The US Congress Has Trust Issues. Generative AI Is Making It Worse
“In most of these areas, you already have existing statutes that prohibit the behaviors that we want to continue to be prohibited,” […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires
The personal data for Argentina’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was requested 226 times; President Alberto Fernández’s data was requested 76 […]
AI Chatbots Are Invading Your Local Government—and Making Everyone Nervous
That’s a particular challenge for health care and criminal justice agencies. Loter says Seattle employees have considered using generative AI to summarize […]
Mozilla: Your New Car Is a Data Privacy Nightmare
Eighty-four percent of the brands that researchers studied share or sell this kind of personal data, and only two of them allow […]
Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’
Senior United States intelligence officials met privately in Virginia yesterday with over a dozen civil liberties groups to field concerns about domestic […]
Axon’s Ethics Board Resigned Over Taser-Armed Drones. Then the Company Bought a Military Drone Maker
Company leadership expects to generate more than $1.5 billion in revenue in 2023, it said in an August investor statement. And by […]
2 Polish Men Arrested for Radio Hack That Disrupted Trains
A monthslong WIRED investigation published this week revealed the inner workings of the Trickbot ransomware gang, which has targeted hospitals, businesses, and […]
Apple’s Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy
In December, Apple said that it was killing an effort to design a privacy-preserving iCloud photo-scanning tool for detecting child sexual abuse […]
This Tool Lets Hackers Dox Almost Anyone in the US
“The government needs to stop these companies from packaging and selling our personal information,” US senator Ron Wyden of Oregon told 404 […]
Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Matters in a World of Fakes
For months, Etsy has become littered with a new genre of T-shirt: the Donald Trump mug shot. And they’re available in two […]