New research indicates that the technology behind AI platforms, like ChatGPT, is making it easier to conduct sophisticated privacy attacks. This development could enable hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts.

Facebook is reportedly saving links shared on Messenger and Instagram, a practice that has come under scrutiny for potentially violating the EU's robust online privacy laws. The company's need to remove link previews in Europe to comply with these laws suggests that the data from shared links, which can include sensitive information like bills or medical records, was being downloaded and stored. This raises concerns about data breaches, consent, and the extent to which platforms handle private u

The Myanmar Internet Project (MIP) has issued a warning about a new mandatory IMEI registration system that significantly boosts the military junta's surveillance capabilities, allowing precise tracking of user locations. MIP advises the use of reliable VPN services and encrypted messaging applications to counter this increased surveillance.

Recent investigations have uncovered that TikTok's "data harvesting empire" utilizes invisible tracking pixels to collect sensitive personal information, including health diagnoses and fertility details, from individuals across the web, even if they do not have the app installed. The video details how these trackers operate and offers solutions to prevent such data collection.

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar and over 70 Democratic lawmakers have called for a new investigation into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), for their warrantless purchases of Americans' location data. The lawmakers urged DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari to investigate ICE's alleged resumption of these purchases, despite a previous finding that such data acquisitions were illegal and led to the program's shutdown in 2023. T

This YouTube video from Proton details how ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) utilizes advanced surveillance technologies, including facial recognition, location tracking, and tools to decipher encrypted messages. The report highlights the interconnected surveillance ecosystem and specific software like 'Graphite' that can capture keystrokes, screenshots, and read messages directly from app memory before or after encryption. It also mentions ICE's use of devices like the 'universal forens

Android users are pushing for Meta Platforms to face claims that it secretly tracked their browsing activity on mobile websites and linked it to their real-world identities without consent. A lawsuit alleges that Meta exploited a security vulnerability in Google's Android operating system to build detailed dossiers on users, profiting from marketing inferences at the expense of privacy expectations. Meta had previously argued that users consented through its privacy policy, but plaintiffs conten