Privacy
EU Mandates Driver-Facing Cameras in New Cars From Today
Surveillance just became a factory-fitted option you can’t decline.
EU Parliament Revives Chat Surveillance for Thursday Vote
Killing the regime needs an absolute majority and depends on who bothers to stay through the final sitting before the summer break.
EU Reddit Users Must Verify Age With Government ID or Selfie
Child safety is the reason on the label. Look at what’s actually in the box.
Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses
The feature you pay Apple to keep your address secret has been handing it out for more than a year, and the company keeps insisting it’s almost fixed.
Britain’s Digital ID Watchdog Will Do Its Watching in Secret
The advisory group will help decide what data gets collected, how long it’s kept, and who can reach in and take it.
Brave 1.92 Adds Built-In Containers for Desktop
Two accounts, one window, and none of the awkward mingling your logins usually do behind your back.
MembersWhatsApp’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.
Volkswagen Punishes the Phones That Trust Google Least
The same company that leaked the parking spots of 800,000 cars last year now says privacy-focused GrapheneOS phones aren’t trustworthy enough for its app.
Ireland’s New Digital Wallet Turns MyGovID Into a National ID
The wallet exists because Brussels wrote it into law, not because anyone in Ireland asked for it.
The KIDS Act’s Next Stop Is the Senate. Make Your Voice Count.
It’s the closest Congress has come to passing an online digital ID bill in four years of trying.
Reddit to Require Login for Old Reddit, Curbing Anonymous Browsing
The determined scrapers will just register accounts and keep harvesting, leaving the anonymous human reader as the only one actually locked out.
Democrats Pick Up the Global Digital ID Agenda in Project 2029
A bid to end online anonymity under the premise of child safety.