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17/06/2026

The UK will force every new social media user to upload ID or scan their face, in the name of child safety. It builds a national identity database that researchers say is easy to bypass and certain to leak.

15/06/2026

The report opens with the case of Jarmarus Brown, an Orange City, Florida, police officer who allegedly searched his ex-girlfriend’s license plate, along with plates belonging to her close family members, more than 100 times while on patrol. Colleagues noticed the activity and warned him to stop, but Brown allegedly kept using the easy-to-access Flock system to stalk her.

Dozens of officers have been fired, and some arrested, for abusing Flock’s AI-powered license plate reader systems used by police departments across the US.

The report details cases where officers repeatedly searched the system hundreds of times to stalk current or ex-romantic partners, according to 404 Media.

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15/06/2026

Back to the naughty corner for Flock.
Flock let internal police search records get crawled by DuckDuckGo and Bing, exposing the stated reasons officers ran license plate searches. The surveillance built to watch everyone could not keep its own audit trail off a search engine.

07/06/2026

EFF's Threat Lab confirmed that Meta has already shipped working facial recognition code inside its always-on smart glasses.

31/05/2026

Always a good idea to do independent research.

🚨 AI chatbots are pushing cryptojacking malware.

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🚨 AI chatbots are pushing cryptojacking malware.

Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ai-chatbot-recommendations-redirect.html

Attackers poisoned AI software recommendations to redirect users searching for tools like CrystalDiskInfo and HWMonitor to malicious download sites distributing ScreenConnect, rogue DLLs, and GPU mining malware.

More than 150 malicious domains were identified.

Attackers poisoned AI software recommendations to redirect users searching for tools like CrystalDiskInfo and HWMonitor to malicious download sites distributing ScreenConnect, rogue DLLs, and GPU mining malware.

More than 150 malicious domains were identified.

19/05/2026

Make these moves:
Chrome -> Brave
Google Search -> Brave Search

04/05/2026

Please, PLEASE, do not give these AI agents access to critical infrastructure or your personal files. This isn't a matter of if, but when.

The AI agent was working on a routine task when it decided “entirely on its own initiative” to fix the problem.... by deleting the database.

03/05/2026

Why does my LIGHTBULB need my location data.

Please, I beg of you, my washing machine doesn't need WiFi.

03/05/2026

“Verify your age” is quickly becoming “verify your identity.”

01/05/2026

This is what a good privacy company does. We have zero affiliation with Proton but do use them personally and for business. Big fan of the catch-all email address feature. Down with surveillance.

Proton, a privacy-focused service provider, is considering leaving Switzerland due to proposed surveillance law changes that would require collecting user data.