data harvesting
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New Jersey Wants "Accountable" Chatbots, But At What Privacy Cost?
Strict liability for chatbots could encourage identity checks, surveillance, and police referrals.
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WhatsApp’s New Update Can Shield You or Sell You Out
Used with care it hides what you give away, and used carelessly it swaps one exposure for another.
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How Your Weather App Became a Surveillance Machine — And How to Escape It
The forecast is free, but you’ve been paying for it with every place you’ve ever visited.
Samsung Bakes Perplexity AI Into Galaxy S26 OS, Raising Privacy Concerns
The AI era’s defining feature isn’t intelligence; it’s installation without asking.
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A Google Docs Alternative That Can’t See a Word You Write
A top contender for encrypted, privacy-focused document, calendar, and spreadsheet tools.
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Surveillance on Wheels: Why You Shouldn’t Connect Your Phone to Your Car
Your morning commute is being converted into a behavioral credit score, and your car’s not even pretending to ask permission.
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A Private, Self-Hosted Google News and Apple News Alternative That Syncs to All of Your Devices
Break free from Big Tech’s biased algorithms and build a news feed that respects your preferences.
UK Health Secretary Tries to Guilt Citizens Into NHS Private Company Data Grab
Hancock tells the British people to hand over data to “save lives.”
T-Mobile to Increase Collection of Customers’ Online Activity to Share With Advertisers
Others are already doing it. Time for a VPN.
Massive Data Breach of Billions of Records Shows the Murky World of Online Tracking
The extent of the data being collected on us is astonishing.
Colleges Are Secretly Using Social Media Data to Rank Applicants
Many have privacy concerns.
