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A new report from activist groups documents the rapid expansion of surveillance infrastructure through partnerships between tech companies and federal agencies, including facial recognition, social media scraping, and deportation tools, raising concerns about authoritarian control and democratic erosion.
The article criticizes a website (Pangram) for validating email addresses by sending a spam email to the entered address, highlighting a poor and deceptive practice in email verification.
WIRED reports that Dialog's alleged hack was actually a misconfiguration of its website, exposing personal data of members including senior government and tech figures. The data was publicly accessible without authentication.
Dot Loom is an open-source orchestration layer that coordinates multiple AI models into a single inference system, supporting various providers. It acts as a router, drafter, verifier, and finalizer.
FUTO releases FUTO Swipe, an open family of models and algorithms for fast, accurate swipe typing on mobile devices, with a small footprint and a C++ library for inference.
Cloudflare is working with major browsers to create a new privacy-first protocol for the global internet.
Mozilla and Cloudflare are collaborating with other browsers on a new initiative to combat bot abuse while preserving user privacy, proposing a rate-limiting approach with anonymous vouching instead of invasive verification methods like CAPTCHAs or Web Environment Integrity.
Cory Doctorow argues that proposed age verification mandates for children online are actually mass surveillance schemes that will lead to VPN bans, ultimately harming privacy rather than protecting kids.
Madison Square Garden compiled a dossier on activists who criticized its use of facial recognition, including their tweets and personal information, which was exposed in a data breach.
The author built a fully offline AI agent using local embedding models, Llama via Ollama, and VectorAI DB to address the risks of cloud-dependent AI. The agent runs on an 8GB MacBook, processes sensitive documents, and maintains memory across sessions.
Meta launches new Meta Glasses starting at $299, dropping Ray-Ban branding to achieve a lower price point, in three styles including a Kylie Jenner collaboration.
Meta has paused its employee-tracking program, the Model Compatibility Initiative (MCI), after an internal security breach exposed sensitive data collected from workers, following employee protests and privacy concerns.
OpenClaw self-corrected a timezone error and avoided incorrectly applying a recurring rule while consolidating family calendar data into an ICS file, demonstrating effective self-critique and privacy handling.
A security report reveals that nearly half of LG and Samsung smart TV apps contain residential proxy SDKs that can covertly use the TV's internet connection to route other people's traffic, raising significant privacy concerns.
Multiple police chiefs have been caught using Flock license plate reader data to stalk ex-partners and romantic rivals, highlighting ongoing abuse of surveillance technology and the need for warrant requirements.
A study graded 205 AI apps on their data governance practices, finding that over half received a D or F grade, with many apps not disclosing whether user input trains their models.
The article argues that age verification laws requiring facial recognition and government ID are actually forced identity tracking that threatens privacy, as biometric data cannot be changed if leaked.
Google is testing a new reCAPTCHA that asks users to wave their hand at their camera, which a commentator warns is a threat to biometric privacy and should be avoided.
PhoneClaw is an open-source project that runs the AI Agent entirely locally on the iPhone, based on models like Gemma 4 and MiniCPM-V, no internet or data upload needed. It supports on-device operations such as voice, calendar, health data, ensuring privacy and fast response.
Gmail is the master key to your online life; here's how to secure it from hackers in 10 minutes.