WhatsApp Adds Meta AI Chats That Are Built to Be Fully Private
…So the fact that it is built to be privacy preserving is significant. “It's AI that runs inside Meta's hardware security modules,” says Matt Green, a Johns Hopkins cryptographer who…
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Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program
…As this story was being published, he added that Meta is pausing the data collection program indefinitely. "We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards and while we have no indication…
Elon Musk’s XChat App Is More Like Facebook’s Messenger Than Signal
…Total privacy.” But the information listed below on that same page, under the privacy section, appears to contradict that. The “data linked to you” listed for XChat includes: contacts, identifiers, and usage…
I Tried DeleteMe, a Service That Removes Your Personal Info From the Internet
…Privacy's dead, privacy's dead, privacy's dead.” Privacy may, in fact, be dead—perhaps by refusing to post to their Instagram grids, maybe Gen Z will bring it back. But…
Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats
…It is the latest in a lineage of privacy-focused devices that aim to help users control their own data, like security cameras that keep footage local or hardware firewalls that protect…
Signal’s Creator Is Helping Encrypt Meta AI
…But as chatbots and AI agents have become more capable, some technologists and companies are pushing to create more constrained and privacy-focused systems. “As LLMs continue to be able to do…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
…Its renewed efforts arrive amid mounting opposition to consumer-level face recognition, which privacy advocates argue will give anyone from stalkers to immigration agents easy access to a dangerous technology. Internal Meta…
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
…Finally, we detailed Russia’s effort to create a local competitor to Starlink satellite internet service—with all the privacy and security concerns that entails. And there’s more. Each week, we…
Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
…One memo reportedly described releasing it during a “dynamic political environment,” when privacy and civil liberties advocates would be distracted. Last week, WIRED reported that much of NameTag’s machinery was already…
The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
…Yet comprehensive privacy legislation has repeatedly stalled in Washington, and the one narrow fix that did pass—a requirement that data shared with military contractors not be resold—left the broader industry…