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Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless? | This Week in Privacy #49 (Apr 17, 2026)

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Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless? | This Week in Privacy #49 (Apr 17, 2026)

An independant privacy audit of Microsoft, Google and Meta has found that privacy opt outs didn't have an effect, Cal.com has moved from open-source to closed-source, Netgear has been exempt from the FCC's non-US made router ban, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #49.

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HackerOne Pauses Internet Bug Bounty

Hacker One says that the rise of AI bug reports is overwhelming projects, meaning the bug bounty system needs to be rethought.

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Data Breach Roundup (Apr 10-16, 2026)

This week saw yet another breach from Booking.com, education giant McGraw-Hill, freelancing job board Fiverr, and many more.

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India Drops Proposal to Require Biometric ID App After Strong Opposition

Reuters reports that the Indian government has decided it won’t go through with a proposal to require operating systems to preinstall the biometric ID app Aadhaar.

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Fiverr Exposes Private Information of its Users Publicly on Google Search Results

A security researcher on Hacker News claims that sensitive documents like tax forms shared between Fiverr users in private messages ended up publicly indexed by search engines like Google.

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Mastodon to Get E2EE for Private Messages Thanks to Sovereign Tech Fund

Mastodon announced they were awarded a €614k service agreement by the Sovereign Tech Fund to fund the development of new features and improvements, including end-to-end encrypted private messages.

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Google Chrome Adding Protection Against Cookie-Stealing Malware

Google announced on their security blog that Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC), a protection against session theft, are shipping for Windows users on Chrome 146.

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Librarians Raise Privacy Concerns Over Age Verification Bill

The Coalition of Alberta Public Libraries issued a letter raising privacy concerns over Bill 28, or the Municipal Affairs and Housing Statues Amendment Act, in Alberta, which requires age restrictions on library materials.

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"I like to win." - EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn (Interview)

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"I like to win." - EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn (Interview)

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