MakeUseOf: “These days, a strong password is essential on the web. Whether it’s your email accounts, social media accounts, Amazon accounts, or otherwise, using your birthday or cat’s name as a password is a bad idea. However, creating the perfect password is tricky. Thankfully, you can use online password generators to help create strong and… Continue Reading
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The A.I. Surveillance Tool DHS Uses to Detect ‘Sentiment and Emotion’
404 Media: “Internal DHS and corporate documents detail the agency’s relationship with Fivecast, a company that promises to scan for “risk terms and phrases” online. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security, has bought millions of dollars worth of software from a company that uses artificial intelligence to detect “sentiment… Continue Reading
We Found 650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You
Via LLRX – We Found 650,000 Ways Advertisers Label You – If you spend any time online, you probably have some idea that the digital ad industry is constantly collecting data about you, including a lot of personal information, and sorting you into specialized categories so you’re more likely to buy the things they advertise… Continue Reading
Can you trust AI? Here’s why you shouldn’t
Via LLRX – Can you trust AI? Here’s why you shouldn’t – Security expert Bruce Schneier and data scientist Nathan Sanders believe that people who come to rely on AIs will have to trust them implicitly to navigate daily life. That means they will need to be sure the AIs aren’t secretly working for someone… Continue Reading
How to See Who’s Connected to Your Wi-Fi Network
How to Geek: “Do you know who’s connected to your router’s Wi-Fi network? Take a look at the list of devices connected to your Wi-Fi network from your router or computer to find out. Bear in mind that many devices connect to your Wi-Fi these days. The list will contain laptops, smartphones, tablets, smart TVs,… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 19, 2023
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 19, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex… Continue Reading
Beware the Emergence of Shadow AI
Tech Policy Press: “The enthusiasm for generative AI systems has taken the world by storm. Organizations of all sorts– including businesses, governments, and nonprofit organizations– are excited about its applications, while regulators and policymakers show varying levels of desire to regulate and govern it. Old hands in the field of cybersecurity and governance, risk &… Continue Reading
These apps and websites use your data to train AI
Los Angeles Times – You’re probably using one right now. “…What kind of info are we comfortable forking over to the AIs, if any? Right now we are in the midst of a destabilizing moment. It’s alarming, yes, but it’s also an opportunity to renegotiate what we do and do not want to hand over… Continue Reading
Stop Trackers Dead: The Best Private Browsers for 2023
PCMag: “Online marketers mine your data and target you for sales. Foil their efforts with the tracking protection and privacy features offered by the top secure browsers we’ve tested. Online privacy is a major concern for everyone, and by far the biggest personal privacy issues arise when you browse the internet. Why? Because online marketers… Continue Reading
Amazon Ring does not fight crime
NBC News: “Cute videos, but little evidence: Police say Amazon Ring isn’t much of a crime fighter. Hundreds of police departments have signed agreements with Ring to gain access to footage filmed on home surveillance cameras….Since 2018, Ring has signed up more than 800 law enforcement agencies as “partners,” offering them access to video footage… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 12, 2023
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 12, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on… Continue Reading
How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy
The MarkUp: “Privacy policies are horrible. They are too long, impenetrable, and full of legalese that amounts to a take it or leave it offer. But the privacy policy is one of the only places where tech companies have to tell us the truth—the truth about what personal data they are collecting, how they share… Continue Reading
