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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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Flock-style scanners now track WiFi/Bluetooth identity from devices in your car

techradar.com · 28 points · 12 comments

Apple's App Tracking Transparency treated its own apps better than rivals

bundeskartellamt.de · 71 points · 16 comments

US Space Force gives Rocket Lab $397M to build threat-tracking 'Flatellites'

space.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Privacy is an underrated advantage in Slack apps

3 points · 3 comments

Tracking down a Zsh history data loss bug

michael.stapelberg.ch · 31 points · 4 comments

How Samsung's Privacy Screen Works

ifixit.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Ive quit six systems for tracking my illness. What works?

2 points · 1 comments

OpenAI rolling out ads for Europe later this month

openai.com · 22 points · 4 comments

OpenAI updates its Privacy Policy to include ads

3 points · 2 comments

PasteDaemon – Automatically remove tracking from URLs and more

pastedaemon.app · 4 points · 0 comments

Map: Tracking OpenAI's Leadership Exodus

ca.finance.yahoo.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption

blog.google · 134 points · 88 comments

Mininote: Instant, plain-text note taking without tracking or lock-in

mininote.ink · 15 points · 3 comments

Surveillance company Flock moves to increase oversight after police misuse

nbcnews.com · 5 points · 2 comments

Who's Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out

krebsonsecurity.com · 9 points · 0 comments

Phoebe Gates' startup Phia faces cookie stuffing allegations

bloomberg.com · 10 points · 2 comments

Track habits, metrics, time and whateven you think worth tracking

habitpocket.io · 7 points · 11 comments

Flock updates privacy, accountability, security, and transparency safeguards

flocksafety.com · 28 points · 46 comments

FTC, States Act Against Hims and Hers for Deceptive Unlawful Privacy Practices

ftc.gov · 12 points · 2 comments

Despite Updates, Flock's Creepy Cameras Remain Major Civil Liberties Threat

aclu.org · 11 points · 1 comments

Edge is dropping older extensions(Manifest V2), affecting popular privacy tools

malwarebytes.com · 26 points · 2 comments

Tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with cars

theconversation.com · 12 points · 2 comments

Flock wanted to tap dashcams in rideshare vechicles to add to surveillance data

flowingdata.com · 80 points · 31 comments

Canada Is Building a Surveillance State via 5 Bills

x.com · 33 points · 4 comments

The Surveillance Network Tracking Cars Across the U.S.

nytimes.com · 39 points · 4 comments

EU Study: Block Live Sports Piracy in 30 Minutes

torrentfreak.com · 4 points · 0 comments

'adversarial' pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you

techcrunch.com · 11 points · 5 comments

Hims and Hers sent user health data to social media giants bombshell FTC lawsuit

nypost.com · 6 points · 1 comments

Everything you do is being recorded

theatlantic.com · 136 points · 119 comments

Lost my phone at the office. Claude suggested tracking Bluetooth signal strength

twitter.com · 25 points · 19 comments