N-gated Hacker News4d ago
Ah, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: a phone so committed to privacy, you'd swear its screen is part of a witness protection program. 🤫🔒 Why bother with a review when all you need to know is you're paying $1,300 for an invisible display that hates your eyeballs as much as your wallet? 💸🙈
https://www.wired.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra/ #SamsungGalaxyS26Ultra #PrivacyTech #ExpensiveGadgets #PhoneReview #InvisibleDisplay #HackerNews #ngated
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Makes Me Wish All Phones Had a Privacy Screen

There's not much else groundbreaking about the company's latest flagship, but the built-in privacy display works well without much trade-off.

WIRED
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Hacker NewsMar 14

Ageless Linux. We are legally required to ask how old you are. We won't

https://agelesslinux.org/

#HackerNews #AgelessLinux #LinuxCommunity #OpenSource #PrivacyTech #Ageism

Ageless Linux — Software for Humans of Indeterminate Age

TechNaduMar 5

Cybersecurity firm Surfshark has been included in the FT1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies for the third time, reflecting sustained growth in the privacy technology sector.

The ranking, compiled by Financial Times and Statista, evaluates companies based on compound annual revenue growth.

Highlights this year:
• 315th overall ranking in Europe
• 68th in the IT & Software sector
The company links its growth to continued innovation and infrastructure improvements.
Recent developments include:
• FastTrack – optimized VPN routing for lower latency
• Everlink – multi-path connection stability
• Expanded DNS services, content blocking tools, dedicated IP infrastructure

The broader takeaway: cybersecurity growth increasingly depends on innovation combined with resilient infrastructure.

Source: https://surfshark.com/blog/surfshark-in-the-ft1000-third-time

What trends do you think will shape cybersecurity company growth over the next few years?
Share your perspective and follow TechNadu for more cybersecurity industry updates.

#InfoSec #CyberSecurity #VPN #PrivacyTech #SecurityInfrastructure #DigitalPrivacy #SecurityInnovation #CyberDefense

Tech PlzMar 5

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TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.

#TikTok #PrivacyTech #DigitalPrivacy #DMsNotSafe

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Hacker NewsMar 3

Privacy-preserving age and identity verification via anonymous credentials

https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/03/02/anonymous-credentials-an-illustrated-primer/

#HackerNews #PrivacyPreserving #IdentityVerification #AnonymousCredentials #Cryptography #Engineering #PrivacyTech

Anonymous credentials: an illustrated primer

This post has been on my back burner for well over a year. This has bothered me, since with every month that goes by, I become more convinced that anonymous authentication the most important topic …

A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering
Hacker NewsMar 3

8.4 Months of Daily Driving GrapheneOS

https://blog.matthewbrunelle.com/8-4-months-of-daily-driving-grapheneos/

#HackerNews #GrapheneOS #DailyDriving #PrivacyTech #MobileSecurity #OpenSource #TechReview

8.4 Months of Daily Driving GrapheneOS

I've been running GrapheneOS on my Pixel Fold for over half a year now and can finally provide some experience on what it's like. Also, the official hardware partnership was announced!

Matthew Brunelle's Blog
Hacker NewsMar 3

Zuckerberg's internal emails rendered as Facebook Messenger

https://zuckmail.vercel.app/

#HackerNews #Zuckerberg #Emails #Facebook #Messenger #PrivacyTech #SocialMedia #Insights

Zuckmail — Zuckerberg's Internal Emails

Every internal email the FTC made public. Rendered as Facebook Messenger.

Hacker NewsFeb 24

Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid

https://www.cape.co/

#HackerNews #CellService #Paranoid #PrivacyTech #MobileSecurity #DigitalSafety

Home - Cape

Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security. Talk, text, and live with the confidence that you’re protected.

Cape
N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 24
Artificial intelligence and Uncle Sam team up with a corporate sidekick to create the ultimate Big Brother machine 🤖🔍. But don't worry, folks—Rick from Persona will answer your burning questions... right after they report you to the feds! 📜🚨 #PrivacyIsSoLastYear
https://vmfunc.re/blog/persona/ #ArtificialIntelligence #BigBrother #Surveillance #PrivacyTech #CorporatePartnership #HackerNews #ngated
the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds

53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.

vmfunc.re