Age-verification laws now cover half the US, requiring IDs or face scans to access “harmful” content 📄 Advocates warn these mandates expand surveillance, increase breach risks, and could enable censorship under bills like KOSA ⚠️ Groups like @npub1ke2g...jjss are pushing for safer alternatives 🛡️ 🔗

WIRED

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back

Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against ...

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Amazon’s Ring is rolling out “Familiar Faces,” an opt-in facial-recognition tool that catalogs up to 50 known visitors 🚪 Amazon says data is encrypted, but past law-enforcement partnerships and security issues raise concerns about biometric handling 🔒 🔗

TechCrunch

Amazon's Ring rolls out controversial, AI-powered facial-recognition feature to video doorbells | TechCrunch

The feature lets you identify the people who regularly come to your door by creating a catalog of up to 50 faces. The company says the Ring feature...

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Mullvad is removing OpenVPN in desktop app v2025.14, shifting all users to WireGuard for security, performance, and newer anti-censorship tools. 🔄 Some OpenVPN setups may break, and routers/external apps will lose support by Jan 2026. ⚠️ @npub1n0mq...z5ld 🔗

Mullvad VPN

Removing OpenVPN from the Mullvad VPN app

In version 2025.14 of the desktop app, we removed the ability to select OpenVPN as a tunnel protocol.

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EFF launches a hub on rising age-verification laws, noting risks of surveillance and reduced access for youth and adults. 🔍 These mandates often rely on intrusive ID or biometric checks that expose sensitive data. 🔒 Experts will discuss impacts in upcoming AMA and livestream. 🎙️ @npub1sqfn...5skr 🔗

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive to...

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Tor Browser 15.0.3 is out with key Firefox security fixes and a shift to Tor-hosted NoScript updates for more reliable, self-controlled extension delivery. 🛡️ The release also improves fingerprinting protections and updates core components across platforms. 🔧 @npub1a3r2...9clu @npub1cyz7...06rc @npub1lfwn...2lqe 🔗

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.3 | Tor Project

Tor Browser 15.0.3 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.

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