Tag: Facebook
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Slashdot: Tech Giants’ Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/2154202/tech-giants-indirect-emissions-rose-150-in-three-years Source: Slashdot Title: Tech Giants’ Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent United Nations report highlighting the significant increase in indirect carbon emissions from leading AI-focused tech companies due to their energy-intensive data centers. As investments in AI grow,…
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Slashdot: Washington Post’s Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta’s Apps (and Yandex)
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/07/035249/washington-posts-privacy-tip-stop-using-chrome-delete-metas-apps-and-yandex?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Washington Post’s Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta’s Apps (and Yandex) Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reveals significant privacy vulnerabilities related to Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, highlighting that these apps bypass existing security measures on Android devices. It underscores the need for users…
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Slashdot: Meta and Yandex Are De-Anonymizing Android Users’ Web Browsing Identifiers
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/06/03/205251/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Meta and Yandex Are De-Anonymizing Android Users’ Web Browsing Identifiers Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a newly discovered method used by Meta and Yandex that bypasses existing Android privacy protections, allowing these companies to de-anonymize users by linking their web browsing activities to…
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Slashdot: Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login Credentials
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/28/2024243/mysterious-database-of-184-million-records-exposes-vast-array-of-login-credentials?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login Credentials Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This text discusses the discovery of a significant data breach involving 184 million login credentials from numerous high-profile services, raising serious security concerns because of the inclusion of government-associated…
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The Register: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/fake_social_media_ads_ai_tool/ Source: The Register Title: Don’t click on that Facebook ad for a text-to-AI-video tool Feedly Summary: Millions may fall for it – and end up with malware instead A group of miscreants tracked as UNC6032 is exploiting interest in AI video generators by planting malicious ads on social media platforms to steal…
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Cloud Blog: Text-to-Malware: How Cybercriminals Weaponize Fake AI-Themed Websites
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/cybercriminals-weaponize-fake-ai-websites/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Text-to-Malware: How Cybercriminals Weaponize Fake AI-Themed Websites Feedly Summary: Written by: Diana Ion, Rommel Joven, Yash Gupta Since November 2024, Mandiant Threat Defense has been investigating an UNC6032 campaign that weaponizes the interest around AI tools, in particular those tools which can be used to generate videos based…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: I really don’t like ChatGPT’s new memory feature
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/21/chatgpt-new-memory/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: I really don’t like ChatGPT’s new memory feature Feedly Summary: Last month ChatGPT got a major upgrade. As far as I can tell the closest to an official announcement was this tweet from @OpenAI: Starting today [April 10th 2025], memory in ChatGPT can now reference all of…
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The Register: Meta’s still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/metas_still_violating_gdpr_rules/ Source: The Register Title: Meta’s still violating GDPR rules with latest plan to train AI on EU user data, says noyb Feedly Summary: ‘Legitimate interest’ won’t wash, says privacy outfit, as Zuck’s org claims activists want to ‘delay AI innovation’ There’s a Max Schrems-shaped object standing in the way of Meta’s plans…
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Slashdot: AI-Generated ‘Slop’ Threatens Internet Ecosystem, Researchers Warn
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/09/088238/ai-generated-slop-threatens-internet-ecosystem-researchers-warn?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI-Generated ‘Slop’ Threatens Internet Ecosystem, Researchers Warn Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights significant concerns regarding the rise of AI-generated content, which may overwhelm human-created material and contribute to scams on social media. The trend raises alarms about the quality of online content and…
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Simon Willison’s Weblog: META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments
Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/unauthorized-experiment-on-cmv/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments Feedly Summary: META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments r/changemyview is a popular (top 1%) well moderated subreddit with an extremely well developed set of rules designed to encourage productive, meaningful debate between participants. The moderators there just…