May 17th, 2026 | Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on May 17, 2026. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166459&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (02:00): Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168856&utm_source=wondercraft_ai (03:31): I don't thi...