The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires
Credit to Author: Karen Naundorf| Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place.
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AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous
Credit to Author: Todd Feathers| Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:00:00 +0000
State and local governments in the US are scrambling to harness tools like ChatGPT to unburden their bureaucracies, rushing to write their own rules—and avoid generative AI’s many pitfalls.
Read moreMozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Apple patches newly discovered flaws exploited by NSO Group spyware, North Korean hackers target security researchers, and more.
Read moreTop US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’
Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 18:00:05 +0000
Civil rights groups say efforts to get US intelligence agencies to adopt privacy reforms have largely failed. Without those changes, renewal of a post-911 surveillance policy may be doomed.
Read moreAxon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker
Credit to Author: Ese Olumhense| Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:46:21 +0000
The CEO’s vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a day care center.
Read more2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: A major FBI botnet takedown, new Sandworm malware, a cyberattack on two major scientific telescopes—and more.
Read moreApple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:32:43 +0000
Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.
Read moreThis Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000
The US Secret Service’s relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.
Read moreDonald Trump’s Mug Shot Matters in a World of Fakes
Credit to Author: Amanda Hoover| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:03:24 +0000
The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online.
Read moreWhy The Chainsmokers Invest in—and Party With—Niche Cybersecurity Companies
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000
Musician Alex Pall spoke with WIRED about his VC firm, the importance of raising cybersecurity awareness in a rapidly digitizing world, and his surprise that hackers know how to go hard.
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