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Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring: Built together, designed for the future

Today we present Nextcloud Hub 26 Spring, our anniversary release. Discover all the new features and get started with the new Nextcloud Hub.…

U.K. spy powers draw U.S. scrutiny over alleged Apple encryption backdoor demand

Rep. Jim Jordan scrutinizes U.K. surveillance laws over concerns they could expose American officials' communications and strain the Five Eyes alliance.…

Pennsylvanian lawmakers want new smart glasses safety rules — and for once a government is making a sensible technology decision

Smart glasses shouldn't be spy glasses…

Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise

As expected, yesterday's WWDC keynote was mostly about AI. And also as expected, Apple tried to turn its late arrival into its sales pitch: it didn't rush into AI because it was ta…

Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data

The bill is expected to blanket ban companies and startups from selling people's precise location data across the state.…

'Kill switch' law means your next car could be watching you | A federal requirement aimed at stopping drunken driving could soon put driver-monitoring technology in every new vehicle. The goal is saving lives, but the privacy trade-offs deserve closer scrutiny

The smart TV in your living room is a node in the AI scraping economy

In this post we look under the hood of BrightData's SDK and how it turns ordinary consumer TVs into exit nodes of an enormous commercial, residential proxy network leveraged by the…

How much data does your favorite messaging app collect? New study shows 90% of messaging apps now include AI that puts privacy at risk

A new study highlights how AI integration and aggressive data tracking are chipping away at our digital privacy, even on encrypted platforms.…

Privacy token Zcash plunges after the disclosure of a 2022 vulnerability in its Orchard shielded pool that could have allowed undetectable ZEC counterfeiting (Akash Girimath/Decrypt)

You can now send emails directly from ChatGPT on the web

You can now draft, edit, and send emails entirely inside ChatGPT on the web, thanks to a new update to the platform's writing blocks feature.…

Meta Quietly Added Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses

Meta's 'NameTag' feature, if turned on, will enable its Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart glasses store and match faceprints.…

Traffic cones and barrels are spying on you — what are they hiding?

A person who took a recent viral video caught something suspicious about several barrels next to a highway: They were watching him. When a citizen pulled off to the side of an Ariz…

Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app

This popular ad blocker app for iPhones, iPads, and Macs can now block ads from loading inside apps, including web browsers, thanks to a new feature in the latest Apple software.…

NordVPN Coupons and Deals: 77% Off in June 2026

Save up to 77% on 2-year plans and get 3 free months with our NordVPN discount codes.…

Emeka Ike’s lawyers slam INEC, threaten action against Lere Olayinka

They argued that the publication of Emeka Ike’s voter information extends beyond a personal grievance, describing it as a test of how securely Nigerians’ sensitive data is protecte…

The Surveillance State Is Here — Congress Must Fight Back

FISA is only one piece of the puzzle.…

Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI company over fake sexualised images

Jess Asato was portrayed wearing a bikini in Grok-generated images after she criticised creation of such non-consensual pictures A Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Mus…

British lawmaker sues Musk's xAI over sexualised Grok images

LONDON, June 3 : British lawmaker Jess Asato is suing Elon Musk's xAI, saying in a statement on Wednesday the Grok AI platform had been used to create fake sexualised images of her…

Palantir Systems’ Potential for Enshittification Has Become an ‘Unacceptable’ Risk, UK Politicians Say

Plus dealing with Alex Karp doesn't seem worth the trouble.…

A British MP is suing to see if xAI is legally responsible for the images Grok produces

xAI is under investigation in the EU, UK and California because of its freewheeling AI image generator.…

​Preserving the record: On the right to be forgotten

The right to be forgotten must be balanced against the public interest…

Amazon faces class action suit over Ring facial recognition feature

At the center of the lawsuit? Familiar Faces, a Ring doorbell feature that scans and identifies people at your door.…

Congress Battles Over Spy Powers

Congress is once again engaged in a great debate over how to reform federal surveillance programs, with privacy hawks demanding a list of restraints on the government’s spy powers,…

UK MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI over AI-generated fake sexual images in landmark case

Labour MP Jess Asato sues Elon Musk's xAI over non-consensual deepfake images created by Grok, in a landmark UK case that could reshape AI developer…

UK MP sues Elon Musk’s xAI over fake sexual images generated by Grok

A UK MP is suing Elon Musk's xAI over fake sexual images created by Grok, in what could become a landmark test case under UK privacy and data protection…

Privacy hawks rail against Senate FISA proposal with 3-year CBDC ban

Google Search just lost a key market to a rival you’ve probably never heard of

The European Parliament will stop using Google Search in favor of Qwant on its official systems to reduce reliance on foreign tech.…

Meta Workers to Get 30-Minute Breaks From Keyboard, Mouse Tracking

Some employees who work remotely or handle sensitive material will reportedly be allowed to opt out of the AI training program altogether.…

Show HN: On-device Chrome extension that blocks credential leaks to LLM chats

Catch credentials and PII before pasting into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more LLM chats. Runs entirely on your device. Free, open source.…

Your car collects a lot of data about you - 5 expert tips to restore your driving privacy

Today's vehicles know where we live, how much we weigh, and what we had for dinner. Here's how you can reduce that data flow.…

Microsoft Edge and Aloha caught sharing precise user location data with third parties

A new study from Surfshark reveals that many top mobile web browsers don't just track where you go online, they track exactly where you are in the real world.…

Instrumentation Quality Is Product Infrastructure

The previous step was the feedback loop: analytics should help a team move from evidence to decision,...…

Firefox’s free email mask service got a massive update

Firefox Relay used to allow you to hide your real email address behind just five disposable ones. Now that number’s jumped dramatically.…

Session Vault – Stop Chrome from Discarding Heavy Claude and AI Tabs

Crash-proof tab session manager — local-first storage, automatic backups and fast one-click session recovery.…

No Sealing of Expired Harassment Restraining Order

From the May 26 decision in Hayne v. Akoto, by Minnesota Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth G. Bentley, joined by...…

Future Dutch EU ID app to require Apple or Google account

Hello, The current nl-wallet implementation (or planned implementation) appears to rely on Google Play Integrity / Google Play Services for device attestation. This effectively blo…

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De-Identified and Still Exposed

Somewhere inside a foundation model trained on millions of supposedly de-identified electronic health...…

Amazon faces lawsuit over Ring facial recognition software

A Virginia man is suing Amazon over Ring's "Familiar Faces" feature, alleging the technology violates people's privacy.…

Meta won't track its workers' clicks - but only for half an hour at a time

According to an internal memo, new controls will allow employees to pause the data collection for "up to 30 minutes at a time".…

Privacy-focused Zcash blockchain has not produced a block for four hours

The Zcash blockchain didn't produce new blocks for more than four hours on June 3.…

Why I'm sticking with Firefox as my browser - after years of using Chrome, Edge, and Safari

Firefox is alive and well - and offering a fast, customizable, bloat-free, private, secure browsing experience from developers who care.…

Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats

I put my family on a private social network, and all I got was this lousy group chat. At least it’s secure.…

AI can give advisors a marketing edge, but mind the privacy rules

Some tools available in the U.S. don’t comply with Canadian regulations…

PetMood – Your pet pops up while you browse

Your pet pops up with cute animations while you browse! All AI processing runs locally in your browser.…

Python obfuscation for AI assistants: runnable workspaces and off-disk secrets

Why obfuscating Python for AI tools requires a different mental model than Java — and how .env...…

The SMS Verification Market is Bigger Than Most People Realise: Data from 67,000+ Virtual Phone Numbers

We run Quackr, a virtual phone number platform that lets developers and individuals receive SMS...…

OpenAI new privacy policy to include info about ads in ChatGPT

Computer Use Agents Go Local: A Deep Technical Dive into On-Device GUI Automation, Quantized Inference & Holo3.1

Meta Description: Learn how to build production-grade local computer use agents using Holo3.1's...…

With Perplexity's Push for Hybrid AI, Your Laptop Could Function as a Data Center

Perplexity is shifting how some sensitive AI data is stored, balancing processing between local silicon and cloud servers.…

Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of privacy

16-year-old flags data issues on JEE Advanced results site; IIT Roorkee says ‘thank you’, takes corrective action

Rylen Anil (@DarthKermy72747) claimed that the JEE Advanced 2026 candidate result infrastructure had a public cloud storage misconfiguration. | India News…

Ottawa’s lawful access bill contains ‘chilling’ proposals, Signal executive tells MPs

Udbhav Tiwari said the secure messaging app would withdraw from Canada unless Ottawa makes major changes to Bill C-22…

How to delete your ChatGPT account

Get step-by-step instructions on how to delete your ChatGPT account, cancel your subscription, and export your data.…

The Third-Party Cookie Cover-Up: Why Big Tech’s "Privacy Pivot" is Just a Corporate Land Grab

Let’s touch an absolute raw nerve across corporate marketing, data engineering, and tech compliance:...…

'Resistance is futile,' says Qualcomm CEO. AI agents will be become invisible, inescapable, follow you across devices

Your personal Jarvis or a end of privacy as we know it?…

Quote of the day by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on" — a dire warning on the erosion of privacy

Strava declares war on scrapers ahead of IPO

Strava will charge a flat monthly fee from developers to access its API…

California passes bill declaring death-by-algorithm to 3D-printed ghost guns

Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains…

Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t...

Roost is a messaging app where messages aren’t instant; they travel between users at the speed of whichever bird they use to send it. Note sending is limited by the # of birds in y…