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Understanding the Privacy Risks of Meta Smart Glasses and Your Rights

Understanding the Privacy Risks of Meta Smart Glasses and Your Rights

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses raise serious privacy concerns over secret recording and data use. Learn the legal gaps, risks, and practical protections.

Aug 21, 2026

Why Parents Need to Rethink Sharing Kids' Photos Online This Back-to-School Season

Why Parents Need to Rethink Sharing Kids' Photos Online This Back-to-School Season

Sharing children’s school photos online can expose them to privacy risks and AI-driven misuse. Learn why parents must change digital habits to protect their kids.

Aug 20, 2026

How Small Donors and Quadratic Funding Support Internet Freedom Projects

How Small Donors and Quadratic Funding Support Internet Freedom Projects

Discover how the Tor Project used quadratic funding to raise $200K, prioritizing many small donors to sustain privacy tools amidst shifting internet funding and censorship challenges.

Aug 19, 2026

How Russia's VPN crackdown threatens internet privacy even for casual users

How Russia's VPN crackdown threatens internet privacy even for casual users

Russia is prosecuting individuals for using VPNs to access banned content, exposing risks for anyone relying on VPNs to bypass censorship or protect digital privacy.

Aug 18, 2026

France’s Top Court Blocks Social Media Ban for Under-15s, Preserves VPN Privacy

France’s Top Court Blocks Social Media Ban for Under-15s, Preserves VPN Privacy

France’s constitutional council overturned a law banning social media for children under 15, ruling it infringes on free expression and privacy, and pauses government VPN scrutiny.

Aug 17, 2026

Understanding iCloud+ Privacy Flaws and How to Protect Your Data

Understanding iCloud+ Privacy Flaws and How to Protect Your Data

Discover the recent privacy vulnerabilities in iCloud Private Relay and Hide My Email. Learn why Apple's privacy tools have limits and how to strengthen your online protection.

Aug 14, 2026

EU Proposal for 30-Minute Takedown of Illegal Streams Puts VPN Privacy at Risk

EU Proposal for 30-Minute Takedown of Illegal Streams Puts VPN Privacy at Risk

The EU plans mandatory 30-minute takedowns of illegal live sports streams, requiring ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block content, raising privacy and censorship concerns for VPN users.

Aug 12, 2026

Should Privacy Users Trust Proton's New Chromium-Based Browser Effort?

Should Privacy Users Trust Proton's New Chromium-Based Browser Effort?

Proton is exploring a privacy-focused browser built on Chromium, sparking community debate about reliance on Google's engine and demands for improvements to existing services.

Aug 11, 2026

How to Maintain VPN Access Amid Russia's Largest-Ever VPN Blockade

How to Maintain VPN Access Amid Russia's Largest-Ever VPN Blockade

Learn effective strategies to bypass Russia's extensive VPN crackdown targeting 20+ services, ensuring secure, private access to the open internet.

Aug 11, 2026

How to Protect Your Windows PC from Malware in Compromised VPN Installers

How to Protect Your Windows PC from Malware in Compromised VPN Installers

Learn how a compromised Chinese VPN installer spread malware via a backdoor, and how to safeguard your Windows PC by updating and scanning for threats.

Aug 11, 2026

What Does a VPN No-Log Policy Breach Mean for Your Privacy?

What Does a VPN No-Log Policy Breach Mean for Your Privacy?

Discover how alleged VPN no-log breaches impact your privacy and how to evaluate VPNs beyond their no-log promises to stay truly secure online.

Aug 11, 2026

How Facial Recognition Technology Threatens Anonymity at Protests

How Facial Recognition Technology Threatens Anonymity at Protests

Facial recognition's growing use in European policing risks eroding protest anonymity, chilling free expression, and expanding pervasive surveillance beyond identity to behavior.

Aug 11, 2026