Inside the Booming ‘AI Pimping’ Industry
Credit to Author: Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
AI-generated influencers based on stolen images of real-life adult content creators are flooding social media.
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Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:00:00 +0000
More than 3 billion phone coordinates collected by a US data broker expose the detailed movements of US military and intelligence workers in Germany—and the Pentagon is powerless to stop it.
Read moreImmigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000
Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with ICE.
Read moreBitfinex Hacker Gets 5 Years for $10 Billion Bitcoin Heist
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: An “AI granny” is wasting scammers’ time, a lawsuit goes after spyware-maker NSO Group’s executives, and North Korea–linked hackers take a crack at macOS malware.
Read moreICE Started Ramping Up Its Surveillance Arsenal Immediately After Donald Trump Won
Credit to Author: Caroline Haskins| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement put out a fresh call for contracts for surveillance technologies before an anticipated surge in the number of people it monitors ahead of deportation hearings.
Read moreThe WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
Read moreThe Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests
Credit to Author: Ilica Mahajan| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000
Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops’ high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.
Read moreFlaw in Right-Wing ‘Election Integrity’ App Exposes Voter-Suppression Plan and User Data
Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:56:22 +0000
A bug that WIRED discovered in True the Vote’s VoteAlert app revealed user information—and an election worker who wrote about carrying out an illegal voter-suppression scheme.
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