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Starmer's Device-Scan Mandate Puts Enterprise Encryption in the Crosshairs
The UK Prime Minister gave tech firms three months to build image-filtering controls into every device. Security leaders say the architecture required would gut encryption protections, create fresh exfiltration paths, and hand future governments a surveillance tool the current one insists it doesn't want.
Meta Expands Off-Platform Data Use to Feed Ranking and AI Chatbot Replies
Activity shared by third-party businesses — already feeding ad targeting — will now shape what users see in their feeds and how Meta AI answers their questions.
FROST: A Browser-Only Side Channel That Reads Your SSD to Guess What You're Doing
Graz University researchers show that JavaScript timing alone can fingerprint websites and applications by measuring contention on a victim's solid-state drive.
Authorities Shut Down First VPN Over Criminal Ties
A European crackdown takes out a VPN aiding crime, but raises wider privacy concerns.