Topic

Privacy

A television screen in a living room (illustrative image).

Why Smart TVs Have Microphones, and the Tracking Feature That Matters More

The microphone in your TV remote is the obvious privacy worry. The setting regulators keep going after is automatic content recognition, which reports what is on your screen from every source.

Tech · 2 Oct 2026, 12:18 · Daniel Okafor

Illustration of an iOS 27 scam-alert warning on an iPhone.

Apple's iOS 27 Adds 'Trust Insights' to Catch Scams as They Happen

The hardest frauds to stop are the ones the victim authorises. Apple's new iOS 27 framework watches the behaviour, not just the password.

Tech · 3 Jul 2026, 12:25 · Daniel Okafor

WhatsApp's username feature, which lets users reserve a handle and eventually chat without sharing a phone number.

WhatsApp Opens Username Reservations to Hide Phone Numbers

WhatsApp began letting its three billion users reserve a username on Monday, ahead of a feature that will allow messaging without sharing a phone number.

Tech · 29 Jun 2026, 20:53 · Daniel Okafor

Google's reCAPTCHA, which is adding a camera-based hand-gesture check.

Google's New CAPTCHA Wants You to Wave at Your Camera

Google's new bot test asks you to wave at your webcam, mapping 21 points on your hand. It aims to stop AI agents, but privacy researchers are uneasy.

Tech · 17 Jun 2026, 11:48 · Daniel Okafor