For the third time since December, House Speaker Mike Johnson has failed to wrangle support for reauthorizing a critical US
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How to Stop Your Data From Being Used to Train AI
On its help pages, OpenAI says ChatGPT web users without accounts should navigate to Settings and then uncheck Improve the
Continue readingAI Scam Calls: How to Protect Yourself, How to Detect
You answer a random call from a family member, and they breathlessly explain how there’s been a horrible car accident.
Continue readingA Breakthrough Online Privacy Proposal Hits Congress
Congress may be closer than ever to passing a comprehensive data privacy framework after key House and Senate committee leaders
Continue readingBest Privacy Browsers (2024): Brave, Safari, Ghostery, Firefox, DuckDuckGo
The browser is part of a bigger project to keep internet browsing anonymous: Use Tor and you use the Tor
Continue readingIdentity Thief Lived as a Different Man for 33 Years
It’s been a week since the world avoided a potentially catastrophic cyberattack. On March 29, Microsoft developer Andres Freund disclosed
Continue readingYogurt Heist Reveals a Rampant Form of Online Fraud
The Journal’s story reveals that cargo hijacking fraud remains a serious problem—one that cost $500 million in 2023, quadruple the
Continue readingJeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker
Little is known publicly about Epstein’s activities in the decade prior to his 2019 arrest. The majority of women who
Continue readingSome of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies
Everywhere you go online, you’re being tracked. Almost every time you visit a website, trackers gather data about your browsing
Continue readingAutomakers Are Telling Your Insurance Company How You Really Drive
How do you know the internet has a deepfake porn problem? Just look at copyright takedown requests. WIRED found this
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