Meta Is Warned That Facial Recognition Glasses Will Arm Sexual Predators
…privacy penalty in the agency's history at the time. The legal pressure on Meta's design choices has only intensified. In March, a Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google's…
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OpenAI Enables Marketing Cookies by Default for Free ChatGPT Users
…While it doesn’t say it in the Privacy Policy itself, OpenAI links to a help page explaining that it employs user identifiers to track ad conversions on other platforms. Old Privacy…
Signal Alums Reveal ‘Encrypted Spaces,’ a System for Making Private Collaboration Apps
…The app can't simply store users' information on a server and manipulate it in that centralized location as it would for an unencrypted platform like Slack or Google Docs. Encrypted Spaces…
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
…But as chatbots and AI agents have become more capable, some technologists and companies are pushing to create more constrained and privacy-focused systems. “As LLMs continue to be able to do…
I Tried DeleteMe, a Service That Removes Your Personal Info From the Internet
…Privacy's dead, privacy's dead, privacy's dead.” Privacy may, in fact, be dead—perhaps by refusing to post to their Instagram grids, maybe Gen Z will bring it back. But…
They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies
…data stored on your device. “Cops say criminals use a Google Pixel with GrapheneOS,” noted a recent headline. The better the privacy tool, of course, the more it becomes associated with criminality…
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
…The investigation alleged xAI violated Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law by not including “appropriate safeguards from the outset.” The investigation says xAI told the Privacy Commissioner that it has introduced…
Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones
…It is, apparently, the same version that is available to the public on the Apple and Google app stores. A button within the app allows users to “text President Trump,” which autofills…
Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
…s vice president of security and privacy, and Eugene Liderman, director of Android security and privacy product, say that there was a real desire within Google to move defenses for victims forward…
Google Now Lets You Change Your Gmail Address. Here’s How
…the company behind our pick for the best VPN, so you know the company puts an emphasis on privacy and security. Proton Mail even lets new users import their data from Google.