Imagine your family movie night being quietly monitored—and your favorite shows revealing more about you than you think. In 2024, Texas sounded the alarm: the world’s biggest TV brands could have turned millions of living rooms into clandestine surveillance hubs. Now, a…
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Shocking but true: In June 2024, Apple openly defied an Indian government order to preinstall the new Sanchar Saathi cyber safety app on every iPhone sold in the country. In a landscape where tech giants rarely challenge regulators, this rare standoff throws…
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A trove of unsealed court documents recently exposed Meta’s practices, raising urgent questions about privacy, competition, and the true power of Big Tech. Is Facebook’s parent company too big to be held accountable? Here’s what you need to know about the Meta…
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Millions of WhatsApp users woke up this week to a digital silence—the friendly, all-knowing AI assistants powering countless chats were suddenly gagged. Gone are ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and a host of other AI-driven bots. For many, this was the first sign that…
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Why Is the FBI Trying to Unmask Archive.is’s Owner? If you’ve ever used archive.is (or archive.today) to save a snapshot of a webpage, you might find this recent news intriguing—and a bit concerning. The FBI has subpoenaed the domain registrar of archive.today,…
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Imagine living in a country where secure, private digital conversations are no longer a guaranteed right. On June 8, 2024, Denmark’s Justice Minister ignited a firestorm by proposing limitations on encrypted messaging—an audacious move unsettling not only Danes, but privacy advocates across…
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Imagine discovering that hackers have hijacked your webcam, captured private moments, and are demanding payment—or else they’ll expose you to the world. In 2024, a terrifying breed of automated sextortion spyware is turning this nightmare into reality for thousands. Cybercriminals now use…
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What if the faces behind America’s clandestine immigration enforcement suddenly lost their anonymity—not to leaked lists or whistleblowers, but to AI-powered facial recognition scouring the web at scale? In June 2024, a new breed of artificial intelligence tools made headlines by publicly…
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Imagine a future where every glance may be recorded and every move tracked — but the generation raised on screens is now fighting back with unprecedented force. Recent data reveals that nearly two-thirds of Gen Z consumers view smart glasses with suspicion,…
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Did you know TikTok now lets every user send photos and voice memos in DMs? In a move that’s sending shockwaves through social media, TikTok has made its messaging platform more open—and more creative—than ever before. But with great power comes great…
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