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Age verification expanding from websites to operating systems; California’s 2027 law requires OS setup age collection sharing age ranges to apps 🔐
OS-level age signals may enable app enforcement and future ID or biometric verification, raising privacy and open-source concerns 🔒
#TechNews #AgeVerification #OperatingSystems #OS #Privacy #DigitalRights #California #California #Law #Tech #DataProtection #Surveillance #OpenSource #FOSS #Biometrics #BigTech #Regulation
Apple and Google urge Canada’s Parliament to amend Bill C-22 to require court approval before ministers can compel changes to encryption or systems 🔐
Bill C-22 also mandates up to one-year metadata retention and enables secret ministerial technical-capability orders without prior court review ⚖️
🔗 https://thenextweb.com/news/apple-google-canada-c22-lawful-access-judicial-oversight
#TechNews #Apple #Google #Canada #BillC22 #Encryption #Privacy #Surveillance #LawfulAccess #Law #DataRetention #DigitalRights #CyberSecurity #Internet #Parliament #Government
Apple and Google have formally pushed for amendments to Bill C-22, the Canadian government’s lawful-access legislation now working its way through the House of Commons, arguing that the bill as drafted creates a potential for secret orders to compel changes to the encryption underpinning their software and devices. Both companies want judicial oversight built into […]
Google’s Search overhaul replaces blue links with AI agents and expands AI Overviews, triggering backlash as DuckDuckGo installs rise up to 30% 📈
Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo sees increased demand as users seek AI opt-out search and stronger data control via private AI tools 🔒
#TechNews #DDG #DuckDuckGo #Google #GoogleSearch #AIOverviews #AISearch #Privacy #SearchEngine #Search #SEO #AI #OpenWeb #BigTech #DataPrivacy #UserChoice #Antitrust #FOSS #Search
Proton Mail now lets users connect Gmail accounts, importing recent messages and continuing to receive new emails in a unified inbox📥
Unlike Gmail, Proton Mail does not scan emails or serve ads, while Gmail uses email activity to build advertising profiles🔒
🔗 https://proton.me/blog/proton-mail-connect-gmail
#TechNews #Proton #ProtonMail #Gmail #Privacy #Mail #Email #FOSS #Encryption #BigTech #DataPrivacy #Security #OpenSource #AdTracking #Cloud #Inbox #Tracking #Trackers #Ad #Ads #Advertising
Firefox is testing Smart Window, a new AI-powered browsing mode with built-in tab summaries, page analysis, browsing context awareness, and search assistance 🦊
Mozilla says the beta includes model selection, optional browsing-data access, local chat storage, custom LLM support, and switches to disable AI features 🔐
🔗 https://www.firefox.com/en-US/smart-window/?view=waitlist
#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #SmartWindow #AI #LLM #OpenSource #Privacy #Browser #WebBrowser #FOSS #Cybersecurity #Linux #Technology #Internet
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Online age-verification laws are forcing users to hand sensitive identity data to third parties, creating new risks for leaks, tracking, and misuse 🔐
Expanding age-gating systems also increases censorship and surveillance powers, threatening anonymous and open access to the web 🌐
🔗 https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/age-verification-privacy-nightmare
#TechNews #AgeVerification #Privacy #DigitalRights #OpenWeb #Surveillance #Internet #Freedom #Cybersecurity #DataProtection #Encryption #FOSS #Security #OnlinePrivacy #Web #Tech
In the rush to block young people from certain parts of the internet, lawmakers are creating a privacy and security nightmare for everyone. This scenario is already playing out globally. Help us stop it and keep the web open and accessible for all.
EU plans would fund European cloud and AI alternatives while assessing dependencies on US software and digital infrastructure providers. 🇪🇺
Draft tech sovereignty rules also target “sovereignty washing” and could expand EU data center capacity within seven years. ☁️
#TechNews #EU #Europe #Sovereignty #Cloud #AI #DataCenters #OpenSource #Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Infrastructure #Regulation #Security #FOSS #BigTech #US #USA #Government #Politics #Software
University of Washington researchers planned classroom recordings from teacher-worn and fixed cameras to train AI models on preschool interactions. 🎥
Parents told 404 Media they viewed the project as opt-out, while the university said participation required permission for all children recorded. 🧒
🔗 https://www.404media.co/researchers-wanted-preschool-teachers-to-wear-cameras-to-train-ai/
#TechNews #AI #Privacy #Surveillance #University #Washington #Education #DataCollection #Ethics #Children #Transparency #Security #FOSS #Research #Technology #US #USA
“With your permission, your child’s lead teacher may wear a small teacher-worn camera that captures the teacher's approximate first-person perspective, and/or we may place a fixed video camera in the classroom,” a document given to parents and later shared with 404 Media reads.
FBI procurement records show the agency wants nationwide access to automated license plate reader networks from vendors like Flock and Motorola. 🚔
Expanded ALPR access could enable broad vehicle tracking without warrants, as public opposition to mass surveillance systems grows across the U.S. 📷
🔗 https://www.404media.co/the-fbi-wants-to-buy-nationwide-access-to-license-plate-readers/
#TechNews #FBI #ALPR #Flock #Motorola #Surveillance #Privacy #CivilLiberties #Tracking #Security #Transparency #FOSS #Data #Rights #Technology #MassSurveillance #US #USA #Trump
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