Privacy

Chat Control 1.0 sneaks through the EU Parliament, letting companies scan user data without warrants — legal skullduggery used to force a majority-required re-vote on eve of Parliament break

A harsh lesson on Windows telemetry, protecting online anonymity, and misinformation about defensive measures.

Europol's Operation Saffron takes down privacy-focused First VPN service

Hong Kong border agents and police can demand device passwords under penalty of imprisonment

A lawsuit says that Lenovo is tracking Americans visiting its website and exporting all the information to its Chinese servers.

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, thinks it can still be saved

The Steam client on your friends' devices might know your gaming habits.

Resideo sued by Nebraska AG over rebranding footage-leaking Chinese cameras

An engineer discovered that the manufacturer can remotely brick his smart vacuum for not collecting data.

Microsoft said that the Gaming Copilot in the Game Bar only uses screenshots of your game to understand what's going on, not for training itself.