#privacyconcerns — Public Fediverse posts

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-local-devices.1391214.0.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49594878

#HackerNews #LGSmartTVs #AudioLogging #PrivacyConcerns #SmartHome #SecurityBreach #TechNews

GET together is the social network #innovation nobody asked for, where you can finally fulfill your lifelong dream of using GET requests to post! 🤦‍♂️ Prepare for maximum confusion and zero privacy, as your every thought becomes public by default. 🥳 Say goodbye to headers and hello to aimless digital shouting into the void! 📢
https://gettogether.dev #GETtogether #SocialNetwork #DigitalConfusion #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

GET together is the social network #innovation nobody asked for, where you can finally fulfill your lifelong dream of using GET requests to post! 🤦‍♂️ Prepare for maximum confusion and zero privacy, as your every thought becomes public by default. 🥳 Say goodbye to headers and hello to aimless digital shouting into the void! 📢
https://gettogether.dev #GETtogether #SocialNetwork #DigitalConfusion #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

GET together is the social network #innovation nobody asked for, where you can finally fulfill your lifelong dream of using GET requests to post! 🤦‍♂️ Prepare for maximum confusion and zero privacy, as your every thought becomes public by default. 🥳 Say goodbye to headers and hello to aimless digital shouting into the void! 📢
https://gettogether.dev #GETtogether #SocialNetwork #DigitalConfusion #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

GET together is the social network #innovation nobody asked for, where you can finally fulfill your lifelong dream of using GET requests to post! 🤦‍♂️ Prepare for maximum confusion and zero privacy, as your every thought becomes public by default. 🥳 Say goodbye to headers and hello to aimless digital shouting into the void! 📢
https://gettogether.dev #GETtogether #SocialNetwork #DigitalConfusion #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

GET together is the social network #innovation nobody asked for, where you can finally fulfill your lifelong dream of using GET requests to post! 🤦‍♂️ Prepare for maximum confusion and zero privacy, as your every thought becomes public by default. 🥳 Say goodbye to headers and hello to aimless digital shouting into the void! 📢
https://gettogether.dev #GETtogether #SocialNetwork #DigitalConfusion #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 BREAKING: Hackers discover how to set up their own season of "Big Brother" using ID verification feeds. 📸 Who needs privacy when you can have 24/7 reality TV, right? 🙄 Maybe next, they'll stream our thoughts for an encore performance. 🎭
http://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/03/hackers-had-a-live-feed-of-every-id-this-verification-company-scanned-for-over-a-year/ #BreakingNews #RealityTV #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #BigBrother #HackerNews #ngated

https://c.org/pYmH4BdtXH #BanMetaGlasses #BanMeta #saynotometaglassses #notometaglasses #metaglassesareillegal #makemetaglassesillegal #petition #donate #america #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #colorado #coloradosprings #denver #denvercolorado #denvercity #banmetaglassesinamerica #privacy #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #defendamericanrights #DefendAmerica #defendamericanneeds #DefendAmericanPeople #defendamericans

ICE Has a $2M Contract for Spyware That Can Hack Phones Without a Click

https://www.military.com/ice-has-a-2-million-contract-for-spyware-that-can-hack-phones-without-a-click

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549762

#HackerNews #ICE #Spyware #PhoneHack #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech #CyberSecurity

https://youtu.be/yUs4em60sPA Good. #saynotoflock #banflock #makeflockillegal #flockisillegal #colorado #coloradosprings #Denver #denvercolorado #denvercity #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #defendamericanrights #defendamericanneeds #privacyfirst #privacymatters #privacyisahumanright #privacylaw #privacyconcerns #privacyviolations #privacyisanamericanright #fightforprivacyrights #stopmasssurveillance #NoMassSurveillance #saynotomasssurveillance #banmasssurveillance #privacy

https://youtu.be/ZTvI9cYrrLc #notoIDageverification #IDageverification #stopIDageverification #makeIDageverificationillegal #banIDageverification #privacy #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacyisahumanright #IDageverificationisillegal #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #colorado #coloradosprings #Denver #denvercity #denvercolorado #ageverificationlaws #ageverificationandagegating #ageverificationprivacy #ageverification

1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe

https://www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1password-funds-ethnic-cleansing/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49518916

#HackerNews #1Password #EthnicCleansing #Europe #TechNews #PrivacyConcerns #HumanRights

Student teacher arrested for private Snapchat message

https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49512789

#HackerNews #StudentTeacher #Arrest #Snapchat #Controversy #EducationNews #PrivacyConcerns

Lawmakers sneakily added a $1 fee to your car insurance, and voilà, now you’re funding a surveillance state of Flock cameras. 🎥💸 Because who doesn’t love subsidizing Big Brother while barely noticing? 🙄 #PrivacyIsOverrated
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/28/texas-flock-cameras-auto-insurance-fee-mvcpa-grants/ #Lawmakers #FlockCameras #SurveillanceState #CarInsurance #BigBrother #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

https://c.org/T65LpWPTg5 #banflockcams #makeflockcamsillegal #saynotoflockcams #NoMassSurveillance #MassSurveilance #massurveillance #privacy #privacyrights #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyconcerns #contactyourlocallawmakers #usa #america #unitedstatesofamerica #unitedstates #colorado #coloradosprings #denvercolorado #denver #denvercity #thortoncolorado

https://c.org/DRFjNknXJh #fightageverification #stopthepushforageverification #masssurveillance #MassSurveilance #NoMassSurveillance #privacymatters #privacyrights #privacyisahumanright #privacyconcerns #privacy #contactyourlocallawmakers #america #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #colorado #coloradosprings #denver #denvercolorado #StopAgeVerification #stopageverifcationondiscord

Get the Flock Out | American Civil Liberties Union
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/get-flock-out?initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&initms=adv-na-sail-gradead-nat-260825_messageaction-privacytechnology-surveillance-flock&af=4WFnjVCuWvW83eP57u4dSVn7ZD%2BJSLdOv3UPKF6dxJf5K%2BUZjbyYifKpdpdU0x2Tq%2BQpm6S63pqZjLOYok4kR3RXGP5O2kgngmIU0%2FdxG8VdrkWRZ11WcLV4ZUp1tkOFWo19hRAQH1pfWKxr0RNsj36IdGWf2fak6ERDSEtru5muTVJ4J8VxuwqNftuqoK%2F4&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=adv-na-sail-gradead-nat-260825_messageaction-privacytechnology-surveillance-flock #Banflockcams #Makeflockcamsillegal #Saynotoflockcams #fightmasssurveillance #NoMassSurveillance #makeflockcamsillegal #removeflockcams #colorado #coloradosprings #denver #denvercolorado #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #petition #ACLU #ACLUofcolorado #donatetoACLU #supportACLU #privacy #privacyrights #privacyisahumanright #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #contactyourlawmakers

🚀 Breaking news! The Dutch have mastered the #art of turning gas wells into avant-garde concrete sculptures. Meanwhile, the internet demands you enable #JavaScript and cookies, because who needs privacy when you're busy pouring cement? 🤦‍♂️🔧
https://www.siliconcontinent.com/p/the-dutch-are-filling-gas-wells-with #BreakingNews #AvantGarde #GasWells #PrivacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

https://youtu.be/fn9zmjosmUU #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #banflockcams #makeflockcamsillegal #flockcamsareillegal #saynotoflockcams #noflockcamsintheUS #masssurveillance #NoMassSurveillance #MassSurveilance #masssurveilancetechnology #masssurveillanceasabusinessmodel #fightmasssurveillance #privacy #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacylaws #privacymatters #privacyfirst #contactyourlocallawmakers #lawmakers #colorado #coloradosprings #noflockcamsincolorado #Denver #Denvercity

a Blackstone real estate company exposed SSN digits, DOBs, addresses and more

https://alexschapiro.com/security/vulnerability/2026/07/16/beam-living-graphql-data-exposure

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49422204

#HackerNews #Blackstone #DataLeak #SSN #Exposure #Cybersecurity #PrivacyConcerns

https://www.europesays.com/people/195753/ Sam Altman says ChatGPT could watch you all the time and remember your life in 6 months #AIAssistant #ChatGPT #ComputerHistory #ContextAwareAI #MacDesktopApp #OpenAI #PrivacyConcerns #SamAltman #ScreenMonitoring

Gardner police discontinue Flock cameras as license plate readers face scrutiny

https://www.kmbc.com/article/gardner-kansas-flock-cameras-license-plate-readers-privacy/73468724

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368625

#HackerNews #GardnerPolice #FlockCameras #LicensePlateReaders #PrivacyConcerns #TechNews

🔍 Ah yes, because the government totally needs to know everyone's bedroom preferences for "civic planning" purposes. 😂 Spoiler alert: this article seems to worry that your #kinks might just end up dictating school budgets! 🙄 #PrivacyPanic
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2013/11/civic-hygiene/ #PrivacyConcerns #CivicPlanning #BedroomPreferences #SchoolBudgets #HackerNews #ngated

🚀💻 Ah, yet another GitHub project promising to revolutionize our terminal experience with "deep research" and "verified quotes"—because surely that's what every developer needed to achieve code enlightenment. 🙄 With an enforced budget and privacy boundary, it's like budgeting for groceries while wearing a tinfoil hat. 🛒👒
https://github.com/lajosdeme/mole #GitHubProject #TerminalExperience #DeveloperHumor #CodeEnlightenment #PrivacyConcerns #TinfoilHat #HackerNews #ngated

📱 Oh, the revolutionary concept of a "guest lock"—because nothing screams #innovation like a feature that's essentially a glorified babysitter for your phone. 🙄 Your mind-blowing solution to avoid handing a cop your nudes? Just don't give them your phone, genius! 🚔💡
https://curvise.net/the-phone-features-i-cant-believe-we-dont-have/ #guestlock #phonefeatures #privacyconcerns #digitalparenting #HackerNews #ngated

Aaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style cameras

https://www.foiaball.com/p/aaron-rodgers-secretly-bought-police-alpr-cameras

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49276021

#HackerNews #AaronRodgers #FlockCameras #PrivacyConcerns #CommunitySupport #ALPRTechnology #LocalNews

New Bedford police officer accused of using Flock cameras to track ex-partner

https://newbedfordlight.org/new-bedford-police-officer-accused-of-using-flock-cameras-to-track-and-follow-ex-romantic-partner/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49266899

#HackerNews #NewBedford #Police #FlockCameras #PrivacyConcerns #DomesticSurveillance #LawEnforcement #Accountability

Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don't

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/us/flock-cameras-can-track-every-car-in-america-police-love-them-citizens-dont.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251978

#HackerNews #FlockCameras #CarTracking #PrivacyConcerns #Surveillance #Technology #LawEnforcement

'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/pervert-glasses-backlash-against-metas-smart-glasses-grows/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49244783

#HackerNews #PervertGlasses #MetaSmartGlasses #TechBacklash #PrivacyConcerns #WearableTech

How to Fight Deployment of Flock and Other Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers in Your Community | American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/tracking-alpr-cameras/how-to-fight-deployment-of-flock-and-other-mass-surveillance-license-plate-readers-in-your-community?cid=7013r000001QG7XAAW&initms_aff=nat&initms_chan=eml&initms=awr-na-sail-gols-nat-260808_cultivation-civilliberties-na-debrief&af=4WFnjVCuWvW83eP57u4dSVn7ZD%2BJSLdOv3UPKF6dxJf5K%2BUZjbyYifKpdpdU0x2Tq%2BQpm6S63pqZjLOYok4kR2F7DZyc6FP89Fse0BcV6Ho%3D&gs=jSfs6llhQeX2OTww6lNks4bS9raEmG2oc4%2BPDYzZArnTseMByNR%2FSngk3%2BKn5yzd&ms_aff=nat&ms_chan=eml&ms=awr-na-sail-gols-nat-260808_cultivation-civilliberties-na-debrief #fightmasssurveillance #massurveilance #banflockcameras #banflockcams #makeflockcamsillegal #privacyrights #privacy #privacyrights #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #contactyourlocallawmakers #lawmakers #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #ACLU #ACLUofcolorado #denver #denvercolorado

Meta #SmartGlasses face calls for bans across Europe over privacy concerns: https://zorz.it/qzeJl

#PesalaBandara #banning #Meta #PrivacyLaw #PersonalData #EuropeanDataProtectionBoard #EDPB #PrivacyConcerns #BitsOfFreedom #PrivacyImpact #law #technology

All of the bad internet bills. One website. https://badinternetbills.com/ #kosa #ageverification #ageverificationlaws #ageverificationandagegating #ageverificationtechnologysocialmedia #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyrights #privacy #privacyconcerns #PrivacyFlaw #encryptionvulnerabilities #encryptionstandards #usa #america #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #petition #donate #contactyourlawmakers #lawmakers

FYI: Granola sued for recording meetings without consent to train AI models: Filed July 30 in California, the complaint says Granola hides its notetaker from participants by design, a practice raising wiretapping questions for marketers. https://ppc.land/granola-sued-for-recording-meetings-without-consent-to-train-ai-models/ #Granola #AIethics #PrivacyConcerns #DataProtection #MarketingEthics

ICYMI: Granola sued for recording meetings without consent to train AI models: Filed July 30 in California, the complaint says Granola hides its notetaker from participants by design, a practice raising wiretapping questions for marketers. https://ppc.land/granola-sued-for-recording-meetings-without-consent-to-train-ai-models/ #Granola #AIEthics #PrivacyConcerns #DataProtection #LegalIssues

Granola sued for recording meetings without consent to train AI models: Filed July 30 in California, the complaint says Granola hides its notetaker from participants by design, a practice raising wiretapping questions for marketers. https://ppc.land/granola-sued-for-recording-meetings-without-consent-to-train-ai-models/ #Granola #AIethics #PrivacyConcerns #DataProtection #Wiretapping

NCAC Urges Fifth Circuit to Uphold Block on Texas App Store Age Verification Law - National Coalition Against Censorship
https://ncac.org/news/texas-app-store-accountability-act-first-amendment #Texas #Texasageverification #privacymatters #privacyfirst #privacyconcerns #privacylaw #usa #unitedstates #unitedstatesofamerica #USA #Unitedstates #Unitedstatesofamerica #america #America #ageverification #ageverificationandagegating

Petition against Meta's employee training data collection for ML models

https://mcipetition.com/

#HackerNews #MetaDataCollection #MLTraining #PrivacyConcerns #PetitionAgainstMeta #DataEthics

The EU digital ID wallet can't deliver the privacy properties it claims

https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification/issues/26

#HackerNews #EU #Digital #ID #privacy #DigitalWallet #cybersecurity #privacyConcerns

India mandates SIM-binding & auto-logouts for WhatsApp, turning its largest user base into a global compliance crisis.

Big changes are coming to your favorite messaging apps in India! New government mandates require SIM binding—meaning your WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram might stop working if you remove the SIM card. Plus, say goodbye to continuous use of WhatsApp Web!

#whatsappindia #simbinding #technews #compliancenightmare #digitalindia #privacyconcerns #whatsappupdate

🎓🔍 Oh, UC Berkeley, you've outdone yourself! Handing over personal data like it's a free-for-all buffet. 🍽️ I guess privacy is just a suggestion nowadays. 🙄📜
https://www.dailycal.org/news/campus/uc-berkeley-turns-over-personal-information-of-more-than-150-students-and-staff-to-federal/article_a4aad3e1-bbba-42cc-92d7-a7964d9641c5.html #UCberkeley #PrivacyConcerns #DataSecurity #PersonalData #FreeForAll #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Brace yourselves, folks! #23andMe just hit the "sell" button faster than you can say "privacy concerns," offloading their gene-testing biz to the DNA wizards at #Regeneron. 🤖 Meanwhile, #Bloomberg is busy breaking news and breaking our patience with their endless #CAPTCHA tests. 🧬
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-19/23andme-sells-gene-testing-business-to-dna-drug-maker-regeneron #geneTesting #privacyConcerns #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 Wow, Daniel Bünzli has coined "anti-personnel computing" to describe modern gadgets that serve everyone but you. 💀 Who knew your laptop was plotting against you for the benefit of some shadowy third party? Next up: how your toaster is secretly a double agent. 🍞🕵️‍♂️
https://erratique.ch/writings/anti-personnel-computing #antiPersonnelComputing #modernGadgets #techCritique #privacyConcerns #digitalSurveillance #quirkyTech #HackerNews #ngated