Follow up to President Biden’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, see Policy paper, The Bletchley Declaration by Countries Attending the AI Safety Summit, 1-2 November 2023 Published 1 November 2023. “…We affirm that, whilst safety must be considered across the AI lifecycle, actors developing frontier AI… Continue Reading
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How Google Chrome Can Identify Typos in URLs to Keep You Safe Online
Make Use Of: “Key Takeaways Google Chrome’s new URL inspector feature checks for typos in URLs and suggests the correct website, helping users avoid error messages, broken links, scams, and phishing sites. The feature uses autocomplete suggestions based on keywords to predict the website users are trying to search for, making web navigation easier and… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 29, 2023
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 29, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the… Continue Reading
The Race to Save Our Secrets From the Computers of the Future
The New York Times: Quantum technology could compromise our encryption systems. Can America replace them before it’s too late? [read free] “They call it Q-Day: the day when a quantum computer, one more powerful than any yet built, could shatter the world of privacy and security as we know it. It would happen through a… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 21, 2023
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 21, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on… Continue Reading
Google just changed how you log in to your account
Washington Post [read free]: “Google is changing how you log into your account, but don’t worry — it’ll make your life easier. This month, Google said it’s making “passkeys” the default log-in option for Google accounts. That means that instead of typing in a password, you’ll log into your Google account and Google apps with… Continue Reading
Your old phone is safe for longer than you think
Washington Post [free to read]: “…Apple, Samsung and other phone manufacturers keep remotely fixing the security flaws in their phones’ software for years. That keeps your old phone safer from hackers. It isn’t easy to tell exactly how old is too old to be secure. Digital security experts told me that generally, an Android phone… Continue Reading
iPhone Recommendations for Senior Citizens
TidBits: “It’s a truism that we’re all older than we’ve ever been. But some may feel age more keenly, like older friends and family members whose physical and cognitive capabilities have declined slightly or quite a lot. I remember giving my grandparents Bernie and Estelle an old-even-for-then Macintosh SE/30 back in the mid-90s and upgrading… Continue Reading
Privacy professionals need to be aware of tech abuse
iapp, Simson Garfinkel, CIPP/US: “Features designed to improve privacy and protect children in online services, apps and networked devices also make it easier for abusers to maintain control in abusive relationships. “Ever since caller ID and GPS became part of our lives, we’ve known that digital technologies can be used by abusers to harm or… Continue Reading
Protesters Decry Meta’s “Irreversible Proliferation” of AI
IEE Spectrum: “Efforts to make AI open source have become a lightning rod for disagreements about the potential harms of the emerging technology. Last week, protesters gathered outside Meta’s San Francisco offices to protest its policy of publicly releasing its AI models, claiming that the releases represent “irreversible proliferation” of potentially unsafe technology. But others… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 7, 2023
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 7, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex… Continue Reading
Hackers selling data of millions lifted from 23andMe’s genetic database
The Verge: “23andMe posted a blog yesterday saying that data from users of its genetic testing and analysis platform has been circulating on dark web forums after hackers used recycled logins to gain access to get into accounts. BleepingComputer wrote on Thursday that a hacker leaked what they said was “1 million lines of data”… Continue Reading
