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Some Facebook users were shocked to see Trump in their feeds yesterday, but that’s likely because they were already following official administration accounts.#News
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A security researcher made a tool that let them quickly check which of Cloudflare's data centers had cached an image, which allowed them to figure out what city a Discord, Signal, or Twitter/X user might be in.

A security researcher made a tool that let them quickly check which of Cloudflarex27;s data centers had cached an image, which allowed them to figure out what city a Discord, Signal, or Twitter/X user might be in.#News #Privacy



For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. It's GeoGuesser at scale.

For months members of the public have been using GeoSpy, a tool trained on millions of images that can find the location a photo was taken based on soil, architecture, and more. Itx27;s GeoGuesser at scale.#News #Privacy




Multiple experts drew comparisons between Meta's recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.

Multiple experts drew comparisons between Metax27;s recent changes around immigration and what happened in Myanmar in 2017, where Facebook contributed to a genocide by allowing the spread of hate.#News

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Why This OnlyFans Model Posts Machine Learning Explainers to Pornhub#News
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A service for creating AI-generated nude images of real people is running circles around Meta’s moderation efforts.#News
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The forums for Path of Exile 2 have been awash with people claiming they’ve been hacked and their inventories emptied of valuable items. Now there’s an explanation for at least dozens of the account compromises.#News #Hacking


A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.#News
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Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users.#News
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Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hackers say they stole a mountain of data.#News #Privacy



The number of data requests fulfilled by Telegram skyrocketed, with the company providing data to U.S. authorities on 2,253 users last year.#News #Privacy


Members of an underground criminal community are targeting U-Haul because of the wealth of non-public information it can hold on targets.#News #Hacking


Some people don't love our magic link logins. But the best way for us to protect your password is to never ask for it.

Some people donx27;t love our magic link logins. But the best way for us to protect your password is to never ask for it.#News

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Emails viewed by 404 Media show that the Secret Service did not verify that location data it was tracking people with was actually collected with consent, despite saying so.#News #Privacy


A lawyer has pushed to learn the identity of the person who first created Anom, which the FBI used to read tens of millions of messages sent by organized criminals. The confidential human source may testify in court, too.#News #Privacy


Anthropic created an AI jailbreaking algorithm that keeps tweaking prompts until it gets a harmful response.#News
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Air traffic control audio reviewed by 404 Media shows 11 aircraft near New Jersey reporting people shining lasers at them during the ongoing drone panic.#News
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The Department of Homeland Security knows which countries SS7 attacks are primarily originating from. Others include countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.#News #Privacy


A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targets' mobile phones before loading them with spyware.

A new report from Amnesty International reveals multiple cases where Serbian authorities used Cellebrite devices to access targetsx27; mobile phones before loading them with spyware.#News #Privacy




Congress is asking Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other big tech companies why they can’t get their deepfake problem under control.#News #Impact


Fog Data Science is a location tracking company that takes data harvested from smartphones and makes it accessible to cops. A document obtained by 404 Media shows the company explicitly says it will use doctors visits to unmask a target if needed.#News #Privacy


In what might be the first assassination in the United States using a 3D printed weapon, multiple people told 404 Media an image of the weapon found on the person of interest in the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO looks like a specific design of 3D printed Glock.#News
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A group of fans are reverse engineering Netflix and creating unauthorized archives of interactive shows like Battle Kitty and Minecraft: Story Mode#News
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Deepfakes of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Tyson, and Terry Crews are selling erectile dysfunction supplements on YouTube.#News
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Venntel is a primary provider of location data to the government or other companies that sell to U.S. agencies. The FTC is banning Venntel from selling data related to health clinics, refugee shelters, and much more.#News
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A new proposed rule change from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could curtail the sale of American's personal data. That's if the agency survives the Trump presidency.

A new proposed rule change from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could curtail the sale of Americanx27;s personal data. Thatx27;s if the agency survives the Trump presidency.#News

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The creator of a game that allows players to recreate “Operation al-Aqsa Flood” says it’s no different than Call of Duty.#News
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A Niantic executive said he could see governments and militaries buying Niantic geospatial AI trained on player data, but the company said it’s still early days.#News
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Tether is being used on a massive scale by large scale drug traffickers, to the point where Tether is sold cheaper in Mexico due to its links to drugs, according to court records reviewed by 404 Media.#News #Crime



A small tech company called Cape has been selling a privacy-focused cellphone service to the U.S. military. Now Cape will be offering its product to high-risk members of the public.#News #Privacy


AI-generated influencers that steal content from human models and adult content creators have taken over Instagram.#News
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Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.#News
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The documents provide never-been-seen insight into the current cat-and-mouse game between forensics companies and phone manufacturers Apple and Google.#News #Privacy