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Dubai International Airport will replace ID checks with a facial recognition aquarium
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In a world in which people are increasingly willing to trade privacy for convenience, facial recognition seems to be a new frontier. And the foremost pioneers on that frontier now appear to be the folks at Dubai International Airport.

l33tdawg Mon, 10/16/2017 - 23:38 Privacy Industry News

Dutch privacy regulator says Windows 10 breaks the law

posted onOctober 15, 2017
by l33tdawg
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The lack of clear information about what Microsoft does with the data that Windows 10 collects prevents consumers from giving their informed consent, says the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA). As such, the regulator says that the operating system is breaking the law.

CISA Director Jen Easterly, in Place Since 2021, to Step Down
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The head of the nation’s lead federal cybersecurity agency is expected to depart ahead of Inauguration Day.

Jen Easterly, who serves as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is set to step down, in anticipation of the new President-elect Donald J. Trump administration.

l33tdawg Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:02 Industry News
Korea extradites Russian, Vietnamese suspects linked to $16M ransomware scheme
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One Russian and one Vietnamese suspect were recently extradited to the United States after being apprehended in Korea earlier this year, the justice ministry said Tuesday.

The Russian is under investigation by U.S. authorities on suspicions of using ransomware to encrypt data at multiple U.S. companies and then extorting $16 million worth of bitcoin in exchange for its decryption.  

l33tdawg Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:02 Industry News
WhatsApp: NSO Group Operates Pegasus Spyware for Customers
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Israel's NSO Group may know a lot more about how customers use its Pegasus commercial spyware product than the company has let on, newly released court documents connected to a legal dispute with Meta's WhatsApp suggest.

In fact, NSO Group installed and operated the spyware on behalf of its customers, making the company directly liable for the spyware's use, WhatsApp lawyers said in one court filing, released Nov. 14 in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

l33tdawg Tue, 11/19/2024 - 03:02 Industry News

Man sick of crashes sues Intel for allegedly hiding CPU defects

posted onNovember 8, 2024
by l33tdawg
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One frustrated customer wants to force Intel to pay untold millions in damages, claiming the company deceptively marketed faulty 13th- and 14th-generation CPUs as "enabling amazing experiences to happen on the PC," when instead products were prone to crashes and blue screens.

In a proposed class action, a New York man, Mark Vanvalkenburgh, said that he regretted falling for Intel's marketing of its 13th-gen CPU as "the world’s fastest desktop processor" capable of delivering "the best gaming, streaming and recording experience" available today.

Chinese attackers accessed Canadian government networks – for five years

posted onNovember 1, 2024
by l33tdawg
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A report by Canada's Communications Security Establishment (CSE) revealed that state-backed actors have collected valuable information from government networks for five years.

The biennial National Cyber Threat Assessment described the People's Republic of China's (PRC) cyber operations against Canada as "second to none." Their purpose is to "serve high-level political and commercial objectives, including espionage, intellectual property (IP) theft, malign influence, and transnational repression."

OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, taking Google head-on
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One of the biggest bummers about the modern Internet has been the decline of Google Search. Once an essential part of using the web, it's now a shadow of its former self, full of SEO-fueled junk and AI-generated spam.

l33tdawg Fri, 11/01/2024 - 05:42 Industry News
Not just ChatGPT anymore: Perplexity and Anthropic’s Claude get desktop apps
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There's a lot going on in the world of Mac apps for popular AI services. In the past week, Anthropic has released a desktop app for its popular Claude chatbot, and Perplexity launched a native app for its AI-driven search service.

On top of that, OpenAI updated its ChatGPT Mac app with support for its flashy advanced voice feature.

l33tdawg Fri, 11/01/2024 - 05:42 Industry News