Privacy

ClarityCheck's data breach reveals the structural vulnerability of identity-search businesses that monetize facial recognition without robust consent frameworks.

The surveillance startup's new OS Investigate platform searches by behavior and location rather than license plate, expanding into riskier legal territory while facing infrastructure sabotage and bipartisan scrutiny.

OS Investigate integrates 45 data tools across 6,000 communities, allowing officers to identify drivers based on movement patterns and associates—a sharp departure from the company's prior claims about its technology's limits.

OpenAI's opt-in macOS screen-capture feature for its Codex agent stores memories unencrypted and sends data to company servers, echoing Microsoft's battered Recall rollout.

Vitalik Buterin compared the Foundation's updated Strawmap to the 2023 roadmap, flagging Privacy Pools, quantum defenses and the Lean Ethereum initiative as new core priorities.

The European Commission proposed overhauling its 2009 cookie consent rules, aiming to save users 198 million hours a year by letting web browsers manage preferences

Apple plans to differentiate its upcoming smart glasses through privacy-first design, targeting enterprise clients and premium consumers wary of data-hungry rivals.

President Trump's final push for FISA reauthorization pits powerful tech lobbies against national security hawks, with the outcome poised to reshape digital privacy and influence investor sentiment across key sectors.