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

Schneier on Security

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

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Bruce Schneier predicts a future of AI-powered mass spying: Lock and Code S05E03

Malwarebytes

This week on the Lock and Code podcast… If the internet helped create the era of mass surveillance, then artificial intelligence will bring about an era of mass spying. Surveillance-based manipulation is the business model [of the internet] and anything that gives a company an advantage, they’re going to do.”

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AI and Mass Spying

Schneier on Security

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

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Encryption: One Of The Most Powerful Ways To Keep Data Private – But Governments Want To Outlaw It

Joseph Steinberg

online chat messages going over the Internet between you and your significant other) and when it is at rest (e.g., When we think of encryption, we should realize that, today, the following is all true: It is so important to do, And so easy to do, But so many people still do not do it, And now governments want to outlaw it.

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“Ethnicity recognition” tool listed on surveillance camera app store built by fridge-maker’s video analytics startup

Malwarebytes

The bizarre promotional video promises “Face analysis based on best of breed Artificial Intelligence algorithms for Business Intelligence and Digital Signage applications.” Bosch, known more for its line of refrigerators, ovens, and dishwashers, also develops and sells an entire suite of surveillance cameras.

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Are Western Sanctions Undermining Russian Civilians’ Efforts To Obtain Accurate News Via VPNs?

Joseph Steinberg

Other parties familiar with Russian Internet usage patterns have also estimated that as many as a third of all Russian Internet users now regularly use VPNs. They allow Russians to access banned sites, and they help protect users from government surveillance. That said, VPNs are a double-edged sword for the Kremlin.

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The Need for Trustworthy AI

Schneier on Security

Internet companies’ manipulating what you see to serve their own interests is nothing new. What distinguishes AI systems from these other internet services is how interactive they are, and how these interactions will increasingly become like relationships. This is surveillance capitalism , and AI is shaping up to be part of it.