#us surveillance

[faenix-fire]

As much as joking about the fly list was fun for some of us it's time to be serious as many have said.

One of the things I want to talk about it how the US is a master of monitoring people.

The no fly list is a tip of an iceberg, an ugly head of a hydra. It should be acknowledged talked about spread around but the issue of what even allows the list in the first place has to be acknowledged too. Quite a few people end up on it for their name, background, and how they are profiled by the government. The problem is it doesn't stop there, it can start with it but it becomes an active search and they start guzzling data on these people.

So let's talk about the problem. You are a transaction while online or using any sort of WiFi or tech. They know where you are, what you buy, the content you love, the conversations you engage in. You should be scared because you may not be a person on interest that would ever be on the list in question but that doesn't matter! You shouldn't have to be in that situation to care your in danger now too, even if you don't think they're doing anything to you they are. You can blissfully ignore it because you think your safe that's exactly what they want.

The data they gather is bought and sold and even if you aren't a us citizen. Having a presence makes you a profit for websites and ads. This might not bother some people and that's exactly what they want, it won't bother you because you can't know what they know. They know what illegal activities you may get up too, they can know the type of red flags you give off to them such as having political beliefs they find wrong or a danger. They will withhold and store all sorts of data on who you are and you'll only know if they want you to. The fly list is the part of the ice above the surface, the people they are pushed around because of data collection and they're some of the people that get to know how the government sees them. It's not blissful to not know what they think of you, it's not good at all. Our acceptance of the situation is why immigrants and even children get to be treated this way by the Us. Not enough people care and that's why they win.

The no fly list is "Your a threat list" and many on it are not. There's criminals and awful people listed but they should be the only ones on it if it was actually for protection. They don't have perfect data collection and they don't care. There are a lot of gaps and data they can't get and they're okay jumping the gun on suspecting people of things, of assuming you'll take action when you won't. It's easier for them to make guess work of who you are then to actually care. They get things wrong because they don't really know who you are just your name, they can only assume who you are and share your actions around. One wrong read on the information you put out and it can change how they label you.

This is all why it's an information war, they can see rise in them monitoring topics online through the change in politics. They learn who you dislike politically and they know how much people feel about hot topics. They're using that info to counteract the spread of change within us on the internet and it's affecting the world. They are surveying as much as they can they are making efforts far in advance to attack back.

This is why there media war on protests regarding racism or climate change, it's how we have movements against trans woman harming feminism getting pushed by politicians as well as woman being painted as to selfish to make decisions about their body and becoming laws.

Surveillance is feeding propaganda and ignoring the evil of everyone online watching you even when you think your safe is why you'll never be safe if they suddenly decide to take action against you or use you to hurt people you love. If fact you've probably given data that has hurt people either in big things I mentioned above, or even little things like someone talking online about a bad thing happening that you've helped boost or interact with that's harmed a delicate situation by making it worse for being blasted.

One time I had a conversation with people in place you might think is private online and we were discussing the origin of modern conceptions of cannibalism. It was mostly historical and talking about how settlers in the US were hypocritical about it in order to hate on natives when they were doing it themselves and way more often. That discussion within an hour after gave me targeted ads about this, it recorded it and sold that information and it was paranoia inducing and messed with my delusions. I mean how often do you get ads or content online about cannibalism? Yeah it was targeted, that's what they do all of the time. After all that I changed how I use the internet because Google, your socials, they might make you happy but they are not your friend.

This is hideous evil accepted and known by everyone. It's an evil they have made you believe is okay and made you think you've come to that conclusion alone. You did not choose to be monitored, your forced to be, and there's little that can be done when you don't stand up with everyone else against it.

You don't have privacy because the police, companies, and government they don't know you, but the problem is that they think they do and that issue is ruining lives and has been for decades, it can ruin yours too.

This is the information age and they don't see you as a person they see you as the information in the war for information. Your a tool, ammunition and at the same time they can see you as an enemy at any time and for any opinion or action you might think is right.

The no fly list shouldn't exist, but stuff like it always will as long as the internet and tech is used to monitor you and know what you do. The US government does not need to know everything about people because it isn't stopping shootings, it isn't saving families. It's hurting people, families, it's seeing enemies in Muslim children, in Jewish activists, in people who don't have a reason you can spot for being put on the list and consider a danger. You can be that person without a good reason because all of the stuff I just said is a bad reason. You don't have to be a minority to find yourself deep in shit and you shouldn't have to be a minority to be scared or care about this. You should care because it's wrong that they know anything about you or love ones, at any moment they can ruin you.

In the coming years they'll want to monitor you more then they already can. The longer we sit by the less safe everyone is by the day.

A lot of people will say that you should try to block and hide yourself online, you can! I don't think it solves the problem. To solve this issue we have to make the data collection useless either by it making not sense or by everyone becoming red flags. I don't know exactly what to purpose but if anyone has suggestions feel free.

#just to add on i know not everyone on the list is on it because of surveillance online sometimes it's just having a name or belief #still the amount of information they gather about people on the list comes from them being online or people close to them being online #the information they use to label you a threat can be miniscule like a name but it will always be more then that after the fact #it starts with your name then looking at eho you talk to and what you say #and even if it's not bad it still can go on record anyways #no fly list #US surveillance #data collection #surveillance #online monitoring #google #united states #content monitoring

[uncanny-tranny]

It is my sincerest and unironic belief that we must invest in preserving "old technology." The more we move to a hegemonic, easily-surveilled way of living, the worse we will find this world to be.

Letters, public phones and transport, cash, and so much more are key to ensuring both freedom of movement and information, but also to combat the surveillance state. We need to preserve the ability to both access the world but also to be untraceable. I truly hope more people start to recognize this. It isn't about nostalgia for the past. It is about ensuring that we are actually afforded freedom, from the richest person to the person who lives on the sidewalk.

#politics #i was ranting at my dad about how pissed i am that the US has essentially killed the payphone because we have smartphones #imagine killing letters because 'oough we have email though!!!' #i'm sure people advocate for abolishing mail (and i have seen it firsthand) but i don't agree with it #we must preserve freedom of movement and information and that includes making it as accessible and public as possible imo #i do not want to live in a world wherein my smartphone is both what i MUST rely on but it is also traceable 24/7/52/365 #'if you're innocent you have nothing to hide' is a fucking cop-out to permit a surveillance state by the way #it is flawed logic and i think that logic is part of the reason we got to this point #'why do you need cash? that's kind of suspicious to not LET people trace your purchases' like come ON

[taoofshigeru]

I love the Hobie Brown "palms" thread from Spiderverse 2.

Like, in the one scene Hobie busts the force field, notices Miles was doing something similar to him, and points out it'd be more effective if he used more surface area by touching with palms, not just fingertips. It's a quick line of dialogue in the middle of a rapidly unfolding action scene.

And then when Miles is trapped in a different force field like 8 scenes later, he makes the "palms" gesture and mouths the words. Which is about all he can do without tipping off the rest of the several dozen guys in the room what he's trying to say. And Miles doesn't get it right away, but he does like a few seconds later and you can kinda see his face when it clicks. It's enough to kick off the escape.

This is cool not just because it allows a good bit of detailed hand animation, but also because it's just communicating detail and character in a tight, focused way.

#the art direction in this movie was great and did a stellar job enhancing the themes #Gwen and all them trans pride flag colors being another kickass example #Hobie's definitely used to working an escape plan while under surveillance and it's great #across the spiderverse #across the spiderverse spoilers #hobie brown #spoilers #spiderverse

[psychotrenny]

I wonder how many NSA agents got their eggs cracked by spending just a little too much time listening in on communist tgirl discord servers? Hearing the words "good girl" over and over again, finding those stories about discomfort with being a man weirdly relatable, getting oddly euphoric at the idea of this "forcefem" thing they keep bringing up; just how much can a severely repressed mormon take before something finally snaps?

#improba posting #I know that this isn't *really* how US federal surveillance agencies work #but a lot of people talk about it that way and it's a funny thing to imagine so...

[jingerpi]

every accusation is an admission

#surveillance balloon #US spy balloon #self post

[gamora-borealis]

"the fbi is going to take my phone away" "the fbi agent assigned to read our texts checked out a long time ago" dan and phil you live in london why is the united states fbi spying on you

#to be fair the us gov has wayyy to much power and surveillance at home and abroad #and they are like... international influencers... #dan and phil #dnp #also it's just funny that this is like a joke too with people who aren't usamerican

[seven-oh-four]

marina designed the bosses in the memverse to represent the biggest traumas of those trapped in the deep sea metro:

- fighting and killing people who look just like them

- being forcibly imprisoned and put under constant surveillance

- 8-ball

#side order spoilers #side order #splatoon #splatoon side order #parallel canon #asynchronous rondo #pinging marciale #if it's unclear what i'm talking about with the second one: #the layered rotator's theme is called 'octopticon' #this is a play on 'panopticon' - a hypothetical perfect prison where all of the cells are in a circular formation around a watchtower #in which the warden resides. the warden uses a search light to surveil the prisoners. the warden can see every prisoner at all times but #the prisoners can never tell if they are heing watched or not. #in the room where you fight asynchronous rondo the walls are all prison cells. #asynchronous rondo's lower level has a search light that rotates around and surveils the area

[distort-opia]

This... is the most quintessentially Bruce as well as Superbat fucking interaction ever and it's just SO FUNNY.

"There will be secrets actually, we're just gonna be better at pretending we don't have any. But do not fear, Clark. It shall all be under control because you see... I have a plan."

#they don't show Clark's face but you just know he's got the most resigned long-suffering husband look on it #may I also say that Bruce's plan. is basically an unethical surveillance and data-mining project of the superhero community #and Clark's like 'uh. isn't that kinda like the O.M.A.C. project.' #'you know that one time your other unethical surveillance project got used to nearly fuck the whole world over?' #and Bruce goes 'NOOO NO it's different. because this time I'm including YOU in it <3' #and Clark's like 'damn I can't argue with that' #batman/superman (2019) issue 6 #bruce wayne #clark kent #superbat #my comic panels

[politijohn]

Source

“…records show over 700 law enforcement entities had access to this database, from small sheriff's offices, to the Los Angeles and New York police departments, to federal law enforcement agencies and military police units.”

#politics #us politics #Arizona #current events #important #news #criminal justice system #acab #surveillance #the left #government

[alwaysbewoke]

#lmao #lol #tiktok #national security #chinese spy #byteDance #espionage #data privacy #cybersecurity #congressional hearings #china-us relations #social media #misinformation #manipulation #intelligence agencies #hypothetical threat #chinese government #user data privacy #tiktok ownership #foreign influence #online surveillance #misinformation campaign

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

Disabled people deserve to have our needs met without sacrificing our autonomy.

We deserve to be treated with respect and dignity regardless of how much support we need.

And we deserve to receive that support regardless of whether we personally know anyone able and willing to provide it, or have access to enough wealth to hire helpers.

#as a disabled person whose support needs often just go unmet like there really aren't many options for a poor disabled person in the US #and the options that ARE available often come with unnecessary surveillance and a lack of autonomy and dignity #no wonder a majority of disabled people have experienced abuse! #thatdiabolicalfeminist #disability

[cemeterything]

the leftist #anti-establishment #anti-surveillance leaves ppl's bodies when they see a post that annoys them mildly

tbh i think/hope it was a troll because it seems like a really disproportionate response to a silly tumblr post but it is kind of a gut punch to get told i should be put on a watchlist, regardless of how much of a jokey meme phrase it's become, when i've been fairly open about my surveillance paranoia

#using this as a way to just remind everyone i really dont like surveillance jokes

[lokiinmediasideblog]

FISA 702 HAS PASSED THE HOUSED. WE MUST STOP IT!

Fax your legislators! TELL THEM YOU WON'T VOTE FOR THEM IF THEY VOTE YES ON FISA (Fy-zah) 702!

You can also fax your legislators for FREE at:

From Edward Snowden's Twitter:

If you were mad about your House rep voting to let the government spy on you without a warrant ("FISA 702" - fy-za seven-oh-two), we may have one last shot. CALL YOUR REP @ [phone] and say "𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟳𝟬𝟮, 𝗜 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂."

From the article link:

House lawmakers voted on Friday to reauthorize section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or Fisa, including a key measure that allows for warrantless surveillance of Americans. The controversial law allows for far-reaching monitoring of foreign communications, but has also led to the collection of US citizens’ messages and phone calls.

Lawmakers voted 273–147 to approve the law, which the Biden administration has for years backed as an important counterterrorism tool. An amendment that would have required authorities seek a warrant failed, in a tied 212-212 vote across party lines.

Donald Trump opposed the reauthorization of the bill, posting to his Truth Social platform on Wednesday: “KILL FISA, IT WAS ILLEGALLY USED AGAINST ME, AND MANY OTHERS. THEY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN!!!”

The law, which gives the government expansive powers to view emails, calls and texts, has long been divisive and resulted in allegations from civil liberties groups that it violates privacy rights. House Republicans were split in the lead-up to vote over whether to reauthorize section 702, the most contentious aspect of the bill, with Mike Johnson, the House speaker, struggling to unify them around a revised version of the pre-existing law.

Republicans shot down a procedural vote on Wednesday that would have allowed Johnson to put the bill to a floor vote, in a further blow to the speaker’s ability to find compromise within his party. Following the defeat, the bill was changed from a five-year extension to a two-year extension of section 702 – an effort to appease far-right Republicans who believe Trump will be president by the time it expires.

Section 702 allows for government agencies such as the National Security Administration to collect data and monitor the communications of foreign citizens outside of US territory without the need for a warrant, with authorities touting it as a key tool in targeting cybercrime, international drug trafficking and terrorist plots. Since the collection of foreign data can also gather communications between people abroad and those in the US, however, the result of section 702 is that federal law enforcement can also monitor American citizens’ communications.

Section 702 has faced opposition before, but it became especially fraught in the past year after court documents revealed that the FBI had improperly used it almost 300,000 times – targeting racial justice protesters, January 6 suspects and others. That overreach emboldened resistance to the law, especially among far-right Republicans who view intelligence services like the FBI as their opponent.

Trump’s all-caps post further weakened Johnson’s position. Trump’s online remarks appeared to refer to an FBI investigation into a former campaign adviser of his, which was unrelated to section 702. Other far-right Republicans such as Matt Gaetz similarly vowed to derail the legislation, putting its passage in peril.

Meanwhile, the Ohio congressman Mike Turner, Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, told lawmakers on Friday that failing to reauthorize the bill would be a gift to China’s government spying programs, as well as Hamas and Hezbollah.

“We will be blind as they try to recruit people for terrorist attacks in the United States,” Turner said on Friday on the House floor.

The California Democratic representative and former speaker Nancy Pelosi also gave a statement in support of passing section 702 with its warrantless surveillance abilities intact, urging lawmakers to vote against an amendment that would weaken its reach.

“I don’t have the time right now, but if members want to know I’ll tell you how we could have been saved from 9/11 if we didn’t have to have the additional warrants,” Pelosi said.

Debate over Section 702 pitted Republicans who alleged that the law was a tool for spying on American citizens against others in the GOP who sided with intelligence officials and deemed it a necessary measure to stop foreign terrorist groups. One proposed amendment called for requiring authorities to secure a warrant before using section 702 to view US citizens’ communications, an idea that intelligence officials oppose as limiting their ability to act quickly. Another sticking point in the debate was whether law enforcement should be prohibited from buying information on American citizens from data broker firms, which amass and sell personal data on tens of millions of people, including phone numbers and email addresses.

Section 702 dates back to the George W Bush administration, which secretly ran warrantless wiretapping and surveillance programs in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks. In 2008, Congress passed section 702 as part of the Fisa Amendments Act and put foreign surveillance under more formal government oversight. Lawmakers have renewed the law twice since, including in 2018 when they rejected an amendment that would have required authorities to get warrants for US citizens’ data.

Last year Merrick Garland, the attorney general, and Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, sent a letter to congressional leaders telling them to reauthorize section 702. They claimed that intelligence gained from it resulted in numerous plots against the US being foiled, and that it was partly responsible for facilitating the drone strike that killed the al-Qaida leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in 2022.

#us politics #internet #mass surveillance #censorship #lgbtqia #palestine #islamophobia #FISA 702 #KOSA

[ancient-day]

Cogpsi nerds are just like this, maybe.

#Lovecraftian Persona? Check. #Immediate interest in using cognitive psience to make a paradise? Check. #Totally justifying surveillance because you’ve judged yourself to be Good when you do it? Check. #I love Futaba dearly. I also adore that she’s a hypocrite sometimes. #jest replays p5r (gayass%) #sakura futaba #maruki takuto

[intersectionalpraxis]

when I read this I was losing my motherfucking shit eat the rich is now considered domestic terrorism?! *slaps whoever made that with a book*

FBI Records: The Vault — Domestic Terrorism Symbols Guide Part 01

They're spying on us - CODEPINK - Women for Peace

AND NOW THEY BE SPYING ON US?! THE FUCK?! WHAT HAPPENED TO RIGHTS?!

"Section 702 is up for renewal on April 19, and we need to demand Congress heavily reform it to ensure the privacy of Americans is protected or throw it away entirely. This is extremely crucial as we witness mass mobilizations for Palestine across the US and an equivalent crackdown on advocates for Palestine. In a closed door meeting, House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner showed slides of pro-Palestine protesters as a means of advocating for the renewal of Section 702. If illegally spying on Americans is not a main function of Section 702, then why would Americans expressing their first amendment rights be used as an example of who this surveillance could target? The US government has a stake in suppressing the movement against Israel’s US-backed genocide campaign in Gaza, and they will use Section 702 to make it happen."

You can say no to surveillance here!:

Threats to US imperialism and governance being labelled as a forms of terrorism and extremism is a beyond jarring and important reminder that the US government is NOT anyone's ally a majority of the time... this is frightening. You'd think the government would be more concerned about white supremacists in the US but nope... it's always the anti-fascists, anti-capitalists, and pro-animal liberation movements who are trying to disrupt and change the systems and structures which oppress, marginalize, and kill people.

I am not one bit surprised they have been/are spying on citizens who are fighting and advocating for Palestinian liberation. For folks living in the US, please look into this.

#feminist #free palestine #social justice #current events #us imperialism #us goverment #us news #us politics #us foreign policy #united states #surveillance #us congress #equal rights #signal boost #war crimes #gaza genocide #ceasefire permanently #western imperialism

[muninnhuginn]

Thinking about how Bodies (2023) uses "representation" in such an intentional way. Every one of the four protagonists has an aspect about them which heavily affects how they relate to the era they live in. And how all four of them are police despite or even because of that.

Hillinghead. Gay in the Victorian era. He's defensive enough about it that he actively tries to arrest Henry when he finds incriminating photographs that display Henry's own sexuality. Hillinghead can't afford to let anything like that slip because what if it reflects back on him? Reflects back on his family, who he does care for dearly. He joined the police to hide and he plays the part for years until he realises what he may have missed out on.

Karl. Jewish in the 1940s. Changes the name he goes by to a name that sounds more stereotypically English, not because it's something he wants to be called, but so that he blends in. He hasn't been to the synagogue in years but he still knows where it is and he still returns there when he's not sure where else he can go. He's personable, but ultimately, not particularly trusting. And yet, he bonds with Esther almost immediately - a shared background goes a long way.

Shahara. Muslim in the 2020s. Is heavily aware of how race and perceived religion make a situation more dangerous when the police are involved. Is strong-armed by superiors into trying to approach Muslim witnesses because "only she is in the position to" and they know that she ultimately wants to help. She can't afford to refuse when she knows the consequences if she doesn't.

Iris. Disabled in the 2050s. This is a time where it's implied the world has largely left aside conflict relating to sexuality or religion. But despite mobility aids being available in her time, they're only available to those who "contribute". She has internalised the idea that she must sacrifice her autonomy to the state in order to live a life similar to an abled person, and that she must be thankful for this opportunity. Her brother had the same choice as her though, and he chose differently.

#I sincerely doubt this is a particularly original take because the show itself seems pretty intentional about it and I'm several months late #but eh I wanted to get my own thoughts before I went to go see what everyone else thought #bodies #bodies 2023 #kinda also wanted to go into their chara arcs more but thought I'd keep this fairly non-spoilery #oh. and also like. this show is the opposite of copaganda. I kinda wish 2020s and 2050s were able to go more into it but #the prevalence of the surveillance state was so easily felt in both of those times. sth sth london one of the most surveilled cities #bodies netflix #(I have no idea what tag to use for this series sorry)