… In the May 2025 memo from Meta’s Reality Labs that the Times obtained, Meta reportedly wrote that it would launch “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” The coalition calls the … …
… Looking through my iMessage history, none of the top five friends and family members that I text the most often even have X accounts. So, right at the top, XChat felt too niche for my actual messaging needs, putting aside any encryption concerns. …
… Finally, we detailed Russia’s effort to create a local competitor to Starlink satellite internet service—with all the privacy and security concerns that entails. And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Security Concerns As Rednote goes global, the company is no doubt looking to Chinese predecessors like WeChat and TikTok for ideas about how to navigate the minefield of content moderation and data privacy. …
… TechCrunch did find, however, that Patel appears to have forwarded some emails from his Justice Department email account to his Gmail account in 2014. …
… Other governments have taken notice of the privacy implications of wearables like Meta’s glasses, raising concerns about more advanced capabilities they may have in the near future. …
… Fearful of what Donaldson might do with unbridled access, Micay took to the internet to air his concerns. In a series of since-deleted tweets, he used the CopperheadOS X account—the same account he used to offer tech support—to accuse Donaldson of being untrustworthy. …
… Erotic interactions with ChatGPT will further heighten the stakes for user privacy. …
… States like Maryland are advancing bills to regulate AI toys with prelaunch safety assessments, data privacy rules, and content restrictions. …
… As the Mozilla Foundation reported after an in-depth investigation into the industry, many mental health apps are lax on privacy. Most failed privacy audits, failing to secure or even outright profiting from personal mental health data. …