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Your AI talks to ad networks, mute its mic
An IMDEA study measured nine AI assistants. The address, the title, sometimes your message go to Meta, TikTok or Google. What leaks, and the fix on Mac.
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Data & Law Explainer
Your email provider has ten days to hand you over
Since 18 August 2026, your email data can be handed over within ten days to an authority in any member state, without a judge in your country.
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Code signing, the shared anchor of Santa and Little Snitch
A Little Snitch alert on your backup is not necessarily a missing signature. What code signing really controls, with Santa in parallel.
Data & Law Explainer
Passwork, « Made in EU » outside, FSB-certified inside
A tool sold as Made in EU, with code pushed from Russia. The label has no legal weight. Here's the checklist to vet your software supply chain.
Mac Security Explainer
Your Mac was patched by XProtect without your knowledge, it's for your own good
On May 11, 2026, 170 npm packages in the TanStack ecosystem were compromised in six minutes. The next day, Apple pushed an XProtect signature onto your Mac without telling you. Here's how to check.
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Proton Meet, end-to-end encrypted video calls
Proton encrypts your calls end-to-end using MLS. Even Proton can't snoop on your meetings. How it really differs from Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet.
Data & Law Explainer
Six months and nineteen global texts, the terrifying convergence
HR 8250, CSAR, verdict Meta, World ID, Online Safety Act. Six months, nineteen texts, four continents. One direction.
Privacy Explainer
The DNS, your digital Achilles heel.
You encrypt your emails, pay for a VPN, enable Tailscale. Yet your ISP knows you visited Tinder.com last night. DNS, that's why.
Data & Law Explainer
NIS2 forces companies to encrypt. CSAR prevents them from really doing it.
NIS2 forces encryption on businesses. CSAR wants to crack it. Same institution. Two incompatible texts. What it means for you.
Data & Law Explainer
Chat Control 2.0, the EU wants to read your messages first
The CSAR regulation would force messaging apps to scan your messages before encryption. Signal threatens to leave Europe. Here's what you can do.
Mac Security Explainer Getting started
Lockdown Mode, why you should enable it
An iOS toolkit designed for government agencies has leaked. Lockdown Mode stopped it dead in its tracks. Here's how it works and why it matters.
No Big Tech Explainer
The cloud is someone else's computer, so what?
iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox: Practical, Not Sovereign. What It Means, and How to Take Back Control of Your Data.
Mac Security Explainer
What the Secure Enclave really changes for your security
Secure Enclave, Secure Boot, KIP, PAC. What Apple Silicon's architecture really protects, and what it doesn't. No bullshit.
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Why you need a VPN and what it actually does
Your ISP, or an attacker on a public network, sees every site you visit. A VPN changes that. But it also has its limits.