Open-source privacy tool BleachBit 6.0.0 upgrades code signing across Windows and Linux
System cleaning utilities have grown more relevant as web browsers stockpile larger volumes of cached data, tracking artifacts, and site storage on local disks. The …
Even cybersecurity researchers are exposing secrets in their arXiv LaTeX source
Researchers submit papers to arXiv every day, and most of them upload the LaTeX source files alongside the PDF. The preprint service requires source uploads when available, …
Meta is overhauling how you sign in, manage settings, and protect your accounts
Meta Account gives users of Meta apps and devices a simpler way to access and manage their accounts. Accounts Center will automatically be updated to a Meta Account as part of …
A study of 1,000 Android apps finds a privacy policy logging gap
Android developers write log statements for the same reasons they always have: debugging crashes, tracing performance issues, and understanding how features behave in …
Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI retrieve deleted Signal messages(CVE-2026-28950)
Apple has rolled out security updates for iPhones and iPads that fix CVE-2026-28950, a logging issue in Notification Services that made devices unexpectedly retain …
OpenAI tackles a bad habit people have when interacting with AI
Since people tend to paste personal data into AI tools such as ChatGPT, OpenAI has released Privacy Filter, an open-weight model designed to detect and redact personally …
GDPR works, but only where someone enforces it
A new measurement study of web tracking across ten countries offers a reality check for anyone working on privacy compliance. Researchers crawled the same set of globally …
Google’s Workspace Intelligence promises privacy while running on your data
Security and data governance are among the key considerations in Google’s latest AI update, which introduces Workspace Intelligence within Google Workspace. Google describes …
OpenAI’s Chronicle feature lets Codex read your screen, raising privacy concerns
OpenAI’s Chronicle is a feature designed to help Codex, an AI-powered coding assistant, better understand what users are working on by capturing context directly from their …
Product showcase: Syncthing for secure, private file synchronization
Syncthing is a free and open-source application that synchronizes files directly between your devices. Instead of uploading data to a central server, it uses a peer-to-peer …
Apple AirTag tracking can be misled by replayed Bluetooth signals
Apple’s AirTag is designed to help users track lost items by relying on a vast network of nearby Apple devices. New research shows that this same system can be manipulated to …
Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet
Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: …
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