The New Oil 1 year ago

Cop busted for unauthorized use of #Clearview #AI #FacialRecognition resigns

Ars Technica

Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns

Indiana cop easily hid frequent personal use of Clearview AI face scans.

#privacy #ClearviewAI

The New Oil 1 year ago

Generative #AI won't take over the world, #surveillance #capitalism already has https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5331/generative-ai-wont-take-over-world-surveillance-capitalism-already-has #privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Meta says it follows #Google, #OpenAI in training #AI with data

euronews

Meta says it follows Google, OpenAI in training AI with data

The tech giant faces complaints over use of personal data for its AI models.

#privacy

The New Oil 1 year ago

Cybercriminals Target #AI Users With Malicious #StableDiffusion Tool on #Github to Protest 'Art Theft'

404 Media

Hackers Target AI Users With Malicious Stable Diffusion Tool on GitHub to Protest 'Art Theft'

An extension for a popular Stable Diffusion graphical user interface on Github appears to have been stealing users’ login credentials.

#privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

LLMs Acting Deceptively

Schneier on Security

LLMs Acting Deceptively - Schneier on Security

New research: “Deception abilities emerged in large language models“: Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are currently at the foref...

#cybersecurity #AI #LLM

The New Oil 1 year ago

#AI trained on photos from kids' entire childhood without their consent

Ars Technica

AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent

Kids "easily traceable" from photos used to train AI models, advocates warn.

#privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Apple's #AI promise: "Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple"

Ars Technica

Apple’s AI promise: “Your data is never stored or made accessible to Apple”

And publicly reviewable server code means experts can "verify this privacy promise."

#privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

Why support #OpenSource

ente

Why support open source

Supporting FOSS for a sustainable, privacy-focused future ft. Louis Rossmann

#FOSS #privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Bluesky and #Mastodon users can now talk to each other with #BridgyFed

TechCrunch

Bluesky and Mastodon users can now talk to each other with Bridgy Fed | TechCrunch

Bridgy Fed is one of the efforts aimed at connecting the fediverse with the web, Bluesky and, perhaps later, other networks like Nostr.

#FOSS #privacy

The New Oil 1 year ago

How Donald #Trump Could Weaponize #US #Surveillance in a Second Term

WIRED

How Donald Trump Could Weaponize US Surveillance in a Second Term

Donald Trump has vowed to go after political enemies, undocumented immigrants, and others if he wins. Experts warn he could easily turn the surveil...

#privacy #cybersecurity #politics

The New Oil 1 year ago

Newest #Raivo update can cause loss of #TOTP seeds

Privacy Guides Community

PSA: Export your keys before updating Raivo OTP to the latest 1.6 version

Be careful as you might lose all your keys if you update Raivo to the latest 1.6 version without backing up your keys before when not using an onli...

#privacy #cybersecurity #FOSS #2FA

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Apple wasn't storing deleted #iOS photos in #iCloud after all

BleepingComputer

Apple wasn’t storing deleted iOS photos in iCloud after all

Security researchers reverse-engineered Apple's recent iOS 17.5.1 update and found that a recent bug that restored images deleted months or ev...

#privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#NorthernIreland police faces £750k fine after exposing staff info

BleepingComputer

Northern Ireland police faces £750k fine after exposing staff info

UK's Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has announced the intention to impose a fine of £750,000 ($954,000) on the Police Service of ...

#privacy #cybersecurity #DataBreach #politics

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows

404 Media

Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts, Leaked Contract Shows

The contract requires repair shops to "immediately disassemble" devices that have parts "not purchased from Samsung."

#privacy #cybersecurity

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Sports and #Surveillance https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5325/sports-and-surveillance #privacy #cybersecurity #MassSurveillance

The New Oil 1 year ago

Latest developments with #FacialRecognition technology in the #UK https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5322/latest-developments-facial-recognition-technology-uk #cybersecurity #privacy #surveillance #politics #MassSurveillance

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Microsoft outage affects #Bing, #Copilot, #DuckDuckGo, and #ChatGPT internet search

BleepingComputer

Microsoft outage affects Bing, Copilot, DuckDuckGo and ChatGPT internet search

A massive Microsoft outage in some regions affects Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo.

#privacy

The New Oil 1 year ago

#Mullvad: "Regarding #Cash Payments (DKK)"

Mullvad VPN

Regarding Cash Payments (DKK)

Danish banks have implemented significant restrictions on how Danish kroner (DKK) used outside Denmark can be repatriated back into Denmark.

#privacy #cybersecurity #VPN #Denmark

The New Oil 1 year ago

#RISCV Now Supports #Rust In The #LinuxKernel https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.10-RISC-V #cybersecurity #FOSS #Linux #kernel

The New Oil 1 year ago

"How I upgraded my water heater and discovered how bad #SmartHome security can be"

Ars Technica

How I upgraded my water heater and discovered how bad smart home security can be

Could you really control someone's hot water with just an email address?

#privacy #cybersecurity #IoT