Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program
… Meta also has also begun offloading some work reviewing programs and features for potential privacy and security risks to artificial intelligence. …
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Federal Workers Can’t Get the White House’s App Off Their Phones
… At the bottom of the page, there is a section for the policies for the White House Mobile App that includes only an email address and no details on the privacy or data policies for the app itself. “The White House app does not require anyone to create an account or enter any data into the app, and … …
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
You Can Disable Gemini in Chrome if It’s Freaking You Out
… Longtime security and compliance consultant Davi Ottenheimer says that he follows Chrome updates closely but could have easily missed the Gemini Nano integration. “An on-device model could be a hidden minefield,” he says. …
Here’s How Apple Is Updating Its Child Safety Features in iOS 27
… At the time, Apple told Heat Initiative that it “concluded it was not practically possible to implement without ultimately imperiling the security and privacy of our users.” Gardner still wants Apple to implement this tool, claiming it balances child safety and privacy. …
WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
… So the fact that it is built to be privacy preserving is significant. “It's AI that runs inside Meta's hardware security modules,” says Matt Green, a Johns Hopkins cryptographer who provided input about Private Processing. …
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
… WIRED shared its findings with two outside security researchers who separately examined the app and reproduced key aspects of the analysis: Cooper Quintin, a security researcher and senior public interest technologist with the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Threat Lab, and an independen… …
Iranian Hackers Breached Kash Patel’s Email—but Not the FBI’s
… Think using a VPN gives you more privacy? Think again. A letter from US lawmakers this week questioned director of national security Tulsi Gabbard over whether US surveillance authorities allow the National Security Agency to target people who use a VPN. …
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
… Crockford notes that the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week unanimously passed a consumer privacy bill that, if enacted as written, would impose strong enforcement provisions, and urged other states to follow, especially with a private right of action that lets aggrieved users sue. “S…
They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies
… The better the privacy tool, of course, the more it becomes associated with criminality. It’s hard to win at cybersecurity. …