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A new study published July 8 by researchers at the University of Michigan, the University of New Mexico and IIT Delhi tested 281 free VPN apps from the Google Play Store — the apps millions of parents
Read more →On June 30, 2026, New Jersey signed bill A5328 into law, and the ban took effect the same day: data brokers can no longer sell "precise geolocation data" or "data collected from a known
Read more →Hide My Email is the Apple feature millions of families use to sign up for apps, stores, and newsletters without handing over their real address. A researcher, Tyler Murphy, found a flaw that could al
Read more →On July 3, Google, in coordination with the FBI, Lumen and other partners, disrupted NetNut, a proxy network built on at least two million compromised devices globally — mostly smart TVs and streaming
Read more →At the Cannes Lions advertising festival (reported June 23), Amazon announced Alexa+ Agentic Ads, a new ad format where the AI version of Alexa holds a natural back-and-forth conversation about a prod
Read more →New privacy laws took effect July 1, 2026 in Connecticut, Arkansas, and Utah. Arkansas now has a flat prohibition on collecting personal data for targeted advertising from children under 13 and teens
Read more →A Fox News breakdown of the fine print buried in smart-home gadgets is making the rounds. Among the clauses: video doorbells log your geolocation and routine to build "a detailed map of when you
Read more →A security researcher found that more than 1.1 million Wi-Fi baby monitors and home cameras — sold under brands like Wyze, Arenti, Boifun, and others — had a flaw that let anyone with a free account p
Read more →A fresh Reviews.org "State of Consumer Data 2026" survey of 1,000 Americans (published June 8 and getting picked up across consumer outlets this week) found that 45% believe their devices ar
Read more →Dashlane confirmed on June 2 that hackers brute-forced its two-factor system over the May 31 weekend and downloaded the encrypted password vaults of about 20 customer accounts. The TechCrunch story is
Read more →On Tuesday, June 9, Meta announced it will expand how it uses the activity data that businesses already share with it through tracking pixels, using it to personalize not just ads, but Instagram and F
Read more →Privacy Guides flagged a Google Family Link exploit on May 29: once an attacker has your Google password, they change your account's birth year to under 13, link you to a "parent" accou
Read more →A security researcher reverse-engineered the Bright Data SDK that ships inside free apps on Samsung and LG smart TVs and showed that, once opened, the TV turns into a "residential proxy," fe
Read more →Fraud analysts named smart-home device takeover one of the top four consumer scam trends for 2026. Documented incidents include a Mississippi family whose stranger hijacked their Ring doorbell to hara
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