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Destroying Autocracy – June 26, 2025
Welcome to this week’s “Destroying Autocracy”.
It’s your source for curated news affecting democracy in the cyber arena with a focus on protecting it. That necessitates an opinionated Butlerian jihad against big tech as well as evangelizing for open-source and the Fediverse. Since big media’s journalism wing is flailing and failing in its core duty to democracy, this is also a collection of alternative reporting on the eternal battle between autocracy and democracy. We also cover the cybersecurity world. You can’t be free without safety and privacy.
DA comes out on Thursday and is updated through the end of day on Friday. Then we start over. So take your time in perusing it and check back in over the weekend.
FYI, my opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros. And fascists. Fuck ’em.
Featured Item
Hamish Campbell writes:
It’s good to see events like NGIFORUM2025 as it’s trying to be on the path of the Fediverse and the wider Open Web reboot which are real forces for social good, messy, hopeful, and grounded in decades of grassroots digital culture, which we do need to support. BUT, we also need to speak honestly, as these spaces are not healthy by default.
Too often, they are co-opted by NGO and institutional actors who bring with them a dangerous kind of “common sense”, what I’ve long described as the parasite class. We see this clearly at NGIFORUM and similar NGO events.
NGIFORUM2025 is timidly touching sense
We start and end with good news to make the middle bearable.
The response to Russia’s War Crimes, Techno Feudalism, and other douchebaggery
Numerique reports:
C’est un grande headline. 😉
The Conversation reviews:
Is AI a con? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist
The U.K. governmnet announce:
CMA takes first steps to improve competition in search services in the UK
Le Monde reports:
Lyon délaisse la suite Office de Microsoft pour l’open source
Nextcloud reports:
A sovereign Microsoft 365 alternative: Nextcloud and IONOS join forces
404 Media reports:
‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
Ars Technica reports:
Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk
Neutral
Politico reports:
Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it
Ars Technica reports:
Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users
TechCrunch reports:
And another just sided with Meta. Fuck!
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
EFF to European Commission: Don’t Resurrect Illegal Data Retention Mandates
Politico reports:
Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House
The Kyiv Independent reports:
Trump administration sends layoff notices to 600 Voice of America staff, NYT reports
The Gray Zone reports:
US Army appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs as Lt. Colonels
The Center for Democracy and Technology reports:
New Orleans’ Dragnet Facial Recognition Program Threatens Innocent People
404 Media reports:
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
Pariah States
DarkReading reports:
How Geopolitical Tensions Are Shaping Cyber Warfare
Bleeping Computer reports:
Russian hackers bypass Gmail MFA using stolen app passwords
APT28 hackers use Signal chats to launch new malware attacks on Ukraine
Canada says Salt Typhoon hacked telecom firm via Cisco flaw
The Register reports:
Typhoon-like gang slinging TLS certificate ‘signed’ by the Los Angeles Police Department
Big Media
The Columbia Journalism Review reports:
AI Search Has A Citation Problem
Atoms vs. Bytes has:
Fuck the Nerd Reich’s S.S.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reports:
New Journalism Curriculum Module Teaches Digital Security for Border Journalists
Big Tech
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has:
Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy
The BBC reports:
Musk’s X sues New York state over social media hate speech law
Frontiers reports:
Some of your AI prompts could cause 50 times more CO2 emissions than others
Zero prompts = zero emissions.
Neural Trust reports:
Echo Chamber: A Context-Poisoning Jailbreak That Bypasses LLM Guardrails
Computer Weekly reports:
Beyond the AI hype: How data laws quietly handed power to government and Big Tech
Axios has:
Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says
The Register reports:
The AIpocalypse is here for web sites as search referrals plunge
Hey you AI lovers, these are the sites you build. No traffic equals no money for you. Plus, the AI c^nts stole the info from the people whose traffic they are destroying. And maybe your code. Not to mention devastating the environment. Look in the fucking mirror. And avoid being reincarnated as a cockroach.
The Register reports:
Top AI models – even American ones – parrot Chinese propaganda, report finds
Psylo browser tries to obscure digital fingerprints by giving every tab its own IP address
If you want to do something about the next article.
Texas A&M University reports:
Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting
Cybersecurity/Privacy
TechCrunch reports:
US House bans WhatsApp from staff devices
You’ve got to be clowns if these mofos ban you.
Dark Reading reports:
How the US Military Is Redefining Zero Trust
Hundreds of MCP Servers Expose AI Models to Abuse, RCE
BleepingComputer reports:
New FileFix attack weaponizes Windows File Explorer for stealthy commands
3 key takeaways from the Scattered Spider attacks on insurance firms
Earth reports:
China breaks RSA encryption with a quantum computer, threatening global data security
Tommy Mysk announces:
Introducing Psylo — A New Kind of Private Web Browser
Fediverse
Connected Places (rebrand) has:
Hamish Campbell has:
Actors, Power, and Collective Publishing: Rethinking Fediverse Architecture for Grassroots Media
This is a story of power, plain and simple
And he’s correct.
Timothy Chambers has:
The Seven Deadly Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption
Bless his soul.
Jaz-Michael King introduces:
Ghost hosting platform, MagicPages shares:
ActivityPub Federation Issue (June 21, 2025)
Activity Pub for WordPress reports:
What we shipped so far in 2025
NLnet Foundation announces:
62 new projects contribute to digital commons
There are other Fediverse grants in this article including WordPress, Activity Pub, Funkwhale, and Node BB.
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
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Thank you. The article states that when they are retired (most are still in service), they will have served over 40 years. I hope compelling MPs to discuss the matter will force them to quantify that cost of refurbishment and associated training, and where that money gets spent (probably mostly in the UK), and weigh that up against the benefit it would confer to Ukraine, and the other spending options that might compete for that money. I understand we're committing 5% of GDP on defence spending. I'd love to see it spent in the UK. If these vehicles are going to be scrapped, and if so doing it is economical, I would like to see them turned to scrap on the battlefield, protecting the lives (and sovereignty) of our allies.
#ukraine #uk #infantry #SupportUkraine #MilitaryAid #UKDefence #HumanitarianAid #Peace #GlobalSolidarity #CND #NuclearDisarmament
Did you know the UK is set to dispose of over 600 Warrior IFVs? What if we could turn this into a lifeline for Ukraine?
Join the movement! Please sign the petition now to urge Parliament to debate the future of our surplus Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs): https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/719124 or consider boosting this post for visibility.
I try to avoid de-novo political posts, but this feels to me like it isn't just about politics; it's about supporting a nation fighting for its freedom. I hope we might unite for a cause that transcends party lines.
Why should we consider this?
- Cost-effective: Refurbishing these vehicles (or breaking them for spares) in the UK instead of donating new vehicles could save taxpayers money.
- Support Ukraine: Strengthening Ukraine's military is crucial for European stability.
- Timely Action: The sooner we act, the better prepared Ukraine will be.
With the UK set to dispose of these vehicles soon, we must act now to ensure they serve a greater purpose.
If you can find it in your heart to boost this issue for visibility, &/or reply with hashtags I have not thought to add, I would be profoundly grateful.
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