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The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. AI Will Enable Mass Spying.

Schneier on Security

Yes, spyware companies like NSO Group help the government hack into people’s phones , but someone still has to sort through all the conversations. We could pass strong data-privacy rules. And governments like China could censor social media posts based on particular words or phrases, but that was coarse and easy to bypass.

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AI and Mass Spying

Schneier on Security

Yes, spyware companies like NSO Group help the government hack into people’s phones , but someone still has to sort through all the conversations. We could pass strong data-privacy rules. And governments like China could censor social media posts based on particular words or phrases, but that was coarse and easy to bypass.

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In conversation: Bruce Schneier on AI-powered mass spying

Malwarebytes

That’s a lot of data that, until now, has been difficult to parse at scale. But cryptographer and computer security professional Bruce Schneier believes that’s going to change, all because of the advent of artificial intelligence. I have access to AI tools in a way that I don’t have access to data collection regimes.