Could This Be The End of Privacy Frontends?

Our top stories this week:

X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping
Android 17 adds ECH support to make web browsing harder to track
Meta agrees to pay $18 billion to settle US lawsuits over children's social media addiction
Microsoft tests new privacy controls for Windows 11 desktop apps
Introducing Obscura VPN for Windows

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Updates from the Team

2026 Password Manager Tier List: Does Yours Stack Up?

We compared the top password managers (and the ones not quite there yet) to find out how they stack up. This video has sparked a lot of discussion and debate, so if you haven't watched it yet, definitely check it out and let us know your thoughts!

Site Updates

This week we made a few small changes to the website that will be published on the next release. We noted that SimpleLogin is owned by and integrated with Proton, and we added instructions on how to disable Windows Recall.

News Briefs

This week saw some interesting news stories about hiding Windows malware in plain English wordlists, cars with Android infotainment centers getting hacked, and WhatsApp security improvements (among others).

Sources

X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping

Nitter is a free, open source front end which can be optionally self-hosted and allows people without X/Twitter accounts to still read tweets. In 2024, X/Twitter updated their API to make third-party access significantly harder, but Nitter was able to adapt and keep working. Now, X/Twitter is attempting to use legal means to stop the project, forcing users to sign up for a Twitter account

X sends cease-and-desist to open source project Nitter over alleged scraping | TechCrunch

X has sent cease-and-desist letters to Nitter, the open source project behind privacy-friendly X front ends, demanding its instances and code repository be taken down over alleged scraping.

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