimization #Privacy #DigitalRights

2026-05-11 15:48:26 UTC

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@nprofile…a0jn Excellent piece! This AI pollution has made my work so much harder in recent years. I wasn't surprised to read that "roughly 35 percent of new websites are AI-generated." This corroborates my experience.
Whenever I investigate for an article, I now have to dodge a tsunami of AI-generated articles, and even whole AI-generated websites sometimes. I lose more and more time trying to determine if a source is AI-generated or not.
It's pollution, it's in the way, and I fear this will make us all increasingly suspicious of anything new on the internet.

2026-05-08 18:46:49 UTC

Which are good organizations to work at for women in tech? 👀
#AskFedi #WomenInTech

2026-04-28 14:58:29 UTC

Anyone asserting encryption is a tool for crime is either painfully misinformed or is attempting to manipulate legislators to gain oppressive power over the people.
Encryption is not a crime,
encryption is a shield.
Encryption protects you from cyberattack, identity theft, discrimination, doxxing, stalking, sexual violence, physical harm, and much more.
For safety, for privacy, for democracy, and for all our human rights, it's critical that we defend our right to encryption.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/11/encryption-is-not-a-crime/
#Privacy #Encryption #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Democracy #RootForE2EE

2026-04-25 15:13:12 UTC

Today is my Fediversary! :rainbowdance: ✨
I cannot tell you enough how much the Fediverse and Mastodon changed my life positively.
From the amazing community,
to a new connected social life free from big tech's authoritarianism, I will forever be grateful for what I found here 💚
If you want to give me a gift for my Fediversary, please send a donation to my incredible instance Infosec Exchange, generously administrated by @nprofile…l9z3
🎁 :em_rainbow: https://liberapay.com/Infosec.exchange/
On each of our Fediversary,
let's take a moment to appreciate all the people who kindly give their time to manage an instance for free, to do the hard work of moderation to protect us all, to contribute with code, documentation, art, and more. Without them, you and I wouldn't be here.
Thank you everyone for being part of this community :blobcatheart:
Long live the Fediverse! :blobcheer: :mastodon:
#Fediversary #Fediverse #Mastodon

2026-04-23 21:26:24 UTC

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@nprofile…wxce Have you used this solution yourself? How much control do you have on the data collected from visitors on WordPress?

2026-04-23 21:06:45 UTC

Do you know any good alternatives to Ghost for blog websites that:
Federates
Allows to collect donations
Don't collect more data than the minimum required to run the service
#AskFedi #Blog #Blogging #OpenSource #Fediverse

2026-04-22 17:53:03 UTC

If you've been wondering why
I haven't published any new articles in a while,
Just a reminder that I actually wrote 25 short articles just in February! They were all published together with the launch of Privacy Guides' new Activism section in March.
They're short articles offering practical tips and resources.
You can find them all linked here, on the Privacy Activist Toolbox page 🧰👇
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/activism/toolbox/
#Privacy #Activism #DigitalRights

2026-04-22 17:40:44 UTC

Age verification laws forcing platforms to restrict content access have been multiplying exponentially.
The problem is, implementing such measures necessarily requires identifying every user accessing the content, one way or another.
This is bad news for everyone.
If these regulations continue
to proliferate, this could lead to the end of pseudonymity online, and much worse.
I wrote this article last year,
but unfortunately this problem has only become worse, and it is sadly still very relevant.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/06/age-verification-wants-your-face/
#Privacy #AgeVerification #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

2026-04-21 18:23:25 UTC

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@nprofile…t20x Both! 💜

2026-04-21 14:00:18 UTC

You might have heard of Tor already,
yet never dared to try it yourself.
Despite being around for decades,
Tor is still a tool too few people know about. Tor is essential to journalists, activists, whistleblowers, dissidents, and people in vulnerable situations everywhere.
Thanks to Tor, activists have a safe way to continue fighting for human rights and resist censorship from oppressive regimes.
Here's how Tor works,
and why you should support it.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/04/30/in-praise-of-tor/
#Privacy #Activism #Tor #DigitalRights

2026-04-15 15:47:02 UTC

In privacy, we talk a lot about how to protect our own data,
But what about our responsibility to protect the data of others?
If you care about privacy rights, you must also care for the data of the people around you.
To make privacy work, we need to develop a culture that normalizes caring for everyone's data, not just our own.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/10/the-privacy-of-others/
#Privacy #Consent #HumanRights

2026-04-12 17:50:53 UTC

When you read about Bans of Social Media for Teens and Age Verification, you must remember what it truly means:
• Official identification of every adult using social media.
• Deanonymization of every account, endangering groups that often rely on pseudonymity for safety, such as victims of domestic violence, victims of stalkers, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people.
• Putting every adult at great danger of exploitation, fraud, and identity theft by forcing them to share their official ID with a for-profit third-party company with no incentive to protect it. Breaches have already happened.
• Constructing a system of mass surveillance to attach every comment on social media to a legal identity. Effectively allowing authoritarian governments to silence their critics and opposition.
• Potential for dystopian censorship and cutting off means of organization for groups of resistance to oppressive regime and organizations.
• Endangering children online by putting a clear identification beacon over every child or family with children online.
• Endangering the data of children who will inevitably try to pass as adults, and have their information collected by the third-party for-profit company.
• Diminishing the value of official identification due to the inevitable data breaches, eventually pushing the system to require even more intrusive identification techniques, such as iris scans and fingerprints.
• Installing a system of mass surveillance capable of attaching even more information to everyone's legal identity. With a potential to built list of people in certain groups, and scale-up state censorship and discrimination in unprecedented ways.
• The list goes on and on.
This isn't about protecting the children.
It never was.
Do not be duped by this excuse used to convince you to let go of your human rights. They are only trying to manipulate people lacking information.
Stay informed on the issues related to Age Verification, and push back for your rights to privacy and democracy.
The future depends on us.
#AgeVerification #Privacy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

2026-04-12 16:36:52 UTC

The horror of Age Verification is
arriving in Canada 🚨🇨🇦
Contact your federal MP and the office of the Prime Minister this week to tell them you strongly oppose the privacy-destroying and inefficient measure.
The time to push back is NOW: https://globalnews.ca/news/11797286/liberal-party-adopts-motion-social-media-ban-kids/
'Prime Minister Mark Carney said last month that the idea “merits an open and considered debate in Canada,” although he does not have a settled view on it yet and said there were good points on both sides.'
Shared educational resources with them on the dangers of Age Verification: https://www.eff.org/age
We do NOT want this nightmare in Canada. Fight back for your privacy rights! ✊🔒
#AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Canada #CanPoli #CndPol

2026-04-08 14:56:26 UTC

If a human right is in the way of your "innovative" technology, the expected solution should be to modify your technology to respect this human right, not to reduce the protections to this human right.
Technology and innovation must be in service of humanity, not the other way around.
#HumanRights #DigitalRights #Privacy

2026-04-07 18:13:01 UTC

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@nprofile…2v9q Excellent, thank you! I need this too! 🙌

2026-04-06 16:52:26 UTC

"Texting a stranger is better for reducing loneliness than an AI chatbot, study finds"
From CTV News: https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/texting-a-stranger-is-better-for-reducing-loneliness-than-an-ai-chatbot-study-finds/
"The study found that only those who texted with a fellow human reported feeling less lonely at the end of the experiment.
'We thought that interacting with AI might be as helpful as texting with a random fellow first-year student,' said the study’s author, psychology PhD candidate Ruo-Ning Li, in a media release.
'But to our surprise, only the human-to-human texting reduced loneliness over time. The chatbot, even though we designed it to be the ideal supportive friend, didn’t shift loneliness.'"
#NoAI #Loneliness

2026-04-04 16:48:34 UTC

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@nprofile…2v9q :d20:

2026-04-02 01:38:40 UTC

Innovation without ethics is no innovation at all.
#NoAI

2026-03-28 11:54:41 UTC

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@nprofile…dla5 I don't mean anonymous. Anonymity and privacy are different concepts.
Of course, legal names and transaction information are necessary to collect for legal reasons. But, for example, facial prints aren't, copies of official ID by anyone else who isn't a bank aren't either, sharing this information to monetize it with commercial partners is entirely unnecessarily privacy-invasive.
There are many things that can make a payment processing solution more privacy-respectful, without being anonymous. Data minimization, and strict policies on access and sharing are key here.

2026-03-28 10:57:10 UTC

We need a solution to process international payments that isn't an American fintech company or cryptocurrency and is privacy-respectful like yesterday.
Please 🙏

2026-03-24 14:57:58 UTC

Are you using Signal to conduct job interviews and work meetings? :signal: 👀
If yes, what do you like about it?
If not, why not?
#Signal #Privacy #Security

2026-03-24 14:32:59 UTC

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@nprofile…40zt @nprofile…lknd This is infringing so many privacy laws...

2026-03-23 15:14:34 UTC

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@nprofile…ulx7 This is unbelievable. They literally cannot take no for an answer 🙄

2026-03-22 19:58:51 UTC

My 3 favorite music genres are:
• Punk music
• Metal music
• Steven Universe Remix music: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHi2T2b45lpgWMxx2xrkug4_8AZ_7jVfb
#StevenUniverse #Music

2026-03-21 23:10:56 UTC

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@nprofile…h4nu Does this khajiit haz wares? I have coins.

2026-03-21 16:29:45 UTC

The goal isn't to protect children,
the goal is to de-anonymize every comment and action on the internet, associating it with a legal ID, by eventually requesting official identification from every adult using a computer.
Some politicians have already stated this plainly.
This leads to censorship of anyone criticizing their government.
This leads to repression of marginalized people, especially immigrants, people of color, and trans and gender diverse people.
This leads to self-censorship of any comments or actions that could be interpreted against the system. Such as speaking out against fascism and authoritarian surveillance, or defending human rights publicly.
This leads to total control of the population and its tools of communications.
This leads to the end of democracy, centralizing power even more in the hands of a few.
Do not let them do this to us.
#MassSurveillance #AgeVerification #Authoritarianism #HumanRights

2026-03-21 16:09:18 UTC

First they ask for your date of birth,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for your full name and location,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for a copy of your passport,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for your facial scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for your fingerprints,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for your palm scan,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for a scan of your iris,
but later they claim it's not enough.
Then they ask for ...
#MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism #AgeVerification #Privacy #Democracy #HumanRights

2026-03-19 21:58:57 UTC

Today, I just bought a hardcover copy of The AI Con, written by @nprofile…8f3n and @nprofile…5876.
I'm so glad I heard about this book. I can't wait to start reading it! :blobcatreading:
#Bookstodon #Tech #NoAI #DigitalRights #HumanRights
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2026-03-14 17:19:56 UTC

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@nprofile…3d77 :valid:

2026-03-13 16:06:12 UTC

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@nprofile…60xv :heart_cyber:

2026-03-11 23:43:16 UTC

If you want to follow the new tips I wrote
for Privacy Guides' new Activism section here, you can follow the hashtag #PrivacyActivistToolbox 🧰✨
We are posting once a day about a new tip, until the end of the month.
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Activism

2026-03-11 20:24:05 UTC

We need to push much harder against
Age Verification laws and law proposals.
Contact your local representatives NOW to tell them you firmly oppose these privacy-destroying laws that will harm democracy and civil liberties in unprecedented ways.
#AgeVerification #Privacy #MassSurveillance #Authoritarianism

2026-03-11 01:48:16 UTC

I have not updated my personal websites in 3 years, and now everything is outdated 🫣

2026-03-08 18:02:37 UTC

I'm going to sound biased here, but people should hire more women in tech.
Yes, I'm looking. Why do you ask? 👀
#InternationalWomenDay #WomenInTech

2026-03-08 17:10:51 UTC

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@nprofile…6vjc Thank you for this, it's a beautiful quote 💚