Senior Privacy Advocate David Ruiz speaks with Bruce Schneier about artificial intelligence, surveillance, and an era of “mass spying.”
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Bruce Schneier predicts a future of AI-powered mass spying: Lock and Code S05E03
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Bruce Schneier about a future of AI-powered mass spying.
Victim records deleted after spyware vendor compromised
Anonymous hackers have breached the servers of spyware app “WebDetetive”, accessing the user database. However, this doesn’t appear to be a…
Facial recognition tech lands innocent woman with bogus carjacking charge
Detroit law enforcement wrongly arrested a 32 year old woman for a robbery and carjacking she did not commit. She was…
Surveillance camera insecurities argument comes to one inevitable conclusion: Always update
Chinese-made surveillance cameras find themselves in a spot of controversy, after a BBC investigation uncovered flaws in devices during several brand…
“Ethnicity recognition” tool listed on surveillance camera app store built by fridge-maker’s video analytics startup
The bizarre promotional videopromises “Face analysis based on best of breed Artificial Intelligence algorithms for Business Intelligence and Digital Signage applications.”…
The world’s most coveted spyware, Pegasus: Lock and Code S03E04
Two years ago, the FBI reportedly purchased a copy of the world’s most coveted spyware, a tool that can remotely and…
Beyond the VPN: Ultimate online privacy, with The Tor Project’s Isabela Bagueros: Lock and Code S02E20
“What does online privacy mean to you?” This beguilingly simply question can produce dozens of overlapping and distinct answers, all depending…
ExpressVPN made a choice, and so did I: Lock and Code S02E19
On September 14, the US Department of Justice announced that it had resolved an earlier investigation into an international cyber hacking…
Apple delays plans to search devices for child abuse imagery
After the uproar from users and privacy advocates about Apple’s controversial plans to scan users’ devices for photos and messages containing…