Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: State-backed hackers test out generative AI, the US takes down a major Russian military botnet, and 100 hospitals in Romania go offline amid a major ransomware attack.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 20:30:55 +0000
A surprise disclosure of a national security threat by the House Intelligence chair was part of an effort to block legislation that aimed to limit cops and spies from buying Americans’ private data.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:05:42 +0000
Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless access to sensitive data as the White House fights against it.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000
Romantic chatbots collect huge amounts of data, provide vague information about how they use it, use weak password protections, and aren’t transparent, new research from Mozilla says.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:15:40 +0000
Top congressional lawmakers are meeting in private to discuss the future of a widely unpopular surveillance program, worrying members devoted to reforming Section 702.
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Credit to Author: Nicole Tisdale| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:00:00 +0000
Cyberattacks and criminal scams can impact anyone. But communities of color and other marginalized groups are often disproportionately impacted and lack the support to better protect themselves.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:55:08 +0000
In a test at one station, Transport for London used a computer vision system to try and detect crime and weapons, people falling on the tracks, and fare dodgers, documents obtained by WIRED show.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:53:16 +0000
New EU rules mean WhatsApp and Messenger must be interoperable with other chat apps. Here’s how that will work.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:19:32 +0000
Members of Congress say the DOJ is funding the use of AI tools that further discriminatory policing practices. They’re demanding higher standards for federal grants.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: North Korean hackers get into generative AI, a phone surveillance tool that can monitor billions of devices gets exposed, and ambient light sensors pose a new privacy risk.
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