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Australia banned social media for under-16s in December. Three months on, 8 in 10 teens never left, and half were never age-checked. The ban didn't get kids offline, it just made it harder for parents to see. Set accounts private, family tools on. #teensafety #Australia #privacy #indigoprivacy

IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach report: the average breach hit a record $4.99M, up more than 10% in a year. Breaches involving AI cost about $1M more, and the time to identify and contain one rose to 247 days, the first increase in five years. When a company holding your data is breached, that data sits exposed the whole time it goes undetected. More than half of breached organizations had left sensitive data unencrypted. Check whether your email is in a known breach: haveibeenpwned.com #databreach #IBM #privacy #indigoprivacy

You do not need something to hide to want privacy. You lock your front door and close the blinds without a second thought. Privacy online is the same idea, choosing who gets to know your business. A lot of that choice has quietly moved into app settings and default toggles. The good part is that you can move it back, and it takes less time than you would guess. #privacy #digitalprivacy #indigoprivacy

Voice stress analysis software marketed for use in lie detection by law enforcement and insurance investigators has no established scientific validity. #privacy #surveillance #AIethics #indigoprivacy

Pi-hole is free, open-source software that blocks ads and trackers at the DNS level for every device on your network — including the TVs, thermostats, and doorbells that can't run a browser extension. It runs on a Raspberry Pi; a Pi 4 with 1GB is about $35. DNS blocking only: no firewall, no intrusion detection. #pihole #raspberrypi #dns #privacy #indigoprivacy

A first-of-its-kind US case: Samuel Tunick gave Customs agents at Atlanta's airport a GrapheneOS 'duress' passcode - a feature that wipes the phone when entered instead of the real unlock code. The DOJ is now prosecuting him under a statute against destroying property to prevent government seizure; his lawyers argue the seizure was unconstitutional and he was denied a lawyer. Follows a recent ruling that border agents can search phones without a warrant. #privacy #GrapheneOS #indigoprivacy

We read the privacy news so you don't have to. One story, clearly explained, every Monday morning. #privacy #indigoprivacy

Employer wellness programs increasingly sync with Fitbit-style wearables and apps, streaming your steps, sleep, and heart rate straight to the company's health insurer — a biometric feed that can quietly move your premiums. #privacy #healthcare #workplacemonitoring #indigoprivacy

United and American don't just swap miles with hotels and card partners. Airline data broker ARC sells passenger travel records to DHS and marketers, cross-linked with your card spending into a full movement profile. #privacy #surveillance #socialmedia #indigoprivacy

United and American don't just swap miles with hotels and card partners. Airline data broker ARC sells passenger travel records to DHS and marketers, cross-linked with your card spending into a full movement profile. #privacy #surveillance #socialmedia #indigoprivacy

A new Jscrambler study found bank mortgage and account-opening pages quietly firing tracking pixels that send your data to Google, Meta, TikTok, and others. Across 14 cases, tracking fired without valid consent at 9 banks: before the cookie banner, after 'reject all,' or despite 'essential only.' One Spanish bank sent TikTok your hashed email and phone during a mortgage application. The cookie banner won't save you. Block trackers in the browser: Brave, uBlock, Pi-hole. #privacy #indigoprivacy

Opt-outs expire. Data brokers re-list you. We track which ones and publish new guides regularly. #optout #databrokers #indigoprivacy

Internet-connected kitchen appliances that offer recipe and grocery features collect meal preparation habits and dietary patterns retained on vendor servers. #privacy #IoT #tracking #indigoprivacy

This week in privacy:

• A US appeals court said border agents can search your phone with no warrant.
• A researcher found Shark robot vacuums can be turned into spy cameras (still unpatched).
• Google rolled out face-video sign-in - new biometric data to store.
• The EFF found most health wearables lack basic privacy protections.

The bright spot: California launched DROP, a free tool to bulk-delete you from data brokers.

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Every Monday: what happened in privacy this week, why it matters, and what to do about it. #privacy #news #indigoprivacy

Vendor management systems retain contractor and gig worker identity and performance data that is shared across client companies in the same industry. #privacy #databrokers #employment #indigoprivacy

USA Public Data Search (usa-official.com) aggregates public records - names, addresses, and family members. Removal is free, no account needed: search your name at usa-official.com/optout, select your records, and click the emailed verification link. Use an email alias, not your real address, since you're handing an email to a data broker. #databrokers #optout #privacy #indigoprivacy

Banks have reported cash over $10,000 to FinCEN since 1970 — a threshold never adjusted for inflation. It would be near $80,000 in today's money, so routine transactions now flood a database federal investigators mine at will. #privacy #fintech #indigoprivacy

Bitwarden is a free, open-source password manager. Unlimited passwords, unlimited devices, end-to-end encrypted so Bitwarden itself can't read your vault. The code is public and independently audited. Reused passwords are how most account breaches start. #Bitwarden #passwords #privacy #indigoprivacy

Home solar panel monitoring systems collect real-time energy generation and consumption data transmitted to manufacturer clouds and shared with utility partners. #privacy #smarthome #IoT #indigoprivacy