Governments are ruining the internet to protect kids but there is a much better way

Heavy-handed web regulations are pushing us toward a dystopian future. Shifting filtering directly to the router level fixes the problem without forcing adults to hand over sensitive ID data.

Texas sues Meta over ‘misleading’ WhatsApp privacy claims

The lawsuit accuses Meta of marketing WhatsApp as completely private while allegedly allowing employees and contractors to review messages.

Woman’s Talkspace Therapy App Sessions Exposed in Court

Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.

Fauxx - Privacy Through Noise | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Poison data collection profiles by generating decoy signals.

Trump Mobile Site Reportedly Exposing Customers' Private Data

The security flaw also suggests the carrier only has about 10,000 unique customers and about 30,000 T1 phone preorders, according to two YouTubers alerted to the bug by a viewer.

Disney sued over facial recognition technology at California parks

The suit alleges the company doesn’t adequately disclose its use of the technology and isn’t transparent with how the collected data will be used.

Google Android XR smart glasses launching this fall with Gemini AI

Google to launch this fall its new Android XR smart glasses with the first consumer-ready frames from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. The glasses will feature built-in navigation, hands-free messagin...

NYC Health and Hospitals breach exposes medical records, fingerprints, and geolocation data of 1.8 million people

The hackers had access to the network for more than two months before detection, stealing biometric data that affected individuals cannot replace. The breach originated through an unnamed third-party ...

TikTok Removes Reform UK Campaign Video Using Online Safety Act Hate Censorship Rules

The law Parliament sold as a shield for children just became a sword against a political campaign.

Texas Fights Netflix in a Deceptive Data Collection Lawsuit

Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses Netflix of covert user tracking and addictive design allegedly used to harvest children’s data despite privacy claims

‘We’re defending our homeland’: FBI remotely scrubs Russian malware from thousands of compromised devices – series of FBI engineered commands sent to compromised home and small office routers disrupted GRU botnet targeting military, government, and critical infrastructure

The FBI used court-authorization to remotely reset thousands of compromised home and small office routers, kicking the GRU out of sensitive networks.

Concerns over Palantir hiring more than 30 senior UK Government officials

US tech surveillance firm Palantir has hired 32 senior UK government and public sector officials since 2012, it has been reported ...

DOJ reportedly demands Apple and Google identify over 100,000 users of car app - 9to5Mac

According to a new report from Forbes, the Department of Justice is demanding Apple, Amazon, and Google hand over “identities,...

OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts

What could go wrong?

Meta faces court over Android tracking claims

Accused of exploiting vulnerabilities to access user data.

OpenAI Hit with Class-Action Privacy Lawsuit for Sharing ChatGPT Data with Google and Meta

OpenAI Global LLC is facing a new class‑action complaint in the Southern District of California that accuses the company of quietly wiring its ChatGPT web interface with Meta’s Facebook Pixel and Goog...