Apple iOS 26 will freeze iPhone FaceTime video if it detects nudity
But how nude is too nude?
Germany asks Apple and Google to ban DeepSeek over illegal data transfers to China
DeepSeek's failure to follow GDPR puts its future in Europe at risk
Are OnePlus phones sending sensitive user data to China? US lawmakers call for investigation
The allegations have not been backed by hard evidence
Facebook wants to access your camera roll for Meta AI photo suggestions
Camera roll media will be uploaded to Meta's servers on an "ongoing basis"
A hot potato: The issue of user content being used to train AI is a controversial one. Meta has been doing it with publicly available data for a while now, but its latest move is causing even more outcry: Facebook is asking for access to users' camera rolls so Meta AI can offer suggested edits to photos that haven't been uploaded.
Android 16 will alert users to possible Stingray surveillance, fake cell towers
Law enforcement agencies use tower-spoofing technology, often with little concern for bystander privacy
In the microdrone arms race, China unveils a mosquito-sized UAV built for stealth
The microdrone battlefield is getting crowded – and smaller
Whistleblower warning: 2FA codes sent via SMS are trivially easy to intercept
Apps or physical authenticators are a better choice
Windows 11 now lets EU users export Recall data – if they still trust it
In compliance with EU law
WhatsApp will start showing ads to users
Users who only need the chat feature won't see ads... for now
Robotaxis are quietly recording everything, and police are using the footage
Smile, you're on robotaxi camera
AI is helping scammers steal student loans and enroll in fake classes
Millions lost as AI bots impersonate students and drain federal aid
OpenAI warns ChatGPT logs will be retained "indefinitely," blames court order
The Internet is forever
Linux Foundation steps in with neutral solution to WordPress crisis
"Please stop fighting, you pesky WP children"
Editor's take: The fight between WordPress and WP Engine could bring the entire WP community to an unprecedented breakup. It's why the Linux Foundation is trying to avoid the worst-case scenario with an alternative platform for distributing and sharing WP-related content.
In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance
Smartphone looks modern, but its software reveals a dystopian reality
The big picture: A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea is offering a rare – and unsettling – glimpse into the extent of control Kim Jong Un's regime exerts over its citizens, down to the very words they type. While the device appears outwardly similar to any modern smartphone, its software reveals a far more oppressive reality.
Encryption utility VeraCrypt now disables Microsoft Recall and other screen recording tools by default
Software developers to callout and fight against Windows 11's most privacy-invasive feature
Researchers find billions of browser cookies for sale on the dark web
Cybercriminals exploiting traditional web standards to commit fraud -- or worse
Messaging app Signal will block Windows Recall from taking chat screenshots
WTF?! Recall is shaping up to be a security and privacy nightmare – and one of the most popular messaging platforms is already trying to patch the hole. Signal's developers are now resorting to a "weird trick" involving Windows DRM to shield users from unwanted Microsoft surveillance.
New Orleans used AI surveillance without public knowledge or full oversight
Extensive location tracking and real-time facial recognition has raised Fourth Amendment concerns
Apple users can now claim their share of $95 million Siri spying settlement
Users can claim $20 per Siri device, up to $100 per claimant
Sam Altman's World brings iris-scanning digital ID to the US
Orb scanners promise "proof of humanity"
WorkComposer employee monitoring app leak exposes 21 million screenshots online
A misconfigured Amazon S3 storage bucket was the culprit
Mass phone tracking via cell tower dumps ruled unconstitutional
Phone dragnet violates Fourth Amendment, says court
New approach from DeepMind partitions LLMs to mitigate prompt injection
Secure interpreter tracks data flow to block unsafe actions triggered by manipulated text
EU provides burner phones to officials traveling to US amid espionage concerns
Washington isn't Beijing, but you can never be too careful
OpenAI is quietly working on a social network similar to Twitter, powered by ChatGPT
One goal of OpenAI's prototype is to gather real-time user data