Friday, November 6, 2026

Privacy

FTC Orders Avast To Pay $16.5M For Selling User’s Browsing Data

AV (antivirus) companies normally do not sell user's browsing data, as it goes against their commitment to user privacy and security. Their business model relies...

ChatGPT Disabled the Browsing Feature as it Bypasses Paywalls on Websites

OpenAI recently disabled ChatGPT's Bing browsing due to user discovery of its paywall-bypassing potential, commonly employed by news outlets to promote paid subscriptions. While OpenAI...

ChatGPT Creator Sued for $3 Billion Over Theft of Private Data

In a class action complaint filed on Wednesday, it is claimed that OpenAI and Microsoft stole "vast amounts of private information" from internet users...

Brave New Privacy Feature to Limit Website Access to Local Resources

Brave version of 1.54 for desktop and Android will include more powerful features for controlling which sites can access local network resources and for...

4 Most Interesting Facts About Anonymous Tor Browser & Tor Network

TOR is an important, popular, and controversial tool. It is important because the Tor network offers the most effective way to surf the web...

Amazon Ring Employees Able to Access Every Single Camera Customer Video

California-based Ring LLC endangered its customers’ privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to see consumers’ private footage and failing to implement basic privacy...

Facebook Hit With record-breaking $1.3 Billion Fine Over Data Rules

Facebook (now Meta) has faced many allegations and litigations in the past 10 years. Most are related to privacy, data protection, and surveillance in...

WhatsApp Can’t be Trusted, Warns Elon Musk

After a Twitter engineer posted photos of an Android dashboard showing his WhatsApp microphone being used while he slept, Elon Musk declared that WhatsApp could...