… In 2019, Facebook paid $5 billion to the FTC to resolve a separate privacy case, including allegations tied to its face recognition software—the largest privacy penalty in the agency's history at the time. …
… In a statement, Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro says, “These allegations misrepresent the reality of our work and we will fight them.” Speaking with WIRED, Ben Winters, CFA’s director of AI and data privacy, says others can find more dubious ads just by searching Meta’s ad library using key words like… …
… WIRED reviewed a similar, although not identical, workflow when independently completing the MyMove voter registration process. “MyMove is employing a pretty egregious cocktail of dark patterns,” says Lior Strahilevitz, a University of Chicago Law School professor, whose research has shown that agg… …
… Perloff argues that the government is using the fact that big tech companies are based in the US to request information it would not otherwise be able to get. “It’s using that geographic fact to get information that otherwise would be totally outside of its jurisdiction,” he says. “I mean, we’re ta… …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …
… Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. Click the headlines to read the full stories. And stay safe out there. Robot Lawn Mower Is a Security Nightmare Most people hope that the 200-pound robot with blades in their backyard cannot be easily hacked. …
… A new bill aims to address mounting lawmaker concerns, but lacks substance. And if you’re looking for a deep dive, WIRED investigated the yearslong feud behind the prominent privacy and security conscious mobile operating system GrapheneOS. …
… He notes that the lawmakers in Illinois have also submitted bills increasing liability on AI model developers. …
… Shane Bauer, a spokesperson for OpenAI, says the company does not sell user data, though it does acknowledge sharing limited data with marketing partners for targeted and cross-context behavioral advertising. “We give people straightforward ways to control how their data is used directly in our app… …
… Sean Vitka, executive director of Demand Progress, a privacy group that has lobbied Congress to rein in the data trade, tells WIRED that the House passed significant legislation two years ago that would have barred the government from subsidizing the industry, only for a handful of surveillance-min…