Privacy, censorship and VPN news

Blocking, data breaches, age-verification and surveillance laws. We work from primary sources, not press releases.

Articles in total: 295

14.08.2026

In Russia a mobile operator now sells access to blocked services instead of a VPN

14.08.2026

Apple warns targets of mercenary spyware again: the alert now lands on the Lock Screen

14.08.2026

The EU switched on automatic crypto reporting: what goes to the tax office

13.08.2026

Proton VPN rewrote its core in Rust: Stealth arrives on Linux

13.08.2026

Texas switched a domain off in the .com zone: the site vanished worldwide

13.08.2026

737 fake VPN extensions in Chrome: all the traffic went through someone else's proxy

12.08.2026

Meta on trial over children: states calculate up to $1.4 trillion in penalties

12.08.2026

Germany steps up domestic surveillance: the foreign spy service gets to work at home

12.08.2026

Polish medical records system breached: extortionists claim 18.8 million patients

12.08.2026

Data of 15 million Kazakhstanis on sale: the state portal breach is not confirmed

12.08.2026

Yandex Pay is out of the App Store: nothing left to reinstall it from

12.08.2026

Claude Watermarks Its Text: An Invisible Mark Under EU Rules

11.08.2026

The Age Gate Reaches WhatsApp: India Is Asking for Your Date of Birth

11.08.2026

Britain Is Pushing Age Verification Laws Into US States

10.08.2026

Ryde Data Breach: 4.5 Million Leaked in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany