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Apple's Private Relay, marketed as a shield for your browsing identity, has a crack in it. Security researchers discovered a flaw in Apple's WebKit engine that can expose your real IP address to websites and services, undermining the very promise the feature was sold on. It's a reminder that privacy tools are only as strong as their quietest vulnerabilities.
Meanwhile, Reddit is preparing what it's calling changes for old dot reddit dot com, and the phrasing alone has longtime users bracing. The legacy interface has survived years of pressure from the company to migrate to its newer design, but signals from Reddit suggest that patience may finally be running out. For a certain generation of internet users, this feels less like a product update and more like an eviction notice.
And on the hiring front, a new YouGov poll finds sixty-four percent of British workers reject AI screening of job applications, with more than two thirds preferring a face-to-face interview over any digital alternative. As employers quietly build AI into their recruitment pipelines, workers are pushing back in the only way they currently can — by saying, loudly, that they notice.
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