Tom Ely reports: Inland Revenue’s apology for giving Meta, the owner of Facebook, the names, addresses, and other contact details of 268,000 taxpayers is “not good enough,” according to a Tauranga resident who wishes to remain anonymous. “There should be compensation,” they said. Data was shared with social media platforms using custom audience lists to better target customers regarding their…
Author: Dissent
The 2024 U.S. Election is Over. EFF is Ready for What’s Next.
When I woke up yesterday morning, I found myself humming, “There’s got to be a morning after if we can hold on through the night,” the theme from the Poseidon Adventure. I was not feeling particularly optimistic, and I made a point of not watching the news yesterda so I could avoid all the finger-pointing…
EFF Lawsuit Discloses Documents Detailing Government’s Social Media Surveillance of Immigrants
Aaron Mackey of EFF writes: Despite rebranding a federal program that surveils the social media activities of immigrants and foreign visitors to a more benign name, the government agreed to spend more than $100 million to continue monitoring people’s online activities, records disclosed to EFF show. Thousands of pages of government procurement records and related…
Election 2024: Your Privacy is at Stake
If you are still not sure whether you will vote on Tuesday, or you are just not sure who to vote for, vote for the candidate(s) or party that will respect and protect your privacy. There is no place for the government in the doctor’s office or emergency room when a woman consults her doctor…