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Europol Raids X Over Crimes That Don't Exist
A Macron loyalist filed a complaint because he didn't like X's algorithm, and now Europol is calling it a child exploitation investigation.
Tails 7.4 Adds Persistent Locale, Drops BitTorrent
Linux 6.12.63, Tor Browser 15.0.4, and critical bug fixes arrive in Tails 7.4 alongside a controversial feature cut.
Monero 0.18.4.5 Fixes Ledger Crash Bug
Monero 0.18.4.5 arrives with Ledger Nano Gen5 compatibility and patches for daemon synchronization problems.
Threema Sold to Private Equity Again
Your encrypted messages sit on infrastructure controlled by a German private equity firm whose previous acquisitions include Cloud7 premium dog beds and The Tofoo Company.
Up in Smoke: How X-Rays Burned a €3.75M Cocaine Run
Hiding 53.5 kilograms of cocaine in a vehicle's exhaust system worked exactly as well as anyone with basic OPSEC knowledge would expect Revenue officers found it in minutes.
GNUnet 0.26.2: Post-Quantum Layer and UTF-8 API Fixes
GNUnet 0.26.2 shipped December 22, 2025 with two targeted bugfixes: NULL reporting in the post-quantum cryptography layer and UTF-8 case conversion API repair.
How Tor Circuits Actually Work Under the Hood
Every Tor circuit travels through exactly three relays, but the algorithm selecting those relays determines whether your traffic stays anonymous or gets correlated.
Qubes OS 4.3: Faster Disposables, Better Device Control
The latest Qubes release eliminates disposable VM boot delays while introducing self-identity device assignment for hardware you actually control.
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Your Printer is Snitching On YOU!
Color laser printers have contained hidden surveillance technology since the mid-1980s. Xerox and Canon developed Machine Identification Code, a system of microscopic yellow dots that encode your printer's serial number and the exact date and time of every print job. This technology was implemented through a secret agreement
Tails 7.3.1 Ships with Vertical Tabs and Security Fix
The update includes Tor Browser 15.0.3 with vertical tabs and tab groups, the first major interface change to hit the anonymous browser in years.
312 Dormant Silk Road Wallets Spring Back to Life
The 176 transactions over 12 hours suggest either someone methodically testing wallet access or an automated sweep consolidating legacy addresses into modern bech32 format.
Tor Browser 15.0.3: NoScript Goes Independent
The Tor Project now hosts its own NoScript builds, versioned with ".1984" suffixes to mark independence from Mozilla's Add-ons infrastructure.