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Privacy and the Problem of “Magical Devices”
Dear privacy seekers, A common question I get as a privacy consultant is “what do you think of this privacy phone?” My initial response is prepared astonishment, my tone that of Buddy from ‘Elf’ when he walks in to a New York coffee shop whose outside sign proclaims, “The Word’s Best Cup of Coffee”. Buddy’s…
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Hostile Engineering and Space Exploration
Claude will now embed fingerprints in every piece of content it generates. Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative AI models and generative AI systems … New models will mark AI-generated content from day one.1 This was also independently…
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// The Digital Detox That Went Too Far //
A client returned from a digital detox completely locked out of his KeePass database. The master password? Gone. Ten days of INDUSTRIAL-GRADE password cracking ensued. Here’s a similar challenge: crack this KeePass database. The password follows common human patterns, it’s solvable without a server farm. First to crack it gets recognition and A DISCOUNT CODE.…
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// RED ROOM: Online Torture Goes Mainstream //
Trigger warning: This story involves humiliation, psychological abuse, and real-world death. I rarely issue warnings, but this one deserves your full attention. What you’re about to read is disturbing. It’s hardcore. You’ve been warned. It’s early morning. The livestream has been running for 280 straight hours. The camera shows a dark, windowless room. Four men…
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