Privacy
Judge Ends Sacramento Utility’s Decade-Long Police Data Sharing
The ruling exposes how a utility’s quiet cooperation with police turned ordinary energy use into evidence of suspicion.
GrapheneOS Quits France, Citing Unsafe Climate for Open Source Tech
The exit marks a rebuke of Europe’s tightening grip on freedom tech.
EU Digital Omnibus Promises Fewer Cookie Banners but Expands Digital ID and Loosens Privacy Rules
A promise to end cookie fatigue masks a deeper trade, where Europe’s privacy ideals risk being exchanged for the illusion of digital progress.
Lindsey Graham Falls Prey to the Surveillance Monster He Championed
The senator who spent years defending government surveillance just found out what it feels like to be the one under the lens.
Roblox to Mandate Facial and ID Verification
The platform’s age checks are part of a bigger push to create online spaces policed by biometrics.
MembersBuild-Your-Own Streaming: An Introduction to a Self-Hosted Home Media Stack
A quiet rebellion in home entertainment is teaching people to stream, read, and listen without surrendering ownership.
Lawsuit Claims Google Secretly Used Gemini AI to Scan Private Gmail and Chat Data
Whether the claims are true or not, privacy in Google’s universe has long been less a right than a nostalgic illusion.
EU’s Weakened “Chat Control” Bill Still Poses Major Privacy and Surveillance Risks, Academics Warn
The law’s softer tone hides the same blunt instrument: unchecked surveillance wrapped in child safety rhetoric.
Twitch Imposes Face Scans for UK Users to Comply with Government’s Censorship Law
A new era of streaming begins where every click demands a face, and privacy becomes the price of admission.
MembersWhen the Watchers Get Watched: How One Public Records Request Shook the Surveillance Machine
Across the United States, towns are discovering that the real power in surveillance isn’t in the cameras but in the communities now demanding they come down.
Launching a High Court Challenge Against Australia’s Social Media ID Check Law
A High Court showdown looms as Australians question whether privacy and free speech can survive the nation’s new digital gatekeepers.
Google Softens Planned Android Sideloading Ban but Keeps Developer ID Verification
Google’s nod to openness feels more like a gated entrance than a genuine return to Android’s freewheeling past.