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• Post #4388195

  A Republican congressman has announced plans to sponsor a bill that would strip federal funding from police departments that utilize Flock and other similar surveillance systems: https://www.newsweek.com/massie-bill-would-bar-funding-for-police-using-flock-license-plate-readers-12244884

• Post #4334220

  U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban AI and tech companies from selling users sensitive personal health data: https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/06/new-privacy-bill-bans-ai-health-data-sales.html

• Post #4334219

  DuckDuckGo's AI feature has been telling users that U.S. President Donald Trump has died from a rabies infection...prompting questions about how easily training data can be poisoned: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/duckduckgo-ai-trump-rabies

• Post #4334218

  Countries and regions across the globe are passing Age Verification laws that mandate certain websites and users to check that all users are over a certain age. While advocates claim that these laws "protect children", they put EVERYONE at risk: https://www.startmail.com/age-verification

• Post #4334217

  The U.S. House of Representatives has fast tracked and passed the KIDS Act, "a Privacy and Free Speech Disaster" that stitches together over a dozen failed bills that seek to age-gate the Internet: https://reclaimthenet.org/the-house-just-voted-for-kosa

• Post #4334216

  The European Commission was set to eliminate cookie banners for their constituents, but now Google has lobbied enough commissioners to kill the proposal: https://cybernews.com/tech/cookie-banner-france-germany/

• Post #4334215

  Apple has failed to fix a vulnerability with their "Hide My Email" tool that can expose a user's real email address, according to cybersecurity researchers and journalists: https://www.404media.co/apple-hide-my-email-vulnerability-reveals-peoples-real-email-addresses/

• Post #4334214

  According to inside sources, the European Commission's president is expected to announce a proposal to ban children from social media apps in September: https://www.euractiv.com/news/eu-plans-to-announce-social-media-ban-for-kids-in-september/

• Post #4334213

  You need to stop giving out your real email address. Seriously. It's not just about spam...your email address itself is a tracker that companies and bad actors can use to track you. Learn more about the risks here: https://www.startmail.com/stop-giving-your-real-email

• Post #4334212

  A county in the US with 37 data centers (and plans for more) is warning schools and county agencies to expect a 25% increase in energy costs and asks employees to "conserve electricity" accordingly: https://www.404media.co/henrico-virginia-datacenter-energy-cost-email/

• Post #4334211

  AI advocates keep trying to tell us that the technology is "inevitable". The truth is, no technology is inevitable...especially one that poses SUCH a huge privacy risk. Do YOU trust it with your private data?

• Post #4334210

  All new cars in the EU must now be equipped with driver cameras and emergency auto-brakes according to new regulations implemented this year: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/nya-regeln-obligatorisk-kamera-pa-bilforaren

• Post #4334209

  You may think that the worst part of being served targeted ads is that they're super creepy and specific. In reality, the info that's being used for that scarily accurate targeting is being shown to thousands of companies without your knowledge.

• Post #4334208

  We've always strived to introduce and improve features to better our users' experiences. Since our subscribers are our ONLY source of revenue, we work for THEM and only them...not for shareholders, advertisers, or investors.

• Post #4334207

  While some people are excited to implement emerging tech like AI, it's important to recognize that, in its current form, these models and tools create HUGE risks to your data and your privacy...

• Post #4334206

  France and Germany have abandoned their relationships with Palantir and vowed to develop "a European sovereign digital backbone": https://www.politico.eu/article/france-germany-want-to-develop-a-palantir-rival/

• Post #4170486

  While cities across the US are ditching Flock cameras due to public backlash, many are simply replacing them with similar cameras from companies like Axon: https://www.gadgetreview.com/cities-are-ditching-flock-safety-cameras-then-hiring-axon-to-do-the-same-job

• Post #4145021

  It's not just local police departments. Grocery and retail stores in America are also putting up Flock cameras... and then sharing that information with police: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/grocery-store-tracking-license-plate-152736433.html

• Post #4043187

  Google is introducing a new version of its "reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification" that will allow sites to block any device that runs a "de-Googled" version of its Android OS: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/googles-new-remote-attestation-scheme-every-bit-terrible-its-old-remote

• Post #3871133

  The city of Cleveland is one of nearly 50 cities that have cancelled their contracts with Flock Safety, but the cameras have allegedly remained on and in use by police: https://www.gadgetreview.com/cleveland-voted-to-kill-its-flock-camera-network-they-have-remained-on-with-police-still-using-them

• Post #3540959

  Records show that the controversial immigration enforcement agency ICE has purchased immigrants' tax identifiers from a data broker to sidestep a law designed to prevent them from that information: https://www.404media.co/ice-appears-to-be-buying-immigrants-tax-identifiers-from-a-data-broker/

• Post #2331137

  Starting in September 2027, new cars sold in the U.S. will be required to have surveillance technology that monitors whether you are impaired or distracted: https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/federal-car-surveillance-mandate-2027-nhtsa-dadss-privacy-2026/

• Post #2144195

  @rickf While we are required to answer legally valid requests sent to us from Dutch authorities, our disclosures have never unmasked a user to this extent. You can see precisely how many requests we receive each year and what information we've disclosed (if any) in our annual transparency report: https://www.startmail.com/transparency

• Post #2144194

  A recent leak of Claude Code's source has experts warning that it can "exercise far more control" and gather more data than previously thought: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_source_leak_privacy_nightmare/

• Post #2144193

  @Synthyx As far as the open source question goes, you can check our technical white paper on our website to see a detailed explanation for why staying proprietary is more secure for our servers and users. And while our payment processor isn't able to accept XMR, we are able to accept payments in Bitcoin!

• Post #2144192

  As more and more companies, agencies, and entities make use of facial recognition tech, its errors have vast reaching and severe consequences...and there are a lot more errors than you might think: https://spectrum.ieee.org/facial-recognition-gone-wrong

• Post #2144191

  @Synthyx Unfortunately, none of our payment processors accept Monero and we don't have the ability to redo our entire infrastructure in order to move over to a new one. Sorry 🙃

• Post #2144190

  You may know that our company started as a private search engine. But why did we choose to do email from there? Simple, your email address is the nexus of how you communicate with people on the internet, and we're still leading the charge today with features like unlimited aliases!

• Post #2144189

  @Synthyx Of course! We would love to be able to incorporate everyone's feedback. It's just that we're already a small team that can only focus on a certain number of updates at a time. But hopefully, as we grow. we can expand our team and do more! 🤞

• Post #2144187

  American telehealth company Hims and Hers has suffered a data breach via Zendesk that has exposed the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hims-and-hers-warns-of-data-breach-after-zendesk-support-ticket-breach/