Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’
Does a software feature exist if its code has been deployed to the devices of millions of people but they can’t use […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
A Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes the New Reality of Urban Surveillance
Just after noon on a Saturday last month, a Skydio X10 quadcopter hovered about 200 feet over a San Francisco apartment complex, […]
AI Found a Root Bug in Linux That Everyone Missed for 15 Years
Amid years of warnings that China’s notorious Volt Typhoon hackers may be pre-positioning within United States critical infrastructure, a closed-door war game […]
A Majority of European Lawmakers Voted Against Letting Big Tech Read Our Messages. They’re Going to Anyway.
The European Parliament has voted to extend legislation allowing tech companies to voluntarily scan users’ private messages for child sexual abuse material, […]
Security Roundup: Apple’s Hide My Email Service Fails to Hide Your Email
A politician on the European Parliament’s PEGA Committee—created to investigate spyware abuses, including of the notorious Pegasus malware—was targeted with Pegasus himself, […]
Top Google Security Staff Warn Search Data Could Be Hacked if EU Rules Change
Google’s top privacy and security staff have warned that plans in Europe, designed to get it to open up its search data […]
Security News This Week: LastPass Users Had Their Data Stolen—Again
A WIRED investigation this week offers insight into a predictive policing program in Bristol, England that has involved 23 separate models over […]
The Pentagon Is Looking Into the Dialog Data Exposure for Unmasking National Security Officials
A data exposure at Dialog, the private events group cofounded by Peter Thiel, exposed personal information of multiple US national security personnel. […]
British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted
“I don’t think an AI model should have that kind of power over people’s lives,” Pegram says. Photograph: Alice Zoo In response […]
Dialog Claims It Was Hacked. A Misconfigured Website Left Its Members Exposed
Dialog, the invite-only group cofounded by Peter Thiel, notified members and past event participants last week that a database containing their personal […]