… Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress, a privacy group that has lobbied Congress to rein in the data trade, tells WIRED that the House passed significant legislation two years ago that would have barred the government from subsidizing the industry, only for a handful of surveillance-min…
… But Moxie knows what he's doing and has a solid track record.” The complexity of developing encryption schemes for AI platforms is a major hurdle, and much of the privacy work so far has focused on accessible open source models or building privacy layers between AI companies and end users. …
… If they’re worthless, then why should we assume we’ll continue to have end-to-end encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp?” Meta's decision to revoke end-to-end encryption for Instagram chat seems to have been particularly alarming for researchers and privacy advocates because of the company's stated … …
… VPN Services Google might have put your data privacy on the backburner, but this VPN hasn't VPN Services A security researcher discovered that Mullvad’s WireGuard exit IP assignments follow a predictable pattern, but the privacy-focused provider is already rolling out a fix. …
… As Wired notes, that is profoundly disingenuous. “Designed the feature so nobody could find it, killed it for not being easy enough to find and, therefore, unpopular. …
… Also this week, WIRED published an excerpt from author Andrew Guthrie Ferguson’s new book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You, about the ways in which fitness trackers and biometric surveillance are further degrading your right to privacy. …
… This ensures its network privacy standards remain on par with the best VPN services on the market. …
… Privacy researchers audited the opt-out processes of 38 major data-collecting companies, including data brokers, AI vendors and dating app developers. The study found that deceptive practices and even outright lies were common. Wired provided some examples. …
… The built-in Privacy Display is a practical and innovative feature, the battery life is outstanding, and the cameras continue to shine while adding a few new, useful AI capabilities. We tested charging on 33 phones, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra won a CNET Lab Award for the fastest wired charging . …
… Apple publishes videos on ML and privacy workshop Apple has published a new post on its machine learning blog with four featured talks from its 2026 Workshop on Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning & AI. …