Apple wants Europe to blink
… The company has a history of invoking privacy and security concerns when regulators try to make it open up parts of its famously closed ecosystem. …
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Microsoft faces fresh Windows Recall security concerns
When Microsoft tried to launch Recall, an AI-powered Windows feature that screenshots most of what you do on your PC, it was labeled a “disaster” for cybersecurity and a “privacy nightmare.” After the backlash and a year-long delay to redesign and secure Recall, it’s once again facing security and … …
Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise
… Apple’s partnership with Google may raise concerns about how it maintains user privacy, but it may also be precisely how it’s able to offer functional AI without giving up that privacy. It’s the more limited default data collection that ultimately makes Apple’s privacy promise stand out. …
While you’re watching the World Cup, the feds may be watching you
… Paris, for example, enabled AI video surveillance ahead of the 2024 Olympics — and is keeping it in place through the end of 2027 despite privacy concerns. …
The midterms are going to be a data security nightmare
… Demands for unredacted voter files only exert undue control over elections and subject voters to increased privacy risks, they say. “The administration has proceeded in the face of that known risk, some might say by design, rather than just out of negligence,” says John Davisson, deputy director an… …
SwitchBot has ambitions to be the AI that powers your smart home
… While cameras that analyze activities inside your home raise privacy concerns, the depth of context they can provide is a crucial piece of this puzzle. …
Elon Musk broke the FAA — Palantir is picking up the pieces
… Legislators and watchdog groups have raised concerns around data privacy, poor accuracy, and/or the legality of every program mentioned above. …
I spy
… They’d be heavier, clunkier, and wouldn’t look as good.” He went on to say that Meta is aware of increasing attempts to tamper with the privacy lights and to expect more robust privacy updates soon. …
AI could bring us a smarter home — if we can trust it
… Of course, these AI-powered platforms raise privacy concerns. …
Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet
… Developers may now find themselves forced to choose between respecting users’ privacy preferences and complying with the law. “Protecting children online is absolutely important,” Michael Dolan, SVP of strategic programs at the Linux Foundation, told The Verge. “However, age verification mandates i… …