'A cybersecurity disaster waiting to happen' — The VPN industry reacts to the UK's teen social media ban
… "None of that is privacy-neutral," Sak told TechRadar. …
Google is the biggest and, arguably, the best out there. According to Lead Public Policy Manager at DuckDuckGo (a rival search engine), Aurélien Mähl, that's because of the company's scale — a market share of over 90%. "We are building our own index step by step, and we face a huge barrier in catching up, given Google's scale,” he told TechRadar. “It’s something that is simply not feasible given how the market is constructed, and intervention is necessary." Mähl argues that liberating Google’s search data would not only generate market growth but also improve accuracy for rare queries, given t
‘Google is not collaborative and not in the spirit of complying with this regulation’ – can the EU Commission strong-arm Google into levelling the playing field of the search engine market, and is this really in the interest of your privacy?… "None of that is privacy-neutral," Sak told TechRadar. …
… In the end, it’s Brussels that will have the final say and not the search or privacy experts. Whichever way it’s looked at, we hope that the privacy of European citizens' data is at the top of the agenda. …
… Social Media All of Discord's voice and video calls will now feature end-to-end encryption by default, but there are still two major privacy concerns for users. …
… As models interact with larger volumes of data and operate with fewer human checkpoints, they introduce new vectors for privacy loss, data exposure, and unauthorized access. Additionally, reliability concerns persist. …
The UK is consulting on whether to age-restrict VPNs to prevent minors from bypassing age checks Mozilla warns that circumvention is a "marginal reason" kids use VPNs The company argues that forcing all users to verify their age will create massive data privacy risks The UK government is currently … …
… Debates around privacy aren’t new. Just think about when in the late 1990s Sun Microsystems' newly instated CEO Scott McNealy told a group of analysts and reporters, “You have zero privacy anyway. …
… With ChatGPT, opting out feels like changing a privacy setting. …
… Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Privacy advocates have urged Meta to cancel its rumored controversial Name Tag feature. Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Apple's privacy-first approach could help it dominate the smart glasses sector. …
… Hybrid & Electric Vehicles Google Gemini is rolling out to millions of cars, but some owners are concerned about data privacy. …
… Tiktok TikTok users are deleting the app in droves over privacy concerns, while smaller rivals are seeing a big boost in numbers. …