Around 52 percent of parents track their 18- to 25-year-old children using smartphone apps, according to a University of Michigan survey.

Is it healthy and the new normal or bordering on surveillance?
https://flip.it/jccv0M

#Surveillance #Privacy #Smartphones

Voice Age Verification

https://agewarden.ai/

#HackerNews #Voice #Age #Verification #technology #AI #age #verification #security #privacy

Signal warns UK plan to scan devices for nudes "endangers us all" — says client-side scanning risks mass surveillance & censorship, urges funding for education and child services instead. Read more: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/09/signal-uks-child-nude-block-threat-wont-protect-children/5252761 🛡️🚨 #Privacy #Encryption

“Soon it will be virtually impossible to be online in the UK without handing over identity documents or biometric data to unregulated companies.”

The social media ban means EVERY user has to prove they're over 16. This puts millions at risk of their personal data being hacked.

🗣️ ORG's @JamesBaker.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644294/Big-tech-must-introduce-age-checks-to-support-UKs-under-16s-social-media-ban

#stopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #ageverification #onlinesafety #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol

The government has ignored calls to regulate age verification companies to ensure our sensitive data is protected.

Instead it has expanded ID checks to multiply the risks.

But the actual cause of harms is off the hook – how platforms use our data to monetise our attention.

Sign the petition ⬇️

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/break-big-tech

#stopKillingInternet #StopKillingTheInternet #socialmediaban #socialmedia #ageverification #onlinesafety #privacy #censorship #ukpolitics #ukpol #dataprotection

#Bundesrat will KI-Überwachung und #QuickFreeze durch #BKA | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Biometrische-Rasterfahndung-Bundesrat-will-noch-schaerfere-KI-Ueberwachung-11331325.html @Bundesrat #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Datenschutz #privacy #Überwachung #surveillance #Vorratsdatenspeicherung #VDS

#DOJ Lawyers Argue #xAI Is ‘Vital’ for #NationalSecurity in #NAACP Lawsuit

In a bid to dismiss a lawsuit over xAI’s polluting gas turbines, the Justice Department claimed the company is integral to #military operations—including the #IranWar.
#privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/doj-lawyers-argue-xai-vital-national-security-naacp-lawsuit/

#UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight #curfews

The UK government announced today that it will ban #socialmedia for all kids under the age of 16 in rules expected to take effect in spring 2027. The ban will apply to platforms including #Snapchat , #TikTok , #YouTube , #Instagram , #Facebook , and X.

"We’re going further than any country in the world by banning social media for under-16s and putting wider protections in place to give kids their childhood back," Prime Minister Keir Starmer said in the announcement.
#privacy #ageverification

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/uk-to-ban-social-media-for-kids-under-16-may-impose-overnight-curfews/

#Meta Tapped a #Pentagon Supplier to #Prototype #FaceRecognition for Its Glasses

#RankOne , whose board includes a former #CIA deputy director and a former #FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.
#privacy #security

https://www.wired.com/story/meta-rank-one-computing-face-recognition-smart-glasses/

Un drone qui suit votre voiture en pleine circulation — pas forcément de la fiction. Les systèmes de suivi par drone posent une vraie question sur la surface d'exposition des données de mobilité : qui collecte, où ça va, et avec quelle base légale ? Le tracking physique a souvent une longueur d'avance sur les cadres réglementaires. #infosec #OSINT #privacy
https://www.slashgear.com/2194004/flock-using-drones-track-drivers/

Facebook déploie un moteur de recherche IA qui puise dans les posts et Reels de vos Groupes. Concrètement : du contenu posté dans des contextes semi-privés devient matière à entraînement et restitution. La frontière entre "partagé avec le groupe" et "indexé pour tous" mérite d'être lue dans les CGU avant de poster. #privacy #infosec #AI
https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-facebook-ai-mode-search-public-posts-groups-reels

https://deflock.org/

An open-source project mapping license plate readers. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion.

#deflock #flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy