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Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents

DHS and DOJ did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment. The FBI referred WIRED’s inquiry to DHS. According to a WIRED analysis of the data, CBP staffers account for more than half of the records. ICE accounts for about… Read More "Massive Leak Exposes 41,000 Homeland Security Workers—Including Undercover ICE Agents"

Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer

US law enforcement agents obtained authorization to use a controversial surveillance device capable of intercepting cell phone signals to find and arrest a 21-year-old college student who helped produce journalist Don Lemon’s coverage of an anti-ICE protest, court filings show.… Read More "Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer"

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History

Attorneys for 15 Minnesota residents facing federal conspiracy charges have obtained evidence of a sweeping, possibly unconstitutional spying operation carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement against left-wing social movements in Minnesota and beyond. The high-profile Minnesota 15 prosecution makes… Read More "ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History"

UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to Court

Jess Asato’s public campaigning for victims of online abuse put her in the crosshairs of Grok’s deepfake scandal. Then the UK member of parliament became a victim of the abuse herself. big interview,uncanny valley podcast,podcasts,q&a,elon musk,privacy,deepfakes Source link Read More "UK Politician Jess Asato Got Deepfaked. Now She’s Taking xAI to Court"

The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans

Two Democratic senators who have long overseen US intelligence say the Trump administration is illegally withholding a secret court’s findings from Congress until lawmakers renew a program that lets federal agents read Americans’ communications without a warrant. Seven months ago,… Read More "The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans"

Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN

At a promotional event in Times Square on Wednesday for the security company NordVPN, brand ambassador Shaquille O’Neal said he is eager to raise awareness among regular people about the importance of digital security and personal privacy. “I have a… Read More "Shaq Got Hacked. Now He’s Pitching for a VPN"

Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook

A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook, marking the biggest fine ever against the tech giant. Facebook’s deception was intentional and… Read More "Meta Ordered to Pay New Mexico $25 Billion for Deceiving Users About Privacy on Facebook"

A Design Flaw in Share Links Exposes Users’ Personal Conversations With Meta’s Muse

“If you had asked us beforehand, we would have guessed that gathering these would take real effort,” the researchers wrote. “It took one query.” In an emailed statement responding to questions from Ars, Meta said: “We opened the Muse bug… Read More "A Design Flaw in Share Links Exposes Users’ Personal Conversations With Meta’s Muse"

Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family

“Where they live, what they do, the threads that recur (the apartment move, the shared savings goal),” the instructions say. They add, too, that the model could record the “dates that matter,” such as birthdays or anniversaries. A person’s history… Read More "Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family"