Britain distances itself from Australia’s social media ban for kids – POLITICO
The U.K. has also upset the White House with its existing online safety measures, and the Trump administration…
Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws
After years of staring down the world’s biggest tech companies and setting the bar for tough regulation worldwide,…
Billions of passwords shared online in data breaches
Nearly two billion stolen email logins have surfaced on the dark web, exposing the staggering scale of a…
Trump wants money from the BBC. Can he get it? – POLITICO
Trump’s latest claim is the flipside of his $20 billion suit against CBS’s “60 Minutes” over an interview…
Brussels knifes privacy to feed the AI boom – POLITICO
Draft changes would create new exceptions for AI companies that would allow them to legally process special categories…
Don’t trust big tech? These are the 5 offline-first apps I recommend
Mitja Rutnik / Android Authority I generally rely on cloud services, but I’m increasingly uncomfortable with the fact…
‘There isn’t really another choice:’ Signal chief explains why the encrypted messenger relies on AWS
After last week’s major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage took Signal along with it, Elon Musk was quick…
You Still Shouldn’t Use a Browser Password Manager
By default, Google manages your encryption key, but it allows you to set up on-device encryption, which functions…
The rise of “catch a cheater” apps exploits our worst human tendencies
When people sign up for a dating site like Tinder, they don’t expect their profiles and personal information…
Should you wait for the GrapheneOS phone or just buy a Pixel?
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority I’ve introduced GrapheneOS to a lot of friends and acquaintances, and I…
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
That suggests anyone could set up similar hardware somewhere else in the world and likely obtain their own…
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