Privacy stories
Privacy intersects with law, technology, and user expectations. This page tracks GDPR enforcement, tracking prevention, surveillance disclosures, and the tools people use to protect their data.
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RSS feed for PrivacyHow we learned to stop worrying and love campus surveillance
fnl.mit.edu · 51 points · 139 comments
Encryption as a Service
rypt.dev · 3 points · 2 comments
Snowden on AI Surveillance and Freedom of Speech [video]
youtube.com · 4 points · 4 comments
S.F. Democratic Party stands behind Flock surveillance cameras in vote
missionlocal.org · 4 points · 33 comments
Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Chats, Lawsuit Claims
openclassactions.com · 3 points · 13 comments
Two-Tier Encryption in the UK – Identical Apple Devices, Different Protection
macanorak.com · 76 points · 471 comments
Air-gapped file encryption as self-decrypting HTML page
cms-sfx-demo.apeleg.com · 6 points · 30 comments
Seattle City Council votes to ban surveillance pricing in sale of groceries
advocacy.consumerreports.org · 154 points · 227 comments
Irish data protection watchdog fines Google €403M over GDPR breaches
irishtimes.com · 5 points · 4 comments
Obscura: The first VPN that can't log your activity
obscura.com · 70 points · 139 comments
U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries
torrentfreak.com · 8 points · 0 comments
Moving from cash to credit cards, PayPal, etc. is an ongoing privacy disaster
grapheneos.social · 37 points · 15 comments
U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries
torrentfreak.com · 14 points · 0 comments
Boomers love making AI images of their grandkids. Millennial parents hate it
businessinsider.com · 19 points · 2 comments
Deshittification as a Service: Reclaiming Privacy and Performance with OpenBSD
fabricati-diem.inform.social · 6 points · 0 comments
U.S. Site Blocking Bill Adds VPNs to the List of Blocking Intermediaries
torrentfreak.com · 16 points · 2 comments
Ambits – agentic grep/rg tool will history tracking
github.com · 5 points · 1 comments
We got a cybersecurity expert to hack this BYD. It was too easy
abc.net.au · 20 points · 4 comments
Lawsuit filed against Google for illegal data retention
medium.com · 12 points · 2 comments
Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
arstechnica.com · 52 points · 12 comments
Write Linters and Tools Before Code
cookie.engineer · 14 points · 3 comments
Data Broker Radaris Loses Domains in Privacy Fight
krebsonsecurity.com · 17 points · 3 comments
Amazon to launch Ring 'neighbourhood watch' app in UK amid US privacy fears
theguardian.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Dystopian Surveillance Is Becoming a Reality
dallincrump.com · 159 points · 101 comments
Eleuteria – a privacy-first RoboSats coordinator
eleuteria-robosat.github.io · 2 points · 0 comments
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough [Auth: Cindy Cohn; Bruce Schneier]
lawfaremedia.org · 97 points · 9 comments
25 years of mass surveillance is enough
schneier.com · 848 points · 357 comments
With Apple Watch that's always listening, what's at stake is public perception
manualdousuario.net · 12 points · 3 comments
What Is Obtainium?
theprivacydad.com · 8 points · 2 comments
The High Crime of "LMAO": How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance as a Joke
eff.org · 27 points · 2 comments