Update. #Anthropic just 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 #Pentagon demands to remove safeguards on #Claude that limit its use in mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Here's the statement from CEO #DarioAmodei.
https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war
Former ICE Employee: "I swore an oath to protect the nation when I signed up. I followed it when I resigned a little over a week ago. I am duty bound to report the legally required training program at the ICE academy is deficient, defective, and broken. I received secretive orders to teach cadets to violate the Constitution"
Read that again.
Ordered. To violate. The Constitution.
This isn’t partisan spin. This is about the rule of law.
Repost please!! 🙏
I made an app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.pocketpc.nearbyglasses
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.
I hope it's useful for someone.
The app is now open source (AGPL-3.0), the app is free and rather simple
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses
It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making. F-Droid is an option, will have to look into that
![A screenshot of an Android app. Text:
▲ Nearby Glasses
Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.
This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.
Debug Log
[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
...](https://media.tech.lgbt/media_attachments/files/116/122/125/651/910/323/original/b60225260b4a0a4e.png "A screenshot of an Android app. Text:
▲ Nearby Glasses
Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.
This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.
Debug Log
[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
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We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/
Today we had a fire alarm in the office. A colleague wrote to a Slack channel 'Fire alarm in the office building', to start a thread if somebody knows any details. We have AI assistant Glean integrated into the Slack, and it answered privately to her: "today's siren is just a scheduled test and you do not need to leave your workplace". It was not a test or a drill, it was a real fire alarm. Someday, AI will kill us.
Colorado pushing for age verification on the OS level https://www.pcmag.com/news/colorado-lawmakers-push-for-age-verification-at-the-operating-system-level
Red alert! If this sounds like bad shit that's because IT IS
There was a time when the whole internet would be rallied against this stuff.....
https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
As a free software maintainer, this is entirely unacceptable. Now I have to spend time figuring out how to tell AI agents to *fuck off* so I don't have to deal with this.
Don’t be fooled by Ring’s latest attempt to make mass surveillance and real-time identification the new norm in our neighborhoods. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/no-one-including-our-furry-friends-will-be-safer-rings-surveillance-nightmare-0
Update. The repeal of the endangerment finding is based on a recommendation from Trump's Climate Working Group. Less than two weeks ago, a federal judge ruled that the group violated federal law by failing to represent a balance of viewpoints (all five members were hand-picked skeptics) and failing to hold public hearings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/energy-department-climate-ruling.html
Clearly "the decision to change the policy was made ahead of assembling scientific evidence to support that decision."
https://blog.ucs.org/science-blogger/internal-doe-documents-confirm-climate-report-was-created-to-justify-administration-policy/
PS: There will be legal challenges to the EPA repeal of the endangerment finding, and those challenges will cite the procedural violations in the operation of the Climate Working Group. But it's not yet clear how far those violations will undermine the EPA action.
#Climate #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
Update. It's happening. Tomorrow the #Trump #EPA will repeal the 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health. That "endangerment" finding allowed the EPA to regulate carbon emissions under the Clean Air Act. Its repeal will pave the way for the repeal of those regulations.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2026/02/11/one-of-the-most-damaging-decisions-in-modern-history-trump-epa-to-repeal-key-climate-findi
Happy first birthday, #DataRescueProject (@datarescueproject.org)!
https://www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-in-data-rescue/
"In a single year, we have rescued over 2500 datasets from over 90 government agencies. This work was supported by over 900 volunteers."
#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics
Bravo to the Spanish Supreme Court for its Sept 2025 decision establishing four important principles: "[1] Access to source code can be needed to verify automated government decisions;
[2] “Intellectual property rights” do not automatically block transparency; [3] Security concerns must be balanced against democratic accountability; and [4] Transparency is especially critical for systems affecting social rights."
https://civio.app.box.com/s/2gcrxy4mkpzg49yqkmuaj9z7c44jl7ta
h/t #FSFE (@fsfe) for this article about it.
https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260205-01.html
The DSA Human Rights Alliance has published a set of principles calling for more inclusive enforcement of the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA). As a member organization, 7amleh contributed to drafting and developing these principles.
Read the full principles, available in English, German, and Spanish:
https://www.eff.org/issues/principles-human-rights-centred-application-digital-services-act-global-perspective
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"Trump’s GOP Makeover is Almost Complete."
https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete
PS: One problem is that too few #Republicans in Congress have the courage to break with #Trump even when they despise him in private. But behind that lies a structural problem. Those who do break with Trump leave office.
