• GrapheneOS is becoming harder to support: “We’re likely going to need to focus on making GrapheneOS devices sooner than we expected.” Read the full Twitter/X post to find out more.
• Meta AI searches made public - but do all its users realise?: This may be happening to some users of Meta AI without them realising, as people’s prompts to the artificial intelligence tool - and the results - are posted on a public feed.
• Europol doesn’t only want an encryption backdoor, but also your metadata: Europol’s recommendations echo the EU Commission’s plan for creating an encryption backdoor for law enforcement – something experts are said to be “deeply concerned” about.
• Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers: Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.
• WhatsApp just launched ads for all users, here are the details: WhatsApp has been talking about launching in-app advertising for many years, but today the change has finally arrived. Ads in WhatsApp are now official, here are the details of what to expect—including the finer points of how your privacy is impacted.