Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”
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Taiwan Claims Deepfake Audio Is Defaming a Presidential Candidate
Investigators in Taiwan allegedly used deepfake detection software from the U.S. and found that the recording is likely fake.
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NYC Subway Will Disable ‘Feature’ That Leaked Trip History After 404 Media Investigation
Around 24 hours after 404 Media published its investigation the MTA says it will disable the feature, which an expert said was a “great fit” for abusers.
Texas Judge Sides With Pornhub In Last Minute Ruling Against Age Verification Law
The law would require adult sites to verify users’ ages and display a “Texas Health and Human Services Warning” on their websites in 14-point font or larger font.
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Scientologists Ask Federal Government to Restrict Right to Repair
A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology's E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.
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Lawsuit Alleges Reddit Fired Employee for Taking Medical Leave, ‘Toxic’ Culture
Jamie Lee returned from medical leave on November 18, 2022 and was allegedly terminated the same day.
ACLU Urges FTC to Investigate Mastercard’s ‘Unavoidable Harms to Sex Workers’
The complaint claims that Mastercard caused “substantial, unavoidable harms to sex workers with no demonstrable benefit, and is within the purview of the FTC’s enforcement authority.”
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Hackers Are Selling Hacked Police Emails to Try to Grab Personal Data From TikTok, Facebook
Many criminals want access so they can pose as cops and make fraudulent 'emergency data requests' with TikTok, Facebook, Discord, and more top companies.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Launch Week and Instagram's Illegal Ads Problem
We discuss launch week, stress, making a website, and Instagram’s big illegal ads problem.
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Dragon Ball Z-Themed Competition Asks Users to Generate Images on AI Porn Site
Some sites are trying to draw specialized AI model creators with expensive Nvidia graphics cards.
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I Tracked an NYC Subway Rider's Movements with an MTA ‘Feature’
“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers,” an expert on domestic violence and cybersecurity said.
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iFixit Tears Down McDonald's McFlurry Machine, Petitions Government for Right to Hack Them
iFixit tears down a notoriously unreliable McDonald’s ice cream machine: “The error codes are nonsensical, counterintuitive, and seemingly random.”
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‘Clear as Mud:’ Internal Emails Show Superintendents Struggling to Comply With ‘Don't Say Gay' Law
Documents obtained by 404 Media show Florida educators held emergency meetings to figure out if schools could teach AP Psychology without breaking the law.