Surveillance
Every story tagged surveillance from the last 60 days of the digest, newest first.
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Friday 30 October 2026
Semafor
AFL-CIO drafting 'gold-standard' AI legislationThe AFL-CIO is drafting its own AI bill on worker protections and privacy, calling it its highest priority.
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Sunday 25 October 2026
FouAnalytics
If Ad Targeting Is SO Inaccurate, How Did AdFection Hit Specific Journalists via ads?Fou's earlier column explained how attackers used real identifiers, not audience segments, to target specific journalists with spyware via ads.
Saturday 24 October 2026
FouAnalytics
If ad targeting is so inaccurate, how did AdFection hit specific journalists?Augustine Fou explains how attackers used phone numbers and network IDs, not inferred audiences, to deliver spyware to journalists through ads.
Citizen Lab
How Discover-Tech turned targeted ads into a pipeline for spywareCitizen Lab found Discover-Tech used online ads to deliver zero-click Candiru spyware to devices at Al Jazeera.
Friday 23 October 2026
The Guardian
Digital ads enabling zero-click spyware, researchers sayCitizen Lab researchers say an ad company used online ads to profile millions of users and could enable spyware installation without a click.
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Stratechery
Do You Trust Apple?Ben Thompson argues Apple's HomeView rests on trust in integration and privacy, but the real question is whether buyers will commit their homes to Siri AI.
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Tuesday 13 October 2026
Marketecture
The Open Web Has an Apple ProblemAlan Chapell argues Apple's privacy rules let it decide who does business on Safari, while Google appears absent from its blocklist.
Saturday 10 October 2026
Fast Company
Meta's Muse is taking off. So are the privacy concernsMeta's Muse agent passed 900,000 downloads in its first week, while some early users deleted it after privacy scares.
Friday 9 October 2026
Business Insider
Apple roils adtech with privacy updateApple's iOS 27 update blocked domains used by The Trade Desk, LiveRamp, ID5 and Permutive, disrupting ad serving.
Wednesday 23 September 2026
Business Insider
The risks of letting AI agents run your lifeResearchers weigh the alignment and privacy risks of handing a personal agent your accounts.
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