Ryan Mac, Katie Notopoulos, Ryan Brooks, and Logan McDonald report: BuzzFeed News found President Joe Biden’s Venmo account after less than 10 minutes of looking for it, revealing a network of his private social connections, a national security issue for the United States, and a major privacy concern for everyone who uses the popular peer-to-peer payments…
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Sign Up for the 7-Day Privacy Challenge
Thomas Germain writes: Privacy isn’t a lost cause. At Consumer Reports, we work every day keeping an eye on the companies that are keeping an eye on you, and we’re pushing for change. Ultimately, you shouldn’t have to take a lot of steps to protect your privacy. But for now, there are ways you can…
Hackers Used to Be Humans. Soon, AIs Will Hack Humanity
Bruce Schneier writes: If you don’t have enough to worry about already, consider a world where AIs are hackers. Hacking is as old as humanity. We are creative problem solvers. We exploit loopholes, manipulate systems, and strive for more influence, power, and wealth. To date, hacking has exclusively been a human activity. Not for long….
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Europe risks another tech tangle with ‘vaccine passports’ https://www.politico.eu/article/vaccine-passports-echo-coronavirus-app-failures/ MEPs call for European AI rules to ban facial recognition surveillance in public: https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/15/meps-call-for-european-ai-rules-to-ban-biometric-surveillance-in-public/ The Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/12/facebook-loophole-state-backed-manipulation Privacy Warning: Facebook AI Has Monitored 45,000 Videos Of People Chatting https://ai.facebook.com/blog/shedding-light-on-fairness-in-ai-with-a-new-data-set Germany- Data Protection Authority addresses right to privacy during…