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fromFinancial Planning
2 hours ago

Edward Jones fed client data to LinkedIn, Google for ads, lawsuits say

A California man named Vishal Shah sued Edward Jones in federal court this week after learning that personal information he had provided to the firm's website - in order to be matched with a financial advisor - had allegedly been shared improperly with LinkedIn. Shah's suit comes about a week and a half after an Edward Jones client named Mark Maurer filed a separate federal action in California accusing the firm of illegally sharing his data with Google, Meta, LinkedIn and other companies.
Privacy professionals
fromVulture
3 hours ago

Hilary Duff Calls Relationship With Haylie the 'Most Lonely Part' of Her Life

"People ask me how you're doing / I wanna say amazing / But the truth is that I don't know," she sings on the track. "What I always end up saying is how / We don't talk." "It's definitely about my sister," Duff told Good Morning America during a February 20 segment. "And just absolutely the most lonely part of my existence is not having my sister in my life at the moment."
Music
fromTruthout
5 hours ago

USCIS Aims to Expand Social Media Surveillance of Immigrants and US Citizens

In this photo illustration, an iPhone screen shows various social media apps. Anna Barclay / Getty Images Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news - make a quick donation to Truthout today! This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. The original article can be accessed here.
US politics
#smart-glasses
fromBuzzFeed
5 hours ago

13 Times Celeb Kids Unexpectedly Found Out That Their Parents Were Famous After Thinking They Lived Totally Normal Lives

We went to a restaurant the other night, and the waitress kept calling me by my name. She was like, 'Khloé, do you want another drink?' Whatever. And True was going, 'How does she know who you are?' And I go, 'Oh, I just come here all the time.' Which I don't, but they don't realize that we're on TV. Like, they don't know the difference, 'cause I'm not talking about it," she recalled on the On Purpose podcast.
Television
#dns
fromZDNET
6 hours ago
Privacy technologies

How to change your DNS service on a Windows PC or Mac - and why you should

fromZDNET
6 hours ago
Digital life

How to change your DNS service on a Windows PC or Mac - and why you should

fromZDNET
2 days ago
Privacy technologies

My 6 favorite DNS services - and why they're a must for security

fromZDNET
6 hours ago
Privacy technologies

How to change your DNS service on a Windows PC or Mac - and why you should

fromZDNET
6 hours ago
Digital life

How to change your DNS service on a Windows PC or Mac - and why you should

fromZDNET
2 days ago
Privacy technologies

My 6 favorite DNS services - and why they're a must for security

#ring
fromWIRED
21 hours ago
Privacy technologies

A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon

fromThe Verge
1 day ago
Privacy technologies

After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions

fromEngadget
1 day ago
Privacy technologies

Ring could be planning to expand Search Party feature beyond dogs

fromThe Verge
2 days ago
Tech industry

Ring's AI-powered Search Party won't stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows

fromTruthout
3 days ago
Privacy professionals

Ring Scraps Flock Security Partnership Following Uproar Over Super Bowl AI Commercial

fromWIRED
21 hours ago
Privacy technologies

A $10K Bounty Awaits Anyone Who Can Hack Ring Cameras to Stop Sharing Data With Amazon

fromThe Verge
1 day ago
Privacy technologies

After Search Party backlash, Ring is still avoiding the bigger questions

fromEngadget
1 day ago
Privacy technologies

Ring could be planning to expand Search Party feature beyond dogs

fromThe Verge
2 days ago
Tech industry

Ring's AI-powered Search Party won't stop at finding lost dogs, leaked email shows

fromTruthout
3 days ago
Privacy professionals

Ring Scraps Flock Security Partnership Following Uproar Over Super Bowl AI Commercial

#surveillance
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 day ago
Brooklyn

2026 Spark Prize spotlight: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project pushes back against mass surveillance * Brooklyn Paper

fromAxios
3 days ago
Privacy technologies

After Super Bowl ad, consumers rethink the tradeoffs of home surveillance tech

fromABC7 Chicago
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring scraps partnership with company after Super Bowl ad backlash

Privacy technologies
fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Ring's adorable surveillance hellscape

Mass deployment of home security cameras and AI developments are turning convenience into pervasive surveillance, raising privacy, safety, and ethical concerns.
Privacy technologies
fromInc
1 week ago

Ring's Super Bowl Ad Prompted a Public Freakout. Wyze Turned It Into a Marketing Win

Ring's Super Bowl ad about AI pet-finding provoked widespread privacy backlash, prompting rival Wyze to satirize Ring's surveillance capabilities in its own commercial.
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 day ago
Brooklyn

2026 Spark Prize spotlight: The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project pushes back against mass surveillance * Brooklyn Paper

fromAxios
3 days ago
Privacy technologies

After Super Bowl ad, consumers rethink the tradeoffs of home surveillance tech

fromABC7 Chicago
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Amazon's smart doorbell maker Ring scraps partnership with company after Super Bowl ad backlash

fromInc
1 week ago
Privacy technologies

Ring's Super Bowl Ad Prompted a Public Freakout. Wyze Turned It Into a Marketing Win

#meta
fromFuturism
6 days ago
Privacy technologies

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care

fromFuturism
6 days ago
Privacy technologies

Meta Adding Facial Recognition to Its Smart Glasses That Identifies People in Real Time, Hoping the Public Is Too Distracted by Political Turmoil to Care

fromDefector
1 day ago

Make It Nice: Curtains, Linens, And How To Figure Out What You Like | Defector

My husband and I just upgraded our apartment here in Germany to one with much more space. The downsides of this is we have hard marble floors and a tall-ceilinged living room (oh woe is us!). It's very echo-y and looks directly into our neighbors across the street. The windows have external shutters, so light-blocking isn't needed, but we'd love to get
Design
Apple
fromEngadget
1 day ago

West Virginia is suing Apple alleging negligence over CSAM materials

West Virginia alleges Apple knowingly allowed iCloud to store and distribute child sexual abuse material and declined available detection technology, citing user privacy.
Privacy professionals
fromAdExchanger
1 day ago

Ad Tech Says It's Not In The Surveillance Business. Now Is The Time To Prove It | AdExchanger

Commercial ad tech and location-data tools risk being repurposed for government investigations, creating urgent privacy, ethical, and regulatory concerns for vendors and users.
Digital life
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Tell us: have you ever used AI to navigate everyday life and social relationships?

People use chatbots to handle social interactions and major life decisions, including drafting sensitive messages, seeking relationship or job advice, with secure anonymous submissions invited.
Privacy professionals
fromFast Company
1 day ago

'This is very serious': Judge threatens AI glasses wearers with contempt during Mark Zuckerberg's testimony

A judge warned courtroom attendees wearing AI smart glasses to stop recording and delete footage or face contempt of court.
Digital life
fromWIRED
1 day ago

This AI Tool Will Tell You to Stop Slacking Off

Fomi uses on-screen AI context analysis to allow productive use while blocking distractions, offering a three-day trial and $8/month subscription, with privacy trade-offs.
#chatgpt
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Stop using ChatGPT on factory settings: 7 tweaks I use to make it a pro tool

fromZDNET
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Stop using ChatGPT on factory settings: 7 tweaks I use to make it a pro tool

#discord
fromZDNET
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

My 5 favorite Discord alternatives - no ID verification required

fromZDNET
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

My 5 favorite Discord alternatives - no ID verification required

#age-verification
Privacy professionals
fromtechsciencetoday
3 days ago

TikTok Spies on Users Even if It Has Not Even Been Installed

TikTok's tracking pixel collects extensive cross-site user data, including sensitive health details, even from people without the app installed.
fromComputerWeekly.com
3 days ago

The ethical challenges of America's social media vetting policy | Computer Weekly

On 10 December, 2025, the United States government announced that visitors wishing to enter America from any of the 42 visa waiver programme countries would have to undergo social media vetting. Visitors would also be required to disclose personal information about close family members. The notice was created by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
US politics
Gadgets
fromWIRED
3 days ago

The Simplest Android App for Scanning Documents

FairScan is a free, open-source Android scanning app that privately converts photos of multipage documents into PDFs without ads, cloud storage, or hidden data practices.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Kenyan authorities used Israeli tech to crack activist's phone, report claims

Kenyan authorities used Cellebrite technology to access and extract data from Boniface Mwangi's personal phone while it was in police custody.
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

Miss Manners: This really doesn't sound like they're complimenting my outfit

Accept backhanded compliments graciously and deflect intrusive personal questions without divulging private marital history.
Privacy technologies
fromGadget Review
4 days ago

$68M Fine Exposes How Voice Assistants Recorded Private Moments Uploaded to Strangers!

Google paid $68 million to settle claims that voice-activated devices recorded private conversations beyond wake words, exposing user audio to contractors and data use.
Privacy technologies
fromKTLA
4 days ago

These search engines don't track you

Several alternative search engines prioritize user privacy by avoiding tracking, encrypting queries, blocking ads, and offering customizable or ad-free search experiences.
#instagram
fromHollywood Life
1 week ago
Social media marketing

Instagram Likes and Follows, Tracked Weekly: What It Shows, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

fromHollywood Life
1 week ago
Social media marketing

Instagram Likes and Follows, Tracked Weekly: What It Shows, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters

fromSecurityWeek
4 days ago

Android 17 Beta Strengthens Secure-by-Default Design for Privacy and App Security

The first, which aims to reduce risks associated with unencrypted traffic, is related to the usesCleartextTraffic attribute. On apps targeting Android 17, if the attribute is set to 'true' but lacks a corresponding network security configuration, cleartext traffic will be blocked by default. Developers are advised to migrate to network security configuration files for more granular control.
Software development
fromBusiness Insider
4 days ago

Jacob Elordi, 28, says he has 'no relationship' with social media

My dream was to be an actor. My dream was to play in the movies and, you know, I'm far too nervous to ask for more than that. I've been given exactly what I wanted, and I see it exactly how I dreamed it, and I live it how I dreamed it. So for me, that's about all I can handle,
Film
Television
fromVulture
5 days ago

Heated Rivalry's Hudson Williams Hard Launches Girlfriend on Valentine's Day

Hudson Williams publicly celebrated a longtime girlfriend on Instagram Stories while keeping her name private and responded angrily to Deuxmoi's dating speculation.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Daily Star
5 days ago

AI chatbots emerge as new frontier for advertisers

Introducing advertisements and sponsored content in chatbots raises privacy and trust concerns as AI firms seek new revenue while promising not to sell user data.
Privacy professionals
fromYahoo
5 days ago

Your privacy choices

Yahoo uses cookies and technical identifiers to provide services, authenticate users, measure usage, and, with consent, enable personalized advertising and analytics.
fromFortune
5 days ago

A billionaire and an A-list actor found refuge in a 37-home Florida neighborhood with armed guards-proof that privacy is now the ultimate luxury | Fortune

A quaint, 37-home neighborhood an hour from Miami is attracting moneyed residents, including actor Mark Wahlberg, despite not having a private golf club or coastline-instead its major selling point is privacy and a well-trained security staff of former military and police. Stone Creek Ranch, located in Delray Beach, Fla., is one of the hottest new neighborhoods for the ultra rich, but it didn't always start out that way.
Real estate
Privacy professionals
fromDataBreaches.Net
6 days ago

Nevada unveils new statewide data classification policy months after cyberattack - DataBreaches.Net

Nevada implemented a four-tier data classification policy requiring agencies to categorize data as public, sensitive, confidential, or restricted, defaulting to the stricter classification if unclear.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The problem with doorbell cams: Nancy Guthrie case and Ring Super Bowl ad reawaken surveillance fears

Smart home camera feeds can be accessed and potentially used by law enforcement, raising privacy and mass-surveillance concerns.
#openai
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
6 days ago

These Are the Best Alternatives to Google's Android Operating System

Most Android alternatives strip Google services (often using microG and sandboxing) to improve privacy, while true non-Android options remain limited and less practical for daily use.
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
6 days ago

The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them

A vulnerability allowed remote control and live camera access to roughly 7,000 DJI Romo robot vacuums worldwide, exposing locations and floor plans.
Privacy professionals
fromThe Drum
6 days ago

The 'dramatic differences' Apple's iOS 14.5 privacy framework brings to ad measurement & targeting

Apple's AppTrackingTransparency in iOS 14.5 requires user opt-in for IDFA, limiting cross-app tracking and disrupting advertisers and developers.
fromTechRepublic
6 days ago

Viral AI Caricatures Highlight Shadow AI Dangers

"While many have been discussing the privacy risks of people following the ChatGPT caricature trend, the prompt reveals something else alarming - people are talking to their LLMs about work," said Josh Davies, principal market strategist at Fortra, in an email to eSecurityPlanet. He added, "If they are not using a sanctioned ChatGPT instance, they may be inputting sensitive work information into a public LLM. Those who publicly share these images may be putting a target on their back for social engineering attempts, and malicious actors have millions of entries to select attractive targets from."
Information security
Privacy technologies
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 week ago

From SIM-Swap Nightmares To Borderless Freedom: How One ESIM Is Saving Bitcoiners Millions

Silent Link is a Bitcoin-native, privacy-focused eSIM mobile data and SMS provider offering competitive global rates, incoming SMS for authentication, and Bitcoin-native payment infrastructure.
#facial-recognition
fromThe Verge
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

fromThe Verge
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted

Miscellaneous
fromBusiness Matters
1 week ago

US-Ukrainian SocialFi Platform Sl8 Targets European Expansion Amid MiCA Transition

Cassator Corp. positions Sl8 as a compliance-first, privacy-forward SocialFi platform targeting Europe while leveraging Delaware incorporation and Ukrainian engineering strength.
fromZDNET
1 week ago

Own a smart TV? These 13 features can dramatically improve your performance - here's how

TVs are no longer just displays that you connect to a cable box or streaming device to make them smarter. Also: 21 hidden Netflix settings and secret codes everyone should know They're full-fledged computers now, complete with operating systems, app stores, background services, and internet connections. As a result, they come with a ton of hidden settings, permissions, and features that most people never know about or use.
Gadgets
Parenting
fromBuzzFeed
1 week ago

Why I Am Teaching My Young Sons That This 'Private' Bathroom Topic Is 'No Big Deal'

Motherhood often erases personal privacy, making even bathroom moments subject to constant caregiving and acceptance of uninterrupted neediness.
Privacy technologies
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 week ago

Op-ed: San Jose can protect immigrants by ending Flock surveillance system - San Jose Spotlight

San Jose should end its ALPR program because automated license plate readers enable mass surveillance, jeopardize immigrants and vulnerable populations, and permit unauthorized federal access.
fromThe Hill
1 week ago

AI safety researcher quits Anthropic, warning 'world is in peril'

Mrinank Sharma announced his resignation from Anthropic in an open letter to his colleagues on Monday. Sharma, who has served on the company's technical staff since 2023, first noted that he "achieved what I wanted to here" and is "especially proud of my recent efforts to help us live our values via internal transparency mechanisms; and also my final project on understanding how AI assistants could make us less human or distort our humanity."
Artificial intelligence
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

Help! I Agreed to Live With My Boyfriend's Family to Save Some Money. But It's Come at an Extremely Creepy Price.

She will leave notes on our bedroom door about how "loud" we are being or announce in public when my boyfriend and I are being intimate and how "gross and disgusting" it is. She will say this like she asked someone to pass the milk and seems pleased how embarrassed everyone gets. Her grandparents refuse to address this behavior and her grandmother even scolded me that we need to "keep it down."
Relationships
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Bompastor keeps reason for Green's Chelsea exit 'private'

I think it's probably not a question for me to answer. Maybe some other people in the club can answer that question. But for sure, every player and member of staff, recognise what Paul did for this club and all the success he brought from the beginning. We are all really thankful for that. I think he laid the foundations from the beginning and has been a huge part of the success of this club. I think he will be missed at this club for sure.
Women
Privacy technologies
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago

A Creepy New Device Is Spreading Across School Campuses. Students Are Being Harassed. Teachers Are Sounding the Alarm.

Wearable AI glasses are being used to record and publicly post videos of women without consent, generating fear and discomfort about privacy and safety.
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 week ago

A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says

The revelation stems from a data-sharing agreement signed last April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, which allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records. A declaration filed Wednesday by IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo stated that the IRS was only able to verify roughly 47,000 of the 1.28 million names ICE requested.
Privacy professionals
Film
fromBustle
1 week ago

Eva Mendes Joked About Being Jealous Of This Ryan Gosling Co-Star

Eva Mendes playfully expressed jealousy of Ryan Gosling's co-star Rocky while affirming their private family life and boundaries regarding their children.
#cloud-storage
fromThe Verge
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Why 'deleted' doesn't mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie's doorbell footage

fromThe Verge
1 week ago
Privacy professionals

Why 'deleted' doesn't mean gone: How police recovered Nancy Guthrie's doorbell footage

East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
1 week ago

Flock license plate scanner contract postponed by Alameda County leaders

Alameda County postponed extending its contract with Flock Safety until Sheriff Yesenia Sanchez answers supervisors' questions about surveillance uses and potential federal access to data.
Privacy technologies
fromNautilus
1 week ago

Your Boss Could Monitor Your Heart Rate With Spy Tech

Millimeter-wave radar and off-the-shelf biometric sensors can enable covert heart-rate, presence, and emotional-state monitoring through work computers, raising significant workplace privacy risks.
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