UK Considers Australia-Style Social Media Ban
Politicians continue to try to tackle complex issues with oversimplified solutions
Nate Bartram
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.
European X/Twitter Alternative W Announced at Davos
People will do literally anything to avoid using Mastodon
Data Breach Roundup (Jan 16 – Jan 22, 2026)
You have to admire the audacity of someone who posts on Instagram as "ihackthegovernment"
Data Breach Roundup (Jan 9 – Jan 15, 2026)
A data breach forum having a breach, an investment platform sweeping theirs under the rug, major shipping company ignoring disclosures, and more.
Why Privacy is Like Broccoli
Believe it or not, there’s a lot of parallels between being healthy and privacy. Both seem simple on the surface but get complicated fast. Yet, both are achievable. So what can the health journey teach us about the privacy journey?
Data Breach Roundup (Jan 2 – Jan 8, 2026)
From cryptocurrency to healthcare, 2026 seems set to bring us more of the same breaches.
Texas Man Rescues Daughter Using Phone's Location Feature
Illustrating the importance of threat models
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 26, 2025 – Jan 1, 2026)
WIRED, crypto, and 2026's first candidate for "cascading data breach"
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 19 – Dec 25, 2025)
The Aflac breach affected 22.6 million customers. And this was a slow week.
Texas sues Smart TV Makers for Spying on People's Watch Habits
The Texas Attorney General has launched a lawsuit against five major smart TV manufacturers - Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL - over their use of Automated Content Recognition, or ACR.
Data Breach Roundup (Dec 12 – Dec 18, 2025)
Data breaches at Hama Film, Home Depot, 700Credit, PornHub, Askul, SoundCloud, University of Sydney, plus an update on last week's Coupang data breach.
Google Sunsets "Dark Web Report" Tool
This week, Google announced they would be shutting down their "Dark Web Report" tool, stating "it didn't provide helpful next steps." This was a separate offering from Google's "Results About You" service sometimes recommended to help stop data brokers leaking your info.
Bad Internet Bills: KOSA, The SCREEN Act, and Repealing Section 230
Nate Bartram sat down with technology journalist Taylor Lorenz to decipher the slate of bills being fast-tracked through Congress which threaten free speech, privacy, and your right to freely access information on the internet.
Data Breach Roundup (12/5/25–12/11/25)
Data breaches galore this week from Petco, AI startups, healthcare providers, and other organizations.