Tierney
@tierneyhamilton.bsky.social
art person. dog person. fair to middling feminist. post-apoc carny. Dev @ EFF. Opinions mine. Reposts add your biological and technological distinctiveness to my own.
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
It is EXTREMELY physically taxing to hold poses for five minutes, much less 45 or 90 as these folks have to do sometimes. The models we worked with in art school are damn heroes.
Between unreliable hours and varying wages, art models are struggling to cobble together a living, despite the consequential role they play in visual arts institutions across the US.
Art Models Struggle for a Living Wage and Recognition
The workers who pose for artists at historic organizations like the Art Students League say they are overworked and underpaid in a field that rarely values them.
hyperallergic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It is EXTREMELY physically taxing to hold poses for five minutes, much less 45 or 90 as these folks have to do sometimes. The models we worked with in art school are damn heroes.
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Les Edwards' 2016 Christmas card
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Les Edwards' 2016 Christmas card
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Ask us anything about the global efforts to age gate the Internet and why they are bad
We’ve seen your posts. Age verification is coming for the internet and we’re all worried. What does it mean for users and how do we push back? Come ASK US ANYTHING about these invasive mandates on Reddit’s r/privacy—starting today at 12pm PT! www.reddit.com/r/privacy/c...
From the privacy community on Reddit: We’re EFF and we’re fighting to defend your privacy from the global onslaught of invasive age verification mandates. Ask us anything!
Explore this post and more from the privacy community
www.reddit.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Ask us anything about the global efforts to age gate the Internet and why they are bad
EXCUSE????
(note I’m only encountering this on desktop, no changes on iOS yet)
(note I’m only encountering this on desktop, no changes on iOS yet)
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
EXCUSE????
(note I’m only encountering this on desktop, no changes on iOS yet)
(note I’m only encountering this on desktop, no changes on iOS yet)
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Smart meter data can reveal intimate details inside your home. A court just ruled police can’t run dragnet surveillance on that data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Victory! Court Ends Dragnet Electricity Surveillance Program in
For more than a decade, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District coordinated with police to sift through the granular smart meter data of residents without suspicion to find evidence of cannabis
www.eff.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Smart meter data can reveal intimate details inside your home. A court just ruled police can’t run dragnet surveillance on that data. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The move ends a controversial federal efficiency effort that once aimed to overhaul government spending and technology systems.
‘That doesn’t exist’: Trump shutters Elon Musk’s DOGE agency ahead of schedule
The move ends a controversial federal efficiency effort that once aimed to overhaul government spending and technology systems.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Folks, Giving Tuesday is around the corner and this is my yearly PSA that while you may be annoyed with nonprofits raising money that day, please be kind especially this year. It's been BRUTAL trying to raise money in 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Folks, Giving Tuesday is around the corner and this is my yearly PSA that while you may be annoyed with nonprofits raising money that day, please be kind especially this year. It's been BRUTAL trying to raise money in 2025.
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🎉🎉🎉🚨🚨🚨Oakland city council just rejected plan to go forward with exorbitantly expensive Flock camera deal!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🎉🎉🎉
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🎉🎉🎉🚨🚨🚨Oakland city council just rejected plan to go forward with exorbitantly expensive Flock camera deal!!!!!!! 🚨🚨🚨🎉🎉🎉
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OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
OAKLAND: City Council is slowly filling with residents here to make sure the Town tells ALPRs to Flock off. Come down and show your opposition to the surveillance state NOW
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The British Museum’s reputation as a symbol of imperial looting is so well established that as soon as robbers fled with France’s crown jewels, people from all over were telling the London institution to turn out its pockets.
Can We Meme the British Museum Into Doing the Right Thing?
The once and always profiteer of colonial looting is once again getting flak in the wake of the Louvre heists.
hyperallergic.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The British Museum’s reputation as a symbol of imperial looting is so well established that as soon as robbers fled with France’s crown jewels, people from all over were telling the London institution to turn out its pockets.
I was not prepared for how much Final Destination is about magical thinking OCD
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I was not prepared for how much Final Destination is about magical thinking OCD
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Surveillance isn’t “out there” anymore—it’s on our streets. Help EFF fight surveillance today: takebackctrl.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Surveillance isn’t “out there” anymore—it’s on our streets. Help EFF fight surveillance today: takebackctrl.org
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@chucktingle.bsky.social is working on new bestseller, I see.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@chucktingle.bsky.social is working on new bestseller, I see.
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The internet and technology—originally built as tools of freedom—are being used as weapons of tyranny. So what do we do? We Take Back CTRL. takebackctrl.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The internet and technology—originally built as tools of freedom—are being used as weapons of tyranny. So what do we do? We Take Back CTRL. takebackctrl.org
Anyone who has ever worked in exhibitions can tell you: no matter the storied institution, museum security is shockingly bad.
October 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Anyone who has ever worked in exhibitions can tell you: no matter the storied institution, museum security is shockingly bad.
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📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📢 BREAKING NEWS 📢
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
EFF and co-counsel have filed a lawsuit against the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their viewpoint-based surveillance and suppression of First Amendment-protected speech online. (1/5)
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EFF’s Rin Alajaji will be joining Cloaked’s CEO Arjun Bhatnagar for a webinar, “Secure Your World, Protect Their Future”, on October 14 at 1:30pm EST. The webinar will highlight the impact of individual privacy actions on personal, family, and network safety. Register today! luma.com/vh7vp0km
Cloaked & EFF: Secure Your World, Protect Their Future · Zoom · Luma
For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cloaked’s CEO Arjun Bhatnagar is connecting with the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Legislative Activist Rin Alajaji to…
luma.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
EFF’s Rin Alajaji will be joining Cloaked’s CEO Arjun Bhatnagar for a webinar, “Secure Your World, Protect Their Future”, on October 14 at 1:30pm EST. The webinar will highlight the impact of individual privacy actions on personal, family, and network safety. Register today! luma.com/vh7vp0km
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Oh sure when Flock does it its a "noble goal" but when I put 50 cameras pointing at my neighbors house, I'm being a "creep" and "harassing them" and "living in a paranoid fantasy where everyone is stealing my garden lanterns"
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America
With more than 80,000 AI-powered cameras across the U.S., Flock Safety has become one of cops’ go-to surveillance tools. Now CEO Garrett Langley has both police tech giant Axon and Chinese drone maker...
www.forbes.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Oh sure when Flock does it its a "noble goal" but when I put 50 cameras pointing at my neighbors house, I'm being a "creep" and "harassing them" and "living in a paranoid fantasy where everyone is stealing my garden lanterns"
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
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"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social tells @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/tech/servic...
No, Your iPhone Isn't Listening to You. Here's What's Really Happening
There are lots of reasons an ad pops up on your phone, but none involve a microphone listening.
www.cnet.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"The unsettling feeling that your device is spying on you is real — but the culprit isn't a secret microphone. It's the data broker industry," EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social tells @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/tech/servic...
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If you are alarmed by the rise of these attacks on the open internet and what it’s doing to destroy platforms you love, @eff.org is fighting to keep the internet open and stop horrible ideas like identification checks. You can support that vital work here: eff.org/anil
August 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
If you are alarmed by the rise of these attacks on the open internet and what it’s doing to destroy platforms you love, @eff.org is fighting to keep the internet open and stop horrible ideas like identification checks. You can support that vital work here: eff.org/anil
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, or Marvel.
June 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, or Marvel.
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is my replicator spying on me
June 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
is my replicator spying on me
on the other hand Love Island season 12 started streaming in the US today, so I got that going for me, which is nice
June 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
on the other hand Love Island season 12 started streaming in the US today, so I got that going for me, which is nice