Privacy
Microsoft Decided Your Windows Settings Belong in Its Cloud
Microsoft turns Windows Backup on by default in Windows 11 26H2, sending your settings and Store apps to the cloud.
France and WHO Push Social Media ID Checks
The pitch is protecting kids from algorithms. The mechanism is a permanent identity checkpoint over the entire internet.
EU Brings Back Chat Surveillance, Even As More MEPs Vote No
Every empty chair in Strasbourg counted as a vote for the surveillance nobody in the room had the numbers to stop.
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App Store ID Check Law
The justices didn’t say a word about the First Amendment. They just let the ID check stay switched on.
Burnham Backs UK Social Media Ban, Digital ID Age Verification
Continuity, it turns out, means keeping the scheme that ends anonymous internet in Britain.
California Wants a Watcher Inside Every 3D Printer
California decided your printer should treat you like a suspect.
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.