… And they also say that because deepfake images will not be made public as part of the lawsuit, this should assuage any privacy concerns. “Factoring out the deepfake image itself—as it will remain under seal—there is nothing inherently stigmatizing about revealing the fact that a deepfake image was … …
… A new bill aims to address mounting lawmaker concerns, but lacks substance. And if you’re looking for a deep dive, WIRED investigated the yearslong feud behind the prominent privacy and security conscious mobile operating system GrapheneOS. …
… Finally, we detailed Russia’s effort to create a local competitor to Starlink satellite internet service—with all the privacy and security concerns that entails. And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… In 2019, Facebook paid $5 billion to the FTC to resolve a separate privacy case, including allegations tied to its face recognition software—the largest privacy penalty in the agency's history at the time. …
… New research this week shed light on an incident in which 90,000 screenshots pulled from a European celebrity's phone were exposed online—underscoring the risks of commercially available spyware both as an invasion of personal privacy and a threat for widespread data breaches and abuse. …
… In a statement, Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro says, “These allegations misrepresent the reality of our work and we will fight them.” Speaking with WIRED, Ben Winters, CFA’s director of AI and data privacy, says others can find more dubious ads just by searching Meta’s ad library using key words like… …
… Experts say that Meta's decision about Instagram chat could give other companies, or even simply other divisions within Meta, permission to do less, too. “Meta's deployment of encryption was a public commitment, and they were weathering a lot of pressure from various governments to do it,” says Joh… …
… After triggering NameTag with Foucault’s image, the app produced a notification: “Person recognized.” “The main components of a face-recognition feature are already in Meta's companion app,” Buchodi says. “Not many pieces stand between this and a working feature.” In April, more than 70 advocacy gr… …
… It's just a matter of time.” A Gym Chain and a Hotel Giant Disclose Major Data Breaches Europe's largest gym chain, Basic-Fit, confirmed a major data breach on Monday, revealing that the bank details of roughly a million customers were compromised. …
… Shane Bauer, a spokesperson for OpenAI, says the company does not sell user data, though it does acknowledge sharing limited data with marketing partners for targeted and cross-context behavioral advertising. “We give people straightforward ways to control how their data is used directly in our app… …