Privacy & Digital Freedom News — 2026-10-07
October 7, 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
- Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill’s Name — <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">There has been a raft of site-blocking bills in …
- Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs — <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>Congress is taking another run at site-blocking, a deeply flawed conc…
- Victory! Court Rejects Government Effort to Dismiss Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit — <div class="field field--name-field-pr-subhead field--type-text field--label-hidden"><div class="field__items"><div class="field__item even">Judge Allows Social Media Surveillance Lawsuit Against Trump Administration to …
- Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations — <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="none">In a new blow to </span><a href=" Bini’s</span><…
Schneier on Security
- Apple’s Verified Photography System — Apple just released a system called “Reference Image.” It can verify the image is exactly as taken by an iPhone—new models only—without tying it to a specific iPhone or photographer. It can also v…
- Possible Vulnerability in Apple’s Automatic Reboot — 404Media is reporting (alternate link ) that a cyber-weapons arms manufacturer is exploiting a vulnerability in iOS to bypass its automatic reboot security feature. This is the feature that automatically puts an iPhone i…
- Another Historic Cipher Falls to AI — This one is from 1809, written by Napoleon’s nephew.…
- Friday Squid Blogging: EU is Trying to Fight Unregulated Squid Fishing — The EU is recommending import controls to combat unregulated squid fishing in the Southwest Atlantic. I’m not optimistic. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news th…
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