Part of the Big Tech's War on Users series Tracking people without meaningful consent is wrong. It was wrong when Meta did it to users. It's wrong now. The only difference is who's upset about it. Meta recently rolled out a tool called the Model Capability Initiative (MCI), part of a broader internal program branded the...

There's a thing that happens to me regularly that I suspect happens to you too. I'm trying to get to a site — reading an article, buying something, just clicking around — and suddenly I'm not going anywhere until I've proven my humanity to Google. Traffic lights. Buses. Motorcycles. And at least once, a traffic light...

The EU launched an age verification app to protect children online. A researcher broke it in two minutes. That's not actually the problem.correction: as of posting it hasn't launched yet...my bad. The European Commission launched its age verification app on April 15, 2026. President von der Leyen announced it herself....

Part of the Big Tech's War on Users series Proton. The name comes up every single time someone asks where to go after Google. After Gmail. After that moment you realize free email means you're the product. For years, the privacy community has had one reliable answer: Proton. Swiss company. Swiss servers. Swiss law....

Sam Altman just published a 13-page plan to save capitalism from AI. He's the one building the AI. His company won't be profitable until 2030. And this was somehow not the wildest thing that happened at OpenAI this week. Part of the ongoing Big Tech's War on Users series. If you haven't read They're Racing to Stay Ahead...