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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Met Police suspends use of phone-hacking software over Russian links www.theregister.com/software/202...
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Met Police suspends use of phone-hacking software over Russian links
Scotland Yard hits pause after US prosecutors trace supposedly American tech back to Moscow
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Netherlands Considers Meta Glasses Ban As Retailers Pause Sales - Business Insider www.businessinsider.com/hans-anders-...
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Some Dutch stores pull Meta glasses from shelves after creep reports. Is a ban next?
A large eyewear chain is pausing sales of Meta's AI glasses over privacy concerns.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility | Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org/deeplinks/20... We can hope it's precedent setting, but there may be further attempts.
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Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility
In a win for digital rights, a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction blocking Utah’s SB 73, the state’s draconian anti-VPN age verification law. The decision comes as EFF submitted our com...
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional www.404media.co/federal-judg...
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database | WIRED www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case - CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/faceboo...
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Jury finds Facebook liable for deceiving users in Cambridge Analytica case
The two-week trial in New Mexico centered on accusations Facebook deceived users about a data breach.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I made Google Drive private without giving up Google Drive www.makeuseof.com/made-google-...
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I made Google Drive private without giving up Google Drive
I opened my own Google Drive and didn't recognize a thing.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Writes thehackernews.com/2026/10/crit...
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Critical FortiMail Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks Allows Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Writes
Fortinet says attackers are exploiting a FortiMail flaw that lets unauthenticated users write arbitrary files via crafted HTTP requests.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Automatic Transmission — a data-privacy study of connected vehicles automatictransmission.khoury.northeastern.edu/index.html
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Automatic Transmission — a data-privacy study of connected vehicles
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant. - Ars Technica arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims www.404media.co/cops-can-byp...
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Cops Can Bypass iPhone’s Automatic Reboot to Get Into Locked Phones, Leaked Video Claims
Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.
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The Citizens @the-citizens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re joining the #PeopleVsPalantir day of action ✊ Tonight, we’ll be outside Palantir HQ with @justtreatment.org and others, calling for the US spytech company to get OUT of our public services. 📩 Follow our coverage from the protest 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe #PeopleVsPalantir
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program www.404media.co/how-cities-a...
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How Cities Are Forced to Funnel License Plate Data to a Massive Federal Surveillance Program
How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fact Check: Australia's digital ID is not required to access social media | Reuters www.reuters.com/fact-check/a...
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Fact Check: Australia's digital ID is not required to access social media
Australia's digital ID system is not required to access social media and does not give police access ​to private messages, contrary to claims circulating on social ‌media.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising | Electronic Frontier Foundation www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests | Facial recognition | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Trial of live facial recognition in London stations leads to a false positive and no arrests
Freedom of information request finds six-month trial cost £320,000, used almost 100 police hours and led to just one – incorrect – alert
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Times Car confirms data breach affecting 6.6 million user accounts www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
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Times Car confirms data breach affecting 6.6 million user accounts
Japanese car-sharing service Times Car has confirmed that approximately 6.6 million user accounts were compromised in a cyberattack disclosed late last week.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta Muse AI reportedly read Mac Messages without consent appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
Fluffy toy typing on computer while humans look on.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's not just your phone, your car logs everywhere you drive by default www.makeuseof.com/its-not-just...
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It's not just your phone, your car logs everywhere you drive by default
And that's just the beginning
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NHS staff investigated over access to dead teenager's medical records www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NHS staff investigated over access to dead teenager's medical records
Oliver McGowan, who died in 2016, may have had his medical records accessed inappropriately after his death by NHS staff in Bristol.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Facial recognition cameras introduced in York city centre www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Facial recognition cameras introduced in York city centre
North Yorkshire Police says it is deploying Live Facial Recognition for the first time on Wednesday.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days www.jezebel.com/flock-camera...
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One Piece of Flock Camera Data Put This Innocent Woman in Jail for 13 Days
Police didn't care that Linsey Isaacs' car was the wrong color, and wasn't damaged. They still arrested her because of Flock data.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Simba data breach: Personal information of over 23,500 customers leaked, Singapore News - AsiaOne www.asiaone.com/singapore/si...
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Simba data breach: Personal information of over 23,500 customers leaked
Mobile network operator Simba suffered a data breach on Sept 24, resulting in the personal information of more than 23,500 customers being compromised.In a statement posted on its website on Sept 25, ...
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Ben Jennings on smart glasses and AI hacks – cartoon
There are growing fears about ‘perv glasses’ being used to film people without their consent
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-...
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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord...
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘Turn the cameras off:’ London’s growing privacy pushback against smart glasses | CNN Business edition.cnn.com/2026/09/22/t...
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‘Turn the cameras off:’ London’s growing privacy pushback against smart glasses | CNN Business
Some Londoners told CNN that smart glasses make them feel uneasy in places where people expect a degree of privacy, like bars, restaurants and other social settings.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘I wish Apple would just stop that crap': Apple has added persistent ‘ads’ to iOS, and it’s driving users crazy | TechRadar www.techradar.com/phones/iphon...
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iPhone users are flooding social media with complaints — Apple’s latest iOS move is adding persistent ‘ads’ that can’t be dismissed to users’ devices
iOS users are complaining that Apple is placing ‘ads’ for its own products on their iPhones.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees www.404media.co/we-hacked-th...
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‘We Hacked the FBI:’ Hackers Say They Have Data on All FBI Employees
A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees' spouses.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Quest Apartment Hotels tells customers to replace passports and licences after security breach - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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Quest tells customers to replace passports after security breach
Quest Apartment Hotels tells customers affected by a security breach in August to replace passports and driver's licences after personal information was exposed.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...
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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool
Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Apple’s new watches are always listening theconversation.com/apples-new-w...
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Apple’s new watches are always listening
Apple’s vision of constant recording that still ‘protects your privacy’ may help usher in a world where ambient surveillance is the norm.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What to Expect From Meta Connect 2026 | Lifehacker lifehacker.com/tech/meta-co...
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Meta May Try to Repair Its Poor Privacy Reputation at 'Connect 2026'
Meta's 'Connect 2026' event is Sept. 23 and is rumored to include a look at the company's wearable plans for 2027. Here's what to expect.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canadian investigation launched into data breach that exposed millions of IDs | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Canadian investigation launched into data breach that exposed millions of IDs | CBC News
Canada's privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a data breach at IDScan.net that potentially exposed details from millions of driver's licences and other kinds of government-issued id...
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition | Tennessee | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US woman falsely charged with bank theft sues for $10m over AI facial recognition
Angela Lipps, 50, alleges in suit that Fargo police wrongly relied on AI facial recognition to arrest and charge her
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector www.buchodi.com/chatgpt-now-...
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ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
OpenAI's ad collector at bzr.openai.com sets a cookie called __obi, scoped to .openai.com. The value is while you are on ChatGPT and tied to your ChatGPT account. __obi is then sent to OpenAI from ord...
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point | The MIT Press Reader thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/teen-social-...
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Teen Social Media Bans Miss the Point
Instead of treating platforms as monoliths, adults and policymakers should listen to the young people who know them best.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
RNLI warns supporters their personal information may have been hacked | RNLI | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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RNLI warns supporters their personal information may have been hacked
Data raid comes amid targeting of lifeboat charity by far-right agitators who object to migrant boat rescues
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
US judge signals rejection of part of TikTok privacy settlement | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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US judge signals rejection of part of TikTok privacy settlement
TikTok and ByteDance's proposed $400 million settlement with the US Justice Department hit a hurdle on Friday after a federal judge indicated he would reject part ​of the agreement.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Explainer: How the EU's age-verification app for children would work | Reuters www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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Explainer: How the EU's age-verification app for children would work
The European Commission proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media, with parent-supervised accounts until 15.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant: Court lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
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Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant or reasonable suspicion: 2nd Circuit
A federal court of appeals ruled that a traveler's cellphone may be searched by government agents at the border without a warrant or suspicion.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device | Tom's Hardware www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device
Flock claims that images are only briefly stored on its cameras before being forwarded to the company’s servers, but a group of hackers determined that this wasn’t the case.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee | WIRED www.wired.com/story/flock-...
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Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee
As dozens of cities end contracts for its controversial license plate readers, Flock is rolling out a voluntary severance program, WIRED has learned.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man issue smart glasses warning www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man issue smart glasses warning
Officials say there are benefits to the technology, but urged users to be mindful when recording.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors | Police | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Sensitive UK police data vulnerable to ‘compromise’ by US government and foreign actors
Exclusive: Official UK security assessment found Microsoft cloud platform storing files was at potential risk from hostile hackers
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Snap brings Specs enterprise, partnering with Nvidia, AWS, Salesforce www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/s...
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Snap tries to bring AR glasses to enterprise market, partnering with Nvidia, AWS and Salesforce
Snap is partnering with Nvidia, Amazon Web Services and Salesforce as part of an enterprise sales push centered on its $2,000 Specs AR glasses.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated - ABC News www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Doctor forced to apologise after AI makes 'scary' error about illegal drugs
Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.
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Privacy Watcher @privacyrebel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Snap Shares More Details About $2,195 Specs AR Glasses, Plus Verizon Partnership - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Snap Tries to Sell Consumers on the Idea of $2,195 Smart Glasses
The technically advanced Specs feature an integrated display and a convenient self-contained design.
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