Apple's Reference Image: Anonymous Photo Provenance, and Where Trust Still Sits
Apple's new opt-in iPhone mode signs photos at the sensor and finishes them in Private Cloud Compute, so they can be verified without naming the photographer. The design is strong on privacy, but its trust rests on Apple's own infrastructure and claims.
Connected Cars as a Surveillance Platform: What the Northeastern Study Shows
A Northeastern University study with Consumer Reports traces data moving between vehicles, their companion apps and third parties. For security teams, the car is now a data-exposure surface as well as a safety-critical system.
Shared Claude Chats Were Indexed by Google, Exposing Private Data
A public-sharing feature without a noindex tag let Google crawl and surface Claude conversations users had shared with a link — including crypto wallet keys, medical dashboards, and therapy-app source code.
Why Giving Users 'Control' Over Data Won't Fix AI-Era Privacy
Legal scholar Daniel Solove argues in the Wall Street Journal that consent-based privacy law has failed — and that AI makes the case for regulating companies directly, the way food and drug law does.