Google Chrome lacks browser fingerprinting defenses
… About a decade ago, Apple, Mozilla, and other privacy-oriented browser makers began implementing more effective defenses against cookie-based tracking. …
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Claude Desktop changes software permissions without consent
… Alexander Hanff, a privacy consultant and occasional contributor to The Register, contends this makes Claude Desktop "spyware" and amounts to a violation of European privacy law. …
EFF has new boss, Nicole Ozer, to fight privacy-suckers
… Among her many accomplishments, Ozer was instrumental in the passage of the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act CalECPA and California Reader Privacy Act . She also oversaw the ACLU's Demand Your dotRights privacy campaign. …
Apple pushes Maps ads in free business bundle
… "AppleCare+ for Business coverage is available per device or per user, starting at $6.99 per month, or $13.99 per month per user for up to three devices." MORE CONTEXT EFF has a new boss to lead the fight against privacy-sucking forces of doom Telling an AI model that it's an expert programmer make… …
Firefox Nightly adds Web Serial after years of saying no
… Apple's WebKit team opposes Web Serial , WebUSB , and WebHID " due to fingerprinting, security, and other concerns ," and cites Mozilla's arguments about privacy and security in defense of its position. …
GitHub: We going to train on your data after all
… To opt out, GitHub users should visit /settings/copilot/features and disable "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" under the Privacy heading. …
Nanny state vs. Linux: show us your ID, kid
… Now, for Apple and Microsoft, it's no big deal. Microsoft, for instance, requires Windows 11 users to have a Microsoft account , and Apple, while claiming it's a privacy-first platform, still examines every photo you take with Apple's Enhanced Visual Search . …
Microsoft Copilot now boarding your health information
… "Your Copilot Health conversations and data are isolated from general Copilot and kept under additional access, privacy, and safety controls," insist Microsoft's medical messengers Bay Gross, Peter Hames, Chris Kelly, Dominic King, and Harsha Nori. …
Linux kernel engineer introduces Sashiko code review system
… According to its authors, "the quality of reviews is high... the rate of false positives is harder to measure, but based on limited manual reviews it's well within 20 percent range, and the majority of it is a gray zone." The authors are upfront about the privacy and code-sharing aspects. …
Nvidia wraps its NemoClaw around OpenClaw for security
… "OpenShell provides the missing infrastructure layer beneath clause to give them the access they need to be productive while enforcing policy based security, network and privacy guardrails," she explained. …