The Flocked Up Backlash
This week in the Weekly News Roundup we look at the backlash against flock cameras.

Scanning Your Messages for Violations
This week we look at the deceptive way Chat Control by default and apple looking to lease devices. We look at other articles related to privacy, security, and business.

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The Flocked Up Backlash
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/07/the-backlash-against-flock-cameras-is-spreading

https://www.kcci.com/article/altoona-iowa-meta-facility-shot-fired-self-defense/71874362
https://notthebee.com/article/flock-brags-about-using-surveillance-tech-to-track-down-suspect-who-fired-gun-in-lawful-self-defense/

https://deflock.org/

Quicklines
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/320010/20260709/eu-parliament-passes-chat-control-default-314-meps-couldnt-block-scanning-law.htm

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/07/shark-vacuum-flaw-exposes-cameras-home-maps-and-wi-fi-passwords

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-fcc-phone-identity-verification-burner-phone-proposal/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/apple-teams-up-with-klarna-to-launch-a-lease-to-own-program-for-iphones-ipads-and-macs/

https://itsfoss.com/news/x-might-be-going-open-source/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/privacy/2026/07/samsung-backs-down-on-threat-to-delete-health-data

https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/youtube-clarifies-policies-around-ai-slop-and-upsetting-videos/

https://hackread.com/openai-models-breached-hugging-face/

https://cybersecuritynews.com/asus-patches-router-vulnerability/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/21/meta-smartglasses-child-filmed-ai-risk-technology

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/meta-engineer-who-literally-built-digital-experiences-for-kids-just-got-busted-trying-to-sext-a-13-year-old/

https://bubbiebook.com/

https://www.techspot.com/news/113154-new-york-school-deploys-ai-teaching-robot-company.html