# \#news **URL:** https://community.redact.dev/tag/news/25.md [Latest](https://community.redact.dev/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.redact.dev/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.redact.dev/tags.md) --- ## [Does the US Government want to know your social media names or do they want actual login to your social media accounts?](https://community.redact.dev/t/does-the-us-government-want-to-know-your-social-media-names-or-do-they-want-actual-login-to-your-social-media-accounts/158)
**Author:** [@lil\_debbie\_cakes](https://community.redact.dev/u/lil_debbie_cakes)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/does-the-us-government-want-to-know-your-social-media-names-or-do-they-want-actual-login-to-your-social-media-accounts/158 "2026-06-20T16:34:08Z")
I am referring to this story of course: https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/us/us-visa-waiver-social-media-check --- ## [Discord hackers accessed Anthropic Mythos AI by vendor and URL guessing](https://community.redact.dev/t/discord-hackers-accessed-anthropic-mythos-ai-by-vendor-and-url-guessing/326)
**Author:** [@UP\_DOG](https://community.redact.dev/u/UP_DOG)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/discord-hackers-accessed-anthropic-mythos-ai-by-vendor-and-url-guessing/326 "2026-05-09T13:47:57Z")
Crazy! Posting this because it’s so relevant to the vendor-environment stuff we keep coming back to. Bloomberg broke this story earlier this week I seen it on X, then Wired, TechCrunch, Engadget, Fortune all picked it up… --- ## [Zara online data leak, my info is now on the web! Here's what I did to reduce the damage](https://community.redact.dev/t/zara-online-data-leak-my-info-is-now-on-the-web-heres-what-i-did-to-reduce-the-damage/322)
**Author:** [@Tommy](https://community.redact.dev/u/Tommy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/zara-online-data-leak-my-info-is-now-on-the-web-heres-what-i-did-to-reduce-the-damage/322 "2026-05-06T10:30:30Z")
Saw the news this week that the breach hit basically all the Inditex brands (Zara, Bershka, Pull&Bear, Stradivarius, Oysho). The attackers are claiming they got 19 million records. I’ve had my Zara account since back ar… --- ## [Google Defying Canada's Right to Be Forgotten Law](https://community.redact.dev/t/google-defying-canadas-right-to-be-forgotten-law/111)
**Author:** [@groble27](https://community.redact.dev/u/groble27)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/google-defying-canadas-right-to-be-forgotten-law/111 "2025-11-26T01:46:19Z")
TLDR: the first real Canadian precedent on digital erasure vs free expression. Canada’s privacy commissioner says Google violated federal privacy law by refusing to de-list search results about a dropped criminal charg… --- ## [Aaron Cohen (GIDEON Mass Surveillance Tool) Had Another Fox News Appearance (Somehow)](https://community.redact.dev/t/aaron-cohen-gideon-mass-surveillance-tool-had-another-fox-news-appearance-somehow/115)
**Author:** [@groble27](https://community.redact.dev/u/groble27)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/aaron-cohen-gideon-mass-surveillance-tool-had-another-fox-news-appearance-somehow/115 "2025-09-04T22:37:39Z")
so this was on the redact blog a while ago but somehow aaron cohen had another fox news appearance (he posted about it here) where he AGAIN claims he’s launching the "first ai powered threat detection system” and said it… --- ## [The Internet Wants to Check you ID by The New Yorker](https://community.redact.dev/t/the-internet-wants-to-check-you-id-by-the-new-yorker/112)
**Author:** [@Trigger\_Control](https://community.redact.dev/u/Trigger_Control)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/the-internet-wants-to-check-you-id-by-the-new-yorker/112 "2025-08-31T01:45:50Z")
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-internet-wants-to-check-your-id “New safety rules require users to verify their identities before gaining access to sites. This spells the end of the relative anonym… --- ## [AI photo recognition, social screening in recruitment, Home Depot's facial recongition practices](https://community.redact.dev/t/ai-photo-recognition-social-screening-in-recruitment-home-depots-facial-recongition-practices/110)
**Author:** [@wooly](https://community.redact.dev/u/wooly)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 4:11am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/ai-photo-recognition-social-screening-in-recruitment-home-depots-facial-recongition-practices/110 "2025-08-22T04:11:21Z")
The pace of anti-privacy innovation and corporate adoption continues to be almost impossible to keep up with. Just recently, a terrifying new AI photo recognition tool can find the location of a photo with a snippet. Me… --- ## [New socially engineered google data breach](https://community.redact.dev/t/new-socially-engineered-google-data-breach/95)
**Author:** [@groble27](https://community.redact.dev/u/groble27)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/new-socially-engineered-google-data-breach/95 "2025-08-06T23:39:38Z")
According to Google’s own disclosure and surrounding coverage, ShinyHunters tricked employees into installing a booby-trapped copy of Salesforce Data Loader, then siphoned off a trove of SMB contact info (notes, emails, … --- ## [Spotify + Others Implementing Mandatory ID checks in the UK, Australia](https://community.redact.dev/t/spotify-others-implementing-mandatory-id-checks-in-the-uk-australia/89)
**Author:** [@wooly](https://community.redact.dev/u/wooly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2025, 4:20am UTC](https://community.redact.dev/t/spotify-others-implementing-mandatory-id-checks-in-the-uk-australia/89 "2025-08-06T04:20:49Z")
Hey folks, Spotify just imposed a pretty intense requirement for every UK based listener: prove you’re 18+ with a selfie or government ID, or your account can be frozen - then wiped after 90 days. They’re leaning on Yot…