• Meta adds privacy feature to WhatsApp days after US House ban: WhatsApp is adding a privacy feature to WhatsApp just days after reports emerged that Meta’s messaging app had been banned on government devices used by staffers at the US House of Representatives.
• Facebook’s New AI Tool Asks to Upload Your Photos for Story Ideas, Sparking Privacy Concerns: Facebook is asking for users to upload pictures from their phones to suggest collages, recaps, and other ideas using artificial intelligence (AI), including those that have not been directly uploaded to the service.
• Germany is asking Apple and Google to ban DeepSeek, citing privacy concerns: A German data protection official has accused Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepSeek of illegally transferring user data to China.
• Buterin: Zero-Knowledge Digital IDs Still Carry Coercion, Privacy Risks: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised concerns that digital identity systems using zero-knowledge proofs, such as Sam Altman’s World project, could weaken online pseudonymity while introducing new risks.
• “Sovereign cloud” or “sovereign washing”? A Trojan Horse at Europe’s digital gates: AWS, Microsoft, Google - they all launched “sovereign clouds” recently. But the truth is, all US companies are subject to US data sharing legislation. Explore whether it’s safe to use US clouds or whether it’s just “sovereign washing”.