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.

HN's technically literate audience often surfaces implications that policy coverage overlooks.

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Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera

allaboutcookies.org · 773 points · 1039 comments

Tracking GenAI cost and endpoint fragility so app teams don't have to

llmintel.ai · 2 points · 0 comments

Quiet Sky, a weather app built for privacy

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

An unmetered LLM API–$6/month, no token tracking, no limits

yolo-auto.com · 12 points · 13 comments

I made a tool that prevents websites from tracking you

github.com · 31 points · 11 comments

An American Privacy Emergency

scottaaronson.blog · 413 points · 138 comments

EFF letter to FTC on X consent order [pdf]

eff.org · 153 points · 93 comments

Since Linux 6.9, LUKS suspend stopped wiping disk-encryption keys from memory

mathstodon.xyz · 539 points · 226 comments