Privacy

A U.S. law firm has filed a proposed class action alleging that Lenovo’s website tracking and advertising infrastructure enabled “bulk” transfers of Americans’ sensitive identifiers and browsing context to entities tied to China, in violation of the Justice Department’s...

WhatsApp has accused the Russian government of attempting a nationwide block on its messaging service to force over 100 million users onto a Kremlin-backed alternative riddled with surveillance risks. In a statement on X, the Meta-owned app declared: "Today the...

A new class-action lawsuit accuses Meta Platforms of misleading billions of WhatsApp users by claiming their messages are protected by unbreakable end-to-end encryption. Filed in the San Francisco federal court, the suit alleges the company secretly stores, analyzes, and grants...

X has suspended the iconic @twitter handle on its platform, replacing its profile with a standard notice stating the account violates rules. Screenshots of the suspension screen began circulating widely late last week, igniting discussions about the platform's rebranding...

A federal judge in New York has ordered OpenAI to provide 20 million anonymized user logs from ChatGPT to the plaintiffs in a major copyright lawsuit involving AI. The judge made this decision despite OpenAI's privacy concerns, upholding an...

A comprehensive analysis of the top 10 social media platforms reveals that X (formerly Twitter) stands out as the most invasive collector of user location information, gathering both precise and coarse location data across all categories listed in Apple's...

WhatsApp has unveiled a comprehensive security enhancement that implements a "pause, question, and verify" protocol to protect users from sophisticated messaging scams.  The platform has simultaneously disrupted over 6.8 million accounts linked to criminal scam centers in the first half...

ChatGPT shared conversations are being indexed by major search engines, effectively turning private exchanges into publicly discoverable content accessible to millions of users worldwide. The issue first came to light through investigative reporting by Fast Company, which revealed that nearly...

DuckDuckGo has significantly upgraded its Scam Blocker feature to protect users against a broader range of digital threats, including sham e-commerce platforms, fake cryptocurrency exchanges, and "scareware" tactics.  This enhancement comes as consumers reported $12.5 billion in fraud losses to...

The exponential growth of government data requests to technology giants has transformed Silicon Valley into the backbone of modern surveillance infrastructure. Between 2014 and 2024, Apple, Google, and Meta collectively disclosed data from 3.16 million user accounts to U.S. authorities,...