U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says https://time.com/6898967/ai-extinction-national-security-risks-report/
These Video Doorbells Have Terrible Security. Amazon Sells Them Anyway. https://www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/home-security-cameras/video-doorbells-sold-by-major-retailers-have-security-flaws-a2579288796/
Reddit CEO tells users ‘we know your dark secrets’ as he strikes fear into web surfers https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/reddit-ceo-tells-users-we-8082550
US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/05/us_europe_capitalism/
Do Americans still have a right to privacy? https://www.vox.com/scotus/24084923/supreme-court-right-to-privacy-abortion-ivf-transgender-care-marriage
Google employee Linwei Ding charged with stealing AI trade secrets, secretly working with China https://abc7chicago.com/google-employee-arrested-artificial-intelligence-linwei-ding-china/14497765/
Do You Have to Let the National Guard Search Your Bag on the Subway? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/nyregion/national-guard-subway-bag-checks.html
European Court of Human Rights Confirms: Weakening Encryption Violates Fundamental Rights https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/european-court-human-rights-confirms-undermining-encryption-violates-fundamental
Law enforcement personnel say LexisNexis retaliated when asked to remove data https://therecord.media/new-jersey-law-enforcement-lawsuit-lexisnexis-data
Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private https://www.wired.com/story/signal-launches-usersnames-phone-number-privacy/
Spark Joy, Declutter, Sell Your Info to the NSA https://www.orwell.org/spark-joy-declutter-sell-your-info-to-the-nsa/
TurboTax wants to use your tax return to show you ads. You can say no. https://www.yahoo.com/news/turbotax-wants-tax-return-show-174616882.html
A government watchdog hacked a US federal agency to stress-test its cloud security https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/29/department-interior-watchdog-hack-cloud-data/
Biden acts to better protect Americans’ personal data such as health records and finances https://apnews.com/article/biden-executive-action-personal-data-protections-china-ea0fe0af31dc26b254e2724c8e53867f