ID verification giant IDScan confirms data breach with more than 150 million driver’s licenses stolen

The ID checking company said the data breach included people’s full names and driver’s licenses and other government-issued identity documents.

Americans might say they have ‘nothing to hide’, but many wouldn’t hand over access to their phone — even for $1 million
Americans might say they have ‘nothing to hide’, but many wouldn’t hand over access to their phone — even for $1 million

Incogni report finds those with ‘nothing to hide’ are more likely to snoop on the phones of their friends and family

Clearview AI Is Testing an AI Tool That Would Let Cops Unearth Your Life Online

InquiryIQ, a previously unreported prototype, tested a model from xAI, maker of Grok, to surface associates, social accounts, and other information about people identified through Clearview.

Anthropic scanned 481 million transcripts to find four models that reached the open internet
Anthropic scanned 481 million transcripts to find four models that reached the open internet

Anthropic has published an account of four cybersecurity evaluations in which its models gained unauthorised access to the open internet, and disclosed that finding them required scanning roughly 481 million transcripts. The assessment was published on…

San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are not under the city’s jurisdiction.

Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features

The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what the tools do.

This LG TV jailbreak turns smart devices into spies, say researchers

Researchers say LG TV’s behavior ‘parallels malware’ – with user data logged even when TVs are on standby.

You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

A new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos.