June 19, 2026

Nate Bartram

Jonah Aragon

Android 17 has arrived on GrapheneOS! (Sort Of)

Our top stories this week:

Android 17 Launched, What New Privacy/Security Features Does it Bring?
Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes
Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.
If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare
UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews

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Updates from the Team

You're Creating Passwords Wrong - Here's Why

In 2026 passwords have become so ubiquitous, this is a great security step but most people are choosing weak passwords! This leaves them vulnerable to phishing, credential stuffing and more, in this video we'll explain how to create stronger passwords and give some additional security tips to really increase your account security.

News Briefs

This week's news briefs include updates about an unpatchable exploit in certain iPhones, WhatsApp's claims it thwarted an NSO spyware campaign, and much more!

Sources

Android 17 Launched, What New Privacy/Security Features Does it Bring?

Android 17 has launched, and as usual the Graphene OS team has already released and initial update. This new update unfortunately includes an upstream bug that prevents recovery to a previous version, so the current status is a bit up-in-the-air while they work that out. In the meantime, check out our article from Fria to see some of biggest the new privacy & security features included.

Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.

At the last minute last week, some good news came in. Title VII of FISA - which includes the highly-controversial Section 702, which was the justification the NSA uses for much of their privacy-invasive spying on American citizens - expired. Unfortunately, while this is a privacy win, we're not out of the woods yet. The current reauthorization of Section 702 is valid until March 2027. Even if it doesn't somehow get revived between now and then, the spying will likely simply be moved to other programs. Still, it's worth celebrating any small win we can get.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes

Just this week, Canada's House of Commons sadly passed Bill C-22, which would streamline law enforcement access to digital data and put new legal requirements in place for services to retain more data and create backdoors. In the past, services like Signal and DuckDuckGo have promised to withdraw from the Canadian market if this bill passes. It now goes to the Senate for a vote.

If the FCC Bans Burner Phones, It Could Be a Privacy Nightmare

The US Federal Communications Commission is proposing a new rule that would require telcos to collect a name, address, and government ID number for every cellphone customer. They're framing this as a way to stop robocalls and spammers, but in addition to the fact this probably won't really stop those, it also would endanger people who rely on burner phones like whistleblowers and people fleeing abusive situations.

The UK has officially decided to move forward with a social media ban for minors under the age of 16, which take place in spring 2027.

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Nate is a member of Privacy Guides' video and news team. He has been advocating for privacy on his own website The New Oil since 2018, and is the former host of Surveillance Report, a popular cybersecurity podcast he published with Techlore.

Jonah is Privacy Guides' editor and Program Director. With over a decade of technical writing experience, his role includes researching and writing for Privacy Guides. He also runs Triplebit, a non-profit ISP behind many privacy-related tools.