Researchers at a Madrid science institute discovered Meta and its Russian counterpart Yandex were able to evade privacy protections of Android users by funneling cookies – from websites that contain tracking scripts – to their own apps. This enabled them to analyze web data and make it available to their own apps by bypassing user permissions, incognito mode and working around device IDs.
Hate handing over your Social Security number? Don’t worry! The US Supreme Court just handed over wholesale access to the (formerly, Musk’s) Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) because…well, why not? DOGE asked, which was reason enough. Plus, in additional recognition of its specialness, they also paused a lower court order requiring DOGE to respond to a lawsuit request for documents. Apparently, unlike other government agencies, DOGE doesn’t need to comply with federal records requests.
Seems there are some holes in Switzerland’s legendary commitment to privacy. The country is poised to change encryption laws that govern VPNs by extending surveillance obligations and requiring companies to ID their users. This would undermine VPNs’ strict no-log policies.
CDP Zeta Global has unveiled Athena, a “superintelligent” voice-activated interface that delivers instant answers, smarter decisions, and agentic actions throughout the Zeta platform. It activates a suite of agentic apps that can adapt to each user’s specific goals and styles. Early access will begin later this year, with a suite of agentic apps to follow in the first half of next year.