The Digital Buzz

You don’t need to be a tech expert to take back your data. Beginner-friendly sites, a note on phones, and one simple change that already makes a difference. [English and Polish]

From Snowden to the :Snoopers; Charter”: how “national security” quietly became the surveillance of everyone – and why “I’ve got nothing to hide” no longer holds up. [English and Polish]

Writer Cory Doctorow, who coined the term “enshittification” for the way digital platforms slowly decay into something that serves everyone

Digital-rights lawyer Cindy Cohn and security expert Bruce Schneier take stock of what 25 years of mass surveillance has done

Flock Safety sells automatic number-plate cameras that sit above roads across the US. As you drive past, the camera photographs

When Ontario opened its online gambling market, emergency-room visits for gambling disorders roughly doubled – and almost the entire rise

A US federal appeals court has ruled that border agents may search a traveller’s phone without a warrant, without probable

Your car probably knows more about your daily life than your phone does, and almost no one talks about it.

In early September 2026, a striking exchange about the dangers of artificial intelligence played out in public – not between

Switzerland is trialling open-source software to cut its reliance on Microsoft and regain control over its own data. Here’s what the plan involves.