Privacy News Round-Up #79 🌏

• New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steal data from browsers (New Apple CPU side-channel attacks steal data from browsers): A team of security researchers has disclosed new side-channel vulnerabilities in modern Apple processors that could steal sensitive information from web browsers.

• OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us (OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us): OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else’s data without permission or compensation.

• LinkedIn sued for allegedly training AI models with private messages without consent (LinkedIn sued for allegedly training AI models with private messages without consent | The Record from Recorded Future News): LinkedIn Premium customers are suing the social media platform, alleging that it shared their private messages with third parties without their consent in order to train artificial intelligence models.

• US Privacy Counts a Win as Judge Limits Warrantless FBI Searches (https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-fbi-searches-unconstitutional/https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-fbi-searches-unconstitutional/): Plus: A hacker finds an issue with Cloudflare’s systems that could reveal app users’ rough locations, and the Trump administration puts a wrench in a key cybersecurity investigation.

• Google Play will now verify VPNs that prioritize privacy and safety (Google Play will now verify VPNs that prioritize privacy and safety | The Verge): Google Play will now display verification badges on approved VPNs as a way to “highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety,” the company announced on Tuesday.