Tag: personal data
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Hacker News: Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Source URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/ Source: Hacker News Title: Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Amazon’s recent changes to its Alexa voice assistant, specifically the transition to a generative AI model that entails user privacy trade-offs.…
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Slashdot: Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small Massachusetts Power Utility for Months
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/13/229240/chinese-hackers-sat-undetected-in-small-massachusetts-power-utility-for-months?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese Hackers Sat Undetected in Small Massachusetts Power Utility for Months Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text describes a cybersecurity breach at the Littleton Electric Light and Water Departments (LELWD), involving state-sponsored hackers from a group known as Volt Typhoon. Cybersecurity firm Dragos, in collaboration…
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Slashdot: Google’s Gemini AI Can Now See Your Search History
Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/13/1853231/googles-gemini-ai-can-now-see-your-search-history?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s Gemini AI Can Now See Your Search History Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google is enhancing its Gemini A.I. initiative by releasing version 2.0, which introduces advanced features to free users. Notably, enhancements include improved research functionalities and personalized reasoning based on user search history,…
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Wired: Researchers Propose a Better Way to Report Dangerous AI Flaws
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-researchers-new-system-report-bugs/ Source: Wired Title: Researchers Propose a Better Way to Report Dangerous AI Flaws Feedly Summary: After identifying major flaws in popular AI models, researchers are pushing for a new system to identify and report bugs. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a critical security flaw discovered in OpenAI’s GPT-3.5…
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Slashdot: Allstate Insurance Sued For Delivering Personal Info In Plaintext
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/03/11/225252/allstate-insurance-sued-for-delivering-personal-info-in-plaintext?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Allstate Insurance Sued For Delivering Personal Info In Plaintext Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a lawsuit against Allstate Insurance for a significant security lapse that allowed personal information, specifically driver’s license numbers (DLNs), to be exposed in plain text on their quoting website.…
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The Register: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/10/allstate_sued_pii_exposure/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal info on a platter, in plaintext, to anyone who went looking for it Feedly Summary: Crooks built bots to exploit astoundingly bad quotation website and made off with data on thousands New York State has sued Allstate Insurance for operating websites so…