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22 stories tagged privacy on AI Tamer, newest first.
Google's 16 October privacy policy adds an exception for Personal Intelligence. Here is what changed, what Google says it does not do, and how to disconnect.
The rollout on iOS and Android asks for six permissions, from Calendar to Home and Messages. The docs do not describe the feature yet, and early reports vary.
ChatGPT's new locked chats sit behind a 4-digit account PIN. Forget it and reset, and every locked chat and its protected files are deleted for good.
The twelfth tutorial is the boundary: what leaves the computer, where a credential belongs, and which rules a chat cannot skip.
Claroc says one passive-DNS query listed 6,800+ Muse share hostnames, each named after its chat. Some it opened held loan, revenue and job-search details.
Since April 24, 2026, GitHub may train AI models on Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+ and Max interaction data unless you opt out. Here is the switch and what it covers.
A September screenshot of an OpenRouter email says Google-authored models lose ZDR routing on 18 October. OpenRouter's live list still includes Vertex Gemini.
Brave says Leo encrypts GLM 5.3 Flash prompts with Oblivious HTTP so only an attested NEAR AI enclave can read them. In-browser checks are still a plan.
Meta's Muse pages say one user's sharing can include other people. The Verge quotes critics who say those people did not agree.
404 Media reports ChatGPT ads can follow the current chat and uploaded emails, phones, or ad IDs. OpenAI says advertisers do not see who matched.
The Verge reports a researcher could read Eiliko chats, including child profiles. The company's policy says voice recordings are deleted after processing.
Amazon prices Bee Frontier at $74.99, on sale now, and Bee Eclipse from $99.99 with no ship date. Battery life and privacy lines are Amazon's.
New York and 39 other attorneys general asked a Delaware court to set data and minor-safety conditions on any Character.AI sale.
404 Media reports that Graylark's Raven, sold to police as GeoSpy, now geolocates interior photos, and that 404 matched vendor demos to rental and listing photos. Platform replies are the companies' own.
Apple Intelligence can route different requests differently. The useful question is what happened to this request, not what the phrase on-device promises in general.
A prompt carries details about its writer. OpenAI's current controls change what happens afterward, so omit irrelevant personal detail before you send it.
Conway Research opened an invite-only beta of Underdog. TechCrunch says it runs on Mac and Windows now, with Linux and phones still coming. It is free of ads at the start, and revenue is a cut of Stripe purchases.
Brett Adcock's Hark wide-released Hark Pro, a privacy-framed assistant with the Handoff computer-use agent, free on web, iOS, and Android, with paid usage tiers and a device dated 2027.
OpenTelemetry baggage can leave an AI service in outbound HTTP headers. Check what a model API receives and limit propagation at that boundary.
Cloudflare's 2 October 2026 post adds an OHTTP Gateway in closed beta, as a paid add-on with a waitlist. The older Privacy Gateway relay is renamed OHTTP Relay. The gateway refuses Cloudflare-proxied clients.
Apple says it will add controls so users can grant Full Disk Access only with very explicit action. The post names no macOS version and no date. Here is what developers who ship agents on Mac should check.
A practical guide to model routers, inference providers, media APIs and model makers, with the trade-offs to check before sending production data.
