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ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Videos of Meta smart glass wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based Meta subcontractor, according to an investigation by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) and Goteborgs-Posten (GP)

#ICO #meta #rayban #smartglasses #wearables #privacy #technology #tech

Tesla Is Doing Nearly Nothing To Make Its California Robotaxi Dream A Reality - Jalopnik Testing? Who needs it. We'll just do it live.

Tesla Is Doing Nearly Nothing To Make Its California Robotaxi Dream A Reality

A spokesperson for the DMV says Tesla has not applied for any additional permits

#California #DMV #tesla #robotaxi #automotive #auto #cars #transportation

How infostealers turn stolen credentials into real identities Infostealer dumps increasingly tie stolen credentials to real identities, linking usernames, cookies, and behavior across personal and enterprise accounts. Specops explains how analyzing 90,000 dumps…

How infostealers turn stolen credentials into real identities

Users install applications from illicit sources, reuse passwords across personal and corporate accounts, and rely on browser-based credential storage for convenience

#malware #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup AB 1043 also requires OS providers to pipe a real-time age checker to every app developer who requests it.

California's Digital Age Assurance Act requires every operating system provider in #California to collect age information from users at account setup and transmit that data to app developers via a real-time API

#ageverification #privacy #surveillance #tech

The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

Gen Z is less cognitively capable than previous generations, despite its unprecedented access to technology. He said Gen Z is the first generation in modern history to score lower on standardized tests than the previous one.

#GenZ #education #edtech #technology #tech

D.C. Scam Center Strike Force Seizures of Cryptocurrency from Chinese Transnational Criminals Tops $580 Million WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, together with major federal law enforcement and interagency partners, announced that freezes and seizures of cryptocurrency by the Scam Center Strike Force have topped $580 million, a critical step in the Strike Forces fight against Southeast Asian cryptocurrency-related fraud and scams.

These frozen and seized funds have been stolen by Chinese transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), which use cryptocurrency investment scams and a variety of confidence scams to steal the life savings of everyday Americans

#cryptocurrency #crypto #cybercrime #TCOs #scam #security #cybersecurity

ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools — purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration — to monitor,…

The Department of Homeland Security is using a broad web of surveillance tools to monitor, apprehend and intimidate both the people it seeks to deport and the US citizens critical of its policies, in the real world and online

#surveillance #privacy #spying #dhs #ice #technology #tech

How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription? | OpenAI Help Center Subscription cancellation options and details

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#Anthropic #Claude #openai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal | TechCrunch Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.

ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal

US app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day, as consumers responded to the news of OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense

#DoD #Anthropic #Claude #chatgpt #openai #military #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech

Fake LastPass support email threads try to steal vault passwords Password management software provider LastPass is warning users of a phishing campaign targeting its users with fake unauthorized account access alerts.

Disgraced password management software provider LastPass is warning users of a phishing campaign targeting its users with fake unauthorized account access alerts.

#passwordmanager #password #passwords #lastpass #security #cybersecurity #phishing #hackers #hacking #hacked

The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them DJI may have fixed it now.

Sammy Azdoufal wanted to remote control his brand-new DJI Romo vacuum with a PS5 gamepad. But roughly 7,000 vacuums all around the world began treating Azdoufal like their boss

#SammyAzdoufal #DJIRomo #smarthome #IoT #InternetOfThings #PS5 #hack #security #cybersecurity #hacked

How do I cancel my ChatGPT subscription? | OpenAI Help Center Subscription cancellation options and details

#Anthropic #Claude #openai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech

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Anthropic’s Claude overtakes ChatGPT in App Store as users boycott over OpenAI’s $200 million Pentagon contract | Fortune Protest campaigns across Reddit and X may have helped drive users away from OpenAI.

ChatGPT users protested OpenAI’s Pentagon contract by spreading the message to “Cancel ChatGPT” across Reddit and X. Some users posted guides for deleting ChatGPT accounts and migrating to Claude

#Anthropic #Claude #openai #chatgpt #military #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech

LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information.

LexisNexis confirms #databreach as hackers leak stolen files

#LexisNexis L&P is a provider of legal and regulatory information used by lawyers, corporations, governments, and academic institutions in more than 150 countries

#legal #government #education #security #cybersecurity #hacking #hacked

The IRS broke the law by disclosing confidential information to ICE 42,695 times, judge says A federal judge said that the IRS broke the law by illegally sharing thousands of taxpayers’ addresses with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

the IRS provided DHS with information on 47,000 of the 1.28 million people that ICE requested — and, in most of those cases, gave ICE additional address information in violation of privacy rules created to protect taxpayer data

#dhs #ice #irs #surveillance #privacy

Claude didn't just plan an attack on Mexico's government. It executed one for a month — across four domains your security stack can't see. A hacker jailbroke Claude to steal 150GB of Mexican government data in a month-long campaign. CrowdStrike's latest threat report shows it's part of a wider pattern — and maps four domains most…

Attackers jailbroke Anthropic’s #Claude and ran it against the Mexican government for a month. They stole 150 GB of data from Mexico’s federal tax authority, the electoral institute and four state governments

#Mexico #Anthropic #artificialintelligence #AI #technolgy #tech #security #cybersecurity

Cyber retaliation from Iran is a problem for U.S. companies — 'It's in the hands of a 19-year-old hacker in a Telegram room,' ex-NSA operative says | Fortune The bigger threat to U.S. companies may not be a data breach, but a coordinated campaign designed to make your employees stop trusting everything they see and hear.

with Iranian leadership effectively decimated by military strikes, aligned hacktivists and proxy groups are making their own targeting decisions, without approval from central authorities

#cyberattack #iran #usa #military #security #cybersecurity #hacktivists #hackers #hacking

DeFlock Find license plate readers (LPRs) near you.

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An open-source project mapping license plate readers. ALPRs are a serious risk to your privacy and civil liberties. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion.

#deflock #flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy #tech

City Council terminates Mountain View's license plate camera contract The Mountain View City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to terminate its license plate camera contract with Flock Safety, heeding the calls of dozens of impassioned residents who spoke at the…

The Mountain View City Council unanimously voted to terminate its license plate camera contract with Flock Safety, heeding the calls of impassioned residents to cut ties with the surveillance technology company

#MountainVIew #SiliconValley #flocksafety #alpr #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech

Tesla Has a Robotaxi Problem, and That's Bad News for Its Stock | The Motley Fool Investors have been betting big on Tesla's robotaxi ambitions.

Tesla's robotaxis are involved in a crash at a rate of four to eight times more often than human drivers -- that's not good.

Meanwhile, the company continues to struggle with licensing and marketing issues in #California

#tesla #robotaxi #business #investing #automotive #auto #cars #transportation

Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses A report copublished by WIRED sparked a probe into opt-out pages hidden by data brokers. Now congressional Democrats say breaches tied to the industry have cost people tens of billions of dollars.

There have been more than $20.9 billion in consumer losses tied to identity theft connected to four major breaches involving data broker firms.

#Comscore #Findem #IQVIADigital #Telesign #6SenseInsights #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

DHS accused of using surveillance tech to track legal observers in Maine Maine residents allege that DHS agents threatened to place them on a domestic terrorist watchlist after scanning their faces and license plates.

DHS accused of using surveillance tech to track legal observers in Maine

multiple plaintiffs said officers scanned faces and license plates, threatened to appear at their homes and place them on a domestic terrorist database

#Maine #dhs #ice #surveillance #facialrecognition #privacy #tech

Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich | Fortune As governments race to restrict minors’ social media use, the tech billionaires who built the platforms are imposing strict screen limits at home.

Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich

#SiliconValley billionaires have privately promoted their own kids not using #technology - in contrast to what they’re promoting in public

#PeterThiel #billionaires #hypocrisy #tech

Top NATO allies believe cyberattacks on hospitals are an act of war. They’re still struggling to fight back. State-linked hackers are increasingly targeting critical sectors with no signs of stopping.

Broad swaths of the public in key allied countries (United States, Canada, France, Germany and the United Kingdom) say actions such as cyberattacks on hospitals should be considered acts of war.

#NATO #cyberattack #hospitals #healthcare #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking

Reddit fined £14m by UK data watchdog over age verification checks The UK's data watchdog said the failings meant children could be exposed to harmful material online.

Reddit fined £14m for 'concerning' child age check failings

Reddit has been fined £14.47m by the UK's Information Commissioner's Officefor unlawfully using children's personal information

#UK #ICO #reddit #socialmedia #ageverification #legal #technology #tech

Tesla is having a hard time turning over its FSD traffic violation data Tesla secured a second extension in NHTSA's FSD traffic violation probe, pushing crash data delivery to March 9 — far past the original January deadline.

Tesla is having a hard time turning over its FSD traffic violation data

Tesla complained about the burden of simultaneously responding to multiple NHTSA probes, arguing the volume “is unduly burdensome and affects the quality of responses.”

#NHTSA #tesla #legal #safety #automotive #auto #cars

'Likely the Largest Breach in U.S. History': What You Need to Know About the Conduent Fiasco The known size of the breach keeps growing.

‘Likely the Largest Breach in U.S. History’

At least 26 million people had personal data stolen from Conduent, a provider of payment, and document processing services for the largest health #insurance providers

#conduent #databreach #healthcare #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says Imported chips and hardware mean the AI investments are translating into US GDP growth.

AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says

While US companies are spending billions, importing chips and hardware offsets those investments in GDP calculations

#GoldmanSachs #economy #business #artificialintelligence #AI #technology #tech

Tesla has to pay historic $243 million judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says A federal judge has rejected Tesla’s bid to overturn a $243 million jury verdict over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash...

A federal judge rejected Tesla’s bid to overturn a $243 million jury verdict over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida, dealing a significant blow to tesla's legal strategy as it faces a growing wave of lawsuits

#tesla #adas #autopilot #safety #automotive #auto #cars #transportation #legal

San Jose slow to tell workers about data breach - San José Spotlight San Jose administrators have disclosed that private information for current and former city employees may have been compromised, following a data breach last month.

San Jose administrators disclosed private information for current and former city employees may have been compromised, following a data breach on Jan. 9 when a “workforce member” lost a USB drive

#siliconvalley #sanjose #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked