Windows Recall has one big gotcha, and it’s not privacy
So far, the flagship feature of Microsoft’s new Copilot+ PC vision is Windows Recall, an AI-powered local search of your PC. But there’s a catch: Recall is going to suck up a lot of your…
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DuckDuckGo PrivacyPro review: A simple, but effective privacy bundle
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros VPN works with streaming Data removal service is faster than advertised From a trustworthy privacy-focused company Cons VPN is very simple and bare-bones Paying for an identity theft service…
Ireland privacy watchdog confirms Dell data breach investigation
A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers’ personal information, TechCrunch has learned. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commissioner Graham Doyle confirmed to TechCrunch that the DPC has…
Google’s call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn
A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real-time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines…
US fines telcos $200M for sharing customer location data without consent
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it is fining the four U.S. major wireless carriers around $200 million in total for “illegally” sharing and selling customers’ real-time location data without their consent.…
Security bugs in a popular phone-tracking app exposed users’ precise locations
Last week when a security researcher said he could easily obtain the precise location from any one of the millions of users of a widely used phone-tracking app, we had to see it for ourselves.…
Cape dials up $61M from a16z and more for mobile service that doesn’t use personal data
AT&T’s recent mega customer data breach — 74 million accounts affected — laid bare how much data carriers have on their users, and also that the data is there for the hacking. On Thursday, a…
DuckDuckGo launches Privacy Pro bundle with VPN included
DuckDuckGo announced its new Privacy Pro bundled service in an effort to provide more comprehensive privacy tools for users. The Privacy Pro bundle will include a VPN, personal data removal service, and 24/7 identify theft…
Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years
The Indian government has finally resolved a years-long cybersecurity issue that exposed reams of sensitive data about its citizens. A security researcher exclusively told TechCrunch he found at least hundreds of documents containing citizens’ personal…
‘Reverse’ searches: The sneaky ways that police tap tech companies for your private data
With the aim of identifying criminal suspects, U.S. police departments are increasingly relying on a controversial surveillance practice to demand large amounts of users’ data from tech companies. So-called “reverse” searches allow law enforcement and…