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A researcher recently discovered a 'smart' sleep mask broadcasting users' brainwave data to a public, unencrypted MQTT broker. 🧠
This is a textbook example of why closed-source consumer IoT is a privacy nightmare. For sensitive health and biometric data, open-source software and local data control aren't just features—they are requirements.
Source: https://aimilios.bearblog.dev/reverse-engineering-sleep-mask/
Google handed over a student journalist's credit card details to ICE following a subpoena.
This highlights why centralized platforms are a liability. When one company manages your email, files, and payments, they become a one-stop shop for surveillance. Using independent, open-source alternatives like Nextcloud helps protected your digital footprint from being easily harvested.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/10/google-ice-subpoena-student-journalist/ #privacy #opensource
Powerful AI doesn't always require a massive GPU bank. Redis creator antirez has released voxtral.c, a pure C implementation of Mistral's Voxtral Realtime 4B speech-to-text model.
The standout feature? It's designed for CPU-only inference. This allows for high-quality, private speech recognition on standard hardware without relying on Big Tech's cloud APIs. Efficient open-source code continues to make data sovereignty more practical for everyone.
Pure C inference of Mistral Voxtral Realtime 4B speech to text model - antirez/voxtral.c
GitHub (github.com)
