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Apple launches legal challenge to UK attempt to access encrypted user data
iPhone maker files complaint over latest government demand to allow access to encrypted user data

https://archive.is/F8Jb0

#apple #access #backdoor #criminal #security #police #data #encrypted #infosec #iphone #ipt #legal #security
#tech #technology #government #police #privacy #specialbranch #uk #userdata #MI5

Apple launches legal challenge to UK attempt to access encrypted user data
iPhone maker files complaint over latest government demand to allow access to encrypted user data

https://archive.is/F8Jb0

#apple #access #backdoor #criminal #security #police #data #encrypted #infosec #iphone #ipt #legal #security
#tech #technology #government #police #privacy #specialbranch #uk #userdata #MI5

FYI: Meta drops Instagram AI tagging tool as 8 of 10 apps default users in: The tool lasted three days before user pushback forced its removal on July 10, 2026. Whether rival platforms revisit their own opt-out defaults remains open. https://ppc.land/meta-drops-instagram-ai-tagging-tool-as-8-of-10-apps-default-users-in/ #Instagram #Meta #AITagging #SocialMedia #UserData

FYI: Meta drops Instagram AI tagging tool as 8 of 10 apps default users in: The tool lasted three days before user pushback forced its removal on July 10, 2026. Whether rival platforms revisit their own opt-out defaults remains open. https://ppc.land/meta-drops-instagram-ai-tagging-tool-as-8-of-10-apps-default-users-in/ #Instagram #Meta #AITagging #SocialMedia #UserData

Is AI Quietly Learning From All of Us?

Not exactly.

Your one chat usually does not instantly update the model.

But millions of prompts, ratings, errors, uploads, and repeated requests can become signals for future AI models and features.

So the real question is:

Are we users… or unpaid product managers?

https://validatefacts.com/articles/can-ai-learn-from-global-users-automatically

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPrivacy #UserData #AIModels #FutureOfAI #AITraining

Is AI Quietly Learning From All of Us?

Not exactly.

Your one chat usually does not instantly update the model.

But millions of prompts, ratings, errors, uploads, and repeated requests can become signals for future AI models and features.

So the real question is:

Are we users… or unpaid product managers?

https://validatefacts.com/articles/can-ai-learn-from-global-users-automatically

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPrivacy #UserData #AIModels #FutureOfAI #AITraining

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/05/dhs-demanded-google-surrender-data-on-canadians-anti-ice-posts-xcxwbn/

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Anti-ICE Posts

#Google #ICE #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #DHS #FreeSpeech #DataPrivacy #UserData #PrivacyRegulation #Surveillance #MassSurveillance #DigitalRights #Government #USGovernment

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/05/05/dhs-demanded-google-surrender-data-on-canadians-anti-ice-posts-xcxwbn/

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Anti-ICE Posts

#Google #ICE #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #DHS #FreeSpeech #DataPrivacy #UserData #PrivacyRegulation #Surveillance #MassSurveillance #DigitalRights #Government #USGovernment

ICYMI: OpenAI's privacy policy now lets advertisers send purchase data: OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners. https://ppc.land/openais-privacy-policy-now-lets-advertisers-send-purchase-data/ #OpenAI #PrivacyPolicy #DataPrivacy #Advertising #UserData

ICYMI: OpenAI's privacy policy now lets advertisers send purchase data: OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners. https://ppc.land/openais-privacy-policy-now-lets-advertisers-send-purchase-data/ #OpenAI #PrivacyPolicy #DataPrivacy #Advertising #UserData

OkCupid gave nearly 3 million user photos to a facial recognition startup: FTC charges OkCupid with sharing nearly 3M user photos with a facial recognition firm, violating privacy promises. Match Group settlement filed March 30, 2026. https://ppc.land/okcupid-gave-nearly-3-million-user-photos-to-a-facial-recognition-startup/ #OkCupid #PrivacyViolation #FacialRecognition #UserData #FTCCharges

🚨 Oh no, a tragedy! An engineer accidentally flicked the #CDN switch and now everyone's lunch orders have been publicly cached for 52 whole minutes. 🍕 But don't worry, only 0.05% of the internet knows you like extra anchovies. Move along, folks, nothing to see here except some spicy user data! 🔍💾
https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-march-30-2026-accidental-cdn-caching #tragedy #disaster #userdata #technews #privacyconcerns #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Oh no, a tragedy! An engineer accidentally flicked the #CDN switch and now everyone's lunch orders have been publicly cached for 52 whole minutes. 🍕 But don't worry, only 0.05% of the internet knows you like extra anchovies. Move along, folks, nothing to see here except some spicy user data! 🔍💾
https://blog.railway.com/p/incident-report-march-30-2026-accidental-cdn-caching #tragedy #disaster #userdata #technews #privacyconcerns #HackerNews #ngated

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/27/google-gemini-imports-chats-memory-chatgpt-claude-xcxwbn/

Google Gemini Now Imports Chats and Memory from ChatGPT, Claude

#AI #GoogleGemini #Google #ChatGPT #AIAssistants #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAI #BigTech #Chatbots #UserData

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/27/google-gemini-imports-chats-memory-chatgpt-claude-xcxwbn/

Google Gemini Now Imports Chats and Memory from ChatGPT, Claude

#AI #GoogleGemini #Google #ChatGPT #AIAssistants #Anthropic #Claude #OpenAI #BigTech #Chatbots #UserData

Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

#HackerNews #passkeys #encryption #userdata #cybersecurity #datasecurity #technews

Please, please, please stop using passkeys for encrypting user data

https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/

#HackerNews #passkeys #encryption #userdata #cybersecurity #datasecurity #technews

#Lawmakers Ask Tech Companies What #UserData They Provided to #DHS.

The requests followed Times reporting that the Department of Homeland #Security had sent #Meta and other companies #subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on #ICE.
#privacy #immigration #deportation

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/technology/lawmakers-tech-companies-dhs.html

#Lawmakers Ask Tech Companies What #UserData They Provided to #DHS.

The requests followed Times reporting that the Department of Homeland #Security had sent #Meta and other companies #subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on #ICE.
#privacy #immigration #deportation

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/technology/lawmakers-tech-companies-dhs.html

Google expands tools to let users remove sensitive data about themselves from Search

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/google-remove-sensitive-personal-data-from-search/

#google #googlenews #googlesearch #sensitivedata #privacy #userdata #websearch #tech #technews #dataremoval #usaonly #techusa #personaldata #googledata #googletools

Google expands tools to let users remove sensitive data about themselves from Search

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/google-remove-sensitive-personal-data-from-search/

#google #googlenews #googlesearch #sensitivedata #privacy #userdata #websearch #tech #technews #dataremoval #usaonly #techusa #personaldata #googledata #googletools

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/11/google-gave-ice-student-journalists-bank-data-no-notice-xcxwbn/

Google Gave ICE a Student Journalist's Bank Data Without Prior Notice

#Google #BigTech #Privacy #DataPrivacy #UserPrivacy #UserData #DataSharing #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Government #USGovernment #CivilLiberties #Journalism #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #ICE #DHS

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/02/11/google-gave-ice-student-journalists-bank-data-no-notice-xcxwbn/

Google Gave ICE a Student Journalist's Bank Data Without Prior Notice

#Google #BigTech #Privacy #DataPrivacy #UserPrivacy #UserData #DataSharing #Surveillance #DigitalRights #Government #USGovernment #CivilLiberties #Journalism #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #ICE #DHS

Further proof that data is the new oil!

Uber is launching an "insights" platform for marketers called Uber Intelligence - the platform (leverages a 3rd party) to aggregate users' data without revealing their identities. Uber is pitching advertisers to tap into data on the millions of rides and deliveries Uber users order every day. https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ads-launches-intelligence-insights-trips-takeout-data-marketers-2025-12 #Privacy #DataPrivacy #Advertising #Uber #UserData #Marketing #DataSharing

Further proof that data is the new oil!

Uber is launching an "insights" platform for marketers called Uber Intelligence - the platform (leverages a 3rd party) to aggregate users' data without revealing their identities. Uber is pitching advertisers to tap into data on the millions of rides and deliveries Uber users order every day. https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-ads-launches-intelligence-insights-trips-takeout-data-marketers-2025-12 #Privacy #DataPrivacy #Advertising #Uber #UserData #Marketing #DataSharing

#PrivacyCheck study:
User control & GDPR compliance in #SocialMedia #privacy policies: #Facebook #YouTube #Snapchat #WeChat #TikTok & #BeReal

> [A]ll platforms score High Risk on the “law enforcement” dimension, indicating they may share #UserData with government agencies without warrants. Regarding #GDPR Compliance, all platforms rank High Risk except WeChat, (Medium Risk) — suggesting widespread vulnerabilities.

9 Oct 2025: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5583522

#DSGVO #DataProtection #Datenschutz

#PrivacyCheck study:
User control & GDPR compliance in #SocialMedia #privacy policies: #Facebook #YouTube #Snapchat #WeChat #TikTok & #BeReal

> [A]ll platforms score High Risk on the “law enforcement” dimension, indicating they may share #UserData with government agencies without warrants. Regarding #GDPR Compliance, all platforms rank High Risk except WeChat, (Medium Risk) — suggesting widespread vulnerabilities.

9 Oct 2025: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5583522

#DSGVO #DataProtection #Datenschutz

Mixpanel suffered a data breach affecting some developer data, confirmed by OpenAI, though sensitive personal information remained safe. The incident highlights the risks of centralized user behavior data and underscores the need for stronger security practices in analytics platforms.

#Mixpanel #DataBreach #Cybersecurity #OpenAI #UserData #AnalyticsRisk #Privacy #TECHi

Read Full Article Here :- https://www.techi.com/mixpanel-data-breach-analytics-industry-security-issues/

Explore what the browser exposes about you

https://neberej.github.io/exposedbydefault/

#HackerNews #Explore #Browser #Privacy #WebSecurity #DigitalFootprint #UserData #Transparency

Explore what the browser exposes about you

https://neberej.github.io/exposedbydefault/

#HackerNews #Explore #Browser #Privacy #WebSecurity #DigitalFootprint #UserData #Transparency

Blavity Inc. Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Users https://dailydarkweb.net/blavity-inc-data-breach-exposes-1-2-million-users/ #DataBreaches #UnitedStates #BlavityInc #databreach #FulcrumSec #extortion #AfroTech #userdata #Blavity #media #PII

Blavity Inc. Data Breach Exposes 1.2 Million Users https://dailydarkweb.net/blavity-inc-data-breach-exposes-1-2-million-users/ #DataBreaches #UnitedStates #BlavityInc #databreach #FulcrumSec #extortion #AfroTech #userdata #Blavity #media #PII

Erase your comment or erase your comment? The choice is yours!

Thanks @relishux for the picture

#Microsoft #PowerPoint #Form #UserData

Erase your comment or erase your comment? The choice is yours!

Thanks @relishux for the picture

#Microsoft #PowerPoint #Form #UserData

@knoppix95 @mozilla @firefox
"requires Google as default"

Yeah, #clever #guys, #Mozilla, do what #GoogleShit decides. You're on the right #path, I can say! 🫤

#FirefoxBrowser #Firefox #MozillaFirefox #noAI #noBS #AISlop #ArtificialIntelligence #browser #browsers #userData #money

Discord says 70k users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach: https://www.theverge.com/news/797051/discord-government-ids-leaked-data-breach
#discord #breach #userdata #leak #epicfail

#OpenAI’s new #ChatGPTPulse feature, available to Pro users, provides #personalised #dailyupdates based on #userdata and #preferences. This is part of OpenAI’s focus on developing #AIagents that can perform tasks on behalf of users. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/785881/openai-really-really-wants-you-to-start-your-day-with-chatgpt-pulse?eicker.news #tech #media #news

#OpenAI’s new #ChatGPTPulse feature, available to Pro users, provides #personalised #dailyupdates based on #userdata and #preferences. This is part of OpenAI’s focus on developing #AIagents that can perform tasks on behalf of users. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/785881/openai-really-really-wants-you-to-start-your-day-with-chatgpt-pulse?eicker.news #tech #media #news

@Vivaldi Many browsers have a button that acts as a shortcut, a rapid link to the function for erasing user's data such as chronology, cookies and so forth. Why don't you add something like this in Vivaldi?

#vivaldi #browser #privacy #cookies #userdata #userrequestedfeatures

Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity head says Meta endangered billions of users

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/08/meta-user-data-lawsuit-whatsapp

#HackerNews #ExWhatsApp #Cybersecurity #Meta #UserData #Privacy #Security

Ex-WhatsApp cybersecurity head says Meta endangered billions of users

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/08/meta-user-data-lawsuit-whatsapp

#HackerNews #ExWhatsApp #Cybersecurity #Meta #UserData #Privacy #Security

Kirkpatrick Partners LLC Allegedly Suffers Data Breach – Exposing Information of 36,556 Users https://dailydarkweb.net/kirkpatrick-partners-llc-allegedly-suffers-data-breach-exposing-information-of-36556-users/ #KirkpatrickPartners #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches #threatactor #databreach #dataleak #userdata

Kirkpatrick Partners LLC Allegedly Suffers Data Breach – Exposing Information of 36,556 Users https://dailydarkweb.net/kirkpatrick-partners-llc-allegedly-suffers-data-breach-exposing-information-of-36556-users/ #KirkpatrickPartners #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches #threatactor #databreach #dataleak #userdata

Why pay hundreds of millions $ for enterprise grade backup of #userData and keep it secured, when you can just let it get leaked and have picobytes of data safely stored on dark web -- forever AND at no cost?

Naver.com Allegedly Suffers Significant Data Leak https://dailydarkweb.net/naver-com-allegedly-suffers-significant-data-leak/ #plaintextpasswords #emailaddresses #passwordhashes #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches #databreach #dataleak #userdata #Naver

Naver.com Allegedly Suffers Significant Data Leak https://dailydarkweb.net/naver-com-allegedly-suffers-significant-data-leak/ #plaintextpasswords #emailaddresses #passwordhashes #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches #databreach #dataleak #userdata #Naver

The New York Times wants your private ChatGPT history – even the deleted parts

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5383530-chatgpt-users-privacy-collateral-damage/

#HackerNews #TheNewYorkTimes #ChatGPTPrivacy #UserData #TechnologyNews

The New York Times wants your private ChatGPT history – even the deleted parts

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5383530-chatgpt-users-privacy-collateral-damage/

#HackerNews #TheNewYorkTimes #ChatGPTPrivacy #UserData #TechnologyNews

🚨 Oh no, hold the presses! 📰 The DeepSeek App is in hot water for playing musical chairs with user data in #Germany. But fear not, you can download a "cheat sheet" to distract yourself from this circus of privacy violations. 🎪🔍
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deepseek-app-faces-ban-in-germany-for-illegal-transfer-of-user-data/550172/ #DeepSeekApp #PrivacyViolations #UserData #CheatSheet #DataSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Oh no, hold the presses! 📰 The DeepSeek App is in hot water for playing musical chairs with user data in #Germany. But fear not, you can download a "cheat sheet" to distract yourself from this circus of privacy violations. 🎪🔍
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deepseek-app-faces-ban-in-germany-for-illegal-transfer-of-user-data/550172/ #DeepSeekApp #PrivacyViolations #UserData #CheatSheet #DataSecurity #HackerNews #ngated

DeepSeek App Faces Ban in Germany for Illegal Transfer of User Data

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deepseek-app-faces-ban-in-germany-for-illegal-transfer-of-user-data/550172/

#HackerNews #DeepSeek #App #Faces #Ban #in #Germany #for #Illegal #Transfer #of #User #Data

DeepSeek #Germany #Ban #UserData #Privacy #DataProtection

DeepSeek App Faces Ban in Germany for Illegal Transfer of User Data

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deepseek-app-faces-ban-in-germany-for-illegal-transfer-of-user-data/550172/

#HackerNews #DeepSeek #App #Faces #Ban #in #Germany #for #Illegal #Transfer #of #User #Data

DeepSeek #Germany #Ban #UserData #Privacy #DataProtection

MCMC Reportedly Demands Telcos To Hand Over User Data #cybersecurity #mcmc #mobilephonedataproject #privacy #scmp #southchinamorningpost #telco #telcos #userdata

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/355100/mcmc-reportedly-demands-telcos-to-hand-over-user-data/

OpenAI Decries 'Privacy Nightmare' Court Order on ChatGPT Logs

#AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Privacy #DataPrivacy #TechLaw #AIethics #UserData #TechRegulation

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/06/05/openai-decries-privacy-nightmare-court-order-on-chatgpt-logs-xcxwbn/

Major Spanish Retail Brand Hacendado Allegedly Breached, 27 Million Users’ Data Offered for Sale https://dailydarkweb.net/major-spanish-retail-brand-hacendado-allegedly-breached-27-million-users-data-offered-for-sale/ #thirdpartyvendor #allegedbreach #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches #databreach #Hacendado #Mercadona #userdata #ZeroDay #Retail #Spain

Alleged Data Breach at Tradgo: 4.4 GB Database Reportedly for Sale Online https://dailydarkweb.net/alleged-data-breach-at-tradgo-in-4-4-gb-database-reportedly-for-sale-online/ #CyberSecurity #financialdata #DataBreaches #databreach #allegedly #dataleak #tradgoin #userdata #Aadhaar #India