Robotaxis are quietly recording everything, and police are using the footage
Smile, you're on robotaxi camera
AI is helping scammers steal student loans and enroll in fake classes
Millions lost as AI bots impersonate students and drain federal aid
OpenAI warns ChatGPT logs will be retained "indefinitely," blames court order
The Internet is forever
Linux Foundation steps in with neutral solution to WordPress crisis
"Please stop fighting, you pesky WP children"
Editor's take: The fight between WordPress and WP Engine could bring the entire WP community to an unprecedented breakup. It's why the Linux Foundation is trying to avoid the worst-case scenario with an alternative platform for distributing and sharing WP-related content.
In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance
Smartphone looks modern, but its software reveals a dystopian reality
The big picture: A smartphone smuggled out of North Korea is offering a rare – and unsettling – glimpse into the extent of control Kim Jong Un's regime exerts over its citizens, down to the very words they type. While the device appears outwardly similar to any modern smartphone, its software reveals a far more oppressive reality.
Encryption utility VeraCrypt now disables Microsoft Recall and other screen recording tools by default
Software developers to callout and fight against Windows 11's most privacy-invasive feature
Researchers find billions of browser cookies for sale on the dark web
Cybercriminals exploiting traditional web standards to commit fraud -- or worse
Messaging app Signal will block Windows Recall from taking chat screenshots
WTF?! Recall is shaping up to be a security and privacy nightmare – and one of the most popular messaging platforms is already trying to patch the hole. Signal's developers are now resorting to a "weird trick" involving Windows DRM to shield users from unwanted Microsoft surveillance.
New Orleans used AI surveillance without public knowledge or full oversight
Extensive location tracking and real-time facial recognition has raised Fourth Amendment concerns
Apple users can now claim their share of $95 million Siri spying settlement
Users can claim $20 per Siri device, up to $100 per claimant
Sam Altman's World brings iris-scanning digital ID to the US
Orb scanners promise "proof of humanity"
WorkComposer employee monitoring app leak exposes 21 million screenshots online
A misconfigured Amazon S3 storage bucket was the culprit
Mass phone tracking via cell tower dumps ruled unconstitutional
Phone dragnet violates Fourth Amendment, says court
New approach from DeepMind partitions LLMs to mitigate prompt injection
Secure interpreter tracks data flow to block unsafe actions triggered by manipulated text
EU provides burner phones to officials traveling to US amid espionage concerns
Washington isn't Beijing, but you can never be too careful
OpenAI is quietly working on a social network similar to Twitter, powered by ChatGPT
One goal of OpenAI's prototype is to gather real-time user data
Apple to analyze on-device data for AI training, vows to uphold user privacy
User data stays private with synthetic training methods
Researcher uncovers network of risky Chrome extensions with over 4 million installs
Many ironically promise to scan Chrome for sketchy browser extensions
Windows Recall is finally nearing launch, Microsoft suggests
Almost a year after it was supposed to arrive
"MyTerms" draft standard wants to fix what Do Not Track couldn't
A new IEEE standard proposes machine-readable contracts for digital consent
Google's Gemini AI can now see your search history to offer "better" answers
More reasons to delete your browser history
EFF launches open-source tool that can detect unauthorized cellular spying
It's easy to install with minimal costs
Next Gemini Live update lets Google's AI model see the world through your camera
Lets give these AI models "eyes" and see what happens
Google makes it easier to remove your personal information from search results
The new features are integrated directly into search results pages