Anonymous Planet

New update from Anonymous Planet: The State of Digital Privacy in 2026. What the first half of the year actually showed: → FBI Director confirmed to Congress the bureau buys Americans' location data from brokers. No warrant required. → ICE ran facial recognition against 200M driver's license photos to ID people in the field → Predator spyware hit an Angolan journalist on World Press Freedom Day — despite U.S. sanctions on Intellexa → The SECURE Data Act would preempt stronger state privacy laws. EFF, EPIC, ACLU, and California's own privacy agency all oppose it. → ~100 countries have now procured commercial spyware per UK government assessment Full write-up with sources: https://opencollective.com/thgtoa/updates/the-state-of-digital-privacy-in-2026-what-the-data-actually-shows Guide: https://anonymousplanet.net #privacy #anonymity #surveillance #opsec #infosec #FOSS

📖 The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity - v1.2.5 What's new: → Comprehensive Whonix 18.x update (upgrade paths, Qubes R4.3+ compatibility, AppArmor guidance) → VirtualBox hardening refreshed (Spectre/Meltdown mitigations, network time desync) → All Whonix.org wiki links now have Archive.org mirror backups → 196 Wikipedia reference links updated throughout → PGP keyring now available directly from the site → License updated to CC BY-SA 4.0 GitHub: https://github.com/Anon-Planet/thgtoa/releases/tag/v1.2.5 Verify: https://anonymousplanet.net/verify/ #privacy #anonymity #opsec #infosec #Whonix #QubesOS #FOSS

2 things: 1, asked before already, our work is not AI generated. We run it through a specialized custom built platform that uses stylometric anonymization techniques and avoids using region or language specific identifiers and function words. It's something we hope to share someday, but it is private for now. 2, there is a small issue with our Mastodon and we are working to figure that out. If you lose us as a follower, or we lose you, don't fret. Also, we urge you not to follow social media and instead interact directly with us. We even have a dedicated Signal if you ask for it, to chat about relevant topics. Mastodon will always be secondary, but we are still trying to improve our reach, even if it means starting with a newer fresh social.

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