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  • The Register: Clearview AI sees red as UK tribunal sides with regulator over $10M GDPR fine

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/ico_clearview_ai_tribunal/ Source: The Register Title: Clearview AI sees red as UK tribunal sides with regulator over $10M GDPR fine Feedly Summary: Court says ICO can chase US outfit for unlawfully hoovering up Brits’ selfies The UK General Regulatory Chamber’s Upper Tribunal (UT) has ruled in favor of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which…

  • Slashdot: Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/04/0357255/amazons-ring-plans-to-scan-everyones-face-at-the-door?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Amazon’s Ring Plans to Scan Everyone’s Face at the Door Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Amazon’s introduction of facial recognition for Ring doorbells raises significant privacy concerns regarding the collection and usage of biometric data without consent. While it empowers users, critics highlight ethical and legal…

  • 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…

  • 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: 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…

  • Wired: Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-using-claude-chats-for-training-how-to-opt-out/ Source: Wired Title: Anthropic Will Use Claude Chats for Training Data. Here’s How to Opt Out Feedly Summary: Anthropic is starting to train its models on new Claude chats. If you’re using the bot and don’t want your chats used as training data, here’s how to opt out. AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/profound_browser_extension_privacy_concern/ Source: The Register Title: Your AI conversations are a secret new treasure trove for marketers Feedly Summary: And they may not be seeking proper consent ai-pocalypse Profound is a startup that promises to help companies understand how they appear in AI responses to customer queries. But one expert in the field thinks…

  • The Register: ChatGPT wants teens to agree to let their parents spy on them

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/chatgpt_parental_controls/ Source: The Register Title: ChatGPT wants teens to agree to let their parents spy on them Feedly Summary: Good luck with that! OpenAI says it is introducing parental controls to ChatGPT that will help improve the safety of teenagers using its AI chatbot.… AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: OpenAI is enhancing…

  • Slashdot: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/2156240/switzerland-approves-digital-id-in-narrow-vote-uk-proposes-one-too?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the results of a Swiss referendum on electronic identity (e-ID) cards, highlighting the thin margin of support and the associated concerns regarding privacy and security. The narrative…