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StartMail 1d ago

As more and more companies, agencies, and entities make use of facial recognition tech, its errors have vast reaching and severe consequences...and there are a lot more errors than you might think: https://spectrum.ieee.org/facial-recognition-gone-wrong

Facial Recognition Errors Affect Millions Globally

How does facial recognition handle the pressure of real-world applications?

IEEE Spectrum

StartMail 1d ago

jasper spaans 3d ago

A small story from the trenches: if you are like us at @startmail and prefer to run proven technology for critical components, you may be late with upgrading your #FreeBSD servers from release 13 to 14. At least we were.
Our routers/firewalls run FreeBSD and come in pairs. We use #pfsync to keep pf states in sync between them so we can reboot them at will without any effects for end users.

StartMail 2d ago

A recent leak of Claude Code's source has experts warning that it can "exercise far more control" and gather more data than previously thought: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/01/claude_code_source_leak_privacy_nightmare/

Claude Code source leak reveals how much info Anthropic can hoover up about you and your system

: If you loved the data retention of Microsoft Recall, you'll be thrilled with Claude Code

The Register

StartMail 3d ago

Apple has revealed to authorities the identity of a user who utilized their "Hide My Email" feature to generate disposable aliases. https://cyberinsider.com/apple-revealed-hide-my-email-user-identity-in-fbi-investigation/

Apple revealed ‘Hide My Email’ user identity in FBI investigation

Apple has provided US law enforcement with the real identity behind an anonymized iCloud email address generated using “Hide My Email.”

CyberInsider

StartMail Apr 9

A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and YouTube guilty of deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive in a landmark verdict: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c747x7gz249o

Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial

A woman has been awarded $6m in a verdict that could have implications for hundreds of other cases in the US.

StartMail Apr 9

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lukalobster/116375189651317415

Any other StartMail users have recommendations?

StartMail Apr 8

Nowadays, we hear companies and governments use the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" argument all the time. But did you know that the phrase predates social media, the internet, or computers? Read all about this slogan's history and how to counter it: https://startmail.com/nothing-to-hide-nothing-to-fear

StartMail Apr 7

Despite promises to empower workers and improve productivity, researchers are finding out that AI agents exhaust and overwhelm workers with a condition called "AI brain fry": https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/business/ai-brain-fry-nightcap

AI is exhausting workers so much, researchers have dubbed the condition ‘AI brain fry’

Part of the pitch for using AI at work goes like this: It’s like having a team of people to delegate your grunt work to, freeing you up to think strategically and maybe, just maybe, take a long lunch or head home early. Or maybe even be more productive, to make more money. It’s a nice idea!

CNN

StartMail Apr 3

The FBI's director has admitted publicly what digital privacy advocates have warned about for years: law enforcement agencies are buying your data from brokers to circumvent the need to obtain subpoenas: https://gizmodo.com/kash-patel-admits-the-fbi-is-buying-private-data-on-americans-2000735317

Kash Patel Admits the FBI is Buying Private Data on Americans

Sen. Ron Wyden called it an "outrageous end run around the Fourth Amendment."

Gizmodo

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