DOGE Employee Allegedly Stole 500 Million Americans' Social Security Data on a Thumb Drive
A former DOGE software engineer allegedly walked out of the Social Security Administration with two massive databases — potentially covering 500 milli...
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Meta's AI Agent Leaked Sensitive User Data to Employees — Here's What We Know
A Meta AI agent gave bad engineering advice that exposed massive amounts of sensitive user and company data to unauthorized employees for two hours — ...
You Were Never the Player: How Pokémon Go Built a $3.5 Billion Surveillance Map
30 billion photos. 8 years of gameplay. Pokémon Go players unknowingly built the most detailed spatial map ever created — now powering delivery robots...
The Great Encryption Retreat: Meta Kills Instagram E2EE While TikTok Refuses to Build It
In the span of two weeks, Meta announced it will remove end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs and TikTok confirmed it won't add it. The privacy imp...
Your Face For Rent: How AI Model Recruitment Is Fueling the Next Generation of Deepfake Scams
A WIRED investigation reveals Telegram channels recruiting 'AI face models' for pig-butchering scams in Cambodia — and the massive privacy implication...
The Payment Giant That Wants to Be Your Digital ID
Payment processors aren't just moving your money anymore — they're building identity verification empires. From Stripe Identity's biometric scans to P...
Texas Sues the Biggest TV Makers in the World — Your Smart TV Has Been Spying on You Every 500 Milliseconds
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL for turning millions of living rooms into surveillance systems. Courts have...
Ottawa's Surveillance Creep: What Bill C-22 Actually Does — And Why Canadians Should Be Alarmed
The Carney government tabled Bill C-22 — An Act to Keep Canadians Safe — on March 12, 2026. It's the third attempt at the same surveillance framework:...
Google Wants Your Government ID to Write Android Apps — And Developers Are Furious
Starting September 2026, Google will require every Android developer — including open-source tool builders and privacy app developers who never touch ...
New York's S08102: The Bill That Would Turn Every Device Into an ID Checkpoint
New York Senate Bill S08102 proposes mandatory age verification baked into every internet-connected device — with biometrics and government ID as like...
1 Billion Identity Records Exposed in IDMerit KYC Data Breach: What You Need to Know
Researchers discovered an unprotected database tied to identity verification firm IDMerit that exposed roughly 1 billion sensitive records — including...
When Your AI Assistant Goes to War: Claude's Role in the Iran Strikes
The same AI that helps you write emails and debug code helped the US military strike over 1,000 targets in Iran within 24 hours. What does this mean f...
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