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Anthropic wants Claude to analyze your bank account and financial data

Malware bypasses browser checks to force install Chrome, Edge extensions

BragJack Attack Can Turn a Browser's Agentic AI Against It

👮 Flock Searches for the LOLs | EFFector 38.16

Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract

AI helps scammers build convincing antivirus renewal pages

How to opt out of AI chatbot training

HBO Max’s verified Reddit account hijacked to spread malware

The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke

Meta AI builds detailed profiles of children from years of family posts

Hackers hijack HBO Max Reddit account to push malware in ClickFix ads

Hundreds of fake government websites target users in Central Asia

The High Crime of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Mass Surveillance As a Joke

How TikTok and Google ended up with information about doctor’s appointments around the world

Europe eyes battle over ‘pervert’ AI glasses

Cold TAKE: Amazon's New Encryption Method Still Doesn't Deliver Real Privacy

Android malware creates a hidden copy of your banking app

New Android malware encrypts files, steals data, and harasses victims

Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR

The creepy glasses can still record you without your knowledge even after a Meta update?!

More than 100,000 fake stores are out to steal your card details

LG accused of ‘egregious invasion of privacy’ over TV data collection

Microsoft adds age-awareness APIs that can tell if users are children, teens, or adults

DoppelCart fraud network uses 119,000 fake shops to steal credit cards

Loyalty points fraud is funding hacker holidays (Lock and Code S07E18)

LG TV flaws could let attackers listen in, even in standby mode

ChatGPT can now connect to your personal apps to mimic writing style

European parliament members call for slowdown of Serbia’s EU entry over spyware use

UK account-hack losses surge as new reporting system exposes hidden cases

X Money rollout linked to password-reset attacks

US House intelligence report urges CBP to use land border biometrics to ‘build profiles’

Flock Taught Cops How to Surveil No Kings Protesters

Free streaming boxes may be routing criminal traffic through your home

Large group of Serbian opposition, activist figures targeted with spyware

StreamRat Android malware spreads through Meta and TikTok ads

Pegasus, NoviSpy variant spyware found on devices of Serbian activists

Wyden seeks upgraded NSA security guidance on commercial VPN use

Your AI chats could be used in court

Judge Rules DOD Unlawfully Retaliated Against Anthropic

FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing campaign targeting prominent people

Infostealers are hijacking Claude accounts at users’ expense

Doxxing Safety Part II: Incident Response

Doxxing Safety Pt I: Prevention and Footprint Management

LGBT Q&A: What’s One Thing I Can Do Today to Improve My Safety and Security Online as an LGBTQ+ Person?

Cities terminate Flock contracts at record pace in August

Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’

Anthropic warns infostealer malware is hijacking Claude sessions to drain usage

Chrome Web Store extensions caught stealing crypto, browser data

Brave browser adds email aliases to help users evade tracking

Protect your WhatsApp account with new passkey and 2FA upgrades

Flock wants privacy to meet surveillance halfway

Fake Apple Pay charge brings the classic tech support scam to your phone

A List of ICE Subpoenas to Tech Companies

EFF's Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms

Popular school apps may be sharing student data with advertisers

Beware of fake Indeed interview apps used to install spyware

DHS bids to vacuum up voter registration, history from all 50 states

Grok fooled into stealing user chat, location data, and more

GTA 6 leak hunt could expose data belonging to thousands of Discord users

TikTok phishing: How to spot fake login and verification pages

Discord Says It Hasn’t Been Served With A Subpoena Over GTA 6 Leaks Yet: ‘We’ll Evaluate The Validity And Scope Before Responding’

Fake GTA 6 Extended Look and demo sites deliver an infostealer

What happens to your data when you die? (Lock and Code S07E17)

ToxicPanda Banking Trojan Matures Into Enterprise Threat

AliExpress caught using silent audio to fingerprint visitors’ browsers

ToxicPanda 2.0 can take over your Android phone and banking apps

Apple’s Next AirPods May Have Cameras. Your Office Isn’t Ready for the Privacy Implications

Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure?

EFF and Civil Society Groups Call on Nottinghamshire Police to Halt Live Face Recognition

Some Tech Companies Have Privately Pushed Back on ICE Subpoenas. They Should All Do More.

Zero-Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets

Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out

Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms

Lack of transparency and national guidelines mark the expansion of facial recognition in brazilian education

Read This Before You Buy That TV Streaming Stick

🏃 Fitness Tracker Privacy Fails | EFFector 38.14

Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?

Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country

Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.

LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps

An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion

Victory! Flock Ends Rollout of Audio “Distress Detection” of Human Voices

Humanless Resources? Uncovering AI recruitment software

FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet

Collateral Damage: Claude Mythos and the Privacy Risks of AI

World Food Programme expand Palantir partnership

Your medical provider might be recording your mental health care visits

The form asked my permission to share my health data. Then it wouldn’t let me say no.

How World ID wants to put a unique human identity on every AI agent

He saw an abandoned trailer. Then, he uncovered a surveillance network on California's border

Blacklight, our privacy inspector tool, now tracks X and TikTok pixels

Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

Leaker reveals which Pixels are vulnerable to Cellebrite phone hacking

Former WhatsApp security boss in lawsuit likens Meta’s culture to a “cult”