#privacy

A ZDNET service guide explains where blocked numbers are stored on the iPhone and how users can review, remove, or add contacts from the same settings area.

Internal DHS records indicate ICE wants local police to use a facial recognition app to check identity and possible removal status during encounters.

A UK test case against xAI is drawing additional claimants who say Grok generated degrading, non-consensual sexualized content using real people’s images.

Code found in Meta’s AI app points to an unreleased facial recognition feature for smart glasses, reviving privacy and ethics concerns around wearable biometrics.

Zcash rushed through an emergency soft fork and hard fork after a proof-circuit flaw created a theoretical risk of hidden inflation in its Orchard shielded pool.

A router-based VPN for smart TVs is being pitched not just for streaming access, but as a way to reduce data exposure across connected home devices.

Researchers at the Center for Democracy & Technology identified 37 deceptive design patterns that can steer chatbot users toward oversharing, dependence, or spending.

A new app is offering free home cleaning in New York City if residents agree to let cleaners wearing cameras record the work for robot-training datasets.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued 23andMe, accusing the company of weak security and misleading disclosures after a breach affecting 7 million users.

Some U.S. cities are covering Flock license plate reader cameras with trash bags as they try to exit surveillance arrangements they can’t easily shut down on demand.

Researchers have shown that websites can use browser-based SSD timing measurements to infer other tabs and apps running on a visitor’s device.

Apple’s first iOS 26.6 beta appears light on headline features, but one small change stands out: a new alert when users try to block too many contacts.

Current and former Krispy Kreme employees affected by a 2024 data breach have only a short window left to claim compensation from a $1.6 million class-action settlement.

A University of Washington research plan involving teacher-worn cameras in preschool classrooms has raised concerns about consent, privacy, and how AI training data is gathered in sensitive settings.

Procurement records reviewed by 404 Media indicate the FBI wants nationwide access to automated license plate reader systems, a move that could significantly expand federal vehicle-tracking capacity and intensify privacy

Mozilla Foundation is renewing warnings that modern vehicles have become powerful data-collection platforms, gathering far more personal information than many drivers realize.

The US National Transportation Safety Board has halted release of some previously public investigative materials after people used docket records to generate AI audio mimicking the final moments of a deadly flight.

Discord has rolled out end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling to every user by default, extending a feature first launched in 2024.

YouTube is opening its facial-likeness detection tool to any user aged 18 or older, extending a deepfake-monitoring system that was previously tested with narrower groups.

The US Department of Justice wants Apple and Google to provide data on more than 100,000 users of an OBDII app linked to emissions defeat-device allegations, raising broad privacy concerns.