When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” for cybersecurity and a “privacy nightmare.” After the backlash and a year-long delay to redesign and secure Recall, it’s once again facing security and … …
… The company has a history of invoking privacy and security concerns when regulators try to make it open up parts of its famously closed ecosystem. …
… And despite the privacy concerns created by getting rid of encryption, Ackerman said, “the risks to minors of encrypted messages far outweigh the privacy concerns for that population.” Meta attorney Alex Parkinson conceded it won’t try to relitigate the jury finding in this phase of the trial, and … …
… He is a current, not former PhD candidate, and the EFF letter concerns his personal, not university, Gmail account.
… Apple’s partnership with Google may raise concerns about how it maintains user privacy, but it may also be precisely how it’s able to offer functional AI without giving up that privacy. It’s the more limited default data collection that ultimately makes Apple’s privacy promise stand out. …
… Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/IMG 0805.jpg?quality=90&strip=all Apple previously scrapped plans to scan photos saved to iCloud for child sexual abuse imagery over privacy concerns. …
… Demands for unredacted voter files only exert undue control over elections and subject voters to increased privacy risks, they say. “The administration has proceeded in the face of that known risk, some might say by design, rather than just out of negligence,” says John Davisson, deputy director an… …
… Google stopped storing Maps users’ location history in the cloud in 2024, citing privacy concerns — a change that led some justices to question why the court was taking up this issue in the first place. “This involves a Google feature that doesn’t exist any longer,” Justice Samuel Alito said during… …
… Takedown requests are evaluated using YouTube’s privacy policy, and the company says it considers removals based on criteria like whether the content is realistic, is labeled as AI-generated, and if a person can be uniquely identified. …
… That means there will always be the option of removing those Snaps.” The ability to remove the Snaps for the AI features, or choose not to install them to begin with, may resolve some users’ concerns, but those who prefer to avoid AI entirely could end up switching to other distributions, including… …