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Zoom Can Spy on Your Calls and Use the Conversation to Train AI, But Says That It Won’t

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This is why we need regulation: Zoom updated its Terms of Service in March, spelling out that the company reserves the right to train AI on user data with no mention of a way to opt out. On Monday, the company said in a blog post that there’s …

Cumbria police admit huge breach of data of officers and staff

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Exclusive: Accidental publishing of names and salaries happened in March and follows scandal over PSNI leak Another British police force has experienced a huge breach of the data of all its officers and staff, the Guardian has learned. Cumbria police has admitted accidentally publishing the names and salaries of …

Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters’ data

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Names and addresses of 40 million registered voters were accessible as far back as 2021 after cyber-attack Confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator has been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the …

AI and Microdirectives

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Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws. All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. You’re told how to cross the street, how fast to drive …

HWL Ebsworth hack: Queensland says its files were taken after criminals release Victorian documents

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State’s chief information security officer says information from Victorian departments and agencies was accessed Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Highly sensitive legal documents from the Victorian government have been published …

French Police Will Be Able to Spy on People through Their Cell Phones

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The French police are getting new surveillance powers : French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday, July 5. [...] Covering laptops, cars and other connected objects as well as phones …

Google Is Using Its Vast Data Stores to Train AI

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No surprise, but Google just changed its privacy policy to reflect broader uses of all the surveillance data it has captured over the years: Research and development : Google uses information to improve our services and to develop new products, features and technologies that benefit our users and the public …

HWL Ebsworth hack: Russian gang released ‘sensitive personal and government information’, Australia’s cybersecurity chief says

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National cybersecurity coordinator Darren Goldie says ransomware gang ALPHV/Blackcat is responsible for posting the material online Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Sensitive and personal government information has been stolen from law firm HWL Ebsworth by a Russian ransomware gang and …

Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels

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Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence: While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement ­ and a new method for encroachment on privacy, advocates say. Crisscrossing the city on their routes, self-driving cars capture a …

Real estate agents push back against Australian privacy law changes designed to protect personal data

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Real Estate Institute of Australia president says additional layer of responsibility could force smaller agencies to close down Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Real estate agents are pushing back against proposed …

Drug and alcohol tests of graduate paramedics revealed in Ambulance Victoria data breach

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Privacy watchdog will be asked to investigate after information became available for all employees to view on the staff intranet Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The confidential drug and alcohol test …

Twitter admits to ‘security incident’ involving Circles tweets

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Feature allows users to set a list of friends and post tweets that only they are supposed to be able to read A privacy breach at Twitter published tweets that were never supposed to be seen by anyone but the poster’s closest friends to the site at large …

UK competition watchdog launches review of AI market

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CMA to look at underlying systems of artificial intelligence tools amid concerns over false information Business live – latest updates The UK competition watchdog has fired a shot across the bows of companies racing to commercialise artificial intelligence technology, announcing a review of the sector as fears grow over the …

Labor to appoint dedicated privacy commissioner to combat data breaches

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The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will also be restored to a three-commissioner structure after defunding by Coalition Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The federal government will appoint a dedicated …

Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth hit by Russian-linked ransomware attack

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Cyberattack resulted in hacking of 4TB of data including IDs, finance reports, accounting data, client documents and credit card details Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Australian commercial law firm HWL …

Sensitive data is being leaked from servers running Salesforce software

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Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Servers running software sold by Salesforce are leaking sensitive data managed by government agencies, banks, and other organizations, according to a post published Friday by KrebsOnSecurity. At least five separate sites run by the state of Vermont permitted access to sensitive data to anyone, Brian …

ChatGPT now allows disabling chat history, declining training, and exporting data

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Enlarge (credit: OpenAI / Stable Diffusion) On Tuesday, OpenAI announced new controls for ChatGPT users that allow them to turn off chat history, simultaneously opting out of providing that conversation history as data for training AI models. Also, users can now export chat history for local storage. The new controls …

UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption

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In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to-end encryption: As currently drafted, the Bill could break end-to-end encryption,opening the door to routine, general and indiscriminate surveillance of personal messages of friends, family …

‘Vulkan files’ leak reveals Putin’s global and domestic cyberwarfare tactics

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• Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war • Private Moscow consultancy bolstering Russian cyberwarfare • Tools support hacking operations and attacks on infrastructure • Documents linked to notorious Russian hacking group Sandworm • Russian program aims to control internet and spread disinformation The inconspicuous office is in Moscow’s north-eastern suburbs. A …

The Security Vulnerabilities of Message Interoperability

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Jenny Blessing and Ross Anderson have evaluated the security of systems designed to allow the various Internet messaging platforms to interoperate with each other: The Digital Markets Act ruled that users on different platforms should be able to exchange messages with each other. This opens up a real Pandora …

Why is TikTok banned from government phones – and should the rest of us be worried?

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UK has removed app over concerns data can be monitored by Chinese state, but public remain vulnerable TikTok is wildly popular, with more than 1 billion people consuming its short video posts around the world. But the app is less favoured by politicians in key markets such as the …

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