/r/privacy - top ten submissions for each month of 2025

sfw subreddits | << privacy 2024
2025, August
EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging - The ...
3508 EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging - The ...
EU plan to read all your private messages and p...
3182 EU plan to read all your private messages and p...
anonymity on the internet will be dead in a cou...
3076 anonymity on the internet will be dead in a cou...
Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worrie...
2567 Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worrie...
Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
2233 Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet
YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing thr...
2140 YouTube backlash begins: “Why is AI combing thr...
Sign the Petition to stop Youtube implement AI ...
2040 Sign the Petition to stop Youtube implement AI ...
There seems to be a calculated broad attack on ...
1731 There seems to be a calculated broad attack on ...
[Euronews] Return of chat control: something is...
1569 [Euronews] Return of chat control: something is...
Mass Surveillance - Fight Back
1528 Mass Surveillance - Fight Back
2025, July
BREAKING NEWS: Online Monitoring Program is Exp...
3582 BREAKING NEWS: Online Monitoring Program is Exp...
McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot With Password ‘123456’...
2098 McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot With Password ‘123456’...
Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to trac...
1960 Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to trac...
The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030
1948 The EU wants to decrypt your private data by 2030
Tea App verification images have been leaked...
1744 Tea App verification images have been leaked...
UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use sk...
1625 UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use sk...
Whats going on with “kids online protection” al...
1590 Whats going on with “kids online protection” al...
Colour me shocked: Your ChatGPT therapy session...
1582 Colour me shocked: Your ChatGPT therapy session...
ICE is snooping on your medical bills
1524 ICE is snooping on your medical bills
Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to ...
1485 Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to ...
2025, June
US embassy wants 'every social media username o...
6117 US embassy wants 'every social media username o...
Android 16 can warn you if a fake cell tower is...
3319 Android 16 can warn you if a fake cell tower is...
Delta, United And American Caught Selling Trave...
3266 Delta, United And American Caught Selling Trave...
Why is no one talking about the eu going dark p...
2623 Why is no one talking about the eu going dark p...
The US government has hired Palantir to create ...
2404 The US government has hired Palantir to create ...
Beware the fakesite havelbeenpwnd
2211 Beware the fakesite havelbeenpwnd
US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to tar...
1999 US-backed Israeli company's spyware used to tar...
Effective immediately, all individuals applying...
1998 Effective immediately, all individuals applying...
Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from th...
1859 Iran asks its people to delete WhatsApp from th...
ICE appears to now be illegally using Flock cam...
1750 ICE appears to now be illegally using Flock cam...
2025, May
Trump administration scraps Biden-era plan to l...
2268 Trump administration scraps Biden-era plan to l...
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Del...
2256 Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Del...
White House scraps plan to block data brokers f...
1785 White House scraps plan to block data brokers f...
Meta served with 'cease and desist' notice for ...
1760 Meta served with 'cease and desist' notice for ...
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thu...
1728 Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thu...
FBI Wants Access To Encrypted iPhone And Androi...
1697 FBI Wants Access To Encrypted iPhone And Androi...
EU is proposing a new mass surveillance law and...
1631 EU is proposing a new mass surveillance law and...
I've deleted my Facebook account in 2016, and t...
1628 I've deleted my Facebook account in 2016, and t...
Survey shows Gmail users would gladly sacrifice...
1393 Survey shows Gmail users would gladly sacrifice...
I requested all my personal data from Apple
1331 I requested all my personal data from Apple
2025, April
"Get You Ass To Linux!" Microsoft Recall returns
2298 "Get You Ass To Linux!" Microsoft Recall returns
TSA Face Scanning Forced by Agent
1817 TSA Face Scanning Forced by Agent
ChatGPT Has Receipts, Will Now Remember Everyth...
1609 ChatGPT Has Receipts, Will Now Remember Everyth...
Telegram pledges to exit the market rather than...
1308 Telegram pledges to exit the market rather than...
Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. On...
1145 Gmail unveils end-to-end encrypted messages. On...
That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recal...
992 That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recal...
Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring user...
984 Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring user...
The mentality of “i have nothing to hide” is wh...
919 The mentality of “i have nothing to hide” is wh...
End to end encrpytion coming to Gmail
909 End to end encrpytion coming to Gmail
It’s disgusting how even the most reputable web...
877 It’s disgusting how even the most reputable web...
2025, March
GM sued for selling driver data to insurers
2023 GM sued for selling driver data to insurers
Google’s Unannounced Update Scans All Your Phot...
1962 Google’s Unannounced Update Scans All Your Phot...
Windows 11 blocks ability to skip Microsoft Acc...
1805 Windows 11 blocks ability to skip Microsoft Acc...
China bans facial recognition in hotels, bathrooms
1546 China bans facial recognition in hotels, bathrooms
State Department Will Use AI to Search for ‘Pro...
1470 State Department Will Use AI to Search for ‘Pro...
France rejects backdoor mandate
1354 France rejects backdoor mandate
Governments can't seem to stop asking for secre...
1273 Governments can't seem to stop asking for secre...
Amazon is removing an Echo privacy setting that...
1126 Amazon is removing an Echo privacy setting that...
PSA: Amazon Alexa discontinuing Do Not Send Voi...
1093 PSA: Amazon Alexa discontinuing Do Not Send Voi...
Bank of America Warns Social Security Numbers, ...
1053 Bank of America Warns Social Security Numbers, ...
2025, February
Google’s new policy tracks all your devices wit...
3413 Google’s new policy tracks all your devices wit...
Apple does the right thing: refuses to build a ...
2850 Apple does the right thing: refuses to build a ...
Signal's CEO: Then We're Leaving Sweden (if a n...
2546 Signal's CEO: Then We're Leaving Sweden (if a n...
ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Th...
2077 ICE Wants to Know If You’re Posting Negative Th...
Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and ...
2017 Microsoft begins turning off uBlock Origin and ...
A new Android feature is scanning your photos f...
1863 A new Android feature is scanning your photos f...
New WinRAR version strips Windows metadata to i...
1818 New WinRAR version strips Windows metadata to i...
Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons o...
1682 Google drops pledge not to use AI for weapons o...
EFF Sues OPM, DOGE and Musk for Endangering the...
1574 EFF Sues OPM, DOGE and Musk for Endangering the...
Health data of 1 million Americans stolen by ha...
1565 Health data of 1 million Americans stolen by ha...
2025, January
Hiding your IP won't protect you, people badly ...
2800 Hiding your IP won't protect you, people badly ...
NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users—Disable Loca...
2055 NSA Warns iPhone And Android Users—Disable Loca...
Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, all...
1970 Texas has sued insurance provider Allstate, all...
US Justice Department drops case against Texas ...
1699 US Justice Department drops case against Texas ...
GM banned from selling your driving data for fi...
1574 GM banned from selling your driving data for fi...
Thanks to lobbying, your DNA is probably in the...
1500 Thanks to lobbying, your DNA is probably in the...
Time to Delete? The Most Invasive Apps List Inc...
1407 Time to Delete? The Most Invasive Apps List Inc...
Subaru security vulnerability allowed millions ...
1313 Subaru security vulnerability allowed millions ...
US government says companies are no longer allo...
1281 US government says companies are no longer allo...
Phone Metadata Suddenly Not So ‘Harmless’ When ...
1278 Phone Metadata Suddenly Not So ‘Harmless’ When ...