Fairphone 6+ Is Repairable. Is It Private and Secure?
Americans have been buying the Fairphone for a reason Fairphone never advertised. It's time to see whether the phone agrees.
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Google Starts Asking for Developers' Papers on September 30
The thing that made Android worth choosing is now a setting you have to search for.
9 Million Images Exposed by People Finder ClarityCheck
Exposures like this get more likely as data brokers collect more and governments demand ID to get online.
Warner Bros. DMCA Takedowns Hit Lanterns Spoiler Discussion
Attn: Warner Bros. Discussing spoilers is not copyright infringement.
Brazil Prosecutors Probe Discord Encryption, Age Checks
The live video ban was just the opening move.
Court: First Amendment Protects Recording Police in Public
The federal appeals courts have nearly finished agreeing on something most people assumed was settled a long time ago.
California's Takedown Bill Is One Step Closer, and Still Has No Journalist Exemption
It is a privacy statute until someone points out that the footage was true, published, and shot in public.
xAI Asks Judge to Block Minnesota AI Image Law
The First Amendment doesn't carve out an exception for images made easily. xAI is asking Judge Frank to say so before the law goes further.
Apple's Toll Booth Gets a New Coat of Paint
Apple overhauls EU App Store fees under DMA pressure, but developers still pay a commission on external link-outs.
Meta Trial Opens as States Demand Age Verification
A trial doesn't need a verdict to be useful. It needs testimony, exhibits, and a paper trail that legislators can cite to advance a digital ID agenda.
Google Wins Spirit Airlines Data Auction for $10 Million
The airline stopped flying in May. Its records are still going places.
Brazil Regulator Bans Discord Live Video Features
An agency created to police how companies handle personal data now decides what people can see.
Retired Police Officer Fined £1,000 Over Bacon Meme in UK
There is no blasphemy offence in England and Wales. There is Section 127, and it turns out to be roomy.
Brave 1.93 Adds WebGL and WebGPU Fingerprinting Protections
A GPU has turned out to be somewhat of a name tag. Brave has decided to smear the ink.
X Wins Australian Case Over Private Message Scanning Rule
"eSafety" Commissioner Julie Inman Grant loses bid to control X under two frameworks.
New Jersey Kids Code Act Draws First Amendment Warning
The statute never says age verification. It just makes not knowing expensive enough that everyone will find out.
Was Your Plate Searched on Flock? How to Check and Request Records
How to search Flock Safety audit logs, read a hit, and file a public records request for your license plate.
DHS Asks Judge for Names in Maine Signal Chats
To prove your speech was chilled, you have to describe the thing you were chilled out of doing, in detail, to the people who chilled you.
Khan Approves Oxford Street Live Facial Recognition
Permanent cameras are coming to Britain's busiest shopping street, and the only real disagreement is about which crowds should be scanned first.