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  • Slashdot: Discord Says 70,000 Users May Have Had Their Government IDs Leaked In Breach

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    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/08/2259252/discord-says-70000-users-may-have-had-their-government-ids-leaked-in-breach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Discord Says 70,000 Users May Have Had Their Government IDs Leaked In Breach Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Discord has reported a significant data breach affecting around 70,000 users, with the potential exposure of sensitive information, including government ID photos. The incident highlights serious concerns about…

  • 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…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/17/anthropic-postmortem/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues Feedly Summary: Anthropic: A postmortem of three recent issues Anthropic had a very bad month in terms of model reliability: Between August and early September, three infrastructure bugs intermittently degraded Claude’s response quality. We’ve now resolved these issues and want…

  • Slashdot: Google’s Gemini AI Will Get More Personalized By Remembering Details Automatically

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/13/2143233/googles-gemini-ai-will-get-more-personalized-by-remembering-details-automatically?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google’s Gemini AI Will Get More Personalized By Remembering Details Automatically Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Google is enhancing its Gemini AI chatbot with a new update that allows it to automatically remember user preferences and past conversations, streamlining personalization without prompts. This includes a feature…

  • OpenAI : How we’re responding to The New York Time’s data demands in order to protect user privacy

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    Source URL: https://openai.com/index/response-to-nyt-data-demands Source: OpenAI Title: How we’re responding to The New York Time’s data demands in order to protect user privacy Feedly Summary: OpenAI is fighting a court order at the demands of The New York Times and plaintiffs, which involves retention of consumer ChatGPT and API user data indefinitely. Learn how we’re working…

  • Slashdot: Meta and Yandex Are De-Anonymizing Android Users’ Web Browsing Identifiers

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    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…