Tag: surveillance
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Hacker News: Google Is on the Wrong Side of History
Source URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/google-wrong-side-history Source: Hacker News Title: Google Is on the Wrong Side of History Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Google’s recent shift in its AI principles, particularly the removal of commitments regarding the ethical use of AI in military applications and surveillance. This pivot is raising concerns…
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Slashdot: Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed
Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/02/17/1557220/nearly-10-years-after-data-and-goliath-bruce-schneier-says-privacys-still-screwed?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Bruce Schneier highlights the intensified state of surveillance over the past decade, emphasizing that despite some regulatory measures, the core issue of surveillance capitalism remains unaddressed. He warns…
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Hacker News: South Korea bans new DeepSeek AI downloads
Source URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzym0vn8go Source: Hacker News Title: South Korea bans new DeepSeek AI downloads Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: South Korea has temporarily banned the download of the AI chatbot DeepSeek due to concerns over personal data protection and privacy. This move reflects a growing trend of countries scrutinizing AI technologies,…
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The Register: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/15/interview_bruce_schneier/ Source: The Register Title: Nearly 10 years after Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier says: Privacy’s still screwed Feedly Summary: ‘In 50 years, I think we’ll view these business practices like we view sweatshops today’ Interview It has been nearly a decade since famed cryptographer and privacy expert Bruce Schneier released the book…
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Hacker News: Wyden Releases Draft Bill to Secure Americans’ Communications
Source URL: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-releases-draft-bill-to-secure-americans-communications-against-foreign-surveillance-demands Source: Hacker News Title: Wyden Releases Draft Bill to Secure Americans’ Communications Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Global Trust in American Online Services Act, introduced by Senator Ron Wyden, aims to amend the CLOUD Act and strengthen protections against foreign surveillance demands that compromise the security of…
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Slashdot: PIN AI Launches Mobile App Letting You Make Your Own Personalized, Private AI Model
Source URL: https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/25/02/14/2227222/pin-ai-launches-mobile-app-letting-you-make-your-own-personalized-private-ai-model Source: Slashdot Title: PIN AI Launches Mobile App Letting You Make Your Own Personalized, Private AI Model Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text introduces PIN AI, a new startup focusing on a mobile application that allows users to run open-source AI models locally on their devices, prioritizing user…
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Hacker News: Gemini beats everyone on new OCR benchmark
Source URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06445 Source: Hacker News Title: Gemini beats everyone on new OCR benchmark Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a new open-source benchmark designed to evaluate Vision-Language Models (VLMs) on Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in dynamic video contexts. This is particularly relevant for AI, as it highlights advancements…