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KU Leuven Researchers Find 85 Browser Crypto Wallets Leak User Data
Academic study says the way popular wallet extensions talk to websites lets outsiders link separate crypto addresses to the same person.
Microsoft trials an ad-free Windows Search for Insiders
The refreshed search bar prioritises your files and apps over Store promos and web suggestions, and adds a toggle to switch them off entirely.
Scammers Are Calling Telstra Customers and Pretending to Help After Last Week's Outage
Criminals are cold-calling Australians and posing as Telstra staff in the days after a national network failure. Here's what happened, what data could be at risk, and what to do if your phone rings.
Chrome and Edge Yank ModHeader Extension After Hidden History Collector Found
The browser add-on had 1.6 million users. A dormant tracker sat inside its official store version, though no evidence suggests it ever ran.
Meta's Patent Bid: An AI That Listens All Day and Guesses Your Mood
A newly filed Meta patent describes software that would listen to a user's voice, infer their emotional state, and log it against time, location, and phone activity.
Meta Kills AI Image Tool Days After Launch Over Privacy Backlash
A new feature that let users generate pictures by pulling content from public Instagram accounts lasted less than a week before Meta pulled it following an outcry from users and a Hollywood union.
MSG's Secret Celebrity Database Tagged Nearly 40,000 People by Sexuality, Race, and 'Risk' Level
A data breach at Madison Square Garden exposed an internal tracking list that sorted celebrities, public figures, and ordinary visitors using labels including 'LGBTQIA,' 'DO NOT HOST,' and a personal 'risk' score.
Banning Kids From Social Media Sounds Simple. Actually Doing It Is Not.
Countries across four continents are passing age limits for social media. The hard part, it turns out, is proving how old anyone actually is.
EU Parliament Accidentally Extends Mass Message Scanning Until 2028
Too many MEPs skipped the vote. Now service providers on Discord, Gmail, Instagram and more can read your private messages without a warrant, until 2028.
Free Android VPNs Are Leaking Your Traffic, Study of 281 Apps Finds
Researchers tested the most popular free VPN apps on Google Play. A significant share fail at the one job they promise: keeping your internet activity private.
Meta's New AI Tool Can Put Real People Into Fake Photos Without Asking First
Meta's Muse Image feature lets anyone generate pictures using other people's public Instagram photos. Critics say the opt-out system puts the burden in the wrong place.
DuckDuckGo browser starts blocking YouTube video ads by default
The privacy-focused browser now strips pre-roll and mid-roll ads on the world's biggest video site, joining Brave and Opera in offering built-in blocking.
Australia Raises Alarm Over AI Scribes Listening In on Doctor Visits
Federal health officials are warning that AI tools recording patient conversations in GP clinics may pose serious privacy risks, and regulators are now weighing whether new rules are needed.
AI-Powered Street Cameras Are Quietly Building a National Surveillance Grid — And Some Cities Are Walking Away
Cameras made by Flock Safety scan licence plates and flag vehicles automatically. Critics say the resulting data is a federal immigration agency's dream. A growing number of communities are cancelling their contracts.
Samsung's New Galaxy S26 Ultra Has a Screen That Blocks Nosy Neighbours — But Is That a Security Feature?
The phone's built-in privacy display is a neat hardware trick. What it can't do is protect the data sitting behind the glass.