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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
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🚨LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION IS EXPANDING
The Home Office told us they’d consider a legal framework to govern it’s use.
But what we’re seeing is a rapid rollout - and no safeguards to protect us.
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The Home Office told us they’d consider a legal framework to govern it’s use.
But what we’re seeing is a rapid rollout - and no safeguards to protect us.
🧵
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
🚨LIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION IS EXPANDING
The Home Office told us they’d consider a legal framework to govern it’s use.
But what we’re seeing is a rapid rollout - and no safeguards to protect us.
🧵
The Home Office told us they’d consider a legal framework to govern it’s use.
But what we’re seeing is a rapid rollout - and no safeguards to protect us.
🧵
Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/demark-repor...
Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy
Earlier in its European Council presidency, Denmark had brought back a draft law which would have required scanning of electronic messages, sparking an intense backlash.
therecord.media
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/demark-repor...
ICE is building a social media panopticon | The Verge www.theverge.com/policy/80642...
ICE is building a social media panopticon
ICE is ramping up efforts to monitor people online.
www.theverge.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
ICE is building a social media panopticon | The Verge www.theverge.com/policy/80642...
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines • The Register www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/n...
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines
: Noyb says New York-based facial recognition biz flouted GDPR orders and kept scraping anyway
www.theregister.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines • The Register www.theregister.com/2025/10/28/n...
Hong Kong LinkedIn users urged to check privacy settings as AI training to resume | South China Morning Post www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Hong Kong LinkedIn users urged to check privacy settings as AI training to resume
Professional networking site halted training in late 2024 after city’s privacy watchdog raised concerns about platform’s default opt-in data use.
www.scmp.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hong Kong LinkedIn users urged to check privacy settings as AI training to resume | South China Morning Post www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
FCC adopts new rule targeting robocalls | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/fcc-adopts-n...
FCC adopts new rule targeting robocalls
The agency’s decision to approve a proposal released on October 7 means the FCC will broaden the definition of “caller identity information,” implement new requirements for service providers and manda...
therecord.media
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
FCC adopts new rule targeting robocalls | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/fcc-adopts-n...
Former Meta lobbyist’s appointment to Irish data commission ‘conflict of interest,’ complaint alleges | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/meta-lobbyis...
Former Meta lobbyist’s appointment to Irish data commission ‘conflict of interest,’ complaint alleges
An Irish human rights group submitted a formal complaint to the European Commission alleging that Ireland’s appointment of a former Meta lobbyist to its Data Protection Commission is illegal.
therecord.media
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Former Meta lobbyist’s appointment to Irish data commission ‘conflict of interest,’ complaint alleges | The Record from Recorded Future News therecord.media/meta-lobbyis...
OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas Browser Jailbroken to Disguise Malicious Prompt as URLs cybersecuritynews.com/chatgpt-atla...
OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas Browser Jailbroken to Disguise Malicious Prompt as URLs
OpenAI's newly launched ChatGPT Atlas browser, designed to blend AI assistance with web navigation, faces a serious security flaw that allows attackers to jailbreak the system by disguising malicious ...
cybersecuritynews.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
OpenAI ChatGPT Atlas Browser Jailbroken to Disguise Malicious Prompt as URLs cybersecuritynews.com/chatgpt-atla...
The good advice | Libera Chat libera.chat/news/advised
The good advice
First of all, a massive thank you to everyone who donated since our last post. Our income on Liberapay has roughly quadrupled from what it was before the post. We have also had people reach out to us ...
libera.chat
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The good advice | Libera Chat libera.chat/news/advised
"It’s not about security, it’s about control" – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats | TechRadar www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
"It’s not about security, it’s about control" – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats
I asked experts what's behind this dual vision on encryption
www.techradar.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"It’s not about security, it’s about control" – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats | TechRadar www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv...
Researchers warn this 'privacy browser' behaves like malware - Android Authority www.androidauthority.com/universe-pri...
Researchers warn this 'privacy browser' behaves like malware
A web browser marketed for its privacy is reportedly doing the opposite, installing dangerous software and routing traffic through China.
www.androidauthority.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Researchers warn this 'privacy browser' behaves like malware - Android Authority www.androidauthority.com/universe-pri...