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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026629 stories
LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices↗ notebookcheck.net · HN · 4 comments · 1201 points · Sep 07, 2026
216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 1015 comments · 940 points · Sep 07, 2026
Virginia bans sale of precise geolocation data↗ hunton.com · HN · 139 comments · 959 points · Jul 02, 2026
The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy↗ expression.fire.org · HN · 623 comments · 1152 points · Jun 25, 2026
The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 1301 comments · 1670 points · Feb 23, 2026
2025601 stories
Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies↗ ftm.eu · HN · 418 comments · 701 points · Dec 14, 2025
Accessing Max Verstappen's passport and PII through FIA bugs↗ ian.sh · HN · 145 comments · 632 points · Oct 22, 2025
Updates to Consumer Terms and Privacy Policy↗ anthropic.com · HN · 530 comments · 756 points · Aug 29, 2025
Age Verification Laws: A Backdoor to Surveillance↗ eff.org · HN · 445 comments · 660 points · Mar 07, 2025
Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history↗ wiz.io · HN · 474 comments · 707 points · Jan 29, 2025
2024602 stories
The global surveillance free-for-all in mobile ad data↗ krebsonsecurity.com · HN · 162 comments · 294 points · Oct 23, 2024
EU: Users who refuse scanning to be prevented from sharing photos and links↗ patrick-breyer.de · HN · 312 comments · 316 points · Jun 03, 2024
Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare↗ techradar.com · HN · 294 comments · 317 points · May 22, 2024
You can't leak users' data if you don't hold it↗ seancoates.com · HN · 162 comments · 464 points · Mar 28, 2024
Meta unlawfully ignores the users' right to easily withdraw consent: complaint↗ noyb.eu · HN · 121 comments · 420 points · Jan 11, 2024
2023775 stories
Are EU banks just mass surveillance devices?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 92 comments · 46 points · Dec 28, 2023
How can Santa keep his lists when the GDPR is around?↗ worldbuilding.stackexchange.com · HN · 88 comments · 251 points · Dec 24, 2023
No federal privacy law? After the 23andMe hack, it's time to take action↗ technical.ly · HN · 31 comments · 63 points · Oct 24, 2023
How I stay reasonably anonymous online (2022)↗ tmp.bearblog.dev · HN · 30 comments · 51 points · Sep 14, 2023
If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare↗ gizmodo.com · HN · 38 comments · 60 points · Sep 06, 2023
2022795 stories
American Data Privacy and Protection Act↗ congress.gov · HN · 299 comments · 394 points · Sep 22, 2022
Privacy vs. “I have nothing to hide” (2019)↗ kevquirk.com · HN · 462 comments · 382 points · Sep 14, 2022
Gun owners’ private information leaked by California Attorney General↗ thereload.com · HN · 593 comments · 350 points · Jun 28, 2022
Tell HN: Triplebyte is, yet again, making user profiles public without consent?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 125 comments · 610 points · Jun 16, 2022
Be anonymous↗ kg.dev · HN · 243 comments · 650 points · Feb 20, 2022
20211,062 stories
ProtonMail deletes 'we don't log your IP' from website after activist arrested↗ theregister.com · HN · 343 comments · 681 points · Sep 07, 2021
Huge data leak shatters the lie that the innocent need not fear surveillance↗ theguardian.com · HN · 152 comments · 800 points · Jul 19, 2021
Brave, the false sensation of privacy↗ ebin.city · HN · 486 comments · 617 points · Jun 18, 2021
60% of school apps are sending student data with third parties without consent↗ me2ba.org · HN · 155 comments · 613 points · May 05, 2021
WhatsApp to move ahead with privacy update despite backlash↗ reuters.com · HN · 291 comments · 615 points · Feb 19, 2021
20201,254 stories
Fawkes: Image “Cloaking” for Personal Privacy↗ sandlab.cs.uchicago.edu · HN · 121 comments · 498 points · Jul 22, 2020
Only 9% of visitors give GDPR consent to be tracked↗ markosaric.com · HN · 446 comments · 651 points · Jul 07, 2020
No cookie consent walls, scrolling isn’t consent, says EU data protection body↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 974 comments · 1108 points · May 06, 2020
Xiaomi Recording ‘Private’ Web and Phone Use↗ forbes.com · HN · 241 comments · 526 points · Apr 30, 2020
Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act↗ blogs.harvard.edu · HN · 509 comments · 1597 points · Mar 27, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices↗ notebookcheck.net · HN · 4 comments · 1201 points · Sep 07, 2026
216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 1015 comments · 940 points · Sep 07, 2026
LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 494 comments · 635 points · Sep 10, 2026
Data collected by cars and sold to third parties↗ theverge.com · HN · 262 comments · 483 points · Sep 13, 2026
Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private↗ theregister.com · HN · 286 comments · 350 points · Aug 30, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices↗ notebookcheck.net · HN · 4 comments · 1201 points · Sep 07, 2026
216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 1015 comments · 940 points · Sep 07, 2026
LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 494 comments · 635 points · Sep 10, 2026
Data collected by cars and sold to third parties↗ theverge.com · HN · 262 comments · 483 points · Sep 13, 2026
Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private↗ theregister.com · HN · 286 comments · 350 points · Aug 30, 2026
Moonshot serves Claude instead of Kimi and collects exchanges for model training↗ twitter.com · HN · 69 comments · 68 points · Sep 11, 2026
Why is privacy so hard? (2019)↗ cacm.acm.org · HN · 64 comments · 64 points · Sep 13, 2026
1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe↗ alilleybrinker.com · HN · 21 comments · 35 points · Sep 01, 2026
Show HN: Delete yourself from data brokers without a subscription↗ github.com · HN · 9 comments · 30 points · Aug 29, 2026
When Claude CLI asks for feedback, responding authorizes conversation capture↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 3 comments · 25 points · Sep 21, 2026

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