GrapheneOS Hardware Partner Revealed, ProtonMail shares user payment data, Apple devices approved for NATO use, and More!

Our top stories this week:

  • GrapheneOS and Motorola officially announce their partnership
  • Apple devices approved for NATO use
  • Meta faces a lawsuit over smart glasses data sharing
  • OpenAI & the Pentagon clash over AI usage
  • ProtonMail shares user payment information with FBI

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Updates from the Team

Activism Section Launch

We so excited to announce our latest major initiative that's been months in the making: the Privacy Guides Activism section! With so many attacks on privacy around the world today - from age verification laws to bans on encryption - standing by and focusing on our individual privacy may not be an option for much longer. For those who can and wish to fight back, we're building a suite of resources to help. Right now we only have one resource - the Privacy Activist's Toolbox - but we'll be adding many more in the coming months!

Guides and Tools for Privacy Activists
Privacy Guides’ Activism section contains tools to support the community in its privacy advocacy and activism effort, both for individuals and organizations.

Unofficial South by Southwest Appearance

Privacy Guides has teamed up with EFF-Austin to help out with EFF-Austin's unofficial South by Southwest party next week. Jonah and Nate will be hosting This Week in Privacy live from the event, and then talking to attendees about how to harden their phones and spreading the word about GrapheneOS. If you're in the area, come say hi! (Note: Nate is a board member at EFF-Austin.)

EFF-Austin Interactive!, Fri, Mar 13, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup
Save The Date! EFF-Austin is back with one of our epic parties, and you’re all invited! Watch this space for more details as we finalize our participants and schedule. Fre

Articles & News

Our volunteer journalist Fria was prolific this week, writing an article about how to game privately, plus a whopping 12 news briefs! You can find them below.

How to Game Privately
Video games are an incredibly popular hobby, but they can be a privacy nightmare. How can we protect our privacy while gaming?
Privacy & Security News
The latest news in data privacy, cybersecurity, and consumer rights brought to you by Privacy Guides.

Site Updates

We've removed mention of Machine-ID in our Linux advice since it could cause more confusion than help.

We've also removed the terms "zero knowledge" and "zero access" as we feel they've become misleading. Likewise, we've refined when we use "end-to-end encryption" to ensure better accuracy.

Release 2026.03.04 · privacyguides/privacyguides.org
What’s Changed update: Remove mention of Machine-ID in Linux Overview by @Tiagoquix in #3186 fix: Social cards and bios for activism section by @jonaharagon in #3201 New Contributors @Tiagoquix…
Release 2026.03.03 · privacyguides/privacyguides.org
What’s Changed update!: Add Activism section by @EmAtPrivacyGuides in #3197 Other Changes update: Stop using “zero-knowledge” and “zero-access” buzzwords by @jonaharagon in #3193 Full Changelog…

Sources

Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features

After years of speculation and waiting, Motorola and GrapheneOS have finally confirmed their partnership. At this time details are still very scarce, but the announcements indicate that at least some future Motorola devices will be engineered to meet Graphene's strict hardware security requirements, and could become available as early as the end of this year.

Motorola confirms GrapheneOS support for a future phone, bringing over features
Motorola has announced a partnership with GrapheneOS which will see a phone with support, as well as features ported to other devices.