Discord wants to crack down on age verification for users. What does that mean and what are the alternatives? #Discord #privacy #AgeVerification #IDVerification #SocialMedia

Google's "Results About You" can now alert you to even more info! #Google #privacy #DataBroker #PeopleSearch #doxing #ResultsAboutYou

📅 Privacy Guides is going live on Friday afternoon with our podcast This Week In Privacy. 🎙️🔴 😱 We’ll be talking about Meta’s decision to add facial recognition to their smart glasses.🔒 youtube.com/live/rvj7aIL... #privacy #privacyguides #facialrecognition

🎥🔴Episode #40 of This Week in Privacy is live in 15 minutes, we'll be answering questions from the community and covering the latest privacy news! Come say hi! 👋 youtube.com/live/Rdn43VA... #privacy #privacyguides #discord

📅 Mark your calendars, Privacy Guides is going live this Friday with our podcast This Week In Privacy. 🔴🎥 📣 We'll be discussing the recent move by Discord to require ID, trending topics & answering questions live! #privacy #privacyguides #discord youtube.com/live/Rdn43VA...

🎥🔴Episode #39 of This Week in Privacy is live right now, we're answering questions from the community and covering the latest privacy news! Come say hi! youtube.com/live/8YfQwi6... #privacy #privacyguides #twip

Episode #38 of This Week in Privacy is live right now, we're answering questions from the community and covering the latest privacy news! youtube.com/live/Hpgn3xr... #privacy #privacyguides #twip

Microsoft Can Decrypt Your Computer Now #Microsoft #BitLocker #FBI #privacy #cybersecurity

There's a lot going on in the United States. If you plan to exercise your legal right to protest, we kindly remind you to not RSVP online, "check in" on a social app, or share your name or email with protest organizers.

📅 January 28th is international Data Privacy Day! It's 2026, and your personal data privacy has never been more important. Privacy is an essential right when it comes to personal safety, upholding democracy, keeping our freedom of speech, and building community. 🧵

It's Data Privacy Week ✨ There's never been a better time to take back your privacy, that's why we'll be sharing new tips every day that'll help you improve your privacy & security posture. 🔒

Episode #37 of This Week in Privacy is live right now, come say hi and get up to date on the latest privacy & security news! www.youtube.com/live/fmFuXR4...

Episode #36 of This Week in Privacy is live right now, come say hi and get up to date on the latest privacy & security news! youtube.com/live/LEbNBrl...

We're back in an hour for This Week in Privacy #36, tune in and ask us questions in our chat! YouTube Live: youtube.com/live/LEbNBrl... NEW - Watch and chat with us (without needing to register an account) on Streamyard: streamyard.com/watch/Dj9hqR... NEW - Twitch: www.twitch.tv/privacyguides

Thanks to @privacyguides.org for the review of our platform! “After using their platform for the past few weeks, I can comfortably write that Hush Line accomplishes its mission astoundingly well.” www.privacyguides.org/posts/2026/0...

Episode #35 of This Week in Privacy is live right now, we're covering the latest privacy & security news! youtube.com/live/cjCNl1N...

Tip lines don't work if your source doesn't know how to use them. Hush Line tries to make this process easier for the most vulnerable in society, but how does it actually work? www.privacyguides.org/posts/2026/0...

Episode #34 of This Week in Privacy is live right now, join the chat and say hi: youtube.com/live/J6W9hBe...

Happy New Year from all of us at Privacy Guides 💛

🔴 Episode #33 of This Week in Privacy is live in 15 minutes, join the chat and say hi: youtube.com/live/7QAGZya...

Why I don't like Louis Rossmann's new cell carrier (Phreeli) youtu.be/zLOXsFmLayw

🎥🔴This Week in Privacy is live again in 5 minutes~ Catch up on the latest in privacy & security, and join the chat for a Q&A with this week's hosts youtube.com/live/Ez9D4ql...

End of an era 😢 youtu.be/o7GhAb-YcCI

If you don't trust Congress to write a good budget that protects the people, you shouldn't trust them to write bills that "protect the children". A dissection of the current crop via @taylorlorenz.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hE...

I made a quick update to BADBOOL to clarify the list is mostly U.S.-based because it is... a volunteer project based in the U.S. With that, I'll be taking the month off of updating. Thank you to everyone who's spread the word about this project, especially @privacyguides.org @freedom.press. 💕

Last week in the United States of America, Congress began fast-tracking nearly 20 bills in a massive effort to enact massive censorship on the internet, decimate your ability to use computers privately, and severely restrict free speech online. youtu.be/q0hE4EM7RRo

The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE. This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE

Showing ID online isn't the same as showing it to a human offline. Each time we provide our official ID or face scan online, this data risks getting leaked, stolen, or accessed by corporations and governments alike, to track our online activities and attach it to our identities.

Who could have possibly seen this coming?

Advocate for privacy & digital rights in your local community: We have new designs available in the Privacy Guides shop, designed by (human!) hand by our resident designer Em 😎 🥃 New drinkware is now available at shop.privacyguides.org/collections/...

🔴 We are live with Episode 29 of This Week in Privacy! See you there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Qs...

Exciting news! We are launching our first privacy advocacy designs in our merch shop at shop.privacyguides.org - Check it out, we hope you like what we have to offer! Your support directly helps us continue to create quality, independent privacy & security resources.

The non-profit Privacy Guides newsroom and other education and advocacy teams use zero generative AI whatsoever. All our work is human-made, and if you want to support impartial journalism and education we would greatly appreciate your support.

The Electronic Frontier Alliance is No More, Says EFF #News www.privacyguides.org/news/2025/11...

🔴 This Week in Privacy #28 is live! Come say hi to our newest full-time team member, find out what we're planning in 2026, and ask us anything: youtube.com/live/ZBAqzbx...

So...we’ve just added a new face to the Privacy Guides team. Catch the grand reveal in this week’s TWIP livestream on Friday, 10 PM UTC. 🐱 Hint: Their cat may be a regular guest www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBAq...

Have you hardened your smartphone's security? We have a guide that covers many essential tips you should think about: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

Check out @privacyguides.org primer on why everyone benefits from using Tor. www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/...

Self-hosting your private cryptocurrency has never been easier with our guide on running Monero on TrueNAS: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

It feels like our data is being captured left and right and there's not much you can do about it. But we'll let you in on a little secret: You can say NO ✋ www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

In our series on privacy-enhancing technologies, one of our team members explains Multi-Party Computation, and how reducing the trust required in any single actor can improve your privacy overall: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

It's not something many people think about, but in many countries once you die your privacy rights cease to exist. Maybe you won't care, but this has a tremendous impact on families and other survivors, and needs to be taken more seriously: www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

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Proton will be holding their annual fundraiser again next month. If you think Privacy Guides should be a grant recipient this year, please send our info their way! ➡️ form.typeform.com/to/XixQrG8Q 💛 What we spend money on: discuss.privacyguides.net/t/become-a-m...

Email Security: Where We Are and What the Future Holds www.privacyguides.org/articles/202...

📅 Tune in to "This Week in Privacy" every Friday at 5 PM ET (2 PM PT)! 🔴🎥 Topics include Firefox's new fingerprint protection, the EU's Chat Control is back, and Mullvad's end of its Leta private search. Join the forum for questions or participate live.

🚨 Attention EU Citizens 🚨 💬 Chat Control could mandate all services to scan all private digital communications of everyone residing in the European Union, and it's currently waiting to be green-lit by the EU Parliament tomorrow. #chatcontrol #privacy #eu

Hoorah! Android 16 QPR1 has been pushed to AOSP after two months of limbo. Despite this, you should still be concerned if #google continues to delay future releases www.androidauthority.com/android-16-q...

We're disappointed that the new EU compromise proposal will implement a loophole that essentially brings back mandatory client-side scanning. #ChatControl is back. We strongly urge the EU to remove this loophole in Article 4 of the new draft. www.privacyguides.org/articles/202... #StopChatControl