ReHacked vol. 339: Tell the EU: Don’t Break Encryption with “Chat Control”, Huawei pushes AI and cloud into emerging markets after U.S. ban and more
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Sharing your information in a smart way can also liberate it. --Tim Berners-Lee
Tell the EU: Don’t Break Encryption with “Chat Control” - Mozilla Foundation #internet #privacy
The European Union is pushing a dangerous surveillance law called “Chat Control” that would force tech companies to scan everyone’s private messages — even those protected by end-to-end encryption.
ChatControl wants to scan all your private messages #privacy The European Union is advancing legislation that could fundamentally change how we communicate online. ChatControl would require all messaging platforms to automatically scan their users’ private messages and images.
Yes, even encrypted ones like Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram. No, you can’t opt out.
This isn’t just another privacy policy update you can ignore. If passed, this EU regulation (strongest and most binding legal instrument in EU law) would automatically apply to all member states without any wiggle room for national interpretation. It would even override constitutional protections for communication privacy and establish unprecedented mass surveillance of private communications.
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Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Technology | The Guardian #internet #history
Short ese by Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Sharing your information in a smart way can also liberate it. Why is your smartwatch writing your biological data to one silo in one format? Why is your credit card writing your financial data to a second silo in a different format? Why are your YouTube comments, Reddit posts, Facebook updates and tweets all stored in different places? Why is the default expectation that you aren’t supposed to be able to look at any of this stuff? You generate all this data – your actions, your choices, your body, your preferences, your decisions. You should own it. You should be empowered by it.
The Amazon Kindle War Against Piracy - Good e-Reader #copyrights
Virtually every method for downloading an e-book purchased from Amazon has either been discontinued, patched, or rendered inaccessible due to software updates that have locked everything down. You have heard of the Kindle walled garden? The walls are now taller than the Tower of Babylon.
Samsung now owns Denon, Bowers & Wilkins, Marantz, Polk, and more audio brands | The Verge #economy
Samsung subsidiary Harman has completed its acquisition of Sound United, Masimo’s former audio business, adding a sizable expansion to Samsung’s audio brand portfolio. The $350 million deal was first announced in May, and brings Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Definitive Technology, Polk Audio, HEOS, Classé, and Boston Acoustics under the same roof as JBL, Harman Kardon, and other audio brands that Samsung acquired when it purchased Harman for $8 billion in 2016.
First Malicious MCP in the Wild: The Postmark Backdoor That's Stealing Your Emails | Koi Blog #security
Austria hails 'brain gain' in luring 25 academics away from US after cuts | Reuters #science
Austria has lured what it calls 25 "top researchers" away from U.S. institutions including Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton with grants set up in response to the Trump administration's funding cuts targeting universities. Recipients of the grants of 500,000 euros ($587,000) each over two years range from post-doctoral researchers to professors and work in fields such as physics, chemistry and life sciences, the Austrian Academy of Sciences said in a statement on Thursday.
DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years #privacy
For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, and funneling the samples into an FBI crime database, government data shows. This expansion of genetic surveillance was never authorized by Congress for citizens, children, or civil detainees.
According to newly released government data analyzed by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy & Technology, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, collected the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens between 2020 and 2024 and had it sent to CODIS, the FBI’s nationwide system for policing investigations. An estimated 95 were minors, some as young as 14. The entries also include travelers never charged with a crime and dozens of cases where agents left the “charges” field blank. In other files, officers invoked civil penalties as justification for swabs that federal law reserves for criminal arrests.
Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version #software #games
CARU Recommends MrBeast and Feastables Improve Advertising and Privacy Practices - BBB National Programs #privacy #internet #socialnetworks
Following its marketplace monitoring of children’s advertising, BBB National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) recommended that MrBeastYouTube, LLC, and its affiliate Feastables, update their advertising and data collection practices for the MrBeast YouTube channel, Feastables’ Sweepstakes, and the Feastables website to comply with CARU’s Advertising Guidelines, CARU’s Privacy Guidelines, and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
Huawei pushes AI and cloud into emerging markets after U.S. ban - Rest of World #ai #hardware #technology
Facing bans in the U.S. and Europe, the Chinese tech giant is targeting emerging markets to build data centers and push its AI chips, clashing with America’s goal to dominate the AI stack.
- Huawei is pitching cloud and data center products in emerging markets as it faces limits in the West.
- Huawei’s low pricing and long presence in developing countries can help it capture their future AI infrastructure markets.
- The U.S. government is encouraging Silicon Valley to boost AI exports to curb China’s influence.
When Africa’s internet breaks, this ship answers the call #internet
Undersea internet cables are critical in today’s hyperconnected world. The crew of the Léon Thévenin maintains one stretch of this global network.
Supporting the future of the open web: Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy #software #internet
How Americans View AI and Its Impact on Human Abilities, Society | Pew Research Center #ai #society #research
Key takeaways
- Americans are much more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life, with a majority saying they want more control over how AI is used in their lives.
- Far larger shares say AI will erode than improve people’s ability to think creatively and form meaningful relationships.
- At the same time, a majority is open to letting AI assist them with day-to-day tasks and activities.
- Most Americans don’t support AI playing a role in personal matters such as religion or matchmaking. They’re more open to AI for heavy data analysis, such as for weather forecasting and developing new medicines.
- Americans feel strongly that it’s important to be able to tell if pictures, videos or text were made by AI or by humans. Yet many don’t trust their own ability to spot AI-generated content.
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