Courtesy of NordPass: Here are the worst 200 passwords of 2020. The list details how many times a password has been exposed, used, and how much time it would take to crack it. We also compare the worst passwords of 2019 and 2020, highlighting how their positions have changed. The green arrows indicate a rise…
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Singapore investigating claims Muslim app developer sold user data to US military
Eileen Yu reports: Singapore is investigating claims that local-based mobile app, Muslim Pro, has sold “granular location data” to the US military. Clocking more than 98.5 million downloads worldwide, the popular prayer tracking app has denied the allegations, saying it shares only anonymised data with its partners. The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) confirmed it…
New Report Finds That Criminals Leverage AI for Malicious Use – And It’s Not Just Deep Fakes
The following is press release from Europol: Europol, UNICRI and Trend Micro uncover current and future threats of AI and how to combat them A jointly developed new report by Europol, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and Trend Micro looking into current and predicted criminal uses of artificial intelligence (AI)…
While you’ve been shopping for masks, the government has been looking to strip you of more privacy
We’ve all noted the increase in surveillance during the pandemic, especially with use of location data for track and trace. But while you were looking over THERE, the government is quietly looking to expand other surveillance systems. Felipe De La Hoz reports: Through a little-discussed potential bureaucratic rule change, the Department of Homeland Security is planning…