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2025-06-15

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The families hiring 'private bobbies' to police their homes

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gr103y3leo

Security officers from private firms are being paid to patrol some UK neighbourhoods in an effort to deter burglars - but how much can they really do?

2025-05-02

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The Infamous ‘You Wouldn’t Steal a Car’ Anti-Piracy Font Was Pirated. But By Who?

www.404media.co/the-infamous-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-font-was-pirated-but-by-who

You wouldn't download an illegal font ... unless you wanted to use it to sell a modem for the Sega Genesis?

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Germany: Intelligence agency labels AfD party as 'extremist' – DW – 05/02/2025

www.dw.com/en/germany-intelligence-agency-labels-afd-party-as-extremist/a-72413346

The agency cited a "xenophobic, anti-minority, Islamophobic" rhetoric among the reasons for the designation. The label gives authorities more power to surveil the far-right party.

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UK could save billions by ending hunger – not slashing benefits

www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/end-hunger-save-public-money-poverty-trussell

Researchers at Trussell have found that the UK government could save billions if it increased universal credit to help tackle hunger.

Trussell article on their report

2025-05-01

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Linux in Excel? Sure, why not ruin both

www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/linux_in_microsoft_excel

2025-04-27

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Your smartphone is listening to you

www.independent.co.uk/tech/smartphone-apps-listening-privacy-alphonso-shazam-advertising-pool-3d-honey-quest-a8139451.html

Software from a company called Alphonso can be used to listen in to the environment around a user, to work out what they’re watching

2025-04-18

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Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr75wypg0vo

The social platform is testing age checks using facial scanning for access to sensitive content.

2025-04-14

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Hertz says customers' personal data and driver's licenses stolen in data breach | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/hertz-says-customers-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses-stolen-in-data-breach

The car rental giant attributed the breach to Cleo, whose customers had data stolen by a ransomware gang in 2024.

2025-04-11

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Recall going back into Windows

arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11

Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?

2025-04-10

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2025 PeerTube Roadmap

joinpeertube.org/news/roadmap-2025
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Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’

www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen

2025-04-09

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UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill

Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’