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 much correlation should a privacy system preserve?
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What are some privacy/security tools you wish exist, but don't yet?
5 points · 8 comments
WEF – Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy
web.archive.org · 17 points · 0 comments
Why is privacy so hard? (2019)
cacm.acm.org · 63 points · 64 comments
The EU wanted to kill the cookie banner, but then Google called
tuta.com · 6 points · 0 comments
GPT-6 Astra does 3D camera tracking and VFX in Blender
twitter.com · 8 points · 3 comments
The centre tracking South Korea's stalkers in real time
theguardian.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Developer created an app to detect nearby Meta glasses
businessinsider.com · 6 points · 2 comments
Anthropic details how Claude was misused for surveillance and weapons
thenextweb.com · 6 points · 4 comments
LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'
tomshardware.com · 37 points · 494 comments
Tor VPN Beta: What we've learned building our own VPN for Android from scratch
blog.torproject.org · 14 points · 5 comments
Updates to Our Terms of Service
privacy.x.com · 6 points · 1 comments
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
prospect.org · 257 points · 186 comments
Vertebrae: Privacy-First AI Notetaker
vertebrae.ai · 4 points · 0 comments
Skrivant – premise in, first-draft novel out, with continuity tracking
skrivant.com · 4 points · 0 comments
LG accused of 'egregious invasion of privacy' over TV data collection
theregister.com · 7 points · 2 comments
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
arstechnica.com · 8 points · 1 comments
LG accused of 'egregious invasion of privacy' over TV data collection
theregister.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Proton protocols: The next chapter of WireGuard at Proton VPN
protonvpn.com · 4 points · 0 comments
US Republicans revolt against Flock AI surveillance as backlash intensifies
ft.com · 42 points · 5 comments
You almost certainly should connect to Tor through a VPN
privacyguides.org · 4 points · 0 comments
Big Brother is going to college: The federal plan to track students for life
washingtonexaminer.com · 4 points · 2 comments
Are we normalizing surveillance in the name of safety?
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Do you route only certain websites through a VPN?
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GPT-6 Astra in code review: Gains, privacy, and cost
coderabbit.ai · 15 points · 77 comments
Updates on HEIR, the Homomorphic Encryption Compiler Project
jeremykun.com · 59 points · 1 comments
An open DNS recursive service for free security and high privacy
quad9.net · 33 points · 39 comments
US Senator demands NSA update VPN guidance over foreign spying risks
techradar.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Florida bans highway license-plate readers as backlash over surveillance spreads
reuters.com · 25 points · 0 comments
Why Big Tech's War on Game Servers Should Terrify Every Home Lab Enthusiast
unknownuniverse.uk · 8 points · 1 comments