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How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
Some companies let you opt out of allowing your content to be used for generative AI. Here’s how to take back (at least a little) control from ChatGP…
2 years, 5 months ago
DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers
Privacy-focused company DuckDuckGo is launching a tool to remove data from people-search websites, a VPN, and an identity theft restoration service.
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2 years, 5 months ago
It’s Time to Switch to a Privacy Browser
Ad trackers are out of control. Use a browser that reins them in.
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2 years, 5 months ago
A Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
While some states have made data privacy gains, the US has so far been unable implement protections at a federal level. A new bipartisan proposal cal…
2 years, 5 months ago
How to Protect Yourself (and Your Loved Ones) From AI Scam Calls
AI tools are getting better at cloning people's voices, and scammers are using these new capabilities to commit fraud. Avoid getting swindled by foll…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Ghost Ship’s Doomed Journey Through the Gate of Tears
Millions lost internet service after three cables in the Red Sea were damaged. Houthi rebels deny targeting the cables, but their missile attack on a…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Vigilante Hacker Took Down North Korea’s Internet. Now He’s Taking Off His Mask
As “P4x,” Alejandro Caceres single-handedly disrupted the internet of an entire country. Then he tried to show the US military how it can—and should—…
2 years, 6 months ago
The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the …
2 years, 6 months ago
The Incognito Mode Myth Has Fully Unraveled
To settle a years-long lawsuit, Google has agreed to delete “billions of data records” collected from users of “Incognito mode,” illuminating the pit…
2 years, 6 months ago
The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms are checked for bias, will “put th…
2 years, 6 months ago