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70 titles from 62 authors in the last 30 days, with 67 distinct links and 8 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Spring AI Privacy Guardrails – PII, tool permissions, content checks · score 6.8

  A Spring AI extension that adds privacy guardrails to LLM calls: PII tokenization before the model, per-tool original disclosure, Spring Security-based tool authorization, and pluggable content inspection. It packages these as Spring Boot starters with Maven Central publishing and extensive documentation, filling a real gap for Java teams deploying agentic applications.

• Show HN: DipperPDF – privacy first, Mac native PDF tools for sensitive documents · score 5.0

  DipperPDF is a native macOS application that provides a suite of 17 offline PDF tools, ensuring sensitive documents never leave the user's machine. It is built with Swift 6, SwiftUI, AppKit, PDFKit, and Quartz, and emphasizes privacy with no accounts, subscriptions, or analytics.

• Show HN: Lectura, a privacy, simple, server side rendered RSS reader · score 4.7

  Lectura is a server-side rendered RSS reader emphasizing privacy and simplicity. The project is interesting for its focus on privacy and SSR approach, but the provided README is just a dump of news headlines, making evaluation difficult.

• Show HN: Privacy Layer for Frontier Models · score 4.7

  A privacy layer intended to filter sensitive information from prompts sent to frontier AI models, presented as a proof of concept. The idea addresses a real concern about leaking personal data to LLMs, but there is very little public information or documentation to evaluate the implementation.

Recent titles

1. GM to pay $220M to settle allegations it violated drivers' privacy
   2026-10-31 · reuters.com · HN discussion
2. Take Control of Your Privacy
   2026-10-31 · globalprivacycontrol.org · HN discussion
3. Disroot (the privacy focused email provider) is still down bad
   2026-10-30 · nixnet.social · HN discussion
4. Ranking: Who in the EU Parliament fights for your privacy – and who for Big Tech
   2026-10-30 · noyb.eu · HN discussion
5. Show HN: KernelCash – Privacy First Budgeting
   2026-10-29 · HN discussion
6. Show HN: Spring AI Privacy Guardrails – PII, tool permissions, content checks
   2026-10-27 · github.com · HN discussion
7. Using Blender to procedurally generate visualisations of website privacy issues
   2026-10-27 · reddit.com · HN discussion
8. ThreatLens v2.3 Is Now Live Introducing Privacy Controls, IOC Watchlist
   2026-10-27 · github.com · HN discussion
9. 2026 DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations: $1M to privacy and non-profits
   2026-10-26 · spreadprivacy.com · HN discussion
10. Apple should fuck themselves with their "privacy"
    2026-10-24 · HN discussion
11. Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
    2026-10-24 · arstechnica.com · HN discussion
12. Claude Duet Safety, Privacy, and Security
    2026-10-24 · claude.com · HN discussion
13. Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, no privacy, and life's never been better (2016)
    2026-10-24 · medium.com · HN discussion
14. Google changes privacy policy so Gmail, Photos could fuel targeted ads
    2026-10-24 · dexerto.com · HN discussion
15. Show HN: Privacy Meridian, navigate global privacy laws
    2026-10-24 · privacymeridian.org · HN discussion
16. Show HN: Privacy focussed analytics made in Scotland
    2026-10-23 · benmetrics.com · HN discussion
17. Inbox Zero for Privacy, Not Productivity
    2026-10-22 · xn--gckvb8fzb.com · HN discussion
18. Local network privacy is getting better
    2026-10-22 · eclecticlight.co · HN discussion
19. Accrescent: A novel Android app store focused on security, privacy and usability
    2026-10-22 · accrescent.app · HN discussion
20. Meta hit with $25B penalty for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook
    2026-10-21 · nmdoj.gov · HN discussion
21. Meta fined $25B for 'lies' over user data privacy
    2026-10-21 · bbc.com · HN discussion
22. Meta Ordered to Pay $25B for Deceiving Users on Privacy
    2026-10-21 · nytimes.com · HN discussion
23. Meta Ordered to Pay $25B for Deceiving Users on Privacy
    2026-10-21 · nytimes.com · HN discussion
24. Online Privacy for Parents and Youth
    2026-10-21 · ssd.eff.org · HN discussion
25. Show HN: Lectura, a privacy, simple, server side rendered RSS reader
    2026-10-21 · lectura.info · HN discussion
26. PolicyWatcher – Independent monitor of privacy, ToS and AI policy changes
    2026-10-21 · policywatcher.online · HN discussion
27. German court backs man in privacy case against Google
    2026-10-20 · dw.com · HN discussion
28. The Subprocessor List Is the Real Privacy Policy
    2026-10-20 · xavier.xfaang.com · HN discussion
29. In-memory privacy shield to prevent context leaks in MCP tools
    2026-10-20 · github.com · HN discussion
30. Privacy Policies and Modal Logic
    2026-10-20 · johndcook.com · HN discussion

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