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NEW: @WhatsApp says Israeli mercenary spyware company #Paragon targeted scores of users around world.
The infection happened with no interaction. No link to click or attachment to open.
This is called a "zero-click" attack.
WA says targets included journalists & members of civil society.
They dismantled the attack vector & notified users.
Good.
We at @citizenlab shared some info instrumental to their investigation of the vector.
This is a BIG deal. Here's why 1/
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You can install it in simple clicks with our new web installer. The CalyxOS dev team is here for you, ask us anything!
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🌍 #GLAD25 is here!
Since 2022, 70+ initiatives in dozens of languages have advanced language rights globally.
Join us to build spaces where language empowers inclusion in schools, healthcare, workplaces and more.
⚠️ Register by Feb 17:
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Yesterday, Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah (@Alaa) turned 43, marking his 11th birthday behind bars, away from his family & friends. May it be the last apart from loved ones.
Thinking of him as he is held illegally in custody beyond the completion of his sentence. #FreeAlaa
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Refusing to award a prize named after an SA & NSDAP member, intimately tied to Nazi socialites, to a non-German artist who called for a boycott of Israeli institutions in light of genocide might just set a new benchmark for grotesque hypocrisy in Germany
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A British artist had his €10k architecture prize rescinded by a German foundation because of an open letter he signed about boycotting Israel - the foundation referenced the newly passed Bundestag antisemitism resolution
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In fact, Western democracies, with their own reflex to censor—banning @RT_com, @SputnikInt (and their apps), threatening to ban @tiktok_us—have put themselves in a terrible spot. How can they now credibly denounce @Apple removing @RFERL's app @CurrentTimeTv at Russia's request?
"as Russia (and China and others) clamp down on the apps available in their countries—with big tech mainly complying, Western democracies threaten the very security and privacy protections that still enable those populaces to use technology safely." forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/…
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One hundred neo-Nazis marched in east Berlin unbothered by police one day after they set dogs on pro-Palestine protesters
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While your tweets may feel ephemeral or inconsequential, they are part of a greater history in danger of being wiped out. eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/sa…
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For many internet users, Tor is the only way to access secure communications & encrypted services. Get to know some of the folks who the Tor network possible. Join us tomorrow at 17:00 UTC for a roundtable discussion with relay operators. youtube.com/live/r-wgsjyQlLs
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Fellow #DEFCON travelers: With TSA expanding its facial recognition program at airports, @AJLUnited needs your help holding them accountable with their #FreedomFlyers✈️ campaign. Share your story at buff.ly/4coxUaL
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Join the @jaaklac #LinguaCafé movement towards language inclusivity in digital spaces. 🌏☕️
If you work at the intersection between digital rights & language inclusion, we'd love to meet you!
Answer a short form (English, Español, Français, العربية) 👇
jaaklac.org/es/linguacafe/
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International Court of Justice: Protect evidence in the #Gaza war
@article19org @pressfreedom @SMEX @globalfreemedia @RSF_inter
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Instagram plans to use your information and data to feed its Meta AI (Meta is Facebook, IG, etc). This includes any image, text, or video, and it is opt-in by default.
For artists and other content creators, I made a guide thread for us on how to set your account to opt out
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Come and meet us this Saturday at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Colégio Almada Negreiros. Our community day will take place from 9 to 5. First half of the day will be in English, second half in Portuguese, with a break in between. We will talk about running Tor relays at universities, Onion Services, localization, anti-censorship word, Snowflake and Bridges, and much more! privacylx.org/en/events/2024…
"Exiled linguist Abduweli Ayup is publishing books for children with the aim of ensuring the Uyghur language and cultural traditions never die despite the most repressive efforts of the Chinese state."
thechinaproject.com/2023/03/…
In case you haven’t heard yet, the winner of the first annual Language Rights Defenders Award is Uyghur educator, poet, and activist Abduweli Ayup @AbduwelA
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Shoving a confidently wrong chatbot trained on Reddit into a service marketed for decades as a portal to the world’s knowledge is reckless and legitimately dangerous.
The Global Coalition for Language Rights has been on Twitter for three years now! And tomorrow we'll be unveiling the first winner of the Language Rights Defenders Award 🎉🎉🎉
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