#Privacy

• Burger King Japan Breach Leaks 11M App User Records

  Burger King Japan has confirmed a massive cybersecurity breach compromising personal details and order histories for over 11.18 million mobile app customers.

• Norwegian Rental Cars Recorded Troops Typing Gate Codes

  Soldiers in Norway discovered their rental cars had been recording them, including gate codes, during an exercise. No evidence suggests the footage left the vehicles.

• MapQuest Now Maps Flock Cameras With 120,000 Red Eyes

  MapQuest's new Surveillance Layer plots Flock and other license plate readers as red eyes on the map, and users are calling it a reason to switch from Google.

• MapQuest Maps License Plate Readers as Tiny Eyeballs

  MapQuest's new Surveillance layer plots license plate readers from Flock and a dozen other vendors as tiny eyeballs on the map. It's a privacy tool from an unexpected source.

• PIA v3.8.0 Claims 3x Faster VPN on Windows: WireGuard Now Default

  PIA's v3.8.0 update makes WireGuard the default protocol everywhere and claims Windows speeds can more than triple. Linux and macOS get obfuscation too.

• Sainsbury's Facial Recognition Back, No Opt-Out for Shoppers

  Sainsbury's has quietly resumed live facial recognition months after an innocent shopper was wrongly ejected. Privacy groups say the system treats every customer as a suspect.

• Discover-Tech Ads on 120,000 Sites Tracked Users, Say Researchers

  Security researchers say Discover-Tech turned ordinary online ads into a tracking network spanning 120,000 websites and 75,000 apps.

• Flock CEO: 'We Shouldn't Pause Progress' on ALPR Cameras

  Flock CEO Garrett Langley defended his company's license plate cameras at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, saying privacy is a fair price for safety.

• Google Links Your Phone Number to Every Android Account by Default

  Google Play Services now verifies and links your phone number across all signed-in Android accounts by default, and users are calling it a privacy betrayal.

• Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Recorded Audio Without 'Hey Meta' — Meta Says Fixed

  Ray-Ban Meta owners found unrequested audio clips and transcripts in their voice activity log. Meta calls the bug 'resolved' but hasn't explained the cause.