Devilish devs spawn 287 Chrome extensions to flog your browser history to data brokers
Add-ons with 37M installs leak visited URLs to 30+ recipients, researcher says
Security11 Feb 2026 | 7
Privacy
OpenAI introduces ads...for the people!
ChatGPT starts showing marketing messages in the US
Personal Tech10 Feb 2026 | 32
Discord to start assuming all users are underage unless they prove otherwise
Although you might be able to wiggle out if its AI age-inference model decides you’re an adult
Offbeat09 Feb 2026 | 33
Indian police commissioner wants ID cards for AI agents
Asia In Brief PLUS: China broadens cryptocurrency crackdown; Australian facial recognition privacy revisited; Singapore debuts electric VTOL; and more!
Legal09 Feb 2026 | 5
Anthropic cements its position as the not-OpenAI with no-ads pledge
As profit-starved AI companies scramble to monetize chat interactions, Claude bets on trust
AI + ML04 Feb 2026 | 7
Paranoid WhatsApp users rejoice: Encrypted app gets one-click privacy toggle
Meta also replaces a legacy C++ media-handling security library with Rust
Security27 Jan 2026 | 35
NARROWER TOPICS
ICE knocks on ad tech’s data door to see what it knows about you
Agency looks to understand the extent of identifying information available to its masked agents
Public Sector27 Jan 2026 | 84
High Court to grill London cops over live facial recognition creep
Victim and Big Brother Watch will argue the Met's policies are incompatible with human rights law
Security27 Jan 2026 | 28
Just the Browser is just the beginning: Why breaking free means building small
Opinion Privacy tools are a start, but real freedom lives in the digital outskirts of the web
Software26 Jan 2026 | 23
Ireland wants to give its cops spyware, ability to crack encrypted messages
Its very own Snooper’s Charter comes a month after proposed biometric tech expansion
Security21 Jan 2026 | 34
OpenAI invests in brain-interface biz co-founded by CEO Sam Altman
Merge Labs envisions controlling devices using your brain - without implanting hardware in your body
AI + ML16 Jan 2026 | 7
Ofcom keeps X under the microscope despite Grok 'nudify' fix
Cold milk poured over 'spicy mode,' but it might not be enough to escape a huge fine
AI + ML15 Jan 2026 | 21
UK backtracks on digital ID requirement for right to work
U-turn leaves questions on costs, funding, and benefits unanswered
Public Sector14 Jan 2026 | 155
ChatGPT Health wants your sensitive medical records so it can play doctor
It's for less consequential health-related matters, where being wrong won't kill customers
AI + ML08 Jan 2026 | 29
Stalkerware slinger pleads guilty for selling snooper software to suspicious spouses
pcTattletale boss Bryan Fleming faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced later this year
Cyber-crime07 Jan 2026 | 7
Ring embraces the end of the world, starts using home cameras to track wildfires
Amazon's community surveillance biz bets on AI to recognize danger
AI + ML07 Jan 2026 | 13
UK surveillance law still full of holes, watchdog warns
Investigatory Powers Commissioner says reforms have failed to close oversight gaps
Security18 Dec 2025 | 8
Browser 'privacy' extensions have eye on your AI, log all your chats
More than 8 million people have installed extensions that eavesdrop on chatbot interactions
AI + ML16 Dec 2025 | 28
Denmark takes a Viking swing at VPN-enabled piracy
Minister insists 'modest' bill is not an assault on privacy-preserving tech
Networks15 Dec 2025 | 89
Welcome to America - now show us your last five years of social media posts
Countries subject to newly proposed rule include supposed trusted friends like the UK, France, and Germany
Public Sector10 Dec 2025 | 205
Whitehall rejects £1.8B digital ID price tag – but won't say what it will cost
Officials insist OBR relied on 'early estimate' and real figure won't emerge until next year
Public Sector09 Dec 2025 | 49
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash
Plan would create statutory powers for police use of biometrics, prompting warnings of mass surveillance
Security05 Dec 2025 | 49
Poop-peeping toilet attachment has a different definition of 'end-to-end' encryption
Talk about enshittification
Offbeat03 Dec 2025 | 32
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings
Public Sector28 Nov 2025 | 143
Bossware booms as bots determine whether you're doing a good job
A lot of companies are turning to employee monitoring tools to make sure workers aren't slacking off
AI + ML23 Nov 2025 | 73
It's TEE time for Brave's AI assistant Leo
Browser maker wraps cloud AI data processing in confidential computing
AI + ML22 Nov 2025 | 10
Google's AI is eating your email by default. Here's how to shut its mouth
Want out of those new 'smart features'? We’ve got you covered
AI + ML21 Nov 2025 | 19
UK minister ducks cost questions on nationwide digital ID scheme
Committee hears departments may have to stump up cash before savings materialize
Public Sector21 Nov 2025 | 76
San Jose's 'warrantless' license plate queries land cops in court
Digital rights groups argue cameras used to unconstitutionally surveil locals
Public Sector19 Nov 2025 | 15
Pentagon and soldiers let too many secrets slip on social networks, watchdog says
Ready, aim, mire
Security17 Nov 2025 | 17
States that aren't nice to ICE still sharing key database full of personal info
Lawmakers warn of ‘information gap’ lets immigration agents sidestep states’ data safeguards
Public Sector13 Nov 2025 | 19
You can now put your US passport into Apple Wallet for domestic travel
But only a few states plus Puerto Rico will accept it
Personal Tech12 Nov 2025 | 23
Google apes Apple, swears cloud-based AI will keep your info private
We take your privacy, seriously
AI + ML12 Nov 2025 | 9
Who's watching the watchers? This Mozilla fellow, and her Surveillance Watch map
interview Esra'a Al Shafei spoke with The Reg about the spy tech 'global trade'
Security08 Nov 2025 | 28
Uncle Sam wants to scan your iris and collect your DNA, citizen or not
DHS rule would expand biometric collection to immigrants and some citizens linked to them
Public Sector04 Nov 2025 | 46
Fortytwo's decentralized AI has the answer to life, the universe, and everything
No datacenters required
AI + ML02 Nov 2025 | 39
Sole trader dispatched almost 1M spam texts to hard-up Brits, says watchdog
ICO fined Bharat Singh Chand £200,000 after receiving 19,138 complaints
Security29 Oct 2025 | 17
Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers
Starmer rebrands unpopular scheme as convenience tool after backlash
Public Sector24 Oct 2025 | 127
Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students via 365 Education, says data watchdog
Redmond argued schools, education authorities are responsible for GDPR
SaaS13 Oct 2025 | 25
Germany slams brakes on EU's Chat Control device-scanning snoopfest
Berlin's opposition likely kills off Brussels' bid to scan everyone's messages
CSO08 Oct 2025 | 47
UK government says digital ID won't be compulsory – honest
Even spy-tech biz Palantir says 'steady on' as 2.76M Brits demand it be ditched
Public Sector03 Oct 2025 | 139
Meta will listen into AI conversations to personalize ads
Religion, race, health and other dicey topics supposedly exempt
AI + ML01 Oct 2025 | 16
Imgur yanks Brit access to memes as parent company faces fine
ICO investigation into platform's lack of age assurance continues
Security01 Oct 2025 | 75
Explain digital ID or watch it fizzle out, UK PM Starmer told
Politico avoids the topic at Labour conference speech, homes in on AI instead
Public Sector01 Oct 2025 | 124
Tile trackers are a stalker's dream, say Georgia Tech researchers
Plaintext transmissions, fixed MAC addresses, rotating 'unique' IDs, and more, make abuse easy
Research30 Sep 2025 | 15
Britain's policing minister punts facial recog nationwide
Met's Croydon cameras hailed as a triumph, guidance to be published later this year
Security30 Sep 2025 | 67
Whitebridge AI created false and alarming reputation reports, complaint alleges
Updated Privacy group Noyb wants Lithuania to throw the GDPR book at 'em
Legal29 Sep 2025 |
Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers
ai-pocalypse And they may not be seeking proper consent
AI + ML29 Sep 2025 | 16
Cyber threat-sharing law set to shut down, along with US government
Act passed in 2015 is due to lapse unless a continuing resolution passes - and that's unlikely
Security26 Sep 2025 | 9
UK to roll out mandatory digital ID for right to work by 2029
Prime Minister Starmer revives controversial scheme despite past denials, sparking civil liberties backlash
Public Sector26 Sep 2025 | 310
Campaigners urge UK PM Starmer to dump digital ID wheeze before it's announced
Labour accused of sneaking in plans it denied before the general election
Security24 Sep 2025 | 150
Privacy activists warn digital ID won’t stop small boats – but will enable mass surveillance
Big Brother Watch says a so-called BritCard could turn daily life into one long identity check – and warn that Whitehall can’t be trusted to run
Public Sector12 Sep 2025 | 104
Brussels faces privacy crossroads over encryption backdoors
Over 600 security boffins say planned surveillance crosses the line
Security11 Sep 2025 | 56
Forget disappearing messages – now Signal will store 100MB of them for you for free
Updated Including messages sent to users, a potential problem for the privacy-conscious
Software09 Sep 2025 | 19
HHS warns US health care industry to share data with patients or else
After years of foot-dragging, penalties for blocking access finally kick in
Public Sector05 Sep 2025 | 3
Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info
Because nobody's going to spend billions to retrain a model built on dubiously legal content
AI + ML04 Sep 2025 | 21
Sainsbury's eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom
Security04 Sep 2025 | 115
EU court's dismissal of US data transfer challenge raises privacy advocates' ire
Now you've gone and done it: Privacy lawyer says he's working on challenge to 2023 Data Protection Framework
Public Sector03 Sep 2025 | 17
Biden stopped ICE from buying Israeli spyware, but Trump admin allows it to proceed
Privacy advocates don't care if Paragon is based in the US now - they still don't want ICE armed with spyware
Public Sector02 Sep 2025 | 48
Total recall: Mistral AI's Le Chat can now remember your conversations
A host of plugins also make it a better business tool
AI + ML02 Sep 2025 | 2
Five years – that's how long Anthropic will store Claude chats unless you opt out
My brain hurts a lot
AI + ML28 Aug 2025 | 15
DHS says it needs $100M worth of counter-drone tech to protect America
Our drones are OK, but those other drones?
Security28 Aug 2025 | 15
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