…WhatsApp, which has a more legally defined privacy expectation baked into its identity, is a harder target for the same argument. Applying that pressure there carries a higher political and reputational cost…
Jenny McGrath Mar 15, 2026, 9:30 AM EDT Jenny has over a decade of experience covering science and technology. In 2014, she started reviewing smart-home devices and kitchen appliances at…
…avoid privacy issues, fire hazards and more. Tyler Lacoma Editor / Home Security and Smart Home Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and security technology for…
…EFF), and the Center for Democracy & Technology have criticized the proposal, arguing that scammers can easily obtain fake credentials while ordinary users would bear the privacy costs. There’s also a cybersecurity…
Sweden's government votes in favor for the police to use AI technology for real-time facial recognition
KYC is first released back in 1970, which means this tech already more than 50 years old which is pretty outdated in terms of technology, and i can tell that this security practices has so many flaws such as : - Honey Po…
In late 2025, Australia’s government rolled out the first complete ban on users under 16 from having social media accounts. In the United Kingdom, rules took effect in mid-2025 under the Online Safety Act that require al…
Today I was thinking about the age verification discussion going on. Then it hit me. It's only the first step. Knowing that Meta is main driver behind all that (and probably Google/Alphabet too), it is clear that this ca…
…Building on its PaaS platform, Ant Group further developed confidential SaaS solutions for financial scenarios, including Ant Privacy-Enhancing Data Analytics Platform and Ant Privacy-Enhancing AI Platform. These solutions use Intel…
…This is just the latest in a series of events that highlight the privacy concerns of smart glasses like Meta Ray-Bans . These look like a chunkier pair of normal black Ray…
Megan Ellis May 28, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New…
Security researcher Alexander Hanff, also known as "That Privacy Guy," has published a new analysis claiming that Google Chrome is silently downloading a roughly 4GB on-device AI model to users' machines…
Simon Batt Jun 13, 2026, 1:32 AM EDT Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After…
…This is troubling, because as the Georgetown Law Center for Privacy and Technology has reported, face-matching systems are rife with error, in terms of both the quality of input photos and…