Mullvad will shut down its privacy-focused search proxy, Leta, on November 27, 2025

Samourai Wallet dev gets max sentence in a case closely watched by privacy advocates Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison. In a letter to the judge, his attorneys had requested a sentence of one year and one day. His co-founder will be sentenced later this month.

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Samourai Wallet dev gets max sentence in a case closely watched by privacy advocates

Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez was sentenced to five years in prison. In a letter to the judge, his attorneys had requested a sentence...

My X account has been suspended due to inauthentic behaviors. This has never happened to me before; has anyone else experienced this, and will I be able to recover my account?

A programmer has revealed that his side project is “going for Satoshi’s wallet." He has shared a post on Substack outlining plans to use group-theory math and optimized elliptic-curve code to try to crack the Bitcoin founder’s keys.

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🧊 Hidden Firefox AI process consuming CPU resources? Firefox browser users have encountered serious performance issues after the release of version 141. Initially, suspicion fell on the new "Smart Tab Grouping" feature using AI, but an official Mozilla investigation (Bug 1982278) showed that the abnormally high CPU load is caused by another component, namely the hidden pilot experiment "Semantic Search in History" (places.semanticHistory). The "Smart Tab Grouping" has nothing to do with this. Everything was fine just yesterday. Today I opened Firefox, and as a result, there were sharp spikes in CPU load and power consumption. My fans shouldn't be this loud if I don't have more than 15 tabs open. After unsuccessfully restarting Firefox, I opened the task manager and found that a process called "Inference" fluctuates from 0.05% to 130% CPU usage, which explains the spikes in CPU load and power consumption. Killing the process solves the fluctuation problem but causes Firefox to crash, requiring a restart. What is going on? This problem never existed until today. — users complain on Reddit. 😱 Official Mozilla representatives have acknowledged the issue. The fix will be included in Firefox 143 (ctodea writes Target Milestone: → 143 Branch). 💡For full control and disabling of all local AI services, advanced users should experiment with some settings: In about:config the parameter browser.ml.enable is set to false. *The browser.ml.enable parameter is the main, kind of master key to all under-the-hood machine learning in Firefox. Setting this value to false completely deactivates the local AI engine (Inference process), making it impossible for any dependent features to work, including smart tab groups and the chatbot. In about:config the parameter browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled is set to false. *Disables only the smart tab grouping feature. This step is not a guaranteed solution to the CPU overload problem, as the main source of the error lies in another component. Meanwhile, the AI engine itself (Inference process) remains active for other potential tasks. In about:config the parameter browser.ml.chat.enabled is set to false. *The browser.ml.chat.enabled parameter is a direct system switch that controls the activation and visibility of the AI chat integrated into Firefox. Source: Telegram | Russian OSINT

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EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1mah79o/eu_age_verification_app_to_ban_any_android_system/ The EU is currently developing a whitelabel app to perform privacy-preserving (at least in theory) age verification to be adopted and personalized in the coming months by member states. The app is open source and available here:

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. Problem is, the app is planning to include remote attestation feature to verify the integrity of the app:

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. This is supposed to provide assurance to the age verification service that the app being used is authentic and running on a genuine operating system. Genuine in the case of Android means: • The operating system was licensed by Google • The app was downloaded from the Play Store (thus requiring a Google account) • Device security checks have passed While there is value to verify device security, this strongly ties the app to many Google properties and services, because those checks won't pass on an aftermarket Android OS, even those which increase security significantly like GrapheneOS, because the app plans to use Google "Play Integrity", which only allows Google licensed systems instead of the standard Android attestation feature to verify systems. This also means that even though you can compile the app, you won't be able to use it, because it won't come from the Play Store and thus the age verification service will reject it. The issue has been raised here

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Do not add Google Play Integrity integration · Issue #18 · eu-digital-identity-wallet/av-doc-technical-specification

In the README, the following is listed: App and device verification based on Google Play Integrity API and Apple App Attestation I would like to st...

but no response from team members as of now. In short: You can only be a full citizen of the EU if you accept the ToS from Google.

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Another Linux Smartphone Enters The Market. Meet Liberux NEXX Liberux NEXX is a phone built on LiberuxOS, based on Debian 13 Linux Distro. Liberux NEXX will never track your activity, collect your data or compromise your privacy. All source code will be available for you to further customize your system or even build alternative versions. NEXX grants you a full ARM Linux system, including Android OS, which would allow you to install applications for this environment without compromising your privacy. CPU: Rockchip RK3588S • 8-cores, 64-bit • 4×Cortex-A76 (upto 2.4GHz) • 4×Cortex-A55 Manufactured by TSMC on 8nm process GPU: ARM Mali-G610 • 4-cores MP4 (450 GFLOPS) Modem: Snapdragon X62 5G RAM: upto 32GB LPDDR4X ROM: upto 512GB emmC upto 2TB SD Card support • 6.34-inch (2400x1080 px) FHD+ OLED Display • Gorilla Glass protection • 32MP Single rear camera • 13MP Front camera • 5300mAh battery • Rear fingerprint sensor • 3.5mm headphone jack • 2x USB-C 3.1 port Audio Codec: ALC5640-VB-CG Amplifier: AW8737SCSR Wi-Fi/BT: AW-CM256SM (BT 5.0) 5 years of Upgrades NEXX also supports GNOME Shell Mobile and contains 3 KILL SWITCHES — for Microphone/ camera, Wi-Fi/BT and Signal. When all 3 switches are flipped down, they also disable additional components like the GNSS unit (GPS + satellite systems), the IMU (accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer), and ambient & proximity sensors. Liberux Team is also developing a gadget that, when connected to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, will enable "wireless" connectivity to them. The smartphone is still under crowdfunding and will start shipping worldwide in July 2026. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/liberux-nexx--3#/ The base model comes with 8GB+128GB+LTE and costs 790€. Since Liberux NEXX has been designed with a modular architecture, you can upgrade the RAM, storage & modem. Storage: 256 GB (+45 €); 512 GB (+150 €) RAM: 16 GB (+100 €); 32 GB (+250 €) 5G Modem: +120 € Liberux 2TB MicroSD Card: +250€