… In the May 2025 memo from Meta’s Reality Labs that the Times obtained, Meta reportedly wrote that it would launch “during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.” The coalition calls the … …
… Looking through my iMessage history, none of the top five friends and family members that I text the most often even have X accounts. So, right at the top, XChat felt too niche for my actual messaging needs, putting aside any encryption concerns. …
… 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 round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Security Concerns As Rednote goes global, the company is no doubt looking to Chinese predecessors like WeChat and TikTok for ideas about how to navigate the minefield of content moderation and data privacy. …
… TechCrunch did find, however, that Patel appears to have forwarded some emails from his Justice Department email account to his Gmail account in 2014. …
… A New FCC Proposal Could Kill Burner Phones—and Every Other Anonymous Cellular Service As difficult as digital anonymity has become in the modern world, obtaining a phone number without revealing almost any identifying information—whether by buying a temporary burner phone or registering an account… …
… Other governments have taken notice of the privacy implications of wearables like Meta’s glasses, raising concerns about more advanced capabilities they may have in the near future. …
… Fearful of what Donaldson might do with unbridled access, Micay took to the internet to air his concerns. In a series of since-deleted tweets, he used the CopperheadOS X account—the same account he used to offer tech support—to accuse Donaldson of being untrustworthy. …
… And they also say that because deepfake images will not be made public as part of the lawsuit, this should assuage any privacy concerns. “Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was … …
… Meta’s AI Support Hacked Its Own Users’ Accounts AI can do all kinds of things if you just ask it: Code an app, touch up your photos, or even hack President Barack Obama’s Instagram account. …