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AI agents are the biggest privacy nightmare yet
One agent is offering a million dollars' worth of free pizza in exchange for your data, while another wants a photo of your credit card details and yet another wants access to your entire inbox. Although personal AI agents are marketed as convenient, they grant themselves more access to your life than any technology before.
Tuta + Nextcloud: The Encrypted European Alternative to Google Workspace Is Here
The Tuta Mail app is now available in the Nextcloud App Store. Learn how Tuta and Nextcloud work together, how to set up the new integration, and how to achieve digital sovereignty.
Mistral 4: Europe's Biggest And Best Open-Weight AI Model Is Here.
After Kolibri Comes Le Chonk. Mistral Large 4 is a 1-trillion-parameter open-weight model from France. Learn everything you need to know about it, from benchmarks to chatting with Mistral 4 for free and privately on xPrivo from day one.
Aleph Alpha Kolibri: Germany's New Open-Source AI Model Puts Europe Back in the AI Race
Aleph Alpha Kolibri is an Apache 2.0 model built in Germany. Learn everything you need to know about it, from benchmarks to chatting with it for free on xPrivo from day one. Plus, grab your early API access.
The EU Says 'Child Safety'. The Reality is Mandatory ID Verification for Every Adult.
A new European proposal aims to protect children online, it started with social media and now expands to AI assistants. It would require every adult to verify their identity to use basic AI chatbots. Here is why mandatory age gates threaten digital privacy and how xPrivo is fighting back.
Your Cloud Says 'EU Region'. Your Data Can Still Reach US Courts.
A US Supreme Court ruling just weakened the legal framework behind EU-US data transfers, and a separate US law has made server location irrelevant for years. Here is what changed and why real EU data sovereignty is more important than ever.
Discord Wants Your Face. Here's the European Open-Source Alternative That Doesn't.
Discord is rolling out facial scans and ID uploads globally. They already lost 70,000 users' ID photos in a previous breach. Here is what you need to know and where to go instead.
How the 'Ignore' Bug in Google Search's default AI Overview Opened a Much Bigger Problem
What started as a quirky observation about a single keyword disrupting Google's AI Overviews has led us to uncover two serious exploitation techniques that could allow attackers to serve dangerous, unwarned misinformation to ordinary users.
Google Search Is Dead. Time To Switch To A European Privacy-First Alternative That Lets You Form Your Own Opinion.
After 28 years of blue links, Google is replacing search with a default AI summary and biased AI filter. xPrivo Search is the fully independent European alternative that gives you back the open web.
xPrivo 4.0: The Most Powerful Private Search Engine Built & Hosted Entirely in Europe
A completely revamped search experience with rich results, AI overviews, place search, news, sports, images, smart shortcuts, and now our own European search index. Zero Big Tech. Zero tracking. More powerful than ever.
Perplexity locks paying users out of their accounts until they hand over their phone number. Here is how to escape.
Mandatory SMS verification with no warning, no bypass, and no cancellation option. Combined with a pattern of privacy negligence, it's time to move on.
Claude now demands photo IDs. Your face, your passport, your chats. All linked?
Selfie and ID scans for AI usage? Not with us. How you can protect your identity with local models and privacy-friendly AI assistants like xPrivo.
Introducing xPrivo Search: Europe's 100% Data Sovereign Search Engine
The Last Missing Piece Is Now Live. The gate to the internet is ruled by search engines, overwhelmingly concentrated among three massive US players. Today, true European digital independence finally becomes a reality.
Why European Companies Still Run on American Cloud Infrastructure
Recently, many Europeans have switched to European alternatives and realised that many companies still rely on Big Tech behind the scenes. However, this is finally starting to change.
Ranking AI Solutions by Danger: Why 'European Founded' Isn't Enough
From Gemini's hidden training to the 'French façade' of Mistral, here is the uncomfortable truth about where your private chats are actually going.
Mistral is NOT a European Alternative (Yet) - Here’s Exactly Why
Why a Paris headquarters doesn't equal data sovereignty, and how your chats are still feeding and funding US Big Tech
The US is putting pressure on Europe: Your 28 tools for digital independence
Free yourself from Big Tech and US dependency. The ultimate list of data-sovereign software 'Made in Europe' for every area of life.
Google admits to reading your chats with AI, even if you pay! Here's how to stop them now.
Google employees are currently reading your chats and viewing your uploaded images
xPrivo 1.0 is here: The future of AI is private
Discover the new open-source, anonymous AI chat that protects your data.