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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-05 | tags: google chrome, ai model, privacy

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ConsentFix v3 attacks target Azure with automated OAuth abuse (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-05-02 | get OAuth Security Toolkit → | tags: consentfix, azure, oauth

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Microsoft says backend change broke Teams Free chat and calls (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-04-29 | get Microsoft Teams Troubleshooting Kit → | tags: microsoft, teams free, backend change

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Refuse to let your doctor record you (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-24 | get Privacy Screen for Devices → | tags: doctor recording, patient privacy, medical consent

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US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-09 | get Email → | tags: appeals, appeals tos, consent

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Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-18 | by Ken Macon | get Verifications → | tags: account, app store, consent

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Microsoft announces new mobile-style Windows security controls (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-02-10 | get Windows Defender → | tags: access, apps, consent

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X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-03 | get Office → | tags: consent, consent necessary, data used

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Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-02-03 | get SpaceX → | tags: consent, consent necessary, data used

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X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-03 | get Office → | tags: consent, consent necessary, data used

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Consent-O-Matic (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-18 | get Smartphone → | tags: action, consent, example

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FTC bans GM from selling drivers' location data for five years (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-15 | get Smartphone → | tags: collection, consent, data collection

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ConsentFix debrief: Insights from the new OAuth phishing attack (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-01-14 | get OAuth → | tags: attack, attacks, browser

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Japan will restart the world’s largest nuclear plant after clearing this last major hurdle (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-23 | get Nuclear Reactor → | tags: central, central prefecture, consent

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Apple Fined $116 Million Over App Privacy Prompts (slashdot.org)

2025-12-23 | by Posted | get Apple Watch → | tags: agcm, agcm says, apple

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Apple fined $116 million over app privacy prompts (theverge.com)

2025-12-23 | by Jess Weatherbed | get App Store → | tags: agcm, apple, apps

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Italy fines Apple $116 million over App Store privacy policy issues (bleepingcomputer.com)

2025-12-23 | get App Store → | tags: apple, apps, consent

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Apple fined by Italian antitrust watchdog over App Tracking Transparency rules (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-22 | by Marcus Mendes | get Tracking Transparency → | tags: agcm, apple, consent

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Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-22 | get App Store → | tags: app store, apple, consent

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Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation (arstechnica.com)

2025-12-08 | get Facebook → | tags: changes, commission, consent

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Apple security bounties slashed as Mac malware grows (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-02 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Mac ransomware → | tags: access, apple, consent

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ZoomInfo CEO blocks researcher after documenting pre-consent biometric tracking (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-25 | get Biometric Tracking System → | tags: consent, evidence, legal

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How to record a call on your Pixel phone (and check if it's even legal to do so) (zdnet.com)

2025-11-14 | by Elyse Betters Picaro | get Google Pixel → | tags: android, consent, delete

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Feds searched license camera readers at 18 WA police agencies without consent (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-10 | get License Plate Readers → | tags: agencies, agencies consent, camera

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Apple details new APIs for parental consent and age verification in Texas (9to5mac.com)

2025-11-05 | by Marcus Mendes | get Cloud → | tags: apple, consent, details

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Privacy laws can’t keep up with ‘luxury surveillance’ (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Janus Rose | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: consent, glasses, meta

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Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: browser, choice, consent

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Solar energy is now the cheapest source of power, study (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get science reference book → | tags: clicking, consent, cookies

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What if I don't want videos of my hobby time available to the world? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get Meta Quest → | tags: consent, don, fun

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European policymakers finally plan to fix the cookie banner headache they created (techspot.com)

2025-10-31 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: consent, cookie, data