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...

German intelligence offices snub US-owned Palantir software

Germany's domestic intelligence agency has reportedly chosen a data analysis system from France, instead of US-based Palantir. Civil society has welcomed the move, but says more must be done.

Canvas Just Sent a Dangerous Message to Hackers: Crime Pays If You Do It Right

Commentary: After a breach affecting thousands of institutions, Canvas's decision to reach an agreement with attackers highlights how ransom negotiations risk turning cybercrime into a predictable bus...

Reddit Tests Blocking Mobile Web to Force App Downloads

Reddit's message to its most loyal lurkers is this: your anonymity is the one thing we can't monetize.

We Need To Rewild The Internet  | NOEMA

The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.

ICE Agents Have List of 20 Million People on Their iPhones Thanks to Palantir

The comments made by a senior ICE official at a trade show highlight how Palantir is increasing the speed at which ICE operates. Most people detained by ICE have no criminal conviction.

End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging begins rolling out today in beta

Apple and Google collaborate with the GSMA to roll out end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, enhancing cross-platform communication security.

Access to major illegal adult content websites in South Korea blocked overnight with cooperation from Cloudflare

Access to numerous adult content websites, adult game websites, as well as sites violating copyright infringement have been cut off for Kor…

Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users

The company that decides whether you're a bot now also requires you run its software to prove otherwise.

GM just paid a record penalty for breaking California privacy law

General Motors agreed to pay California a $12 million civil penalty after selling driving data on hundreds of thousands of OnStar users

The SECURE Data Act is Not a Serious Piece of Privacy Legislation

The bill is weaker than congressional proposals in prior years, as well as most of the 21 state consumer privacy bills already on the books.