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  • The Register: ChatGPT hates LA Chargers fans

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/27/chatgpt_has_a_problem_with/ Source: The Register Title: ChatGPT hates LA Chargers fans Feedly Summary: Harvard researchers find model guardrails tailor query responses to user’s inferred politics and other affiliations OpenAI’s ChatGPT appears to be more likely to refuse to respond to questions posed by fans of the Los Angeles Chargers football team than to followers…

  • Slashdot: VP.net Promises "Cryptographically Verifiable Privacy"

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/30/1852224/vpnet-promises-cryptographically-verifiable-privacy?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: VP.net Promises "Cryptographically Verifiable Privacy" Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the launch of VP.net, a VPN service that leverages Intel SGX enclaves to provide users with “cryptographically verifiable privacy.” By ensuring that even the VPN provider cannot track user activities, this service challenges…

  • Schneier on Security: New Way to Track Covertly Android Users

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    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/06/new-way-to-track-covertly-android-users.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: New Way to Track Covertly Android Users Feedly Summary: Researchers have discovered a new way to covertly track Android users. Both Meta and Yandex were using it, but have suddenly stopped now that they have been caught. The details are interesting, and worth reading in detail: >Tracking…

  • The Register: Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/03/meta_pauses_android_tracking_tech/ Source: The Register Title: Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul Feedly Summary: Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins Security researchers say Meta and Yandex used native Android apps to listen on localhost ports, allowing them to link…