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Privacy for Sale: The Marketing of Your Personal Data
It’s extremely difficult for individuals to protect their privacy online, and Big Tech is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make sure it stays that way.
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside the Telegram Channel Jailbreaking Grok Over and Over Again
Putting people in bikinis is just the tip of the iceberg. On Telegram, users are finding ways to make Grok do far worse.
Password to Louvre’s Video Surveillance System Was ‘Louvre’, According to Employee
At least one of the thieves remains at large, French prosecutors say.
California Governor Newsom signs landmark AI safety bill SB 53
SB 53 requires large AI labs – including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google DeepMind – to be transparent about safety protocols. It also ensures whistleblower protections for employees at those companies.
EU could fine Meta $22 million per day
Facebook’s parent firm has reportedly refused to make further changes to its controversial pay-or-consent model.
Drones Used by California Cities to Patrol for Illegal Fireworks and Issue Fines
California residents who lit illegal fireworks over the July 4 holiday may be in for a nasty surprise in the mail thanks to covert fire department operations.
In Memphis, Elon Musk Pilots a Corporate Takeover Strategy
In early June, the close personal relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk unraveled in spectacular fashion. But while Musk may have spun out of Trump’s immediate orbit, it would be optimistic to celebrate his ouster from government. He spent the first four months of Trump’s second presidency embedding his own enterprises into the functioning […]
Today’s Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
Today’s decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is a direct blow to the free speech rights of adults. The Court ruled that “no person—adult or child—has a First Amendment Read More…
How Cops Can Get Your Private Online Data
Can the cops get your online data In short, yes. There are a variety of US federal and state laws which give law enforcement powers to obtain information that Read More…
Palantir to Build Centralized Database on Americans
The Trump administration is collecting data on all Americans, and they are enlisting the data analysis company Palantir to do it.
Texas Cop Searched Over 83,000 Cameras To Track Down Girl Who Got An Abortion
The sheriff said the woman self-administered the abortion and her family were concerned for her safety, so authorities searched through Flock cameras. Experts are still concerned that a cop in a state where abortion is illegal can search cameras in others where it’s a human right.
NSO Group Must Pay More Than $167 Million In Damages To WhatsApp For Spyware Campaign
Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users.
No Postal Service Data Sharing to Deport Immigrants
According to a Washington Post report, the Postal Inspection Service had “quietly begun cooperating with federal immigration officials to locate people suspected of being in the country illegally.”
A Paper Battery Is Being Developed Seeking to Replace Lithium-ion One Day
The rechargeable paper battery is cheaper, safer, and as powerful as lithium, claims Flint, a new Singapore-based tech startup company.