Privacy & Digital Freedom News — 2026-10-02
October 2, 20262 min readnews · privacy · roundup · auto
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
- We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data — <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even"><p>The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is the latest California law enforcement …
- Challengers Approach: Third Party App Stores Arrive to Google Play — <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>If you are an Android user, you may have noticed it already: Google h…
- Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility — <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">When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the …
- Happy Opt Out October! Let’s Find Real Alternatives to the Tech Giants — <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>Over the years, the major tech companies have found all sorts of ways…
Hacker News (privacy)
- Automatic Transmission – a data-privacy study of connected vehicles
- A Privacy Analysis of Web and Mobile Conversational AI Agents [pdf]
- Why is privacy so hard? (2019)
- GPT-6 Astra in code review: Gains, privacy, and cost
Hacker News (eSIM)
- Opera Adds Travel eSIM to Android Browser with 3GB Free Data
- 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
Schneier on Security
- How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools — This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian . New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spendi…
- Connected Cars Are a Surveillance Platform — Researchers at Northeastern University, in collaboration with Consumer Reports , evaluated how much modern cars spy in their drivers: The new Northeastern study shows, for the first time, data flowing among the vehicles,…
- I Want Better Reporting on AI Genie Behavior — AI systems are regularly completing tasks in ways that their prompters don’t want or intend. Some of them are disturbing, and some of them are dangerous. This is something I’ve been calling “ genie beha…
- Using Device Linking to Eavesdrop on WhatsApp and Signal — Modern messaging apps allow users to link their phone accounts to their computer desktop. Eavesdroppers are taking advantage of this capability: Apps such as WhatsApp Web and Signal Desktop allow people to use their acco…
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