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New research finds that most AI chatbot users have shared something sensitive, but few trust the companies behind them.
Featured
Meta has agreed to pay a $18 billion settlement and implement child-safety measures on Instagram and Facebook, ending a landmark trial.
ChatGPT's iMessage plugin feeds your end-to-end encrypted texts into an AI pipeline, opens a privacy backdoor, and grants system permissions.
ChatGPT for Teens promises safer AI for kids but experts warn about unproven protections. OpenAI risks normalizing age verification for LLMs.
Videos
Learn how hacker tools such as malicious USB cables, keyloggers, and RFID readers can target systems and what you can do to stay safe.
See the tech tools used by privacy experts, from a DIY smartwatch and travel router to Tails, Linux, Pi-hole, and offline Wikipedia.
Explore privacy tools that privacy experts use for everyda, from GrapheneOS and Organic Maps to Qubes OS, F-Droid, Cape, Tor, and VPNs.
Proton updates
Proton has partnered with the team behind Apertus, adding their sovereign AI model to its privacy-first AI chatbot Lumo.
Here's a timeline of what happened, what choices we made during the incident and why, and how it was resolved.
Lumo can now turn your spreadsheets, reports, or internal documents into data visualizations for free — while keeping your information private. Start a chat to try it.
News
Meta's Muse AI agent shared a Facebook Marketplace seller's home address with a buyer without asking. Here's what happened.
Draft Australian legislation could let people switch off social media algorithms on apps like Instagram and TikTok. See why opt-out matters.
See how the Google Account recovery Gmail scam uses real security emails and a fake Google call to trick victims, and learn the warning signs.
Guides
Sent an email too soon? Here's how to unsend an email in Gmail, extend the Undo Send window to 30 seconds, and what to do when it's too late.
Here's how to clear Google search history on web, iPhone, and Android, plus how to auto-delete and limit what Google collects from now on.
Your voice, streams, and viewing habits may train Amazon AI. See what Alexa, Twitch, Ring, and Fire TV collect, and how to limit it.
Opinion
Meta’s smart glasses capture first-person data that helps AI understand the physical world. Here’s what that means for robots, privacy, and users.
Proton released a new video featuring CEO Andy Yen and the team explaining why the company exists, and why privacy has to be the default.
Austrian data strategist Fritz Fahringer explains how European businesses can reclaim data sovereignty with everyday tools.
For business
Automate encrypted offsite backups with Proton Drive CLI. Sign in, script, and schedule nightly uploads with cron on Linux, macOS, or Windows.
A new report indicates that criminals are stealing AI logins at a rapid rate: Find out why and how to protect your business
Learn how to communicate a security incident to employees, customers, and regulators without losing trust or creating compliance risk.