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EU’s "Chat Control 2.0" Sparks Fierce Privacy Backlash reclaimthenet.org/the-disguise...
The Disguised Return of The EU's Private Message Scanning Plot
After public outrage buried it once, the EU’s mass surveillance plan is back; rebranded, repackaged, and more invasive than before.
reclaimthenet.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
EU’s "Chat Control 2.0" Sparks Fierce Privacy Backlash reclaimthenet.org/the-disguise...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing | Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Pr...
www.eff.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing | Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
November 16, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Singapore introduces landmark Health Information Bill www.hoganlovells.com/en/publicati...
Singapore introduces landmark Health Information Bill
On 5 November the Singapore Ministry of Health introduced the Health Information Bill (the “Bill”) in Parliament, marking a major step towards achieving a centralised digital health ecosystem in Singa...
www.hoganlovells.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Singapore introduces landmark Health Information Bill www.hoganlovells.com/en/publicati...
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/j...
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private
A federal magistrate judge just ordered that the private ChatGPT conversations of 20 million users be handed over to the lawyers for dozens of plaintiffs, including news organizations. Those 20 mil…
www.techdirt.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Judge Orders OpenAI To Give Lawyers 20 Million Private Chats, Thinks ‘Anonymization’ Can Keep Them Private | Techdirt www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/j...
Telegram sues Australia over age verification law − here's what we know | TechRadar www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Telegram sues Australia over age verification law − here's what we know
Telegram is pushing back against the eSafety Commissioner's authority and a hefty fine
www.techradar.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Telegram sues Australia over age verification law − here's what we know | TechRadar www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/a...
Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.
techcrunch.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/a...
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Voice phishing is AI fraud in real time
Just as we learnt to treat emails with caution, we must now learn to doubt a human-sounding voice
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Bitcoin's big secret: How cryptocurrency became law enforcement's secret weapon | Bitwarden bitwarden.com/blog/how-cry...
Bitcoin's big secret: How cryptocurrency became law enforcement's secret weapon | Bitwarden
WIRED's Andy Greenberg discusses a revelation that turned his decades-long reporting on its head: Bitcoin became a criminal's worst nightmare.
bitwarden.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Bitcoin's big secret: How cryptocurrency became law enforcement's secret weapon | Bitwarden bitwarden.com/blog/how-cry...
Fighting the New York Times’ invasion of user privacy | OpenAI openai.com/index/fighti...
See previous skeet - so does that mean they didn't fight Washington Post having access?
See previous skeet - so does that mean they didn't fight Washington Post having access?
Fighting the New York Times’ invasion of user privacy
OpenAI is fighting the New York Times’ demand for 20 million private ChatGPT conversations and accelerating new security and privacy protections to protect your data.
openai.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Fighting the New York Times’ invasion of user privacy | OpenAI openai.com/index/fighti...
See previous skeet - so does that mean they didn't fight Washington Post having access?
See previous skeet - so does that mean they didn't fight Washington Post having access?
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
AI Chatbot Surveillance Tools Are Quietly Watching Kids In Class - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chatbots Are Sparking a New Era of Student Surveillance
As US educators embrace AI in the classroom, firms are selling software to flag mentions of self-harm, raising concerns over privacy and control.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
AI Chatbot Surveillance Tools Are Quietly Watching Kids In Class - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Microsoft Teams’ New “Chat with Anyone” Feature Exposes Users to Phishing and Malware Attacks cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-te...
Microsoft Teams’ New “Chat with Anyone” Feature Exposes Users to Phishing and Malware Attacks
Microsoft's upcoming Teams update, set for targeted releases in early November 2025 and worldwide by January 2026, will allow users to initiate chats with only an email address, even if the recipient ...
cybersecuritynews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Microsoft Teams’ New “Chat with Anyone” Feature Exposes Users to Phishing and Malware Attacks cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-te...
Site Takeover Flaw Affects 400K WordPress Sites www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilit...
Vulnerability in the Post SMTP plug-in
Vulnerability in the Post SMTP plug-in
Site Takeover Flaw Affects 400K WordPress Sites
Attackers are already targeting a vulnerability in the Post SMTP plug-in that allows them to fully compromise an account and website.
www.darkreading.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Site Takeover Flaw Affects 400K WordPress Sites www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilit...
Vulnerability in the Post SMTP plug-in
Vulnerability in the Post SMTP plug-in
Media giant Nikkei reports data breach impacting 17,000 people www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Media giant Nikkei reports data breach impacting 17,000 people
Japanese publishing giant Nikkei announced earlier today that its Slack messaging platform had been compromised, exposing the personal information of over 17,000 employees and business partners.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Media giant Nikkei reports data breach impacting 17,000 people www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
Delta Pilots Realized Airline Could Access Data On Their Personal Phones After Some Were Ordered To Delete TikTok www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025/11/05/d...
Delta Pilots Realized Airline Could Access Data On Their Personal Phones After Some Were Ordered To Delete TikTok
Delta pilots discovered that a company app on their personal phones could access extensive personal data, raising privacy concerns.
www.paddleyourownkanoo.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Delta Pilots Realized Airline Could Access Data On Their Personal Phones After Some Were Ordered To Delete TikTok www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2025/11/05/d...
Microsoft Can't Keep EU Data Safe From US Authorities www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
Microsoft Can't Keep EU Data Safe From US Authorities
Microsoft has admitted to a French senate hearing that it can't protect EU data from U.S. government snooping.
www.forbes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Microsoft Can't Keep EU Data Safe From US Authorities www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
auraphone: a simple app to collect people's info at events andrewarrow.dev/2025/11/simp...
auraphone: a simple app to collect people's info at events
Building auraphone - using CBCentralManager on ios and BluetoothManager on android to make each phone broadcasts as a peripheral but also connects as central. Rooms full of phones running the app goss...
andrewarrow.dev
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
auraphone: a simple app to collect people's info at events andrewarrow.dev/2025/11/simp...
Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/p...
Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds | TechCrunch
Journalists in Europe found it was "easy" to spy on top European Union officials using commercially obtained location data sold by data brokers, despite the continent having some of the strongest data...
techcrunch.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Phone location data of top EU officials for sale, report finds | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2025/11/04/p...
Researcher Exposes Tata Motors Security Vulnerabilities www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
Researcher Exposes Tata Motors Security Vulnerabilities
Security researcher Eaton Zveare discovered that two sets of Amazon Web Services keys were left exposed across Tata Motors' online platforms.
www.techrepublic.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Researcher Exposes Tata Motors Security Vulnerabilities www.techrepublic.com/article/news...
Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition at the airport - European Digital Rights (EDRi) edri.org/our-work/cze...
Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition at the airport - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The shutdown of the facial recognition cameras at the Václav Havel Airport in Prague came after years of criticism from EDRi member IuRe.
edri.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Czech police forced to turn off facial recognition at the airport - European Digital Rights (EDRi) edri.org/our-work/cze...
Chat control proposal fails again after massive public opposition | Andrea Fortuna andreafortuna.org/2025/11/01/c...
Chat control proposal fails again after massive public opposition
The European Union’s controversial Chat Control proposal has been withdrawn once again following intense public pressure. This marks another defeat for legislation that would have mandated scanning of...
andreafortuna.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Chat control proposal fails again after massive public opposition | Andrea Fortuna andreafortuna.org/2025/11/01/c...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 AM
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/security/202...
This should be (but won't) the end of Bitcoin, Ethereum
This should be (but won't) the end of Bitcoin, Ethereum
Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains
Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.
arstechnica.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/security/202...
This should be (but won't) the end of Bitcoin, Ethereum
This should be (but won't) the end of Bitcoin, Ethereum