Privacy & Digital Freedom News — 2026-08-27

The daily reading list for people who care about digital privacy — curated headlines with links to the original reporting. Why we track this: every new SIM-registration law, data-broker leak, and surveillance expansion is a reason anonymous connectivity exists.

EFF Deeplinks

• EFF's Policy Position on ALPR Surveillance: Eliminate It and Reduce Its Harms — <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><span>Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) build a searchable map of eve…
• EFF Statement on Meta Settlement — <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><span data-contrast="auto">Under <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noopener no…
• French Top Court Gets It Right, Strikes Down Social Media Ban For Youths — <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><span></span></p> <p><span>Earlier this month, France’s top court </span><a…
• EFF and Civil Society Groups Call on Nottinghamshire Police to Halt Live Face Recognition — <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p><span>This week, EFF, along with Big Brother Watch, Defend Digital Me, Libe…

Hacker News (privacy)

• The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker
• Flock Defense "No Expectation of Privacy in Public" Is Wrong
• An American Privacy Emergency — Recent and related: Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau - - June 2026 (604 comments)…
• Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance

Hacker News (eSIM)

• Plaud's new earphones come with an eSIM-enabled case for talking to AI agents
• eSIM was supposed to replace SIM cards, but carriers turned it into a trap
• Cheapest way to keep a UK mobile number using an eSIM
• Implementing automatic eSIM installation on Android

Schneier on Security

• LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams — OpenAI disrupted a social engineering group from Cambodia that used ChatGPT. Its scope is impressive: The network simultaneously conducted multiple types of scams, often blending elements from different schemes. For inst…
• Spyware for Babies — The New York Times has a long article ( alt link ) on surveillance systems aimed at babies. They are increasingly using AI. Nanit and its rivals want to own 24/7 health tracking for the sub-four-foot set. And their alrea…
• Black Hat State of Security Vendors — Andy Ellis has a roundup of the security vendors at Black Hat this year. Key Takeaways: We have entered into an AI world. While nearly half of booths didn&#8217;t directly mention AI or agents in their taglines, the effe…
• Criminal Deception in Silicon Valley — Interesting paper : Abstract: With entrepreneurial fraud cases on the rise, we investigate how entrepreneurs carry out criminal deception , employing deceptive means to defraud audiences. Analyzing court data from Silico…

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This roundup is generated automatically every day from public feeds. All headlines link to and credit their original sources.