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This Page is designed to make everyone aware of the Dangers of the Internet, as it pertains to your "Privacy, Security & Freedom" in this Digital Age. Please read my "commentary" at the bottom of this page.
New technologies are radically advancing our freedoms, but they are also enabling unparalleled invasions of privacy. National and international laws have yet to catch up with the evolving need for privacy that comes with new digital technologies. Respect for individuals' autonomy, anonymous speech, and the right to free association must be balanced against legitimate concerns like law enforcement.
Below are a list of great Tech Websites that help keep the public informed about the defense of our Civil Liberties & the illegal indiscriminate Mass Surveillance, on the general public, in a nefarious Digital World.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), along with others fight in the courts and Congress to maintain your privacy rights in the digital world, and works with partners around the globe to support the development of privacy-protecting technologies.
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) is another great website that litigates and advocates for privacy, working to abolish local governments’ systems of mass surveillance.
TechCrunch - This popular tech website has a good Mass Surveillance Section, which keeps us
up-to-date on the latest news on this very important issue globally.
Victory! Supreme Court Says Constitution Protects People’s Location Data
6/29/26 - You have an expectation of privacy in location data that reveals your movements in the physical world, and even short-term surveillance of these movements is a search subject to the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Chatrie v. United States. (Source: EFF)
Canada Is Forging Ahead with Its Dangerous Surveillance Bill
6/18/26 - With no serious debate, including on proposed amendments, Canada is blazing full speed ahead with Bill C-22, which would threaten encryption and increase surveillance. Also known as the Lawful Access Bill, Bill C-22 is currently moving forward quickly to a vote despite the many, many criticisms civil liberty groups and the tech industry have hurled at it. (Source: EFF)
Section 702 just expired. What’s next for warrantless surveillance in the US?
6/12/26 - Through a series of extensions and expansions since its creation in 2008, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has allowed US intelligence agencies to collect communications from foreigners abroad without a warrant, routinely sweeping up Americans’ emails, messages, and calls in the process. (Source: Proton)
Instagram to remove end-to-end encryption for private messages
3/17/26 - Instagram will stop encrypting private messages between users from May, after enduring years of criticism from law enforcement and child safety groups over the feature. Meta quietly announced this month on its help page for Instagram and in an updated 2022 news post that end-to-end encryption would no longer be available on direct messages between users on Instagram from 8 May 2026. (Source: Guardian)
Cybercriminal VPN Dismantled in Europol Crackdown
5/21/26 - A VPN service used by ransomware operators, fraudsters and data thieves to mask their activity has been taken offline in a coordinated operation led by France and the Netherlands. According to Europol, the law enforcement action ran from May 19 to 20 and resulted in 33 servers being dismantled, three domains being seized and the service's administrator being interviewed during a house search in Ukraine. (Source: InfoSec Mag)
End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats
5/12/26 - This week, Apple released iOS 26.5, an update that supports end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS), meaning conversations between Android and iPhone will soon be encrypted in the default chat apps. This has been a long time coming, and is a welcome delivery on a promise both Google and Apple made. (Source: EFF)
How ICE uses phone and internet data to identify and track people
1/12/26 - ICE recently purchased two programs called Tangles and Webloc, which are used to track the cell phone activity of entire neighborhoods and monitor people over social media and through internet data, according to reporting by 404 Media. 404 Media journalist Joseph Cox joined MPR News host Nina Moini with insight on those tools and how they’re used to track people.
What acting ICE Director Todd Lyons called the “largest immigration enforcement operation ever” continues to unfold in Minnesota. And we are learning about the tools federal law enforcement agents use to track the people they're trying to arrest, as well as protesters. (Source: MPR News)
Edward Snowden launches a Global Encryption Day!
10/21/21 - Marginalized communities, survivors of abuse, politicians, law enforcement — they all use encrypted communications to keep their information safe. But the encryption of the kinds of services you and I use every day — from messaging to confidential internal company communications — is increasingly under threat by governments globally. (Source: TechCrunch)
YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) - "LOBBIED" THE FCC FOR "PERMISSION" TO SPY ON YOU !!!
Your Internet service provider’s (ISP) ability to not only spy on you, but to PROFIT on that spying, has been upheld by the FCC. Ajit Pai, President Trump’s pick for the new FCC Chairman has made it clear that he is going to overturn wide-reaching data security and privacy order that the FCC had originally agreed upon back in October of 2016 under Tom Wheeler. The privacy order, which would have come into effect by December 4, 2017, would have forced large ISPs, such as AT&T, to get user consent before selling personal information such as web browsing history, to third party advertisers. The data security order, which would have come into effect by March 2nd, 2017, would have forced phone companies and ISPs to take steps to protect any sensitive user information such as social security number or health information.
The nature of the ISPs position, sitting as the man in the middle for all of your internet traffic, means that they know everything about you. The incoming changes under the new FCC will completely remove those privacy protections away from consumers wherever they use the Internet, and allow ISPs to profit on your web browsing history and personal information.
Specifically, the privacy order prevented ISPs from sharing personal information (web browsing data and other private information) without expressly getting user consent.
Your ISP doesn’t want you to have privacy; they profit off of selling your personal information. The ISPs have been lobbying to remove these rules for one simple reason: so that they can profit from selling your web browsing history !!
Commentary from the Author:
We live in a completely "Digital World" today, from Social Media, Email, SmartPhones, Texting and AI, almost everyone on Earth uses the Internet, for either personal use or business. I believe EVERYONE EVERYWHERE should have access to a FREE, OPEN & SECURE Internet, the way it was intended to be used! If you understand and care enough about your personal privacy, then TAKE CHARGE of your "Right to Privacy" and challenge the Massive "Surveillance State", regardless of which country you live in.
Start your private, secure and encrypted journey with the following topics:
1. Using a VPN
2. Mobile Security
3. Browser Security
You can find many more topics on how to stay Private, Secure/Protected & Encrypted on my Tech Blog:
Read about the profound impact of the "NSA Revelations", by Whistleblower Edward Snowden, in which he reveals all of the nefarious dealings from our own Government, who "operate with impunity", with its indiscriminate surveillance of its own citizenry, under the guise of "Protecting us from Terrorism"!!
We should NOT allow the violation of our "Civil Liberties" and "Right to Privacy" to be continuously "eroded" by those in power, who seek to control the Internet and everyone who uses it!
Thank you,
TonyTek27
A Note on Edward Snowden's Case:
Edward Snowden could not receive a fair trial in the United States primarily due to the application of the Espionage Act of 1917, which effectively criminalizes whistleblowing without allowing for a public interest defense.
No Whistleblower Exception: The Espionage Act is a strict liability law that does not distinguish between spying for profit and leaking information to the public. Courts have consistently ruled that a defendant’s intent, the public benefit of the leaks, and the lack of demonstrable harm are irrelevant and therefore inadmissible as evidence.
Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA): The government utilizes CIPA to restrict access to evidence. Defendants must process classified materials in Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs), windowless rooms where attorneys cannot take notes or use personal devices, placing the defense at a severe procedural disadvantage.
Exclusion of Context: Judges often rule that arguments regarding the unconstitutionality of surveillance programs or the government’s misrepresentation of facts to Congress are off-limits during trial, preventing Snowden from explaining why he believed his actions were necessary.
In comparison with other Whistleblowers Precedent from similar cases, such as Thomas Drake, John Kiriakou, and Chelsea Manning, demonstrates that the justice system prevents these individuals from presenting their case and/or motivations to a jury.
Note: The public in general consider him a hero, and the U.S. government considers him a traitor, as he remains a polarizing historical figure; though his actions, motivations, and accomplishments should be praised for exposing and proving the massive illegal government activities against our citizenry!
Edward Snowden's Sites:
X (Formerly Twitter): https://x.com/snowden
Substack Site: https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/