Hackaday Links: July 26, 2026

From Hackaday's latest links: Amazon is now requiring third-party sellers to disclose when product images are AI-generated, following a recent New York law—though there's a notable loophole. The law specifically requires disclosure of synthetic performers, meaning fake people, so sellers can continue posting fake product images as long as they don't show a person using it. More concerning is a security researcher's discovery that the Pope's official 'Click To Pray' mobile application exposed the personal information of over seven hundred thousand users. The app used sequential user IDs that could be accessed without any rate limiting, allowing an attacker to write a script and download names, email addresses, and dates of birth. It took six months and press coverage to get the flaw fixed. On a lighter note, Apple has released a trailer for an upcoming ten-episode adaptation of Neuromancer, the cyberpunk novel that's inspired hackers and makers for decades. The series starts in January, and the maker community is particularly interested in how the show will depict cyberdecks, the fictional computing devices that have inspired real-world builds.

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