FBI warns against using Chinese mobile apps due to privacy risks
!https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2022/12/16/FBI__headpic.jpg The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI warned Americans against using foreign‑d...
!https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2022/12/16/FBI__headpic.jpg The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI warned Americans against using foreign‑d...
Overview Last week I listened to a fascinating talk by K. Melton on cognitive security, cognitive hacking, and reality pentesting. The slides from the talk are...
!https://www.bleepstatic.com/content/hl-images/2026/03/31/Proton_Meet.jpg Proton has announced a new video‑conferencing service named Meet, positioned as a priv...
Xoul — An Open‑Source AI Agent That Runs Locally Introducing Xoul, a personal assistant agent powered by local LLMs and virtual‑machine isolation. !Xoul demohtt...
Settlement Overview Dating app OkCupid agreed to settle claims from the Federal Trade Commission FTC that it deceived millions of users by sharing their photos...
Background As part of its interoperability compliancehttps://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/22/ios-26-3-dma-airpods-pairing/ in the EU, Apple has been working on ch...
markdown !Signal vs WhatsApp app iconshttps://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Signal-vs-Whatsapp-app-icons.jpg Robert Triggs / Android Autho...
!https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/03/privacy-apple.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600 Apple has updatedhttps://developer.apple.com/support/terms...
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What’s New? - Interface Refinement – Implemented UX improvements and optimized loading speeds for a smoother experience. Less friction, more productivity. - De...
Apple is planning to introduce ads to the Apple Mapshttps://www.macrumors.com/guide/apple-maps/ app in the near future, and the iOS 26.5 beta lays the groundwor...
We Hid a Free Trip to Switzerland in Our Privacy Policy. Someone Found It in 2 Weeks. 01.27.26 – 3 min read !Cape privacy policy bannerhttps://cdn.sanity.io/im...
Background OkCupid and its parent company Match Group settled an FTC case dating back to 2014. The case alleged that the dating app shared users' photos and ot...
Background Match Group and its subsidiary OkCupid have settled a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commissionhttps://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news-releases/2026/03...
!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/White-House-App-2-scaled.jpg TL;DR - The White House launched a new app for Android and iOS last we...
Open Post: Test APIs Without Leaving VS Code If you're tired of switching between your code editor and Postman, or worried about your API credentials living in...
Angela Lipps, a 50‑year‑old grandmother from Tennessee, spent more than five months in jail after the AI facial‑recognition platform Clearview AI falsely matche...
Hide My Email and law‑enforcement access Apple’s “Hide My Email” feature lets iCloud+ subscribers create anonymous email addresses that forward messages to the...
Background The Federal Trade Commission FTC is taking action against OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas over allegations that OkCupid deceived user...
Overview The Federal Trade Commission FTC is taking action against OkCupid and its affiliate Match Group Americas over allegations that OkCupid deceived users...
Overview The company aims to embed biometric data and blockchain‑based age‑verification directly into disposable vape cartridges. Partnership Wired reports on...
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Overview President Donald Trump's new White House apphttps://mashable.com/article/white-house-launches-mobile-app was released for iOS and Android devices. The...
Apple Introduces Device‑Level Age Verification in the UK Apple rolled out a new update that requires users in the United Kingdom to confirm they are 18 years o...
Overview Cookie Guard 🛡️ is a lightweight, dependency‑free GDPR/CCPA consent manager. It provides a simple, customizable solution for handling cookie consent...
Background The Wall Street Journal reportshttps://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/consumer-electronics/ads-are-popping-up-on-the-fridge-and-it-isn-t-going-over-we...
About Bruce Schneier !https://www.schneier.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Bruce-Schneier.jpg I am a public-interest technologisthttps://public-interest-tech.co...
Apple says it has no record of a successful spyware attack against any device running Lockdown Mode, the opt‑in security feature introduced in 2022. > “We are n...
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Overview A California bill would let adults demand the removal of social media posts about them that were created by paid family content creators when they wer...
!iPhone Lockdown Modehttps://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/08/iPhone-Lockdown-Mode.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500 iPhone security has been in the...
Almost four years after launching a security feature called Lockdown Mode, Apple says it has yet to see a case where someone’s device was hacked with these addi...
Hong Kong police gain warrantless power to force unlock of encrypted devices with jail time for refusal Your iPhone’s encryption means nothing if Hong Kong poli...
GDPR and Your Business – What You Need to Know Short answer: GDPR doesn’t care where your company is based. If you have visitors or customers in the EU, it app...
Apple provided the FBI with the real iCloud email address hidden behind Apple’s “Hide My Email” feature, which lets paying iCloud+ users generate anonymous emai...
Background The European Parliament voted on March 26 to reject the extension of the EU’s “Chat Control” regulation, preventing a new wave of mass surveillance...
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Article Anthropic Subprocessor Changeshttps://trust.anthropic.com Discussion Points: 8 Comments: 5 View comments on Hacker Newshttps://news.ycombinator.com/ite...
Background I used P3’s own site to find the tips page for my local Philly “fusion center,” clicked “continue,” and was immediately sent to the “Greater Kansas...
Overview An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: prospective Vizio TV buyers should know there’s a good chance the set won’t work properly witho...
!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/pixel-vpn-hero-pixel-10-pro-1-scaled.jpg Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR - US lawmakers have a...
Background The European Commission EC accused four porn platforms of not doing enough to prevent minors from accessing their content. In its preliminary findin...
US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections...
Executive Order on AI Regulation In December, the Trump administration signed an executive order that neutered states’ ability to regulate AI by ordering his a...
For more than 30 years, the US Postal Service has sent people who need to change their addresses to MyMove. Experts say the site uses dark patterns to trap visi...
!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/airdrop-quick-share-hero-20-scaled.jpg Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR - Google may soon add a...
The “Free” Converter Trap We’ve all been there. You need to convert a WebP to PNG for a quick UI mockup, or a HEIC photo to JPG for a blog post. You search for...
!https://www.androidauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/android-17-logo-hero-pixel-10-pro-fold-1-watermark-scaled.jpg TL;DR - Android 17 introduces a Conta...