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3 Apple Maps Alternatives That Can't Sell You Out
3 Apple Maps Alternatives That Can't Sell You Out

After years of recommending Apple Maps as a more private Google Maps alternative, that recommendation just got more complicated, because Apple Maps i…

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The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About (John Ozbay Interview)
The Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About (John Ozbay Interview)

End-to-end encrypted file sharing may sound simple, but for Cryptee, it took five years to ship. In this interview, Henry sits down with John Ozbay, …

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Permission Not Required: The Open Source App that Makes the Invisible Visible (Loupe Review)
Permission Not Required: The Open Source App that Makes the Invisible Visible (Loupe Review)

App tracking is mostly invisible, but now there's a free & open source iOS app that changes that. Loupe shows you what any app on your iPhone can qui…

2 months, 1 week ago

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The BEST and WORST VPNs for Privacy (2026 Tier List)
The BEST and WORST VPNs for Privacy (2026 Tier List)

Your VPN sees every site you visit, every app you use, and every search you make. Choosing the wrong one means trading your ISP's surveillance for so…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Meta Hid Face Recognition on 50 Million Phones
Meta Hid Face Recognition on 50 Million Phones

Meta quietly embedded unreleased facial-recognition code, internally called "nametag" onto more than 50 million phones through its Meta AI app, then …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Meta AI Disaster: How Hackers Stole High-Profile Accounts
Meta AI Disaster: How Hackers Stole High-Profile Accounts

Attackers were taking over Instagram accounts by matching a target's region with a VPN, starting a password reset, and simply asking Meta's AI suppor…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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School Buses Are Becoming Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
School Buses Are Becoming Roaming Surveillance Vehicles

Bus Patrol installed AI cameras in tens of thousands of US school buses to catch drivers passing stopped buses, and now those cameras are being turne…

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How to Tell if an App Is Actually Secure (Most Aren't)
How to Tell if an App Is Actually Secure (Most Aren't)

Most apps claiming to be "private and secure" are using language that sounds meaningful but commits to almost nothing. I broke this down after watchi…

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Is Firefox's Free VPN Actually Private? (Head of Firefox Interview)
Is Firefox's Free VPN Actually Private? (Head of Firefox Interview)

Firefox now has a free built-in VPN with 50GB of bandwidth per month. In this interview, Henry sits down with Ajit Varma, Head of Firefox at Mozilla,…

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Is Safari the Best Privacy Browser for Apple Users? - Techlore Office Hours Live
Is Safari the Best Privacy Browser for Apple Users? - Techlore Office Hours Live

Welcome to Techlore Office Hours - your weekly chance to get privacy, security, and digital rights questions answered live! This is unscripted, real-…

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