Privacy
Signal slams UK for “dystopian” device scanning
Signal says the UK’s demands to scan, detect, and block nude images are dystopian. The Home Office says big tech companies like Google and Apple have just three months to comply.
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Meta blasts facial recognition claims, then deletes the code from its app
Just days after Meta executives publicly attacked reports that the company had embedded facial recognition technology in its smart glasses app, the code in question is no longer there.
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AI toy apps for children request dangerous permissions and include third-party trackers
Plush toys are no longer all the rage – AI toys are taking over. AI toys use Large Language Models...
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Decade-old login opens door to massive 10M student data breach
Illuminate Education Inc., an American software company that provides services to educational institutions, has leaked data belonging to more than 10 million students via a 10-year-old password created by an employee who left the company long ago.
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Privacy complaints spike in the Netherlands, driven by data breaches and camera surveillance
In 2025, the Dutch privacy and data protection authority (AP) received over 13,500 complaints about individuals or organizations that may not be complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Expired domains let hacker snoop through debt clients’ emails
Sensitive personal, financial, and medical information belonging to people struggling with debts has been exposed after a major security lapse involving Dutch debt administrators. It failed to secure expired web domains, allowing a hacker to access confidential emails.
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Signal, DuckDuckGo , NordVPN threaten to pull services if Canada passes “surveillance” bill
Signal, DuckDuckGo, and NordVPN say they could leave Canada if Bill C-22 is introduced, arguing that the proposed surveillance laws could force encrypted apps to build backdoors into their services.
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UK PM Starmer set to ban social media for Under-16s
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to announce a ban on "harmful" online platforms for children under 16 while maintaining access to some safer forms of social media, the Times newspaper reported on Monday.
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GrapheneOS says “fearmongering” over Sony age verification partner flagging users is suspicious
Users are fuming over complaints that Yoti, an age-verification service provider used by Sony, Facebook, and TikTok, automatically reports privacy-first GrapheneOS users to authorities.
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Meta confirms: critical vulnerability in account recovery tool exposed over 20K Instagram users
Meta’s Instagram account recovery tool helped hackers to take control over more than 20,000 accounts, the tech company acknowledges.
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Norwegian publisher faces complaint over choice between tracking and subscription fees
On Wednesday, the Norwegian Consumer Council and noyb filed a complaint against the Norwegian news publisher Schibsted for implementing the controversial “Pay or Okay” model across its products.
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Politician depicted in Grok-generated chloroform and bikini images sues xAI, citing privacy breaches
A UK MP is mounting what could be a landmark legal challenge against Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, arguing that existing privacy and data protection laws should apply to AI-generated images created without a person’s consent.
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US regulator reviews school internet funding over children's screen time
The US Federal Communications Commission is questioning whether schools should keep receiving billions in internet subsidies as concerns grow over children's screen time.
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Meta is giving teens stricter content filters and testing more balanced Instagram feeds
Meta is expanding its content settings for teen accounts on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger globally to ensure age-appropriate experiences for younger users, it said on Tuesday, as social media platforms face growing scrutiny about child health and safety.
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Virginia man seeks class action against Amazon over Ring face-scanning feature
Amazon was sued on Monday by a Virginia resident over what he said were privacy violations after the company's Ring doorbell cameras at friends and family members' homes collected and stored images of his face using facial recognition software.
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Could the EU’s digitalization push lead to surveillance, control, and exclusion?
The EU’s push towards digital identities, health data sharing, and other services risks creating a system of mass data collection and social exclusion, according to European Digital Rights (EDRi), an association of civil and human rights organizations.
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EU outlines cloud sovereignty plan that could affect Amazon, Microsoft, and Google
Europe plans to propose strict criteria for cloud computing services in highly critical state tenders that could exclude Amazon, Microsoft and Google from such projects, according to documents seen by Reuters.
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Should she pay more than he just did? Why a $3 pair of Walmart shoes has reignited consumer fears of surveillance pricing
A $3 pair of children's shoes from Walmart has sparked viral outrage, thrusting the shadowy practice of AI-driven surveillance pricing – where retailers use hidden personal data to charge different customers different amounts – into the spotlight.
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Renting a smart apartment? Your landlord may have access to your cameras and locks
In the analog days, arriving at a holiday rental property used to involve awkwardly coordinating key handovers and hoping that the host would answer their phone. All that changed when the digital transformation of everything paved the way for Airbnb and smart home technology.
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California sues 23andMe over genetic data breach affecting 6.9 million users
California is suing 23andMe over the DNA testing company’s 2023 data breach, accusing it of ignoring warnings and exposing sensitive genetic information tied to nearly 7 million Americans.
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