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… Reporting from 404 Media this week revealed that a vulnerability in the system has made it possible, for at least a year, for people’s real email addresses to be uncovered when they are using Apple’s privacy service. “Apple Hide My Email is leaking email addresses that are supposed to be hidden,” s… …
… Even beyond this feature, Meta is deeply entrenched in the privacy toggle game. “This type of behavior is not unique for Meta,” says Ben Winters, director of AI and privacy at the Consumer Federation of America. “They are stewards of the opt-out status quo that we find ourselves in, without adequat… …
… An asexual woman, who did not want to be named for privacy reasons, described AI companionship as a kind of emotional laboratory. …
… Even so, some experts are still nervous about how user’s personal data will be accessed. “It could have good benefits, make you super efficient, and be really helpful, but it does make the privacy issue a little bit more murky,” says Marshini Chetty, a computer scientist at University of Chicago wh… …
… One final use suggested for BrainBit is “neuromarketing”—“collecting neuroinsight” to reveal the “subconscious reaction of consumers and enhancing results of market research.” It is not hard to see where this is leading: advertisers and corporations delving into our subconscious to find ever more t… …
… FoloToy’s Kumma bear, powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o when tested by the Public Interest Research Group’s New Economy team, gave instructions on how to light a match and find a knife, and discussed sex and drugs. …
… New research from Georgetown Law's Center on Privacy and Technology estimates that the Department of Homeland Security has become the largest single source of new genetic profiles in the nation's criminal DNA system, with ICE alone potentially adding as many as roughly 920,000 profiles in 2025. …
… So Proton is also building AI features and AI tools, because I think if the privacy companies do not find a way to step in to build privacy-first AI, we are essentially ceding the future to tech companies that don’t have the best interests of users at heart. …
… He tells me about vibrant pockets of the dark web dedicated to evangelizing homebrew privacy solutions—an emergent movement of resistance at a time when Meta plans to remove end-to-end encryption on Instagram DMs, automakers are openly selling driving data to insurance companies, and gait system te… …
… Under the New Hampshire Privacy Act, the company had 45 days to respond. …