BREAKING: New investigation exposes Microsoft for enabling surveillance + killing of Palestinians.

the Guardian

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

NEW CAMPAIGN: “Age Verification” laws are accelerating the global discussion of banning or restricting VPN usage but this won’t make the internet a safer place! 
Online surveillance and censorship has a huge chilling effect on our freedoms, particularly the freedoms of traditionally marginalized people.
✊🙅‍♀️🛑 Sign the open letter to world governments : using the Internet safely + privately is a human right. Don’t restrict VPNs!  


Fight for the Future

Defend VPNs from government bans!

Regular reminder that consumer credit scores are younger than cell phones 💗 Using FICO and mass, computerized consumer surveillance as a startpoint here. For a detailed history, read:

Columbia University Press

Creditworthy | Columbia University Press

The first consumer credit bureaus appeared in the 1870s and quickly amassed huge archives of deeply personal information. Today, the three leading ...