Schneier on Security

JUNE 14, 2023

Artificial intelligence will bring great benefits to all of humanity. Governments can do it, too. The United States needs a government-funded-and-directed AI program to develop widely reusable models in the public interest, guided by technical expertise housed in federal agencies.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 21, 2023

All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government and law enforcement. China is experimenting with even more powerful forms of automated legal enforcement and targeted surveillance. Breathalyzers are another example of automatic detection.

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Krebs on Security

MARCH 2, 2023

. “Any such legislation should prevent manufacturers and software publishers with market power from fully disclaiming liability by contract, and establish higher standards of care for software in specific high-risk scenarios,” the strategy explains. government-wide Solar Winds compromise. ” Many of the U.S.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 3, 2023

This is surveillance capitalism , and AI is shaping up to be part of it. For example, researchers uncovered the secret rules that govern the Microsoft Bing chatbot’s behavior. And, as with the rest of the internet, that somehow is likely to include surveillance and manipulation. Phone apps collect and sell your data.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 13, 2022

Apple last week announced new security features specifically intended to offer “specialized additional protection to users who may be at risk of highly targeted cyberattacks from private companies developing state-sponsored mercenary spyware.”. Flip phones are not totally immune from government surveillance and action either.).

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SC Magazine

APRIL 9, 2021

A screenshot from a music video of hte Evan Greer song, “Surveillance Capitalism,” which tackles the dangers of commercial surveillance technology. Sometimes fighting the excesses of the creeping surveillance economy is done through position papers, coalition building and lawsuits. Our concern is not ‘Hey patch this up.’

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 29, 2024

For decades, governments and companies have surveilled the conversations, movements, and behavior of the public. But cryptographer and computer security professional Bruce Schneier believes that’s going to change, all because of the advent of artificial intelligence. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation.

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BH Consulting

MAY 25, 2022

An example is the ePrivacy Regulation which governs electronic communications. Artificial Intelligence Act (expected 2024). Emerging technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) offer benefits in many areas today for us all. This provides for a risk-based approach in assessing AI systems and technologies.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 20, 2022

MIAMI–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Shareholders entrusted Cloudastructure with $30 million via a RegA+ to expand their cloud-based video surveillance platform empowered with Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning analytics.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We each need to consider how these trends may affect our organizations and allocate our budgets and resources accordingly: AI will turbo-charge cybersecurity and cyberthreats: Artificial intelligence (AI) will boost both attackers and defenders while causing governance issues and learning pains.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 14, 2020

We will not sell facial-recognition technology to police departments in the United States until we have a national law in place, grounded in human rights, that will govern this technology,” said Microsoft President Brad Smith. Facial recognition systems bring significant ethical risks and we cannot underestimate them.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 10, 2022

On Tuesday, the Biden-Harris Administration's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) unveiled a new Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights , which lists five principles to guide the design, use, and development of intelligence-based automated systems "to protect the American public in the age of artificial intelligence".

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Malwarebytes

MAY 10, 2022

Privacy advocates argue it brings the EU closer to the surveillance state that many see in other countries and that is a frightful image. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence will undoubtedly be put to use. False positives are a risk to keep in mind. It is also a step back when it comes to cybersecurity.

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BH Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

These are: The Digital Services Act The Digital Markets Act The EU Data Act The Data Governance Act The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act In our previous blog series (part one and part two ) we discussed four of the five new Directives, and how they will affect organisations. What is the Artificial Intelligence Act?

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Facial recognition software (FRS) is a biometric tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to scan human facial features to produce a code. Amazon Rekognition has been well regarded by government agencies and other secure users. Best Facial Recognition Software for 2022. Amazon Rekognition.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In 2019, the City of San Francisco banned the use of facial recognition technology at a community scale; in other words, deployed in a way that people on public streets and sidewalks could be surveilled and whose identity could be discovered simply by examining the unique features of their face. That is a trend that is already apparent.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 4, 2019

The types of activities for which the most complaints have been made so far are telemarketing, promotional e-mails and vdeo surveillance/CCTV. From artificial intelligence, development of 5G networks to integrity of our elections, strong data protection rules help to develop our policies and technologies based on people’s trust.”.

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