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Techdirt
TechdirtOct 13, 2026
U.S. Car Privacy And Security Remain An Absolute Shitshow
In 2023, Mozilla released a report noting that modern U.S. cars had the worst security and privacy standards of any major technology industry the organization tracks. That was followed by a major NYT report in 2024 showing how automakers routinely hoover up oodles of consumer driving and phone info, then sell access to that data...
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Techdirt
TechdirtOct 6, 2026
Meta’s Muse Is An Adorable Privacy And Security Dumpster Fire
Meta's agentic AI product Muse has had a rocky few weeks since launch. The product, which features an animated avatar named Jolly (one presumes to make mass hyper surveillance seem adorable) is supposed to help you offload busywork like making restaurant reservations, paying bills, or ordering groceries. Despite Meta having claimed repeatedly that Muse was...
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Techdirt
TechdirtOct 1, 2026
Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding
Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless "self-regulatory" regimes that exist primarily to pre-empt real government oversight. While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they're just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that corporate power can effectively police itself for ethical and competitive breaches. U.S. history has a thing or two to say...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 15, 2026
LG TVs Snoop Your Local Network, Listen To You When ‘Off’
LG hasn't been making many friends lately. It annoyed some LG "smart" TV users recently when it tried to force them to use Microsoft's Copilot AI system. It's also been force-installing surveillance bloatware on many LG user's monitors as it ramps up data surveillance and monetization. Now LG is in hot water again, after YouTube...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 14, 2026
Streaming TV Prices Rising Faster Than Cable Ever Did
Now that streaming subscriber growth has slowed, we’ve noted repeatedly how the streaming TV sector is falling into all of the bad habits that ultimately doomed traditional cable TV. That has involved chasing pointless “growth for growth’s sake” megamergers, imposing bottomless price hikes and new annoying restrictions on customers, undermining labor, and cutting corners on...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 9, 2026
Fake Consumer Group Using AI To Generate Fake Support For Paramount Merger
In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company's executives just keep demonstrating why they're not really the kind of folks you want dominating the lion's share of U.S. media.That's included calling deal critics "antisemitic," cozying up to foreign authoritarians, constantly threatening...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 3, 2026
Colorado Sees First Lawsuit Under ‘Right To Repair’ Law
At this point all fifty states have considered passing "right to repair" law aimed at making it easier and cheaper for consumers (and independent repair shops) to repair their tech. That said, only Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, California, Oregon, and Washington have actually passed laws. And of those states, none have seen any...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 28, 2026
‘Right To Repair’ State Laws Continue To Surge, But Enforcement Remains Nonexistent
There’s still a massive effort afoot to implement statewide “right to repair” laws that try to make it cheaper, easier, and environmentally friendlier for you to repair the technology you own. All fifty states have at least flirted with the idea, though only Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, California, Oregon, and Washington have actually...
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