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AI Scraping Bots Are Breaking Open Libraries, Archives, and Museums
12 26
"This is a moment where that community feels collectively under threat and isn't sure what the process is for solving the problem.”
#data #ddos #open #tech #kiwix #aibots #archives #information #webscraping #generativeai
on Tue, 10AM
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The AI Slop Fight Between Iran and Israel
10 10
There’s a lack of footage from the conflict and AI-generated content is filling the void.
#ai #media #press #technology #socialmedia
11h ago
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Meta Invents New Way to Humiliate Users With Feed of People's Chats With AI
8 24
In an industry full of grifters and companies hell-bent on making the internet worse, it is hard to think of a worse actor than Meta, or a worse product that the AI Discover feed.
#llms #tech #chats #chatbot #chatgpt #chatbots #security #generativeai #cybersecurity #technologyogy
on Tue, 4PM
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Our New FOIA Forum! 6/18, 1PM ET
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Come learn how we got records all about an AI company working with cops.
on Jun 11
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40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet
7 7
Tens of thousands of security cameras in businesses, CCTV cameras, and cameras from commonplace internet-connected devices were found vulnerable to dark web actors, a new report shows.
#media #cameras #privacy #security #birdfeeders #socialmedia #babymonitors #surveillance
11h ago
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DHS Flew Predator Drones Over LA Protests, Audio Shows
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Air traffic control (ATC) audio unearthed by an aviation tracking enthusiast then reviewed by 404 Media shows two Predator drones leaving, and heading towards, Los Angeles.
on Jun 10
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One of the Universe’s Biggest Mysteries Has Been Solved, Scientists Say
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Scientists have spotted the universe’s “missing matter” hiding in a vast cosmic web with some help from fast radio bursts from deep space.
10h ago
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I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount
3 24
I got a confirmation email saying I'll get another confirmation when it's shipped. But I haven't provided a shipping address.
on Tue, 2AM
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Podcast: Airlines Sold Your Flight Data to DHS—And Covered It Up
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Airlines selling detailed flight data to DHS; how AI scrapers are hammering open archives; and the casual surveillance relationship between ICE and local cops.
10h ago
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RNC Sued Over WinRed's Constant 'ALL HELL JUST BROKE LOOSE!' Fundraising Texts
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The RNC and other Republican groups are violating Utah telecommunications law by continuing to text people incessantly after they've asked them to stop, a new complaint alleges.
on Tue, 2AM
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Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
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A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
on Jun 10
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Emails Reveal the Casual Surveillance Alliance Between ICE and Local Police
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Police departments in Oregon created an "analyst group" where they casually offer each other assistance with surveillance tools.
#fbi #ice #oregon #privacy #surveillance
on Tue, 2AM
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The People Search Sites in the Suspected Minnesota Killer's Notebook Are a Failure of Congress
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The list of sites in the suspect's notebook, which can easily reveal where someone lives, are a simple Google search away, have been for years, and lawmakers could make changes if they wanted. They have before.
#privacy #congress #security #minnesota #peoplesearch
on Tue, 2PM
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ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
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Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
on May 27
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California Cops Investigate ‘Immigration Protest’ With AI-Camera System
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New data obtained by 404 Media also shows California cops are illegally sharing Flock automatic license plate reader (ALPR) data with other agencies out of state, who in turn are performing searches for ICE.
#ai #police #privacy #protest #politics #california #immigration
on Tue, 3PM