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Carol Hancox
August 19, 7:30 PM
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Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plates.
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Carol Hancox
August 19, 7:25 PM
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The people-search tool ClarityCheck says its reverse image search service is “private and secure”—but it left a database containing more than 9 million image files exposed.
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Carol Hancox
August 13, 7:03 PM
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Records obtained by WIRED detail hundreds of allegations of Customs and Border Protection workers misusing internal tools to look up romantic interests and track colleagues’ cell phones.
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Carol Hancox
July 28, 1:19 PM
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The screwup shows how tricky it can be to stop web crawlers from making ostensibly private conversations with AI chatbots entirely too public.
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Carol Hancox
July 18, 6:14 AM
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I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive features.
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Carol Hancox
July 2, 5:53 AM
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Everyone is sick of spam calls and creeper sites that show weirdos where you live—but can any service solve it?
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Carol Hancox
June 17, 2:17 AM
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The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.
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Carol Hancox
June 14, 2:59 AM
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From anti-drone tech to face recognition, 2026 World Cup stadiums in the US, Canada, and Mexico are subjecting fans to an array of surveillance tech. Here’s what you need to know.
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Carol Hancox
May 12, 6:56 PM
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The ICO has levied a reduced fine on South Staffordshire Water following cyber improvements in the wake of a Cl0p ransomware attack.
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Carol Hancox
May 2, 3:49 AM
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Talkspace has amassed “one of the largest mental health data banks in the world,” according to reports to investors, containing 140 million message exchanges.
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Carol Hancox
April 23, 11:07 PM
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The government said medical data of 500,000 people was affected but no personally identifiable information had been made available.
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Carol Hancox
April 18, 12:45 AM
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More than 70 organizations, including the ACLU, EPIC, and Fight for the Future, say the AI smart glasses feature would endanger abuse victims, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ people.
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Carol Hancox
March 26, 1:03 AM
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Met Police to ‘trial’ handheld facial recognition tech - London Mayor Sadiq Khan reveals in a scrutiny session with London Assembly members that the Met is set to trial a facial recognition phone app for police officers British Transport Police start using live facial recognition - British Transport Police will deploy facial recognition for six months despite calls for the government to halt its rapid expansion of the technology London Assembly member: Police should halt facial-recognition technology use - In lieu of a full-blown ban on the technology, Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett has called for a number of new safeguards to be implemented that she feels would protect Londoners from ‘escalating’ biometric surveillance
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Carol Hancox
August 19, 7:27 PM
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Run a reverse phone lookup to identify who's calling. Uncover names, addresses, social profiles & carrier info for any number. Trusted by 10M+ users.
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Carol Hancox
August 13, 7:08 PM
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Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.
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Carol Hancox
August 7, 4:42 AM
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The chair of the science, technology and innovation committee says digital twins of people should be covered by data protection law
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Carol Hancox
July 24, 5:20 AM
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MSG’s sprawling surveillance system can monitor guests down to the second. Its owners made an exception for the pop star’s rehearsal dinner.
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Carol Hancox
July 7, 1:52 AM
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Unauthorised access to a development and testing environment managed by IBM has exposed the names, NRIC numbers and property addresses of about 70,000 people held by the Singapore Land Authority.
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Carol Hancox
June 28, 10:05 PM
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Google’s Search history update stores media uploads from your interactions, like images used in reverse image searches, for training its AI models.
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Carol Hancox
June 17, 2:15 AM
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Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.
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Carol Hancox
June 7, 5:13 AM
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Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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Carol Hancox
May 12, 6:48 PM
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Tietosuojaviranomaisten yhteistyömenettelyssä on annettu 100 miljoonan euron seuraamusmaksu MLU B.V.:lle Yango-taksisovelluksen käyttäjien henkilötietojen siirroista Venäjälle ilman riittäviä suojatoimia. Päätöksessä myös kielletään Yangon käyttäjien henkilötietojen siirrot Venäjälle. Ratkaisu on tehty yhteistyössä Alankomaiden tietosuojaviranomaisen johdolla, Suomen tietosuojaviranomaisen eli tietosuojavaltuutetun toimiston ja Norjan tietosuojaviranomaisen kanssa.
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Carol Hancox
April 26, 8:13 PM
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Biobank operator is taking steps to improve security after biological, health and lifestyle information from its database was offered for sale on a Chinese website.
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Carol Hancox
April 18, 12:54 AM
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Danish bank revealed details of a customer data leak last year which affected thousands of customers
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Carol Hancox
April 14, 8:31 PM
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Undisclosed number of names and contact and reservation details accessed in latest cybercrime attempt
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