Monique Barrow
@moniquebarrow.bsky.social
🌻Writer, Gamer, Introvert, Privacy Enthusiast
🌐Website: https://monique-barrow.com/
📩Privacy Newsletter: https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/
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🌐Website: https://monique-barrow.com/
📩Privacy Newsletter: https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/
❤️Support Me: https://monique-barrow.com/support-me/
Final privacy news roundup for 2025. Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for December include sage verification, AI, and surveillance. Check it out. #privacy #security #dataprivacy #newsletter #happynewyear
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December 2025 Privacy News Roundup
And that's a wrap for 2025!
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December 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Final privacy news roundup for 2025. Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for December include sage verification, AI, and surveillance. Check it out. #privacy #security #dataprivacy #newsletter #happynewyear
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December 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog
It's the latest blow to encryption in the UK
www.techradar.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Encryption isn't hostile. It's a bedrock of our cybersecurity 🔐
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
The UK's national security laws join a long line of attempts to frame encrypted messaging as something to be broken into pieces.
Without it, we're more open to threats from hackers and criminals.
www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
This holiday season, make a donation to a privacy organization ❄️. @torproject.org @eff.org @privacyinternational.org @noyb.eu @engagemedia.org @epic.org @fightforthefuture.org @openrightsgroup.org #privacy #donate
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Support Privacy This Holiday Season
Now more than ever do they need our support
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December 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This holiday season, make a donation to a privacy organization ❄️. @torproject.org @eff.org @privacyinternational.org @noyb.eu @engagemedia.org @epic.org @fightforthefuture.org @openrightsgroup.org #privacy #donate
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Age-verification mandates create barriers along lines of race, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, and socioeconomic class. Here’s 10 (not so) hidden ways how. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
10 (Not So) Hidden Dangers of Age Verification
It’s nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch “sexual content.” A handful of states and Australia now have various
www.eff.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Age-verification mandates create barriers along lines of race, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, and socioeconomic class. Here’s 10 (not so) hidden ways how. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Privacy Cloud's monthly news roundup is available to read now. Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for November include surveillance, age verification, and AI. #privacy #security #news #surveillance #AI
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November 2025 Privacy News Roundup
News
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December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Privacy Cloud's monthly news roundup is available to read now. Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for November include surveillance, age verification, and AI. #privacy #security #news #surveillance #AI
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/november-2...
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Tis the season of giving! ❄️ Consider supporting me this holiday season by doing the following:
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November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Tis the season of giving! ❄️ Consider supporting me this holiday season by doing the following:
🫙 Leave a tip over on my #ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
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Learn to take back your privacy by purchasing a privacy checklist from my shop! For only $10, you get 18 simple privacy tips to help you get started. Not only will you develop better privacy and security habits, but your purchase will go towards my bills and expenses!
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Visit Monique Barrow's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Learn to take back your privacy by purchasing a privacy checklist from my shop! For only $10, you get 18 simple privacy tips to help you get started. Not only will you develop better privacy and security habits, but your purchase will go towards my bills and expenses!
ko-fi.com/moniquebarro...
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As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
Remember when you thought age verification laws couldn't get any worse? Well, lawmakers in Wisconsin, Michigan, and beyond are about to blow you away.It's unfortunately no longer enough to force
www.eff.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As age verification laws proliferate around the world, people have predictably turned to VPNs to protect their privacy. Instead of taking this as a sign that surveillance isn't popular, lawmakers have decided they might as well ban VPNs altogether. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR
The EU Commission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the GDPR. noybs first overview of the proposed changes.
noyb.eu
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
⚖️📚 The #EUCommission has secretly set in motion a potentially massive reform of the #GDPR. If internal drafts become reality, this would have significant impact on people's fundamental right to #privacy and data protection.
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
👀 Read more here 👉 noyb.eu/en/eu-commis...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Starting November 3, users that reside in the United Kingdom, the European Union, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong will be included in LinkedIn’s AI training by default unless they manually opt out. #privacy #AI
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LinkedIn will use your data to train its AI models unless you opt out
You're already opted it, so you have to take action on LinkedIn now
www.techradar.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Starting November 3, users that reside in the United Kingdom, the European Union, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Canada, and Hong Kong will be included in LinkedIn’s AI training by default unless they manually opt out. #privacy #AI
www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin...
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The Privacy Cloud's monthly news roundup is available to read now. Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for October include surveillance, age verification, and AI. #privacy #security #news
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/october-20...
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/october-20...
October 2025 Privacy News Roundup
Boo 👻
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October 31, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Privacy Cloud's monthly news roundup is available to read now. Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for October include surveillance, age verification, and AI. #privacy #security #news
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/october-20...
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/october-20...
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Smartphone security tip of the week: You have deactivated or deleted your advertising ID #smartphone #privacy #security
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Smartphone security tip of the week: You have deactivated or deleted your advertising ID #smartphone #privacy #security
Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud, a free weekly(ish) newsletter that discusses online privacy. You'll receive new posts on Wednesdays, and each month features a roundup of privacy-related news that I find worth taking a look at. #privacy #newsletter
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October 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud, a free weekly(ish) newsletter that discusses online privacy. You'll receive new posts on Wednesdays, and each month features a roundup of privacy-related news that I find worth taking a look at. #privacy #newsletter
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If you enjoy my work, here’s how you can support me:
📧 Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
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🫙 Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
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📧 Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
🗣️ Share The Privacy Cloud 🔐☁️ with friends
🫙 Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
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October 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you enjoy my work, here’s how you can support me:
📧 Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
🗣️ Share The Privacy Cloud 🔐☁️ with friends
🫙 Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
💁🏾♀️ Become a recurring donor on Liberapay. (liberapay.com/moniquebarrow)
📧 Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
🗣️ Share The Privacy Cloud 🔐☁️ with friends
🫙 Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
💁🏾♀️ Become a recurring donor on Liberapay. (liberapay.com/moniquebarrow)
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Smartphone security tip of the week: Do not take your device with you to official appointments #smartphone #privacy #security
October 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Smartphone security tip of the week: Do not take your device with you to official appointments #smartphone #privacy #security
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🚨 BREAKING: Chat Control BLOCKED in EU! 🎉
Germany just refused to back the EU's mass surveillance "Chat Control" regulation after public pressure! This blocks the required majority in the EU Council and derails next week's planned vote.
NICE JOB EVERYONE! 💪
Germany just refused to back the EU's mass surveillance "Chat Control" regulation after public pressure! This blocks the required majority in the EU Council and derails next week's planned vote.
NICE JOB EVERYONE! 💪
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Chat Control BLOCKED in EU! 🎉
Germany just refused to back the EU's mass surveillance "Chat Control" regulation after public pressure! This blocks the required majority in the EU Council and derails next week's planned vote.
NICE JOB EVERYONE! 💪
Germany just refused to back the EU's mass surveillance "Chat Control" regulation after public pressure! This blocks the required majority in the EU Council and derails next week's planned vote.
NICE JOB EVERYONE! 💪
Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for September include age verification, AI, and Big Tech.
#privacy #security #news #technology
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/september-...
#privacy #security #news #technology
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/september-...
September 2025 Privacy News Roundup
Fall is here
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October 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Some of the biggest privacy headlines I caught for September include age verification, AI, and Big Tech.
#privacy #security #news #technology
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/september-...
#privacy #security #news #technology
theprivacycloud.substack.com/p/september-...
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Update: The UK Government has reportedly issued another secret order (Technical Capability Notice) forcing Apple to weaken iCloud security.
But, this time it is focused on the UK. 😬
www.ft.com/content/d101...
But, this time it is focused on the UK. 😬
www.ft.com/content/d101...
UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data
Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption
www.ft.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Update: The UK Government has reportedly issued another secret order (Technical Capability Notice) forcing Apple to weaken iCloud security.
But, this time it is focused on the UK. 😬
www.ft.com/content/d101...
But, this time it is focused on the UK. 😬
www.ft.com/content/d101...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
For just $10, you can access a checklist of simple privacy tips. It's a great way to protect your privacy and help support my work! #privacy
ko-fi.com/moniquebarro...
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Visit Monique Barrow's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
ko-fi.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
For just $10, you can access a checklist of simple privacy tips. It's a great way to protect your privacy and help support my work! #privacy
ko-fi.com/moniquebarro...
ko-fi.com/moniquebarro...
Just a little reminder! If you enjoy what I create, here’s how you can support me:
- Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
- Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
- Become a recurring donor on Liberapay. (liberapay.com/moniquebarrow)
- Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
- Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
- Become a recurring donor on Liberapay. (liberapay.com/moniquebarrow)
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Just a little reminder! If you enjoy what I create, here’s how you can support me:
- Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
- Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
- Become a recurring donor on Liberapay. (liberapay.com/moniquebarrow)
- Subscribe to The Privacy Cloud🔐☁️ (if you haven’t already)
- Leave a tip over on my Ko-fi page! (ko-fi.com/moniquebarrow)
- Become a recurring donor on Liberapay. (liberapay.com/moniquebarrow)
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SHOCKING, NEVER-BEFORE SEEN: The UK government wants to force everyone to have Digital ID Cards (again)
We’re seeing governments monitoring what you post, censoring websites, and cracking down on free speech. Why hand them an ID to track your every move?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We’re seeing governments monitoring what you post, censoring websites, and cracking down on free speech. Why hand them an ID to track your every move?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer considering new digital ID scheme to tackle illegal working
The prime minister says the proposal could play an important part in tackling illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 AM
SHOCKING, NEVER-BEFORE SEEN: The UK government wants to force everyone to have Digital ID Cards (again)
We’re seeing governments monitoring what you post, censoring websites, and cracking down on free speech. Why hand them an ID to track your every move?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We’re seeing governments monitoring what you post, censoring websites, and cracking down on free speech. Why hand them an ID to track your every move?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...