Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage
Sarah Perez / techcrunch - Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.
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Meta sends private AI glasses footage to Kenya with few safeguards - and Europe's privacy regulators may come knocking
Maximilian Schreiner / the-decoder - To improve the AI in Meta's smart headset, data workers in Nairobi sift through private recordings from Western households. These include nude scenes, sex videos and bank details.The article Meta sends private AI glasses footage to Kenya with few safeguar…
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Motorola Partners With GrapheneOS
BeauHD / slashdot - At MWC 2026, Motorola announced a partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation to bring the hardened, Google-free Android variant to future devices. Until now, the OS had been designed exclusively for Google Pixel phones. "We are thrilled to be partnering w…
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Sam Altman’s World ID Wins Major Brand Partners
PYMNTS / pymnts - Tools for Humanity, the iris-scanning company co-founded by Sam Altman, is partnering with well-known brands to promote its World ID, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday (Feb. 26). “I think we’re right at the precipice right now of the moment where …
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Instagram Will Notify Parents When Teens Use Search Terms Related to Suicide
Bruce Gil / gizmodo - The new safety feature comes as social media platforms face growing legal pressure over how they affect minors.
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19836 / 9 stories in 8 days
Ethereum Foundation Drafts Seven-Fork ‘Strawmap’ Through 2029
Vismaya V / decrypt - The roadmap targets faster finality, native privacy, quantum-resistant cryptography, and gigagas throughput across planned upgrades.
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Instagram will alert parents if teens repeatedly search for suicide or self-harm content
Anna Washenko / engadget - Instagram is adding a new alert for the parents of teen users of its social media platform. The network will alert the adult if their child repeatedly searches for terms about suicide or self-harm in a short time frame. From that notification, the parent …
Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19785 / 10 stories in 8 days
Samsung Launches Galaxy S26 Ultra With Built-In Privacy Display and New AI Features
Juli Clover / macrumors - Samsung today announced its newest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra. Samsung's latest devices are focused on AI, and Samsung says they have the most "intuitive, proactive, and adaptive Galaxy AI features" to date.Subscribe to the …
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Back to Top / Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1:21 pm / permalink 19738 / 44 stories in 9 days
After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions
Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / theverge - Ring founder Jamie Siminoff has been on an "explanation tour," as The New York Times puts it, following the fallout from its Super Bowl ad and the introduction of its Search Party feature. In an interview with The Times this week, Siminoff explained that …
Back to Top / Thursday, February 19, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 19434 / 11 stories in 15 days
Samsung ad confirms rumors of a useful S26 ‘privacy display’
Dominic Preston / theverge - Samsung has released a new advertisement for its upcoming Galaxy S26 launch that all-but confirms rumors of a new display with a built-in privacy mode. Leaked videos show that the feature could be capable of entirely blacking out content from specific app…
Back to Top / Monday, February 16, 2026, 7:20 am / permalink 19239 / 12 stories in 18 days
Ring Cancels Flock Safety Partnership Following Public Boycott
bgr - Ring ended a controversial partnership that would have sent customer data to Flock Safety, a move that coincides with the start of a consumer boycott.
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Back to Top / Friday, February 13, 2026, 12:20 pm / permalink 19133 / 13 stories in 21 days
Cops Are Buying ‘GeoSpy’, an AI That Geolocates Photos in Seconds
Joseph Cox / 404media - 404 Media has obtained a cache of internal police emails showing at least two agencies have bought access to GeoSpy, an AI tool that analyzes architecture, soil, and other features to near instantly geolocate photos.
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Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users
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Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data
Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman / wired - Plus: Apple’s Lockdown mode keeps the FBI out of a reporter’s phone, Elon Musk’s Starlink cuts off Russian forces, and more.
Back to Top / Saturday, February 7, 2026, 6:20 am / permalink 18876 / 10 stories in 28 days
'Encrypt it already' campaign challenges big tech to keep your data secure
appleinsider - The Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new advocacy initiative directly targeting Apple, Google, and other tech giants to demand broader adoption of data encryption and more transparent privacy controls.Encrypt it AlreadyThe campaign is known a…
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Samsung Teases Galaxy S26 Privacy Display
Usman Qureshi / iphoneincanada - Samsung has teased a new "Privacy Display" for the Galaxy S26 series. The new shield blocks shoulder surfers and protects sensitive data at the pixel level.The post Samsung Teases Galaxy S26 Privacy Display first appeared on iPhone in Canada.
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iOS 26.3's New Privacy Setting Lets You Hide Your Exact Location
bgr - Once iOS 26.3 rolls out, iPhone owners will gain access to a new privacy feature that limits the precision of the location cellular networks can see.
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Google will settle its Assistant spying lawsuit for $68 million
Stevie Bonifield / theverge - Google could owe you some money, now that it's moving to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it handled recordings captured when its devices were activated by something other than Google Assistant's actual trigger word, "Ok Google." German outlet VRT N…
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Back to Top / Monday, January 26, 2026, 2:21 pm / permalink 18414 / 13 stories in 5 wks
Cake Wallet Adds Default Zcash Shielded Transactions for Privacy
Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Cake Wallet now supports Zcash, adding it to its privacy-focused tools alongside Monero. Shielded Zcash transactions are enabled by default, ensuring enhanced privacy for all users. The integration of Zcash reflects the growing demand for privacy-pre…
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Italy's Privacy Watchdog, Scourge of US Big Tech, Hit By Corruption Probe
BeauHD / slashdot - The powerful data privacy watchdog in Italy long known for aggressively policing U.S. and Chinese AI giants is under investigation for possible corruption and embezzlement. Reuters reports: Rome prosecutors are investigating the agency's president, Pasqua…
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