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The International Observatory on Vulnerable People in Data Protection coordinated by @BPrivacyHub & @futureofprivacy

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and has led to criticism from legal experts and lawmakers. The system records license plates and facial images comparing them to suspects from specific investigations, sparking a debate about biometric technology and data privacy in law enforcement. 🔗
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The police in the German state of Saxony have been using a surveillance system called Personal Identification System (PerIS), created by Opto Precision.
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German police in Saxony reportedly deployed a facial recognition system called Personal Identification System (PerIS) without the knowledge of the local data protection agency. The system's use for tracking criminals has sparked concerns about data privacy violations +.
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📎 Vulnerabilities in popular cloud-based keyboard apps allowed network eavesdroppers to decrypt and read users' keystrokes, potentially affecting over a billion users. 👥 Paper By Jeffrey Knockel, Mona Wang, and Zoë Reichert.
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citizenlab.ca
In this report, we examine cloud-based pinyin keyboard apps from nine vendors (Baidu, Honor, Huawei, iFlyTek, OPPO, Samsung, Tencent, Vivo, and Xiaomi) for vulnerabilities in how the apps transmit...
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RT @JcMalgieri: I am very happy to share my first blog post on #Vulnerability in the AI Act, which has now been published on @OUPLaw Blog!….
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OnlyFans influencers are paying low-wage workers to impersonate them during chat talks. Raising discussions on low pay, AI competition, and the exploitative world of online sex work.
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New research has revealed that chatbots can extract sensitive personal information like race, location, and occupation from benign conversations, raising concerns about inadvertent data leakage.
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The AI models behind chatbots like ChatGPT can accurately guess a user's personal information from innocuous chats. Researchers say the troubling ability could be used by scammers or to target ads.
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More than 200 people with diabetes were injured due to unexpected shutdowns of their insulin pumps caused by a software issue with a connected mobile app. Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. has issued a device correction letter advising users to update the app.
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edition.cnn.com
More than 200 people with diabetes have been injured when their insulin pumps shut down unexpectedly due to a problem with a connected mobile app, the US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.
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Big tech companies are investing in data centers to meet the demand for processing power. However, the sustainability of this technology has become a major concern due to the significant rise in electricity consumption to power these data centers.
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Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft are on the hunt for new energy sources
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The chatbot's misinformation extends to housing policy, worker rights, and regulations for entrepreneurs. The bot, powered by Microsoft's Azure AI services, has been criticized by experts and professionals for providing incorrect and sometimes harmful content.
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📌New York City's AI-powered chatbot, designed to provide information on business operations, is found to be frequently inaccurate and incomplete, potentially leading to harmful outcomes.
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RT @AUDRights: @VULNERA_Observ @UniLeiden @JcMalgieri The victim’s response closely mirrors that of one in the physical world - such as fre….
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RT @AUDRights: @VULNERA_Observ @UniLeiden @JcMalgieri @equalitynow There is a broader impact at society level (as with many other harms). V….
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RT @AUDRights: @VULNERA_Observ @UniLeiden @JcMalgieri @equalitynow The #metaverse is intersectional - it affects victims - in different wa….
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RT @AUDRights: @VULNERA_Observ @UniLeiden @JcMalgieri When you open a newspaper or use Google, there has been an increasing amount of perso….
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RT @AUDRights: @VULNERA_Observ @UniLeiden @JcMalgieri In our past report on meta vulnerabilities, we concluded that an avatar could lead to….
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RT @AUDRights: @VULNERA_Observ @UniLeiden @JcMalgieri An avatar has the whole construction of stereotypes, images and social constructs - w….
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RT @AUDRights: The metaverse poses risks that go into the topic of criminal law …. Rules of digital market regulation apply. - @VULNERA_Ob….
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RT @equalitynow: "Sexual Violence & Harassment in the Metaverse" is a new report co-produced by @VULNERA_Observ @AUDRights & @equalitynow.….
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Grindr is facing legal action by hundreds of users who claim that the app shared their sensitive information with advertising companies, allegedly breaching data protection laws. Grindr denies the allegations + info
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theguardian.com
High court action will claim US owner allowed access to app users’ private information in breach of UK law
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