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#Citizen Is Using #AI to Generate Crime Alerts With No Human Review. It’s Making a Lot of Mistakes

https://www.404media.co/citizen-is-using-ai-to-generate-crime-alerts-with-no-human-review-its-making-a-lot-of-mistakes/

#privacy #Vigilante

#Instagram rolls out a new feature that shows your location to others: How bad is it for #privacy?

https://adguard.com/en/blog/instagram-rolls-out-new-feature-that-shows-your-location.html

#Meta

More than 130,000 #Claude, #Grok, #ChatGPT, and Other #LLM Chats Readable on Archive(dot)org

https://www.404media.co/more-than-130-000-claude-grok-chatgpt-and-other-llm-chats-readable-on-archive-org/

#privacy #AI

#ICE Is Buying Mobile Iris Scanning Tech for Its #Deportation Arm

https://www.404media.co/ice-is-buying-mobile-iris-scanning-tech-for-its-deportation-arm/

#EyeScanning #biometrics #privacy #politics #MORIS #IRIS

A rival #Tea app for men is leaking its users’ personal data and driver’s licenses

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #TeaOnHer

#Meta illegally collected data from #Flo #period and #pregnancy app, jury finds

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/jury-finds-meta-broke-wiretap-law-by-collecting-data-from-period-tracker-app/

#privacy #ReproductiveHealth

After just five years, #Microsoft will end support for low-cost #Windows11SE

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/microsoft-kills-windows-11-se-another-in-a-long-line-of-failed-chromeos-competitors/

#EoL #cybersecurity #education

Senators Could Vote Imminently to Remove Their Homes, Travel Info From Internet

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/senators-homes-travel-info-remove-internet-1235397818/

#privacy #politics

#Australia widens teen #SocialMedia ban to #YouTube, scraps exemption

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/australia-widens-teen-social-media-ban-youtube-scraps-exemption-2025-07-29/

#privacy #AgeVerification #politics

#Dior begins sending #DataBreach notifications to U.S. customers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dior-begins-sending-data-breach-notifications-to-us-customers/

#privacy #cybersecurity #France #fashion

A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to #Debt Collectors

https://www.404media.co/a-startup-is-selling-data-hacked-from-peoples-computers-to-debt-collectors/

#privacy #cybersecurity

#JackDorsey says his ‘secure’ new #Bitchat app has not been tested for security

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/jack-dorsey-says-his-secure-new-bitchat-app-has-not-been-tested-for-security/

#cybersecurity

#Google #Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no

https://www.laptopmag.com/ai/gemini-phone-access-update

#AI #privacy

#Android phones could soon warn you of “#Stingrays” snooping on your communications

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/future-android-phones-could-warn-you-about-data-stealing-fake-cell-towers/

#IMSICatcher #privacy #cybersecurity

What the app? What will #WhatsApp's pursuit of revenue mean for no-strings #encryption

https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5617/what-app-what-will-whatsapps-pursuit-revenue-mean-no-strings-encryption

#privacy #advertising #Meta

#Lyon Abandons #Microsoft Office To Strengthen 'Digital Sovereignty'

https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/25/1757229/lyon-abandons-microsoft-office-to-strengthen-digital-sovereignty

#France #politics #privacy

Zero-click #AI data leak flaw uncovered in #Microsoft365 #Copilot

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zero-click-ai-data-leak-flaw-uncovered-in-microsoft-365-copilot/

#Microsoft #MicrosoftCopilot #privacy #cybersecurity

#AOSP isn't dead, but #Google just landed a huge blow to custom ROM developers

https://www.androidauthority.com/google-not-killing-aosp-3566882/

#privacy #FOSS #Calyx #Graphene #Lineage

“#Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost #Meta 32 billion.

https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

#privacy #Facebook

#EU to launch age-check app as pressure builds on #BigTech

https://archive.is/Htwxm

#privacy #AgeVerification #politics

“Reject all” #cookies button must be present and visible, German court says

https://cybernews.com/privacy/reject-all-cookies-button-must-be-present-in-europe/

#Germany #privacy #cookie

#Whoogle currently broken

https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search

#Google #Search #privacy #FOSS