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Privacy Roundup: Week 13 of Year 2025
March 31, 2025
Week 13 features Signalgate, 23andMe's bankruptcy, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 12 of Year 2025
March 24, 2025
Week 12 features news items covering Android apps harvesting Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection data, Apple Passwords using insecure HTTP, Reddit posts pushing information stealers, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 11 of Year 2025
March 17, 2025
Week 11 features Apple patching a zero-day in WebKit, an ICE tool that can monitor 200+ websites, data brokers bragging about having personal information of billions, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 10 of Year 2025
March 10, 2025
Week 10 of the Privacy Roundup features Apple appealing UK order, EFF releasing Stingray hunting open source software, a massive malvertising campaign, and more!
Updates to Multiple Posts
March 6, 2025
Three updated posts on avoidhehack.com
Privacy Roundup: Week 9 of Year 2025
March 3, 2025
Week 9 of the Privacy Roundup features news items covering Mozilla Firefox's privacy notice changes, data breach of a US employee screening giant, more stalkerware leaks, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 8 of Year 2025
February 24, 2025
Week 8 of the Privacy Roundup features news items covering the massive threat of infostealers, Apple pulling ADP from UK users, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 7 of Year 2025
February 17, 2025
Week 7 of the Privacy Roundup features news items covering an emergency Apple update for iOS devices, EFF filing lawsuits against doge, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 6 of Year 2025
February 10, 2025
Week 6 of the Privacy Roundup features news items covering DeepSeek app privacy and security concerns, a GrubHub third-party data breach, UK government demanding backdoor access to Apple iCloud, and more!
Privacy Roundup: Week 5 of Year 2025
February 3, 2025
Week 5 features news items covering Signal enabling cross-device sync of messages, DeepSeek leaking personal information, Apple fixing its first exploited zero-day of the year, and more!
New Post: How to Find Old Accounts for Deletion
January 29, 2025
This post covers ways/tips users can find old accounts to delete (or secure).
Privacy Roundup: Week 4 of Year 2025
January 27, 2025
Week 4 features news items covering vulnerabilities in 7-zip and Subaru Starlink, sneaky methods threat actors use to deliver stealers, and more.
Privacy Roundup: Week 3 of Year 2025
January 20, 2025
Week 3 features news items showing the FTC doing a lot of things, elevated phishing tactics, and Patch Tuesday shenanigans.
Updates to Multiple Posts + minor site updates
January 16, 2025
These January 2024 updates add modify recommendations and update existing information.
Privacy Roundup: Week 2 of Year 2025
January 13, 2025
Week 2 features news items covering Telegram's sharing data with the US government, prolific vishing threat actors, and more.
Privacy Roundup: Week 1 of Year 2025
January 4, 2025
Week 1 features news items covering leaked identity documents, Apple settling a Siri-related privacy lawsuit, the US Treasury getting hacked by PRC-linked APTs, and more.
New Post: Email Aliasing is a Great Privacy Tool
October 17, 2024
Email aliasing is a great privacy tool for reducing spam, scams, and other unwanted messages/clutter in your inbox.
Update to "The Best Pi-Hole Blocklists"
October 2, 2024
October 2024 updates to this post include blocklist collection revisions and additional information.
New Post: An Introduction to Trackers
September 5, 2024
The topic of trackers and tracking techniques is broad. This post just scratches the surface on common tracking techniques and the data they may (and tend to) collect.
Update to "Blocking Ads, Trackers, and Malware in Browsers, Devices, and Networks" (+ minor updates)
August 22, 2024
Post update to "Blocking Ads, Trackers, and Malware in Browsers, Devices, and Networks" from avoidthehack.com Features other minor updates as well.
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