Emerging reality

Covert Data Harvesting

Companies and tools are increasingly collecting and sharing intimate user data through hidden ad, messaging, and AI pathways for surveillance and profiling.

4 stories · 3 in the last two weeks

Discover-Tech turned programmatic ads into a covert bridge to mercenary spyware.
pluralistic.net · 9 sources
German authorities did not deploy a Bundestrojaner-style spyware against AI companies’ servers.
firmenpresse.de · 9 sources
Meta's Muse is quietly building dossiers on users and non-users alike, privacy experts warn.
newsletter.hntrbrk.com · 11 sources
SMS-based AI agents are exposing other people's private messages through one user's consent, critics warn.
eff.org · 8 sources