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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.

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

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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 · 290 comments

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

mininote.ink · 15 points · 5 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 · 74 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 · 16 points · 5 comments

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

flowingdata.com · 81 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 · 2 comments

Everything you do is being recorded

theatlantic.com · 136 points · 377 comments

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

twitter.com · 25 points · 226 comments

State Department Wants Palantir's Advice on Free Speech

theintercept.com · 27 points · 4 comments

Flock Pitched a Plan to Turn Uber and Lyft Drivers into Roaming Surveillance

404media.co · 29 points · 2 comments

Meta's Ray-Bans are getting banned from UK pubs, and the EU is circling

thenextweb.com · 16 points · 9 comments

Restaurants and theatres ban Meta's smart glasses

theguardian.com · 7 points · 0 comments

Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta's 'spy glasses' over privacy fears

theguardian.com · 6 points · 6 comments

Webklip – ephemeral online clipboard with live sync and E2E encryption

webklip.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Modern Browsers Don't Need the Cookie Anymore

kuber.studio · 10 points · 28 comments

Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren't Creepy?

wired.com · 5 points · 4 comments

Privacy risks from medical AI tools are not shared equally

nature.com · 9 points · 0 comments