Category: Security
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Tech Firms Unite in Open Letter Against EU Chat Scanning Law
End-to-end encryption faces extinction under a law that treats every message like contraband.
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Discord Support Data Breach Exposes User IDs, Personal Data
A vendor breach exposing IDs and more is a reminder of the irreversible risks of linking real-world identity to online…
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Signal Threatens to Exit Europe Over EU Push for Messaging App Scanning Law
Signal draws a red line in Europe, betting the future of private messaging on a continent unwilling to say no…
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X Urges EU to Reject “Chat Control 2.0” Surveillance Law Threatening End-to-End Encryption
Scanning every message before it’s sent flips the internet’s architecture from private by default to suspect by design.
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Starmer Adds To UK Civil Liberties Decline With Reckless iCloud Backdoor Demand
The demand is domestic, but the damage is universal.
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Bipartisan Lawmakers Propose Federal Digital Identity Agency
A federal digital ID watchdog could soon decide how anonymous you’re allowed to be online.
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The Kill Switch You Forgot to Plan For
Even the privacy-first brands play bouncer when the right acronym knocks.
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Tor Project Releases Experimental Tor VPN Beta for Android with Per-App Routing and Privacy Tools
It’s a major step for Tor on mobile, even if the software is still rough around the edges.
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Ex-WhatsApp Security Chief Sues Meta Over Alleged Data Failures, Retaliation, and FTC Violations
Meta’s former WhatsApp security chief says the company buried risks so deep that protecting users became an afterthought to protecting…
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Age Verification Company Exposes User Data, Reinforcing Privacy Fears Over Digital ID Systems
An age-check system built to shield minors ends up exposing adults in granular digital detail.
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Germany’s 2024 Report Finds 48% CSAM Scan Error Rate Amid EU Push for Private Message Scanning
False positives flood the system, but the EU still wants to make the scan permanent and mandatory.
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Mississippi’s Digital ID Law Hits a Wall with Mastodon
A state digital ID law is now meeting the very structure of decentralized internet.