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Instagram messaging encryption removed, and privacy advocates are pushing back

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Instagram messaging encryption removed, and privacy advocates are pushing back 2026-05-11 at 13:57 By Anamarija Pogorelec After introducing optional end-to-end encrypted messaging in 2023, Instagram announced in March 2026 that encryption for direct messages would be discontinued, and the feature was removed on May 8. The change allows Instagram to access direct message content, including […]

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Google is turning Android Studio into a policy watchdog

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Google is turning Android Studio into a policy watchdog 2026-05-08 at 13:09 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google has expanded Play Policy Insights in Android Studio to help developers catch policy issues while coding, including warnings for common problems such as missing login credentials. Later this year, developers who connect their Play developer account directly to Android […]

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Facial recognition arrives at the gates of Disney’s magic kingdom

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Facial recognition arrives at the gates of Disney’s magic kingdom 2026-05-07 at 12:23 By Sinisa Markovic Disney has equipped select entrance lanes at Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park with facial recognition technology, saying the system is intended to streamline re-entry procedures and help prevent fraud. According to the company, certain entrance lanes use […]

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Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups

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Meta adds proof-based security to encrypted backups 2026-05-05 at 13:21 By Anamarija Pogorelec Meta has updated its infrastructure for protecting password-based and end-to-end encrypted backups, introducing over-the-air fleet key distribution for Messenger and a commitment to publishing evidence of secure fleet deployments. How encrypted backups work These updates build on the company’s HSM-based Backup Key […]

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Your work apps are quietly handing 19 data points to someone

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Your work apps are quietly handing 19 data points to someone 2026-05-04 at 09:46 By Mirko Zorz Office work in 2026 runs through a stack of mobile apps that sit on the same phones people use for banking, messaging family, and tracking their location. Ten of the most common workplace apps in use across U.S. […]

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Open-source privacy proxy masks PII before prompts reach external AI services

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Open-source privacy proxy masks PII before prompts reach external AI services 2026-05-01 at 11:49 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprise developers routinely send prompts to external large language models that contain customer emails, support transcripts, and other identifying information, often without a sanitization layer between the application and the API. Dataiku has released Kiji Privacy Proxy, an […]

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Met Police face criticism for using AI to spy on their own officers

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Met Police face criticism for using AI to spy on their own officers 2026-04-30 at 15:31 By Sinisa Markovic London police officers have been warned by the Metropolitan Police Federation to watch their backs after the force deployed controversial AI software to investigate misconduct. The staff association, representing more than 30,000 officers in London, reported […]

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Firefox Vulnerability Allows Tor User Fingerprinting

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Firefox Vulnerability Allows Tor User Fingerprinting 2026-04-27 at 11:49 By Eduard Kovacs The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-6770 and it has been patched with the release of Firefox 150 and Tor 15.0.10. The post Firefox Vulnerability Allows Tor User Fingerprinting appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap

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A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap 2026-04-24 at 08:22 By Anamarija Pogorelec Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in production. Legal and privacy teams, working from templates and regulatory checklists, draft policies describing […]

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Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950)

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Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950) 2026-04-23 at 14:17 By Zeljka Zorz Apple has rolled out security updates for iPhones and iPads that fix CVE-2026-28950, a logging issue in Notification Services that made devices unexpectedly retain notifications marked for deletion. The vulnerability was patched following a recent report about the […]

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OpenAI tackles a bad habit people have when interacting with AI

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OpenAI tackles a bad habit people have when interacting with AI 2026-04-23 at 12:17 By Sinisa Markovic Since people tend to paste personal data into AI tools such as ChatGPT, OpenAI has released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model designed to detect and redact personally identifiable information (PII) in text. The model is available under the […]

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GDPR works, but only where someone enforces it

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GDPR works, but only where someone enforces it 2026-04-23 at 07:32 By Sinisa Markovic A new measurement study of web tracking across ten countries offers a reality check for anyone working on privacy compliance. Researchers crawled the same set of globally popular websites from virtual machines located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Singapore, South […]

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Google’s Workspace Intelligence promises privacy while running on your data

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Google’s Workspace Intelligence promises privacy while running on your data 2026-04-22 at 23:27 By Sinisa Markovic Security and data governance are among the key considerations in Google’s latest AI update, which introduces Workspace Intelligence within Google Workspace. Google describes the feature as “a secure, dynamic system that inherently understands complex semantic relationships within your Workspace […]

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OpenAI’s Chronicle feature lets Codex read your screen, raising privacy concerns

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OpenAI’s Chronicle feature lets Codex read your screen, raising privacy concerns 2026-04-21 at 15:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI’s Chronicle is a feature designed to help Codex, an AI-powered coding assistant, better understand what users are working on by capturing context directly from their screens. It uses recent screen activity to build memories, allowing Codex to […]

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Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization

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Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization 2026-04-20 at 07:52 By Anamarija Pogorelec Syncthing is a free and open-source application that synchronizes files directly between your devices. Instead of uploading data to a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer approach, transferring files whenever peers are online. This decentralized model ensures that your data remains […]

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Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals

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Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals 2026-04-17 at 09:24 By Sinisa Markovic Apple’s AirTag is designed to help users track lost items by relying on a vast network of nearby Apple devices. New research shows that this same system can be manipulated to display locations where an AirTag has never been. […]

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Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet

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Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet 2026-04-17 at 08:10 By Sinisa Markovic Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting […]

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Google Play is changing how Android apps access your contacts and location

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Google Play is changing how Android apps access your contacts and location 2026-04-16 at 15:03 By Anamarija Pogorelec Google’s new set of Google Play policy updates and account transfer feature strengthen user privacy and protect businesses from fraud. Google is also expanding features for managing new contact and location policy changes to support a smoother, […]

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Tails 7.6.2 patches vulnerability that could expose saved files

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Tails 7.6.2 patches vulnerability that could expose saved files 2026-04-16 at 13:34 By Anamarija Pogorelec The Tails Project released Tails v7.6.2, an emergency release of the popular open source secure portable operating system. What is Tails? Tails, which is based on Debian GNU/Linux, is aimed at users who want to preserve their online privacy and […]

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