BREAKING: A German court finally discovers that Meta's tracking tech isn't a privacy advocate's best friend. Who knew embedding sneaky pixels in websites could get you fined? Maybe Meta should consider a new hobby—like respecting user privacy!
https://therecord.media/german-court-meta-tracking-tech #MetaPrivacyMetaTracking #CourtRuling #UserPrivacy #DigitalRights #HackerNews #ngated

Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users https://arstechni.ca/Nwvz #ArtificialIntelligence #copyrightinfringement #FourthAmendment #onlineprivacy #newyorktimes #userprivacy #copyright #chatbots #ChatGPT #Policy #openai #AI

"Within the Meta AI app, a “discover” tab shows a timeline of other people’s interactions with the chatbot; a short scroll down on the Meta AI website is an extensive collage. While some of the highlighted queries and answers are innocuous—trip itineraries, recipe advice—others reveal locations, telephone numbers, and other sensitive information, all tied to user names and profile photos."

Oh no.

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-conversations/

Big Tech is facing a surge in emergency requests to disclose user data worldwide . Since 2013, 153k+ emergency data demands have been made, with the UK and US leading. These requests bypass normal legal scrutiny, raising concerns over privacy and mass surveillance . #PrivacyMatters #DataRights #BigTech #Surveillance #UserPrivacy #newz

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/emergency-requests-are-the-new-trend-big-tech-increasingly-forced-to-disclose-users-data-to-authorities-worldwide-according-to-a-new-report

How we’re responding to The NYT’s data demands in order to protect user privacy

https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands/

Pornhub suspends porn in France over new age-verification law – Firstpost https://www.byteseu.com/1073025/ #AdultContentWebsites #AgeVerification #Aylo #EthicalCapitalPartners #France #FrenchAgeVerificationLaw #FrenchGovernment #Pornhub #UserPrivacy

184M Logins Leaked of Social Media, Financial, Gov Accounts: Infostealer Breach Hits Global Users

#DataBreach #Cybersecurity #PasswordLeaks #InfoStealer #DataSecurity #Privacy #CyberAlert #Hacks #UserPrivacy #CyberCrime

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/23/184m-logins-leaked-of-social-media-financial-gov-accounts-infostealer-breach-hits-global-users-xcxwbn/

Anthropic Faces Backlash amid Surveillance Concerns as Claude 4 AI Might Report Users for “Immoral” Behavior

#AI #Claude4Opus #Anthropic #AIethics #AIsafety #AIcontroversy #UserPrivacy #AItrust #AIregulation #ResponsibleAI #ClaudeAI

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/23/anthropic-faces-backlash-amid-surveillance-concerns-as-claude-4-ai-might-report-users-for-immoral-behavior-xcxwbn/

Signal Shields Chats From Windows Recall's AI Eye to Protect Privacy

#Cybersecurity #Signal #WindowsRecall #Privacy #Microsoft #Windows11 #DataProtection #AISecurity #SignalApp #DigitalRights #UserPrivacy

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/22/signal-shields-chats-from-windows-recalls-ai-eye-to-protect-privacy-xcxwbn/

Oh joy, another online video editor! Because the world was desperately lacking one more way to trim cat videos without watermarks or ads. But hey, at least you don't need to sign up, because who needs user data when you have open-source charm?
https://clipjs.vercel.app/ #onlinevideoeditor #catvideos #opensource #noads #trimvideos #userprivacy #HackerNews #ngated

O2 UK's VoLTE and WiFi Calling security breach could let hackers intercept your call data and track your location. How safe are your conversations? Dive into the details now.

https://thedefendopsdiaries.com/security-flaw-in-o2-uks-volte-and-wifi-calling-a-call-for-enhanced-protection/

#volte
#wifi-calling
#telecomsecurity
#encryptionflaw
#userprivacy

Google just agreed to pay $1.375B to Texas over unauthorized tracking & biometric data collection! Users’ location & facial data were collected without consent, even when settings were off. A huge win for privacy rights! #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection #Google #BiometricData #TechNews #UserPrivacy https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/google-pays-1375-billion-to-texas-over.html #newz

ICYMI: Perplexity's Browser Strategy Mirrors Big Tech's Data Collection Playbook: Perplexity browser plans track user habits across web for "hyper personalized" ads like Google. https://ppc.land/perplexitys-browser-strategy-mirrors-big-techs-data-collection-playbook/ #Perplexity #DataCollection #UserPrivacy #AdTech #PersonalizedAds

Meta AI App Sparks Privacy Concerns as it Memorizes Chats For Personalized Responses

#AI #MetaAI #Privacy #GenAI #DataPrivacy #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Chatbot #LLM #AIChat #TechNews #Llama4 #UserPrivacy #AIEthics

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/05/05/meta-ai-app-sparks-privacy-concerns-as-it-reads-and-memorizes-other-chats-for-personalized-responses-xcxwbn/

Mandatory voice recordings and data collection for users of #Meta's #RayBan "smart" glasses. #FuckTheZuck #privacy #security #UserPrivacy #spying

https://www.theverge.com/news/658602/meta-ray-ban-privacy-policy-ai-training-voice-recordings

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-takes-another-step-toward-enabling-broad-internet-censorship

This bill mandates a notice-and- #takedown system that threatens #freeexpression, #userprivacy, and #dueprocess, without meaningfully addressing the problem it claims to solve. The “takedown” provision applies to a much broader category of content…contains no protections against frivolous or bad-faith takedown requests. Lawful content—including #satire, #journalism, and #politicalspeech—could be wrongly censored.

ICYMI: Google's CMP launches support for consent mode: New integration enables user consent choices to flow across Google's product ecosystem. https://ppc.land/googles-cmp-launches-support-for-consent-mode/ #Google #CMP #ConsentMode #UserPrivacy #AdTech

ICYMI: Mozilla updates Pocket integration in Firefox: Firefox's seamless Pocket integration offers content discovery while maintaining user privacy and customization options. https://ppc.land/mozilla-updates-pocket-integration-in-firefox/ #Mozilla #Firefox #PocketIntegration #ContentDiscovery #UserPrivacy

ICYMI: NDPC Investigating TikTok, Truecaller for Alleged Data Breach https://www.rainsmediaradio.com/2025/03/ndpc-investigating-tiktok-truecaller.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon Follow, Like & Share #DataProtection #PrivacyRights #TikTok #Truecaller #UserPrivacy

#Paypal is changing its privacy policy. If you have an account, here's what you need to do:

Log in (you *are* using TOTP multifactor authentication, right?)
Click the Gear icon in the upper right corner.
Click "Data & Privacy"
Follow the link under that category to "Personalized Shopping"
Click the slider switch to disable data sharing with advertisers and retailers based on your purchase history.