Your photo library was never just storage. Google just made that official. 💀
Google's new "Personal Intelligence" update scans your entire photo library and can "use actual images of you and your loved ones" to generate AI content.
The official line is that it's opt-in, but what happens when this quietly becomes the default?
Another AI agent went rogue and deleted a production database, and that's a familiar headline. The part worth paying attention to here isn't just the AI, it's the backup. 👇
The hosting provider marketed volume backups as a data-resiliency feature, but per their own documentation, "wiping a volume deletes all backups" too.
The backups were stored inside the same volume as the original data, so when the agent deleted the volume, the data and every backup of it were gone in the same 9-second operation.
The most recent recoverable copy of their data was three months old, not because they hadn't been backing up, but because every more recent backup was inside the volume that no longer existed.
The AI gets the headline, but what about the backup architecture?
He's not wrong but... if WhatsApp's E2EE has a backup loophole, Telegram's E2EE is an opt-in 'Secret' 😂
Telegram's "secure messaging" reputation doesn't hold up under scrutiny. By default, not a single message you send is end-to-end encrypted.
E2EE only applies to "Secret Chats," a feature buried in a submenu that users must manually activate for each individual conversation, on each device, every single time.
Secret Chats also don't sync across your devices. Switch phones or open Telegram on a second screen, and that conversation history is gone.
Every regular chat, every group, every channel sits on Telegram's servers with Telegram holding the decryption keys. The company can read them, and so can any government or authority that compels Telegram to hand them over.
Question: why is it so hard for these 'privacy-first' companies to just implement E2EE correctly? 🤦♂️
Most people don't know this about Dropbox 🫣
When you use Dropbox's AI features, it indexes your files and may train its models using them. Your documents, your data, scanned and potentially used to build their AI.
MEGA can't, it's technically impossible. 😏
Zero-knowledge encryption means true zero access. Even for us.
Ready to switch? Find out more about how MEGA compares to Dropbox at https://t.co/AfxYFXsR3C
*Price is based on the MEGA Pro III yearly plan and the Dropbox Essentials yearly plan
What good is an encrypted app if your device exposes you anyway? 🤦♂️
The FBI recovered deleted Signal messages from a seized iPhone using Apple's notification database, even after the app was uninstalled.
Signal did its job but iOS created a loophole.
Quick fix:
• Go to Settings > Notifications > [App] and set "Show Previews" to Never
• Do this for Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, and any app you use for private conversations
Our takeaway from this? Privacy isn't one setting. It's all of them.
Why do backups matter more than ever in 2026?
63% of people have already experienced data loss. Not because of something extreme, but because files get accidentally deleted, devices fail, and things get overlooked.
And there’s a simple rule that could’ve saved it all.
Learn it before you need it 👇
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No file size limits. Send 100 GB, 1 TB, or more for free.
Share large files effortlessly with anyone.
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Upgrade to Pro for more control over your shared data! Enjoy additional features like setting link expiry dates and adding passwords for extra security. Protect your information with Mega Pro! 🛡️🔒🔐
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You’ve heard of zero-knowledge proofs.
You’ve heard of SNARKs and PLONK and zkRollups.
But you haven't gotten started, because you don’t have a spare brain dedicated to learning cryptography.
That all changes today.
Introducing Noir, the universal language of zero knowledge.
As we launch the 4th year #GreenLegacy season, I raise the 100 seedlings challenge to plant in this planting period. This morning i have planted 10 of the 100 challenge for the future generation. Join me!
Please update your MEGA client software if you are logging in frequently to retain privacy by design and to avoid falling back to privacy by policy.
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MEGA file versioning is a powerful line of defence for your precious data. 🛡
Soon MEGA will be releasing more backup features, including:
• Full rewind capability for any folder
• Backup mode in the desktop app
• External drive support
TO ALL THE TECHNICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING WHEN I'M COMING BACK TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, HERE I COME BABY! 😁 I'M NOT COMING ALONE EITHER! I'M BRINGING THE GREAT @Therealkingiso! 😃🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 LET'S GOOOO!