The EU Council and its participants have decided to withdraw the vote on the contentious Chat Control plan proposed by Belgium, the current EU President. Moritz Körner, member of the European Parliament, disclosed the decision on Twitter. Swedish publisher SVG said,
Moritz Körner, Member of the European Parliament, disclosed the decision on Twitter. Swedish publisher SVG said, “The question was removed at the last moment from Thursday’s ambassadorial meeting in Brussels”.
In the wake of the recent European Parliament elections, the Pirate Party has lost its representation in the legislative body. This outcome was confirmed by Patrick Breyer, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and a prominent figure within the Pirate Party. Breyer, known for his staunch opposit...
Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.
A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations. The user who posted the data claimed that The New York Times has over 5,000 source code...
A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.
France is considering approving a new proposal to monitor all chat messages from European citizens. If this proposal is adopted, the chat app Signal has announced it will exit the EU. With France's backing, a European majority in favor of the plan seems likely. Netzpolitik (German) has reported this...
The latest proposal mandates user consent for monitoring messages on all communication apps, including those with end-to-end encryption.
Live Nation Entertainment, also known as Ticketmaster, has submitted an official Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), acknowledging and confirming that the recently rumored data breach is real. In the filing (which can be seen here), Ticketmaster says that on May 20, 2...
Access was gained through a third-party cloud database provider, which we know to be Snowflake.
Meta has announced that it will begin training its own AI using data from European users. The company claims that it has a legitimate interest in this practice. Users can object to the use of their data; however, there have been complaints regarding the procedure for submitting these objections. ...
The only exception is private messages, and some users have reported difficulty opting out.
Google rolled out the AI Overviews (previously known as Search Generative Experience), on May 10th in the United States, with the promise of
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The service offers the ability to purchase credits through cryptocurrencies, as well as offers the data for AI training purposes.
The service offers the ability to purchase credits through cryptocurrencies, as well as offers the data for AI training purposes.
In case you're not up to speed, Google recently launched its latest AI model, Gemini, which I vehemently called out as a PR stunt on launch day. And so far, it hasn't proved to be anything but. It took Bloomberg almost 24 hours to figure out that the Gemini multimodal demo was fake (which I immediat...
Greg Sadetsky introduces his demo, Sagittarius, as a response to Google's Gemini. Utilizing GPT-4, Sadetsky's demo showcases real-time capabilities similar to those claimed by Gemini but were lacking in Google's demonstration.
Grok, the conversational AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, has been reported to refuse user prompts for violating
Twitter enforces strict restrictions against external parties using its data for AI training, yet it freely utilizes data created by others for similar purposes.
The EDPB issued an urgent binding decision that essentially bans Meta from using personal data for behavioral advertising in the entire European Economic Area (EEA).
23andMe, the personal genomics and biotechnology company, has been trying to contain a security breach that was first disclosed on October 6th. On October 19th, 23andMe disclosed another security breach by the same hacker who had initially claimed responsibility. The hacker said he had access to mor...
This change will force its users into binding arbitration, which is a means to resolve disputes (such as a cybersecurity breach leaking your DNA data) outside of court.
Microsoft is working on a Jarvis that will monitor anything and everything about your digital life to try and optimize your life for "well being".
Norway has succeeded in getting a permanent, EU-wide ban imposed on Meta's collection of user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram. This landmark ruling favors user privacy over corporate interests.
Norway has succeeded in getting the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) to make permanent and extend across Europe its ban on Meta (Facebook's parent company) harvesting user data for targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
Huawei phones are flagging Google apps as Trojan malware, saying that the app was detected sending SMS privately, enticing users to pay with adult content, downloading/installing apps privately, or stealing private information, which may cause property damage and privacy leakage.
I'm seeing a lot of reports from users of Huawei and Honor devices have reported that their phones are incorrectly identifying Google apps as Trojan malware, specifically labeled as TrojanSMS-PA. According to the alert, this "malicious software" has the ability to send SMS messages without user consent.
If you haven't been following the Google vs. US Justice Department antitrust case, you probably didn't know that Google tried extremely hard to avoid
If you haven't been following the Google vs. US Justice Department antitrust case, you probably didn't know that Google tried extremely hard to avoid having any trial documents posted online. That was eventually overturned by Judge Amit Mehta, who is overseeing the case.
A significant vulnerability in the WebP Codec has been unearthed, prompting major browser vendors, including Google and Mozilla (update: Mozilla has now
This affects all browsers and not just Chrome, as the media falsely reported it. Mozilla just rolled out a fix, and Brave is looking into it. This bug is likely related to the "zero-click" iOS 0day that was reported by Citizenlab last week.
In a significant move against the tech giant's data collection practices, the Consumers' Association and the Foundation for the Protection of Privacy
The Consumers' Association and the Foundation for the Protection of Privacy Interests have jointly filed a lawsuit against Google. The companies allege that Google has violated Dutch and European privacy laws, seeking an end to the company's pervasive data collection and demanding compensation for users.
X/Twitter has updates its official Terms of Service to prohibit third parties from scraping or crawling its data.
But what if you do? Will you get caught?
Recent updates to Meta’s help center reveal the company’s tentative steps towards transparency and user control (or lack thereof) over personal data.
Recent updates to Meta’s help center reveal the company’s tentative steps towards transparency and user control (or lack thereof) over personal data.
The breach has now been confirmed by the Discord.io team and the article has been updated to reflect this.
I'm actually curious where did they got the passwords from? Discord.io looks to be using Discord itself for authenticating users, but I myself have never used the service so I have no idea.
I apologize. I included an image in the submission and it seems it hijacked the URL. I've edited the submission to include the link.