More and more videos surface online of women being filmed with smart glasses without their consent or even without them knowing. Find out more in this blog post!
Will the age verification era kill anonymity? More countries are passing age verification laws, now also for social media apps as seen in Australia and upcoming in the UK, France, Spain, Turkey, and Malaysia. So let's take a look at what countries already require it, and for what services, online sites,and social media platforms.
What is going on at Meta?! With Muse Image, Meta's latest AI image generator, your pictures on Insta can be used by others for AI content creation. This invasive feature is on by default, so opt out or stop using Meta entirely.
Chat Control 1.0 has been in place since 2021, named Regulation (EU) 2021/1232. Similar to scanning obligations in the UK and the USA, this regulation allows Big Tech to scan all your data. But what do services scan based on this regulation, do they also scan old messages, and what does this mean for data protection and privacy? A deep dive.
With its recent announcement, France joins the list of countries that aim to become digitally sovereign. This is part of a bigger movement, called ‘digital sovereignty’, to leave US Big Tech companies, such as Microsoft, Meta or Google, to become less dependent and to break free from these vendor lock-ins.
When it comes to most secure browsers Firefox and its LibreWolf fork is the best alternative to Chrome on our list - and, no, incognito mode doesn't cut it.
Meta will use AI-powered technologies, such as photo scanning, to detect underage users by analyzing visual cues like bone structure. While using AI scanning and techniques to determine a user's age raises privacy concerns, Meta claims this is “not facial recognition”.
First Android, now Gmail, Photos, Drive and more: Google is allowing Gemini AI access to all your data – even your emails, photos, calls, and texts. Follow these steps to turn off Gemini AI on Android and in all your Google Apps.
In April 2026, Meta announced the company’s next step: The installation of a tracking software on its employees’ desktops to train its AI. Is this already the end of privacy and the beginning of surveillance in our workplace? In this post you can find out more about Meta’s recent announcement and its implications for privacy.
Booking.com has confirmed a data breach exposing customer reservation details. Experts warn that the leaked information is now being used in reservation hijack scams. If you use the platform, here’s what to watch out for and how to protect yourself.
Think twice before sending confidential information via a DM in Instagram. The social platform scans every message, and now it will stop offering its optional end-to-end encryption. Say hello to more Big Tech surveillance and less privacy.
