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An open-source project mapping license plate readers. These systems continuously record your movements without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion.
FBI seeks US-wide access to license plate cameras, wants “data in near real time”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced plans to buy nationwide access to a network of license plate readers, saying it will award contracts to one or more vendors that can offer “near real time” information from cameras across the US.
#surveillance #privacy #alpr #flocksafety #fbi #technology #tech
‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has been leaving the digital keys to its own cloud storage accounts sitting out in the open, in plain text form, for some unknown amount of time. The problem finally got fixed over last weekend
#CISA #github #password #passwords #dataleak #security #cybersecurity
The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does
When vibrations hit the cable, it changes the defects, which show up in the return pattern. With the right techniques, those vibrations could be from people speaking near the cable
#fiber #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech
https://hackaday.com/2026/05/11/the-walls-dont-have-ears-but-fiber-optic-does/
Meta begins to lay off 10% of its workforce as AI investments surge
Notices started going out to employees on Wednesday morning as Meta begins laying off 8,000 employees, or 10% of its workforce, while pouring billions of dollars into AI.
#meta #layoffs #jobs #work #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech
Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval
After several authors and class members raised objections to Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over its widespread book piracy to train AI, a federal judge declined to rubber-stamp what’s regarded as the largest copyright settlement in US history.
#anthropic #legal #copyright #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #tech
A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see
A hotel check-in system left more than 1 million customer passports, driver’s licenses, and selfie verification photos to the open web after a security lapse.
#Tabiq #facialrecognition #travel #hotels #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked
AI is making it very easy for the government to spy on you. Some lawmakers are worried
Privacy advocates have long sought to require warrants for searches of Americans’ data swept into the databases powered by Section 702 and curated by data brokers.
#FISA #artificialintelligence #AI #surveillance #privacy #technology #tech
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/ai-making-easy-government-spy-lawmakers-are-worried-rcna341499
OpenAI now wants ChatGPT to access your bank accounts
OpenAI — a company that eventually needs to turn a profit — doesn’t specify what the company itself will do with all that financial information outside of AI training
#openai #chatgpt #artificialintelligence #ai #security #cybersecurity #technology #tech
NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people
NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.
NYCHHC is the largest public health system in the United States
#NYCHHC #NewYork #healthcare #medicaid #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hacked
The New York public healthcare system said hackers stole personal and medical data, and scans of biometrics — including fingerprints — in one of the largest recorded breaches of 2026.
