"Every six months, Meta earns $3.5 billion from just the portion of scam ads that 'present higher legal risk,' the [Meta] document says, such as those falsely claiming to represent a consumer brand...That figure almost certainly exceeds 'the cost of any regulatory settlement involving scam ads.'”

No we have not. Most of us use the great, precise, yet very clear, metric system and know exactly when we must turn right. Only the US, Liberia and Myanmar use the "Imperial system" and rely on traffic lights and restaurants to know where they should turn😏 blog.google/products/map...

I cannot emphasize enough how much the folks at Census are *obsessed* with doing the right thing for both representative data collection and privacy. (I say this as someone who nearly didn’t get to tenure because of all the frictions involved in using restricted-access Census data.)

🗨️ "Austrian privacy group noyb said on Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint in Austria, accusing U.S.-based Clearview AI of illegally collecting photos and videos of European Union residents to build its facial-recognition database." More Info: www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

This idea from @esquiring.bsky.social is totally doable but has minimal chance of being embraced by Meta.

Sur ce sujet, lisez le dernier Cahier Innovation et Prospective de la CNIL, sur les données post mortem et notamment les "deadbots" : Article : linc.cnil.fr/cahier-ip10-... Pdf : linc.cnil.fr/sites/defaul...

"The watchdog said the option to keep the cheaper plan was only revealed after consumers began the cancellation process, a design it argued breached Australian consumer law by failing to disclose material information and creating a false impression of available choices."

Thanks! I thought there could be some rationals beyond "collecting more data". There are several things that I find very inconvenient and/or misleading. First, in many instances the *URLs are not shorter*, so to call that a shortener is misleading. Second, all shortened URLs look the same... [1/3]

Brought to you by the company who discontinued its "goo.gl" URL shortener in 2019 and killed it in 2025.

from said monstrosity, just under the share button in the hamburger menu, there is an "Open in Chrome" option, and from there you can share the raw link. extra friction i'm sure <1% of people do, but hey, if you are on a phone you can't reconfigure...

This seems to be happening since June 2025 on specific apps according to 9to5google.com/2025/06/26/g... and it can be disabled in the Google app support.google.com/websearch/an... For the reason, I'm pretty sure you already know why 😅

Why (and since when) does Chrome replace shared URLs by "share.google" URLs?

Téléchargez et découvrez le Cahier Innovation et Prospective de la CNIL : 💀"Nos données après nous", une exploration des usages et enjeux des données post mortem, de la mort à l’immortalité numérique 👉 linc.cnil.fr/cahier-ip10-... 👉 et le pdf : linc.cnil.fr/sites/defaul...

today at 3:45pm Dublin time

"U.S. trade authorities also say that, by protecting consumer data that PIX collects, the Brazilian government is hurting American companies that use such information to make business decisions and develop new products"

👉 De la mort à l’immortalité numérique : quelles pratiques ? quels enjeux éthiques ? 👉 Des données personnelles à la mémoire collective : quels enjeux éthiques pour la conservation du patrimoine numérique ? Ne tardez pas à vous inscrire pour le savoir ! www.cnil.fr/fr/air2025

👉De la mort à l’immortalité numérique : quelles pratiques ? quels enjeux éthiques ? 👉Des données personnelles à la mémoire collective : quels enjeux éthiques pour la conservation du patrimoine numérique ? Le programme de l'événement éthique de la #CNIL est en ligne : www.cnil.fr/fr/air2025

"Introducing new data controls" => Opting you in to something you never asked and providing a way to opt-put

Une variante de " blueberry "

This article sadly reminded me an XKCD: xkcd.com/937/

In light of Columbia's capitulation to the Trump regime's illegal and extortionate demands, I have resolved not to write for Columbia publications, speak at Columbia events, or perform other free labor for a university that has repudated its values. 3d.laboratorium.net/2025-07-25-c...

An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed

do not install any app from Facebook or Meta on any device. Ideally avoid installing ANY social media app. Login through a browser. I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers arstechnica.com/security/202...

NEW: The US government has collected DNA samples from 133,000+ migrant children and teenagers and uploaded them into CODIS, a national criminal database originally built for convicted sex offenders and violent criminals, according to documents reviewed by WIRED.

Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search *nationwide* for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety" www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

Looks like on Android 16, you can no longer get directions without enabling "location accuracy" (i.e. sharing your location with Google so that they can improve the location service)

Italian DPA: Pay or Consent, have your say (also after the DMA decision against Meta) "logica di intervento participativa" www.gpdp.it/web/guest/ho...

"Strengthening Trust in Computing Technologies For Detecting Illegal Deception Online" Organised by @uni.lu with @csnegri.bsky.social (moderator), Arianna Rossi, @vtoubiana.bsky.social, Stefan Schauer, Trushant Mehta More information: cpdp.be/4794 #CPDP.ai #CPDP2025 #TheWorldisWatching #CPDP

O3 bluffant pour faire de l'Osint (dans tous les sens du terme) simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/...

If Chrome did not belong to Google, they would have certainly blocked third party cookies by now, like most of their competitors. Forcing Google to sell Chrome would likely benefit to users' privacy. privacysandbox.com/news/privacy...

"Clicking on those underlined links in the text of the AI Overview, both at the top and in the middle section, will take you back to a new Google Search. The smaller link icons take you to the side panel links, those go to publishers and external websites" tbd during remedies trial 🤔

The Cyprus DPA announced it imposed a fine against Aylo, one of the world’s largest operators of pornographic sites, for failing to comply with GDPR. See lnkd.in/d2KjzUyK. Credits: Aimilios Koronaios

Meta introduced Llama 4 models and added this section near the very bottom of the announcement 😬 “[LLMs] historically have leaned left when it comes to debated political and social topics.” ai.meta.com/blog/llama-4...

The silicon valley model of consent

NEW from me: An AI image generator left a database exposed online, revealing how people use the technology. Thousands of explicit AI-generated images and child sexual abuse material was included in 90,000 exposed files. After WIRED got in touch, the company behind it took the site offline

🔔 Dernier jour pour soumettre des contributions au #PrivacyResearchDay de la #CNIL

The future is now baby futurism.com/vape-tamagot...

"Creating safer online environments for young people is a complex matrix of issues, & researchers & advocates need better data to enable more protections. [CDT] shared insights from a symposium on children’s online safety w/ researchers, policy experts, & civil society." www.macfound.org/pre...

"Shares of AppLovin sank more than 20% Thursday after short-selling firm Muddy Waters went after the company [...] Muddy Waters alleged that AppLovin’s ad tactics “systematically” violate app stores’ terms of service through “impermissibly extracting” user data." www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/a...

WIRED’s advice columnist considers whether trying to remove your data and information from generative AI tools could lessen your impact on the technology.

Harnessing Quantum Computing for Certified Randomness "We are guaranteed randomness even if the quantum computer was acting maliciously [...]. The randomness our protocol generates [...]does not require trusting any external entity." I guess Dilbert was wrong then www.jpmorgan.com/technology/t...

We've just updated the @wired.com guide for how to better protect your privacy when you cross the US border: www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...

⏰The call for papers for the #CNIL #PrivacyResearchDay will be closed in 7️⃣ days! 📄More details: www.cnil.fr/en/call-for-... 🖊️Submit papers: demarche.services.cnil.fr/linc/call-fo... Many topics of interest, including 3 "explorary": 🧠Neurotechnologies 😨Victims data breach 📲 Is my phone listening?

"Unfortunately, while Google Maps lets you export location history data to a file, Google’s instructions for recovering Timeline data include no obvious way to reimport the data that doesn’t involve the cloud backup servers." www.theverge.com/news/634442/...

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

Nice experiment demonstrating monopoly power: ability to "reduce quality without losing significant business" - well done!

Jesus Christ. French scientist denied entry to the US after immigration officers at an airport searched his phone and found messages critical of the Trump administration. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Nvidia’s chip names that highlight women and minority scientists are one of the most visible efforts to honor diversity in the tech industry during a period where diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives are being slashed by the Trump administration." www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/n...