28 stories tagged with #privacy, in publish-time order across the WeSearch catalog. Tag pages update as new stories ingest.
⌘ RSS feed for this tag → or search "Privacy"
More than 500,000 Lloyds and Halifax customers may have been affected by glitch
More than 6,000 people have now received payments…
Mike Johnson faces revolt from GOP privacy hawks threatening to kill FISA renewal as deadline looms
Snap's Evan Spiegel warns tech leaders are underestimating a coming backlash against AI
Snap's CEO is still confident in AI — but he warned it could lead to a "huge amount of societal pushback."…
BCI startup Neurable looks to license its ‘mind-reading’ tech for consumer wearables
The startup specializes in "non-invasive" "mind-reading" tech—a kind of neural data collection that, its CEO hopes, will have all sorts of consumer applications.…
How to audit what ChatGPT knows about you – and reclaim your data privacy
If you're looking to limit the amount of personal information you give ChatGPT, these are the main settings you should know about.…
What AI changes about viewpoint diversity
Reviewing a book in which I appear…
The Tools That Convinced Me to Take Browser Security More Seriously
Prevent websites from collecting and selling your data with these browser-safety and online-privacy tools.…
Open Source AI Infrastructure
How I built a privacy-first AI medical tool in a single HTML file — architecture breakdown
Gartner: US states issued $3.45B in privacy-related fines to companies in 2025, a total larger than the last five years combined, driven by new privacy laws (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop)
Derek B. Johnson / CyberScoop : Gartner: US states issued $3.45B in privacy-related fines to companies in 2025, a total larger than the last five years combined, driven by new priv…
WATCH: Taylor Swift files to trademark voice, image amid AI misuse
The singer is filing three new trademark applications after her likeness has been used without permission for numerous AI fakes.…
Survey says many readers use this Android notification feature, but not everyone trusts it
Android notification history is a pretty useful feature, but how many of our readers use it? We ran a poll, and here are the results.…
Want More Privacy? Here's How to Lock and Hide Apps on Your iPhone
Keep prying eyes out of your apps with this trick.…
Security Camera Privacy Zones: How I Use This Tool for Better Performance and Protection
Your home security cam probably has privacy zone technology, and you should be using it. Here's how and why.…
Adult Friend Finder app: Where to download the AFF app and how secure is it?
It's complicated.…
$1,605: average annual ad value of a U.S. Google user
Proton analyzed 54,000 profiles using real ad auction data to determine your worth to Google. How valuable is your data?…
This hidden TV feature tracks your viewing - here's how to turn it off (no matter what brand)
Samsung, LG, and Sony TVs can pose privacy risks - here's how to avoid a major one.…
Hundreds of millions at risk from Chinese shopping app malware
While many apps collect vast troves of user data, sometimes without explicit consent, experts say Chinese e-commerce giant Pinduoduo has taken violations of privacy and data securi…
US supreme court hears whether smartphone location data warrants infringe users’ privacy
Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacy The US supreme court is considering whether sprawling warrants …
Judge Delays Order to Force Penn to Turn Over List of Jews to Trump Administration
The Trump administration had said it needed the information for an antisemitism investigation.…
Got OpenAI's privacy filter model running on-device via ExecuTorch
Been experimenting with running OpenAI's privacy filter model on mobile through ExecuTorch. Sharing in case it's useful to others working on similar problems. Setup: - Runtime: Exe…
Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
Rather than launching a sleek, worthwhile encrypted messaging app, Musk dropped a junky, insular extension of his social media platform.…
The Supreme Court case that could redefine your digital privacy
5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Using ChatGPT—or Any Chatbot—for Financial Advice
As people increasingly rely on AI chatbots for guidance, even on financial matters, a healthy dose of skepticism is critical.…
Websites break California privacy law at ‘industrial scale,’ survey finds – The Markup
Singapore's Foreign Minister Builds an AI "Second Brain" Using NanoClaw
Many politicians across the world are talking about how they want to promote AI, but a Singaporean politician is building AI bots to...…
Privacy-first Markdown app with wiki links, image links, slash command, and a Local LLM plugin, no split panel preview
Binderus is a free, local privacy-first Markdown wysiwyg editor with a Notion-style block UI. Your notes never leave your machine unless you put them somewhere yourself. What's new…