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  • Slashdot: UK Once Again Demands Backdoor To Apple’s Encrypted Cloud Storage

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    Source URL: https://apple.slashdot.org/story/25/10/01/1719219/uk-once-again-demands-backdoor-to-apples-encrypted-cloud-storage?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: UK Once Again Demands Backdoor To Apple’s Encrypted Cloud Storage Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The UK government’s recent order to Apple to create a backdoor for accessing encrypted cloud storage for British users raises significant privacy concerns and compliance challenges. This order comes amidst ongoing…

  • Slashdot: A ‘Godfather of AI’ Remains Concerned as Ever About Human Extinction

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/10/01/1422204/a-godfather-of-ai-remains-concerned-as-ever-about-human-extinction?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: A ‘Godfather of AI’ Remains Concerned as Ever About Human Extinction Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Yoshua Bengio’s call for a pause in AI model development to prioritize safety standards, emphasizing the significant risks posed by advanced AI. Despite major investments in AI…

  • The Register: US Air Force investigates ‘privacy-related issue’ amid rumored SharePoint shutdown

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/us_air_force_investigates_breach/ Source: The Register Title: US Air Force investigates ‘privacy-related issue’ amid rumored SharePoint shutdown Feedly Summary: Uncle Sam can’t quit Redmond Exclusive The US Air Force confirmed it’s investigating a “privacy-related issue" amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable…

  • Slashdot: Spooked By AI, Bollywood Stars Drag Google Into Fight For ‘Personality Rights’

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/01/134215/spooked-by-ai-bollywood-stars-drag-google-into-fight-for-personality-rights?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Spooked By AI, Bollywood Stars Drag Google Into Fight For ‘Personality Rights’ Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Bollywood celebrities, particularly Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, seeking legal protection for their voice and persona from being used in AI-generated content, specifically targeting Google’s…

  • The Register: JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/jetbrains_wants_your_code_to_train_ai/ Source: The Register Title: JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets Feedly Summary: Dangles free product licenses in return for code-related data for its training IDE and developer tools biz JetBrains believes training AI models on public datasets is insufficient, and is offering free product licenses to organizations that…

  • Schneier on Security: Use of Generative AI in Scams

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/use-of-generative-ai-in-scams.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Use of Generative AI in Scams Feedly Summary: New report: “Scam GPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud.” This primer maps what we currently know about generative AI’s role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts that are making people…

  • Unit 42: TOTOLINK X6000R: Three New Vulnerabilities Uncovered

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    Source URL: https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/totolink-x6000r-vulnerabilities/ Source: Unit 42 Title: TOTOLINK X6000R: Three New Vulnerabilities Uncovered Feedly Summary: Researchers identified vulnerabilities in TOTOLINK X6000R routers: CVE-2025-52905, CVE-2025-52906 and CVE-2025-52907. We discuss root cause and impact. The post TOTOLINK X6000R: Three New Vulnerabilities Uncovered appeared first on Unit 42. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights newly…

  • The Register: Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/01/phantom_taurus_apt/ Source: The Register Title: Beijing-backed burglars master .NET to target government web servers Feedly Summary: ‘Phantom Taurus’ created custom malware to hunt secrets across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East Threat-hunters at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have decided a gang they spotted two years ago is backed by China, after seeing…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s New Social Video App Will Let You Deepfake Your Friends

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/30/2028215/openais-new-social-video-app-will-let-you-deepfake-your-friends?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s New Social Video App Will Let You Deepfake Your Friends Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI’s launch of the Sora app highlights the emergence of AI-generated content in social media, allowing users to create and manage deepfake-style videos. This development raises significant implications for privacy…

  • The Register: Tile trackers are a stalker’s dream, say Georgia Tech researchers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/tile_trackers_unencrypted_info/ Source: The Register Title: Tile trackers are a stalker’s dream, say Georgia Tech researchers Feedly Summary: Plaintext transmissions, fixed MAC addresses, rotating ‘unique’ IDs, and more, make abuse easy Tile Bluetooth trackers leak identifying data in plain text, giving stalkers an easy way to track victims despite Life360’s security promises, a group…