devtake.dev — #privacyArticles tagged privacy on devtake.dev.https://devtake.dev/en-usBrave's browser got bloated with crypto and AI. Origin strips it back for $60https://devtake.dev/article/brave-origin-paid-browser/https://devtake.dev/article/brave-origin-paid-browser/Brave released Origin, a paid version of its browser that compiles out Leo AI, the crypto wallet, Rewards, Tor, and the VPN. A one-time $59.99 buys it, and Linux is free.Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMTwebbravewebbrowsersprivacychromiumnaomi-parkA browser SSD timing trick can fingerprint your browsing, and cookies won't stop ithttps://devtake.dev/article/ssd-activity-browser-side-channel/https://devtake.dev/article/ssd-activity-browser-side-channel/Graz researchers built FROST, a browser side-channel that times SSD activity to guess which sites and apps you're running. Here's how it works and what helps.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:30:00 GMTwebprivacysecuritywebbrowser-securityfingerprintingside-channelsupply-chainnaomi-parkYour car logs every hard brake, and the FTC just banned GM from selling it for five yearshttps://devtake.dev/article/connected-car-data-collection-privacy/https://devtake.dev/article/connected-car-data-collection-privacy/Connected cars collect location, driving behavior, in-cabin audio, and synced contacts, then route it to automaker clouds, brokers, and insurers. Here's how to stop it.Fri, 29 May 2026 06:35:00 GMTsecuritysecurityprivacydata-brokerssurveillanceconnected-carsautomakersftcluca-reinhardtAdversaries are tracking US troops with the same phone-location data advertisers buyhttps://devtake.dev/article/pentagon-troop-phone-location-tracking/https://devtake.dev/article/pentagon-troop-phone-location-tracking/A Wired investigation and a CENTCOM letter to Senator Wyden confirm enemies are tracking US troops through commercial phone location data. Here's how the broker pipeline works.Fri, 29 May 2026 05:50:00 GMTpolicypolicysurveillancedata-brokersprivacynational-securitypentagonlocation-dataclara-wexlerGoogle said people love AI search. DuckDuckGo's installs jumped 30% the next week.https://devtake.dev/article/duckduckgo-installs-surge-google-ai-search/https://devtake.dev/article/duckduckgo-installs-surge-google-ai-search/DuckDuckGo's US downloads climbed about 30% and its no-AI search page saw 28% more visits the week after Google's I/O push. The backlash is now measurable.Wed, 27 May 2026 19:20:00 GMTwebduckduckgogoogleai-searchprivacysearch-enginesgeminiwebnaomi-parkiOS 26.5 brings encrypted texting between iPhone and Android. Group chats and metadata still leak.https://devtake.dev/article/apple-google-encrypted-rcs-rollout/https://devtake.dev/article/apple-google-encrypted-rcs-rollout/Apple and Google began rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS on May 11. The MLS-based encryption rides on GSMA Universal Profile 3.0, but EFF says the rollout leaves real gaps.Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTappleapplegooglercsend-to-end-encryptionimessageios-26privacymlsnaomi-parkPalantir contractors are getting 'unlimited access' to NHS patient data before it's anonymizedhttps://devtake.dev/article/palantir-nhs-unlimited-patient-data-access/https://devtake.dev/article/palantir-nhs-unlimited-patient-data-access/NHS England created an admin role giving Palantir staff access to identifiable patient data. The £330M contract's break clause arrives in March 2027.Tue, 12 May 2026 10:45:00 GMTpolicypalantirnhsprivacyhealth-dataukpolicyfederated-data-platformregulationclara-wexlerThe EU called VPNs 'a loophole that needs closing.' Proton's UK signups rose 1,800%.https://devtake.dev/article/eu-vpn-loophole-age-verification/https://devtake.dev/article/eu-vpn-loophole-age-verification/An EU Parliament briefing and Executive VP Henna Virkkunen both flagged VPN circumvention of age verification. The UK's attempt to solve it backfired into record VPN adoption.Sat, 09 May 2026 08:15:00 GMTpolicypolicyregulationprivacyeuvpnage-verificationencryptionclara-wexler380,000 vibe-coded apps are sitting on the open web. 5,000 of them are leaking real data.https://devtake.dev/article/vibe-coded-apps-expose-corporate-data/https://devtake.dev/article/vibe-coded-apps-expose-corporate-data/RedAccess found that AI coding tools like Lovable, Base44, and Replit default to public hosting, leaving medical records, bank internals, and corporate secrets indexed by Google.Sat, 09 May 2026 08:00:00 GMTsecuritysecurityai-securityai-agentsdev-toolssupply-chainprivacycredential-theftluca-reinhardtMeta pulled encryption from Instagram DMs today. WhatsApp and Messenger keep theirs.https://devtake.dev/article/instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-2026/https://devtake.dev/article/instagram-encrypted-messaging-ends-may-2026/End-to-end encryption is gone from Instagram DMs as of May 8. Meta cited low adoption for a feature it never turned on by default.Fri, 08 May 2026 10:00:00 GMTpolicymetainstagramencryptionprivacyend-to-end-encryptionpolicytake-it-down-actchild-safetyclara-wexlerMicrosoft Edge keeps every saved password in cleartext memory. Microsoft calls it 'by design'.https://devtake.dev/article/microsoft-edge-cleartext-passwords-memory/https://devtake.dev/article/microsoft-edge-cleartext-passwords-memory/A researcher showed Edge decrypts the entire password vault at launch and leaves it in process memory. Chrome decrypts on demand. Microsoft says it's intentional.Tue, 05 May 2026 08:45:00 GMTsecuritysecuritymicrosoftedgebrowser-securitycredential-theftchromiumpasswordsprivacyluca-reinhardtOpenAI's Privacy Filter is a 1.5B PII redactor that ships under Apache 2.0. Here's what it actually does.https://devtake.dev/article/openai-privacy-filter/https://devtake.dev/article/openai-privacy-filter/OpenAI released Privacy Filter on April 22 as an open-weight on-device model for masking eight types of PII. F1 of 96%. Runs in a browser. Here's the catch.Sun, 26 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMTaiopenaiprivacypiiopen-weightsai-modelsllmhugging-facedata-privacydieter-morelli