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"Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure citizens will be on their best behavior"
"Ellison said AI would be used in the future to constantly watch and analyze vast surveillance systems, like security cameras, police body cameras, doorbell cameras, and vehicle dashboard cameras."
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Pleased to announce the launch of Surveillance Watch, an interactive map and resource that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry: https://www.surveillancewatch.io/
By mapping out the intricate web of surveillance companies, their subsidiaries, partners, and financial backers, we hope to expose the enablers fueling this industry's extensive rights violations, ensuring they cannot evade accountability for being complicit in this abuse.
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More accurate marketing: "take photos of yourself, and then be surveilled with facial recognition forever"
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The most tech-enabled genocide in history.
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Disappointed to see The Markup share advice for people to use WhatsApp in its post about preparing your phone for a protest, and that it's coming from "digital security trainers."
Metadata literally kills, and WhatsApp is swimming in it. The metadata they collect includes:
Groups you're a member of, location, personal info (email, phone number, user IDs), contacts and their phone numbers, in-app search history, when you use the app & how often you use it. E2EE alone doesn't guarantee #privacy
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"Grindr is currently revising its terms of service to ask people explicitly if the company can train its AI models on their personal data, which could include direct messages"
"This information will likely be used to train another paid product: an AI boyfriend"
Deeply troubling, and opens the door to so many (potentially life-threatening) security vulnerabilities:
https://www.platformer.news/grindr-ai-boyfriend-wingman-monetization-paid-taps/
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A VC firm supporting military tech and surveillance tools wants to partner up with one of the most repressive regimes around the world on AI investments, what could POSSIBLY go wrong?
https://cointelegraph.com/news/saudi-arabia-40-billion-ai-fund-a16z-partnership-nyt #ai #humanrights
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"For years, the antivirus software company harvested information from users’ web browsers without their consent." #infosec #privacy
Its clients have included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and McKinsey.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/22/24080135/avast-security-privacy-software-ftc-fine-data-harvesting
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What is Tor and how does it advance human rights?
"Initiatives like Tor are so crucial to combatting today’s surveillance harms. Tor provides an alternate route to the web that allows people to benefit from open and free information without being forced to compromise their privacy."
Follow @torproject and please considering supporting here: https://donate.torproject.org/ #Privacy
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@paulbiggar You've done and continue to do your part, while an active genocide rages on. Thanks for giving some of us hope, especially in the tech community, where there's so much complicity it's repugnant.
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Find out who you help when you support the @torproject, which is protecting the #privacy of millions of people:
https://blog.torproject.org/support-tor-project-share-your-story/
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