Clearview is not the first company to automate the process of trawling publicly available information. Other intelligence platforms sold to law enforcement, including ShadowDragon’s SocialNet, Penlink’s Tangles, and Fivecast, help investigators uncover aliases and associates and map a person’s digital… Read More "Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online"
Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features
The new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 come not just with better fitness tracking and upgraded noise reduction, but a whole new way to listen. Apple announced on Wednesday that the two smartwatches come with four opt-in “audio… Read More "Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features"
You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V
People are not happy about Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers and the cops that allegedly misuse them. If you’re one of those ALPR-haters, you can now take out your rage in the video game Grand Theft Auto V by… Read More "You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V"
OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a9b05bd8cf97243010f350d/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/Security_OpenAI%20Agents%20Tried%20to%20Hack%20Another%20Website_v1.jpg After reporting last week that the surveillance company Flock Safety is building an AI search tool for law enforcement, WIRED reconstructed Flock’s latest search tool from code that the company sends to a police officer’s browser and uncovered key… Read More "OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website"
ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a9a00ee5d2ca173f400bbc9/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/Security_ICE%20Wants%20to%20Know%20Who%20Bought%20a%20Certain%20Green%20Beanie%20From%20REI%20in%20the%20Last%202%20Years_v1.jpg Did you buy a beanie from REI recently? The Department of Homeland Security might be looking for you. New court filings allege that Homeland Security Investigations agents subpoenaed the outdoor retailer in March, requesting the transaction information for “all… Read More "ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years"
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a834e91eca883ccd19e5902/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/Security_Inside%20%E2%80%98Nightshift,%E2%80%99%20the%20AI%20Agent%20Flock%20Built%20for%20Police_v1.jpg WIRED analyzed the software by examining code Flock served from its own login portals. Loading those pages returned a user interface for screens that would ordinarily appear only after a police user signed in, letting reporters reconstruct portions of… Read More "Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code"
Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a98be202f048bd98be06316/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/Uncanny-Valley-George-Santos-Politics-2211292507.jpg Leah Feiger: All right. Do you guys remember George Santos? Brian Barrett: How could I forget? Zoë Schiffer: Absolutely do, but wow, did not expect we would be talking about him again this soon, I have to say. Leah… Read More "Prediction Market Betting Is Getting People Banned and Arrested"
The Cop Who Took On Flock
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a82f21cb090060b28185a08/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/20260809-wired-pichardo-0211.jpg When the article appeared, the first text Pichardo received came from another officer. “I want to congratulate you on your testicular fortitude,” it read. The officer added that he was proud of Pichardo for doing what he believed was… Read More "The Cop Who Took On Flock"
Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a834c04b090060b28185af1/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/Big-Interview-UV-Solo-Andy-Yen-Business.jpg I’m trying not to get too nerdy here, but are you talking about homomorphic encryption? No, it’s basically—do you know about TPMs, trusted platform modules, and how that works a little bit? Yeah. If I could try to summarize… Read More "Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To"
This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops
https://media.wired.com/photos/6a8750d218568cdcce1a10fe/191:100/w_1280,c_limit/Security_Flock%20Lets%20Cops%20Conduct%20AI%20Search%20Using%20'Politics'_v1.jpg Flock tells WIRED that officers cannot run searches using prohibited attributes including religion and nationality, and that an attempt to search prohibited terms “will be blocked.” Asked what circumstances produce a warning in those two categories instead, the company… Read More "This Is Flock’s AI Search Tool for Cops"