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Topic : Privacy

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A reviewer behind a screen watches a conversation with an AI assistant and several ordinary photographs sent by users.

Privacy & artificial intelligence

Copilot: humans may see your prompts and the photos you send

Hundreds of contractors are reportedly evaluating real prompts and images submitted to consumer Copilot. Microsoft acknowledges that some conversations may undergo human review. But turning off training does not necessarily mean no human will ever see the content.

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An editorial illustration links the ordinary details of an urban life to build a person's digital profile.

OSINT, AI & social engineering

What AI can learn about you in one minute

Artificial intelligence does not invent a new kind of surveillance: it turns scattered public traces into a usable profile, then lowers the cost of a targeted attack. Here is what that changes — and how to take back the initiative.

Editorial illustration of a couple outside their home, surrounded by parcels, cameras and location traces beneath the eBay logo

Governance & cybersecurity

When corporate security becomes a weapon: the eBay case

Threatening messages, disturbing deliveries, surveillance and an attempt to place a GPS tracker: the eBay case shows how a team meant to protect a company can become a major risk itself.

In a European parliamentary chamber, a private message is examined on the sender's device before it reaches the encryption lock.

Privacy and digital freedoms

Chat Control: the end of private correspondence in Europe?

From the ePrivacy derogation to plans for monitoring messaging services, a detailed look at Chat Control, its parliamentary battle and what is at stake for the confidentiality of communications.

A human profile is pieced back together from a daily commute, a phone, a browser, metadata and a network of contacts.

Privacy and digital traces

What gives you away online every day

IP address, phone, movements, browser fingerprint, metadata and address book: once linked together, ordinary clues can reveal a real identity behind an anonymous profile.

A paper-cut scene shows an adult and a child sheltered from digital solicitations inside a house.

Practical guide

Protecting children online: listen, prevent, act

Protecting a child starts with a relationship in which they can speak up without being punished. Understand cyberbullying, grooming and sextortion, then respond without making things worse.