Notices by Joseph Cox (josephcox@infosec.exchange)

New from 404 Media: LinkedIn is training AI on users before updating its terms of service. People noticed a new setting on generative AI. I asked LinkedIn, they said they're updating their terms "shortly." They went ahead and trained AI w/o updating https://www.404media.co/linkedin-is-training-ai-on-user-data-before-updating-its-terms-of-service/

New: Google News is boosting AI-generated garbage articles that rip-off other peoples' work. One company even admitted practice to me. Even wilder: Google says it doesn't focus on whether an article was made by AI or a human for News, opening way for more https://www.404media.co/google-news-is-boosting-garbage-ai-generated-articles/

Wild: Google confirms it *is* throttling YouTube load times for some viewers. Firefox users reported the issue today. Google says, instead, it’s supposed to tackle ad-blockers regardless of the browser used https://404media.co/youtube-says-new-5-second-video-load-delay-is-supposed-to-punish-ad-blockers-not-firefox-users/

New from 404 Media: bombshell government report finds ICE, CBP, and the Secret Service all illegally used smartphone location data harvested from ordinary apps. They've been using for years with no official oversight. One CBP official spied on coworkers https://www.404media.co/ice-cbp-secret-service-all-broke-law-with-smartphone-location-data/

The report really is extraordinary. For years, me and a few other journalists have investigated the US government's purchase of location data. It turns out agencies were breaking the law basically the entire time. ICE has been told to stop and has refused.

CBP, ICE, Secret Service all had a legal obligation to get approved privacy impact assessments before buying the tech. All failed. CBP had interim policies. ICE and Secret Service didn't have any.

"The report makes it clear that DHS agencies have been playing it fast and loose with their acquisition of Americans’ location data," EFF says. Says Congress needs to pass law forcing warrants (proposed law in response to my reporting is pushing for that).

https://www.404media.co/ice-cbp-secret-service-all-broke-law-with-smartphone-location-data/

New from 404 Media: hackers can grab your IP address through Skype by just sending a link. Target doesn't even need to click it.

I know because researcher did it to me. Sent me a link, then pasted my IP in the chat.

“Damn, RIP 💀,” I wrote in response.

And Microsoft is in no rush to fix. Company only said it would fix eventually after 404 Media contacted for comment. To fund more impact journalism, subscribe to 404 Media in the buttons in the article.

https://www.404media.co/hackers-find-your-skype-ip-address-microsoft-wont-fix/

New from 404 Media: DHS has spent millions on a tool that scans online content for "sentiment and emotion" according to documents we obtained. CBP confirmed using tech to scan travellers, can include U.S. citizens. The tech also does AI object recognition.

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