🌎 Discussion: Online Piracy, AI, Net Neutrality, Killswitch, and Other Internet Issues II

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

States look to legislation to regulate AI political ads next election

A handful of states, including Texas and California, have passed laws regulating deepfakes in political advertising.

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Generating AI Images Uses as Much Energy as Charging Your Phone, Study Finds

According to a new study, turning text into images with programs like Midjourney or Dall-e comes with a significant carbon footprint.

gizmodo.com

US Judge Blocks Montana's 'Anti-Chinese' TikTok Ban

Montana’s first-of-its-kind TikTok ban suffers a major legal blow.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google caught placing big-brand ads on hardcore porn sites, report says

Brands demand transparency from Google after ads spotted in undesirable places.

arstechnica.com

Hack Tricks ChatGPT Into Spitting Out Private Email Addresses, Phone Numbers

The hack is "silly," but it gets ChatGPT to regurgitate incredible amounts of its training data, some of it potentially sensitive.

futurism.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Hackers have found a sneaky way to spy on iPhone users — here’s how

That third-party iPhone keyboard could leave you vulnerable to hackers

www.tomsguide.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar who left Harvard University in August has accused the school of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep ...

www.dailykos.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator​

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

All your phone notifications are routed through Apple or Google servers as intermediaries, they’re not direct. Guess what governments do with that fact?

The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying.

The internet enabled mass surveillance. A.I. will enable mass spying.

slate.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Meta is a 'breeding ground' for child predators, new lawsuit claims

A new lawsuit out of New Mexico claims Meta has knowingly become a "marketplace for predators in search of children upon whom to prey."

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Europe reaches a deal on the world's first comprehensive AI rules

The rules would go into full effect in 2025, and could serve as a blueprint for regulators elsewhere in the world.

scrippsnews.com

Sam Altman Accused of "Psychologically Abusive" Behavior

New reports paint the OpenAI CEO as a manipulative liar who liked to go behind people's backs.

gizmodo.com

Annie Altman Abuse Allegations Against Sam Altman, Explained | The Mary Sue

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's sister Annie has seemingly come to social media multiple times, most recently in October 2023, with allegations about him.

www.themarysue.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Verizon fell for fake “search warrant,” gave victim’s phone data to stalker

Verizon tricked by fake cop, fake search warrant despite obvious warning signs.

arstechnica.com

 

[squeekness]

Verizon fell for fake “search warrant,” gave victim’s phone data to stalker

Verizon tricked by fake cop, fake search warrant despite obvious warning signs.

arstechnica.com

Wow...thats bad.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications - US senator​

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/

All your phone notifications are routed through Apple or Google servers as intermediaries, they’re not direct. Guess what governments do with that fact?

Apple Makes It Harder for Police to Access Your Push Notifications

In response to an Oregon Senator’s letter, Apple added a hurdle for law enforcement to access your metadata.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sam Altman’s Weird Eyeball Scanning Crypto Tech Comes to Minecraft

The OpenAI CEO's “human passport for the internet” just got co-opted by some of your favorite apps.

gizmodo.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Let’s attempt to decode Google’s confusing new location data settings

The new Google Maps Timeline plays a game of three-card monte with your location data.

arstechnica.com

Michael Cohen’s lawyer cited three fake cases in possible AI-fueled screwup

Lawyer David Schwartz must explain why a motion cited “cases that do not exist.”…

arstechnica.com

Ted Cruz wants to stop the FCC from updating data-breach notification rules

FCC accused of violating congressional resolution that nullified privacy rules.

arstechnica.com

Meta tests making Threads posts available on Mastodon and other fediverse apps

A new test will make some Threads content available on Mastodon and other apps for the first time.

www.engadget.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Is Dropbox sending user data to OpenAI? Here's how you can opt out of it - gHacks Tech News

Users discovered that Dropbox is sending user data to OpenAI. Here's how you can turn the feature off on your account.

www.ghacks.net

While AI went mainstream in 2023, so did efforts to regulate its use

Artificial intelligence was further in the mainstream than ever in 2023 — demonstrating unprecedented capabilities, and showing that it can be unreliable and even dangerous at the same time, prompting new calls from governments to be careful using it.

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Google Finally Stops Handing Your Location Data to Cops

A location privacy change will end Google’s compliance with constitution-busting geofence warrants.

gizmodo.com

Whole lot of companies - big tech companies, pharmacies, others - out there just been handing over user data without any kind of court order for decades.

Pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds​

The revelation could shape the debate over Americans’ health privacy as states move to criminalize abortion and drugs related to reproductive health

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/12/pharmacy-records-police-privacy-abortion/

 

[squeekness]

I'm conflicted. Yes, I believe in privacy, but if this stops a person who greatly disturbed from getting a gun it doesn't bother me.

 

[Teelie]

That leaves open massive loopholes of abuse. There needs to be more regulation on what info is shared, to whom and when.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Teelie]

You can't steal from us, we already stole this!

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Absolutely farcical.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

‘Cuties’: Netflix Wins Appeal Blocking Child Porn Charges

Netflix won an appellate ruling on Monday that blocks a Texas D.A. from pursuing child porn charges over the distribution of "Cuties."

variety.com

How Microsoft’s cybercrime unit has evolved to combat increased threats

Microsoft has honed its strategy to disrupt global cybercrime and state-backed actors.

arstechnica.com

TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms

TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.

arstechnica.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Xfinity data breach affected millions of customers, company says

Internet provider Xfinity said hackers accessed personal information for nearly 36 million customers thanks to a software vulnerability.

scrippsnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

AI's World-Ending Capabilities Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

While AI doomerism has been popular in recent times, each passing day presents fresh evidence that the technology just isn't all that advanced.

gizmodo.com

They oversell current capability like NFTs to pump up their stock.