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$5 Bluetooth Tracker in a Postcard Exposed a NATO Warship

A €5 Bluetooth tracker mailed inside a postcard tracked a $585M Dutch NATO frigate for 24 hours. Here’s why this matters for military security. The post $5 Bluetooth Tracker in a Postcard Exposed a NATO Warship appeared first on 1redDrop.

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Now you can break up with big tech at a bar: ‘cybersecurity disguised as a party’

These digital security organizers bring the fight for online privacy to dance parties, wine meetups and reading groupsImani Thompson shows up at Wonderville Bar in Brooklyn looking ready for a DJ set, or to drink, or to dance the night away with friends. While she’ll probably do the latter, she’s also a cybersecurity organizer leading

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Google Broke Its Privacy Promise — Now ICE Has Your Data

Google handed ICE a student journalist’s data without warning, breaking a decade-long promise. Here’s what happened and what it means for your privacy. The post Google Broke Its Privacy Promise — Now ICE Has Your Data appeared first on 1redDrop.

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I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep

Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?Lately, I’ve been hearing Judi Dench’s voice in my head. She tells me tomorrow’s forecast, when to turn right, that there’s been another message in my group

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A.I. Chatbots Want Your Health Records. Tread Carefully.

Following rivals like Amazon and OpenAI, Microsoft is upgrading its artificially intelligent assistant to track your health. There are benefits and risks to consider.

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Hong Kong police can demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law

Refusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false information carries up to three years in prisonHong Kong police can now demand that people suspected of breaching the city’s national security law provide mobile phone or computer passwords in a further crackdown on dissent.The amendments to the law also

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MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access

Awarding US spy-tech company deal involving sensitive financial data is ‘huge error of judgment’, Liberal Democrats sayMPs have urged the government to halt its latest contract with Palantir, after the Guardian revealed the US spy-tech company is to gain access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data.The Financial Conduct Authority, the watchdog

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Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data

Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacyFCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in BritainPalantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about

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Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?

Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cashOne morning last year, Jacobus Louw set out on his daily neighborhood walk to feed the seagulls he finds along the way. Except this time, he recorded several videos of his feet and the view as

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AI allows hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, study finds

New research suggests tech behind AI platforms such as ChatGPT makes it easier to perform sophisticated privacy attacksAI has made it vastly easier for malicious hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, a new study has warned.In most test scenarios, large language models (LLMs) – the technology behind platforms such as ChatGPT – successfully matched

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