Vitalik Buterin has reservations about Sam Altman’s World project
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is arguing that the digital identification approach being promoted by Sam Altman’s World project has real privacy risks.
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TikTok Fined €530M Over Unlawful Data Transfers To China
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has issued a landmark €530 million (approx $600 million) fine against TikTok Technology Limited (TTL) following an extensive inquiry in the handling of personal data of users of the TikTok platform in the EEA to the People’s Republic of China (“China”). The imposed penalty, one of the largest ever imposed […]
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Google Fined $1.4 Billion Over Data Tracking Collection by Texas
In a landmark move, Google has agreed to pay a $1.375 billion fine to the state of Texas to settle allegations that it violated users’ privacy rights by collecting personal data without consent. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the settlement on Friday, which resolves two lawsuits accusing Google of unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ […]
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Apple’s iMessage Flaw Exploited by Paragon Spyware to Target Journalists
A newly disclosed zero-click vulnerability in Apple’s iMessage platform was exploited to spy on journalists in Europe using high-end spyware built by the Israeli company Paragon Solutions. Two Journalists Targeted Citizen Lab, a digital rights watchdog at the University of Toronto, confirmed forensic evidence that at least two journalists—Ciro Pellegrino of the Italian publication Fanpage.it, […]
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Achieve True Online Anonymity: Go Beyond VPNs and Tor with NymVPN
If you care about online privacy, you probably already know: centralized VPNs and even Tor aren’t enough anymore. Traditional VPNs require you to trust a single company with your internet activity. Even if they promise “no logs,” you’re still handing over the keys to your digital life to a third party. If they’re compromised — […]
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